“This deserved to be a big theatrical event”

Actually continuing to play games you’ve already paid for costs them money in server costs and maintenance, assuming you’re not actively spending money.

but there’s a significant difference between buying smaller studios and funding their new exclusive projects yourself (Sony) and buying juggernaut studios so you can lock down their already dominant IPs (MS).

I’m not sure how the path to it becoming a Sony exclusive really makes a difference, but even so that’s not even an accurate recounting of what happened. Marvel also talked to Microsoft about it, and Microsoft chose not to bite. It’s unclear who Marvel talked to first, but in either case it was not a case of Marvel…

This is rich, considering the countless exclusivity deals Sony throws money into for major series (primarily Final Fantasy and, up until recently, MLB The Show come to mind) as well as focusing their entire business around console exclusives. People aren’t buying the PS5 for its looks.

I think what he meant is that most players don’t really care about the political undertones (or overtones) in games. The fact that Wildlands takes place specifically in Bolivia is irrelevant to most players. You could replace Bolivia with [imaginary country inspired by any south american country] and nobody would bat…

What the fuck is this website anymore?

No one’s starting Civil War Part Deux. Cut off the power, Netflix, Walmart trucks and Amazon deliveries, people will get compliant real fast. Inconvenience is the most intolerable thing to an American.

It’s a lesson from 1969. What do you need to take down a bomber these days, how do you propose we allow civilians access to it, and, when the feds come knocking, which foreign state will be arming the Red Dawn groups when it comes to a secession war here?

Guess it depends on the games you like playing I guess. I personally would rather play Wildlands over Boyfriend Dungeon, it’s all in what kind of games you like. That said, I play games more to have fun than to delve into possible moral and political statements they may or may not be making, especially when at times…

Yea but that indigenous population has to be willing to sacrifice and suffer for their cause. And evidence including every militia separatist conflict since Ruby Ridge has shown our militia types are not. At the same time they lack coherent leadership and fight amongst themselves as readily as anyone else. We’d just…

I don’t really see how that’s different from live-action movies. There are roles in huge blockbuster movies that go to multimillionaire superstars based on their name and marketability that could also go to legit struggling actors. But whenever I see this discussion pop up - not so much in Justin’s article, but there…

Like acting in general, sometimes the name value is just that, but sometimes the name value is actually quite perfect for the role. Tom Hanks’ folksy charm is not just window dressing for Toy Story, it’s necessary that we have a built-in likeability “Oh hey Tom Hanks, I like him, what a swell guy!” factor for him at…

An entire generation who have never heard of Dungeons and Dragons? In 2022? No.  I would greet them with the same disbelief I give the 40 year old Youtube reactors who claim they’ve never listened to Michael Jackson before.  Between Lord of the Rings, A Game of Thrones, and Stranger Things, D&D has always been a part…

“Arguably, we’ve already had the “perfect” D&D movie thanks to Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Lord Of The Rings in the 2000s—which, if I’m being honest, do chart a bit too close to “action movie” for my taste”

“You should look up the definition of physical activity”

Who’d have thought that having a development studio where just about everything they’ve done is port related with extremely limited experience with original content handle the “from scratch” remake to one of the most beloved RPGs of all-time would’ve been a bad idea.

I agree with the classic cyberpunk tropes and orientalism especially with the hats (“Get it? These are Asian robots...”), but I’m not so sure the developers had an obligation to explain the history. Sounds like the choice for the location was very much inspired from the perspective of a cat. It’s also a fictional…

This just in! Once again Kotaku nitpicks a game everybody seems to love!

I realize you are just picking up the headlines from other news sources, but to call this “Two Delta flights collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport” is a bit extreme.