I’m pretty sure they sub-contract those mobile titles. They’re not really developed in-house. There is something to be said for controlling both the hardware and software, though, yes. It’s how Apple crafts the comparatively stable and generally pleasant experience they do, and it’s why the in-house studios at…

Missed the bit where I said, “There’s been maybe 3 for the Wii U, and so I’ve never bought one.” I take it? I don’t own a Wii U. I regretted getting the Wii because of how seldom I actually used it after I got it, so I was hesitant to get its replacement. Which I feel was borne out by the even slimmer pickings on the…

I’m feeling exactly the same way. This game sounds like it’s seriously up my alley, but there’s just no way in hell I can justify spending $360+ for it (and that’s assuming I get absolutely none of the non-bundled peripherals everyone’s saying you basically have to have, which spikes the real up-front cost to more…

Mass Effect started off as a genuine attempt to make real high-minded science fiction, like the works of Asimov or Herbert.

Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan apparently doesn’t think Overwatch’s promotion of diversity counts as political.

I don’t particularly follow his work, but I’ve paid at least some attention to the ebb and flow of controversy surrounding him.

It’s about the two-way-street of supply and demand. The demand definitely exists for VR and the supply is relative to that demand. But those that want VR, but are standing fast about forking $300 for a face-tv, are making a negative impact on the demand...

It’s not really the public’s job to make a new technology successful - it’s the makers’ job to make it compelling enough to be worth the money to the consumers. If Sony can’t or won’t invest in the hardware - and help subsidize the software in the early phase of its rollout if necessary - then it doesn’t deserve to…

Yes, Trump was, perhaps by accident, factually correct - we kill a lot of people, and we’re not so innocent as a country.

“I’m not racist, I swear. Look at how many stereotypes about black people I can spit out in 5 minutes!”

*shrugs* I was more than half kidding, except for Angry Birds (that one is MAYBE satirical, but it’s DEFINITELY political).

Oh come on. No politics in Angry Birds? The antagonists are greedy, heirarchical pigs who steal the very offspring of the protagonists. In response, the birds retaliate by using more of their offspring as literal weapons to destroy the pigs and all they have built. It’s pretty crude, I’ll grant you, and it’s played…

Highly unlikely.

For being the party of personal responsibility, Republicans sure don’t own up to any of their shit.

I used to read articles like this and want to say something like, “not all men,” but I’m trying to be a better human, and that’s a bullshit thing to say. The men you rage over - and the system that creates, protects, and empowers them - is absolutely real, and you and everyone else here have all the right in the world…

Does it behave more cat-like than dog-like or something? Because it LOOKS more like a dog crossed with a bird to me, rather than a cat.

I wanted to like the first game so badly. It was starting to be a lot of fun. Then I acquired multiple party members, all the combat turned into a hot mess, and I stopped playing.

Allegedly. I won’t believe it until it’s actually on store shelves.

Maybe not the best place to ask this, but I’ve been interested in buying my own cable modem, so as to stop paying rental fees to Comcast. Trouble is, every time I see them on sale, the ones available say they’re not compatible with bundled voice services. I wasn’t able to find one on Amazon that DOES work with that…

I suspect he really doesn’t read the contracts he signs. He, at best, has a lawyer read them and tell him what it says in small, simple words. At worst, he doesn’t care what they say - he assumes he can get away with doing what he wants no matter what the contract says, and if someone tries to call him on it, he’ll…