As consumers, we really need to show our support for the workers at these companies by boycotting Activision (and Ubisoft) products immediately. We need to make it clear that it will cost them a lot more money to continue with their business-as-usual nonsense than to come to the table and treat their employees fairly.

I really can’t understand why there isn’t more regulation when it comes to “full size” pickup trucks. It seems like they should be falling under the Class B category at this point for licensing, and there should be stiffer penalties or more liability for infractions and accidents that involve them.

Another pet peeve…

It’s common at many colleges and it’s a total money-making racket. Rather than, you know, providing adequate parking for their students (like a parking garage), many campuses have opted for high-priced parking passes. Many over-sell the passes a couple times over so there are many more passes than there are spots.…

All this hate for a R&M tie-in/crossover, meanwhile, R6 has ruined almost every map in the game by re-arranging it unnecessarily.  If they had at least left House alone, I might have stuck around to buy this DLC. 

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the last three AC games in part because of how massive they are. However, they are definitely games that I come back to rather than try to knock out as soon as I can. In fact, I wish they had gone with more of a games-as-a-service model with these and continued to put out DLC. I’d still be…

Maybe. My money is on them all being entitled, manipulative people. However, if these theatrics help to get the British people closer to recognizing that the Monarchy should be cast off, I’m all for it.

If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend the Irish Times editorial by Patrick Freyne on the matter.

I have no doubt that the Royal family is full of terrible people, but my bullshit detector was going off throughout the Oprah interview.

I’m very progressive dude and pretty much abhor conservative ideology. That said, I actually enjoy Fixer Upper and I think the relationship/banter between Chip and Joanna is sweet. It seems like they work hard and the results are clearly something that people like. It’s disappointing to me that they are aligned with a…

I see a lot of people here and on Reddit trying to defend CDPR and argue that “it’s just the PS4 version” or “you should by playing it on PC/PS5/Series X”, but that mindset is anti-consumer. It’s completely reasonable for people to expect a product to work as advertised. If CDPR couldn’t accomplish that on some or all…

I see a few posts here trying to justify the practice of blocking refunds, but there’s almost no other type of product sold in the U.S. where this stuff slides. Clothes, food, cars, it doesn’t matter. If it’s defective, missing parts, or doesn’t work as advertised, it’s almost always returnable because retailers and…

Can we start building the guillotine now?

Anyone know where I can get some Orlag dice?

A sort of loyalty program is exactly what I was thinking they should have done. They knew that a) there weren’t enough consoles to meet demand, and b) scalpers would buy them up just like the PS5. Why not mitigate the second problem by opening orders up to existing owners?

I understand the motivation to get the system…

It’s hard not to see the push for digital distribution as anything more than a money grab by companies. Sure, it can offer more convenience to users, but as others have pointed out, savings in manufacturing and distribution costs aren’t being passed on to consumers. The collapse of the secondary market and the extra…

You make a solid argument that my examples weren’t inferior to competing projects. Unfortunately, they still fall the category of less desirable (deserved or not). Hence, the failure, or in the case of the Xbox One, backlash and public outcry.

My point is that microsoft seems to be stuck in a cycle of trying to emulate services/technology that other companies create, offering inferior/less desirable versions of said services/technology, and then scrapping the whole thing when it fails (Windows Phone, Zune, Mixer, etc.). Even the things they haven’t scrapped…

Exactly my thought. It’s painfully predictable.

I wouldn’t mind minor changes, and it sound like the changes to house won’t be as drastic, but I’d rather they just make another house-type map than screw with a fan favorite.

Siege is a great game that my gaming group and I have been playing since the beginning. We really enjoy how creative Ubisoft has been with the operators, skins, and accessories. There have been so many great games over the years that would have really benefited from the “games-as-a-service” model rather than the…

If you are a fan of Ancient Egypt, you will love it. The game takes place at the end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, but you interact with many ancient sites. I was blown away by the recreation of Giza, the Valley of the Kings DLC, and so many other locations. The gameplay is pretty straight-forward and I found the story…