And yet a game like candy crush has a revenue about twice the size of Elden Ring

It is a fun game and that's why I also feel so annoyed with it. Somehow the gaming community seems to give this one a pass because it is fun and marvel. Yet here especially we should be making a stand and saying no to these really harmful practices.

You know I can't help but just agree with you 😃

While he did not state it in a very constructive way, he is right about the gambling and microtransactional part. The whole game is very carefully designed around the principal of gambling and clearly preys on those susceptible to it. They lure you in very gradually, but in the end they ask for enormous amounts of…

I understand where you are coming from, but I wouldn’t state it so bluntly towards Kotaku. Kotaku is not being paid for being quiet, but marvel has played this really really well, in a bad way. The game is absolutely filled with all the transactional stuff and gambling principles we know are really bad. It does…

Thank you for this article. I had not realised it is now on mobile. Installed it and having a blast.

I feel the steam Deck finally allows people to come back to pc. I have games for many years on consoles. But was always missing certain types of pc games. The steam Deck finally offers a viable affordable way to go back to pc games as well for me. Plus it is awesome to be able to play such beautiful games while just…

I believe you, but I don't believe it will stay like that. These free to play plans are long term. Once people are really invested you can turn up the dial of the micro transactions. In a couple of years I expect reaching infinite level and getting all cards for free will not be possible anymore, especially for then…

Ah you missed the 11 euros a month you have to pay for this game if you want to really progress? That makes this game after 1/2 a year of paying already the same amount as a full game of 60euros. It's a well made game, but not worth that much

Yes you do, these games are specifically designed that at a certain point you have to pay to get the cards you need, in order to keep competing. In the beginning it is fine but quickly enough not paying pits a too big a disadvantage.

I enjoyed the game but for me the monthly amount you have to pay is way too much for what it is. 

I totally see your point, but I think that players like you (and me)make it so difficult for others to get into games like this. I used to play a lot of online shooters,had my own clan even more than 20 years ago already. Yet now with having kids and getting older haven’t been able to play much anymore which is fine.…

Not ridiculous at all,it is normal in any freelance profession that you can only count the amount of hours you worked for the client. I also cannot claim all the preparation I do for each client. And yes you are right that the research is a lot of work but in the beginning one often does get paid for that, but not…

I am a freelancer in education and management consulting with over 20 years of experience and a PhD. The fee which she was offered is way more than what is normal in most freelance work. The offer for 20 hours of work is more than fair enough. As a freelancer you always need to have multiple projects, that makes it…

So far I haven't actually seen any real proof of cheating. And while algorithms can help in the detection, they are very far away from being conclusive evidence. Problem with the kind of algorithmitic reasoning is that a sudden spike in performance is not strange at all in any other sport. How many times have we not…

Spot on! The gameplay of all these games is so grindy and not at all skill based. Everything is designed to last a long time and while it can be addictive it's often not really that fun.

That is  a real shame, Mike was a real reporter and his news and insights will be greatly missed. It was a lovely written piece, but I have to say one thing, it was near impossible to read with all the ads and links inbetween. I feel that an obituary could have gone without any of those things for once. It felt wrong…

Can we please stop right now with all this black facing nonsense? If this goes on like this no voice actor or artist will have much work anymore. Can't people see that this ultra focus on race is making the problem bigger? And what if soon by some accident someone is born blue? By this logic from then on all blue…

Apparently where I have been because I also had no idea. What a stupid abbreviation though, most cops are really good people and the only people who hate all cops are criminals.

I am so happy we just don't have these lawsuits at all in the Netherlands. What a waste of time and money all over this kind of stuff