Man, fuck those guys. Just watched the first ep of Lovecraft County tonight, and I’m so happy to see American racism called out so much in modern day entertainment media these days. It’s hard as shit to watch, but it’s so damn important that white people like me learn how absolutely awful this shit was/is for so many.…

This is the beacon of stability I needed in These Trying Times™. Thank you.

I specifically mentioned their hardware in my comment, and that they are running that into the ground with their current strategy. If they didn’t think hardware was still a good option for them, they wouldn’t have put so much effort into developing and marketing a new console. I know Game Pass is doing well, which…

Yeah... the “good guy xbox” strategy feels like it’s going to destroy their console business. Most people people understand that next-gen games require next-gen hardware. In fact, I would go as far as to say that most people prefer that next-gen games only work on next-gen hardware, because it means those games are…

Good lord.. before it was even fully out people were already hacking it. Amazing.

This is exactly what I expected in terms of these sets being more for children than adult collectors/builders. I bought the NES set and the starter Mario set at launch (arriving tomorrow!). I will certainly build the starter set and play as my 7-year-old self for a few minutes to experience the features, but after…

I mean, as far as “shiny” stuff goes, the trailer used an early build that was already months out of date when it was demoed, so who knows how lighting and shaders will look in the final game. To me the biggest impact was the overall “Halo aesthetic” that was strongly reflected in Halo 1-3. I really enjoyed Halo 4 and…

Eh? My friends and I loved how the Infinite gameplay looked. It was immediately apparent that they were going for a more “classic” look with the game, and they pulled it off almost perfectly (at least from what they showed in the trailer). It very much looks like a stylistic choice (very much a departure from 4/5),…

Haven’t spent a dime on Blizz since the HK shit. A shame more people don’t have that self control. :/

I tend to agree, as much as I see a use for read-receipts in certain situations. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve “read” part of an incoming text only to get distracted with something, then forget to reply. The person sending the message then sees that I’ve “read” it, and just assumes I’m choosing to ignore…

Good lord, I feel sorry for the people who to pick winners out of these lists. TV is just so damn good these days. In half the categories I want almost every nominee to win, and in others at least 2 or 3 stand out to me. And in some there are even obvious snubs (COUGH Rhea Seehorn COUGH) in addition to tons of other…

holy shit... this is all i see now... I can’t thank you enough.

I mean, I consider all strikes to be story content, as each one is literally telling a story that relates to the overall plot of the game. Also, you might be referring to the initial exclusive content, but that stretched out for years of exclusive strikes, maps, guns, etc. IMO a couple of those exclusive strikes were…

While I’m not a fan of timed exclusives, I suppose that if someone really wanted to play any of these games as soon as possible, it could be a deciding factor in which console they buy first? For instance, with the Destiny launch, I do have friends that switched from Xbox to PS4 due to the awful timed-exclusivity on…

I feel like MS was mainly speaking about games that are released before the launch of the Series X that would have support on both old and new consoles (and the free upgrade on the Series X). That said, don’t most people buying a new console want to know that the games they’re playing were developed specifically for…

What you’re saying is exactly why this kind of response from Guillemot sucks, and it speaks to a broader issue: CEO culture in large companies is awful. The fact that a CEO can remain ignorant of rampant sexual misconduct in a company while shirking responsibility onto subordinates is disgraceful. As CEO, you are…

That’s not my implication at all. $70 is not the $90-$100 price tag that games “should” be at if allowing for inflation and other expenses. So even if games increase by 10 bucks, there’s still $20-$30 that needs to be made up other ways: insert MTX, special edition bundles, etc. If studios and publishers offered a…

Ok... I guess you didn’t read my reply then? Welp, it was a good (and short) conversation while it lasted. Cheers.

Please show me where I said that in my post. Of course DLC/MTX will still be a thing for a variety of reasons - the main one being that tons of players are willing to pay for those things. There’s a reason that extra content, cosmetics, and in-game currency is an industry-wide practice: it is incredibly profitable.…

I wasn’t responding to the Guillemot situation in my reply to Engineer7. I was speaking more generally about my personal experience with managers, as that’s what Engineer7's comment was about.