That last paragraph really takes the wind out, huh?

It’s best that people don’t realize the game didn’t spring fully-formed from Miyamoto’s head until after all of the pre-orders go through, I guess.

As an aside, Steelrising is very much “We have Lies of P at home.”

Apparently the term got its start from X-Files fans who wanted Mulder and Scully to get on with it already.

Let’s not forget Sephiroth’s other big line, “Forget those NFTs, Cloud. Come invest in AI with the big boys. Also, I still love you.”

Every time I hear something good about the new Prince of Persia game, I realize, “Oh, that’s right. It’s from Ubisoft.”

That one was pretty gross as well. This was the Microsoft patent — also quite gross.

And let’s not forget that the mandatory Kinect, coupled with a mandatory always-on internet, was a major privacy issue.

This scene remains my favorite piece of entertainment in all of 2023. So confidently cheesy, and the gestures the actors make to get you onto the right path when you’re lost are FANTASTIC.

Here’s the twist:

This thing looks like it was made for early adopters and bargain hunters, and no one else.

“Sure, I suck, and all of my decisions have sucked, and Max was a disaster, and we keep posting massive losses under my leadership, but our games division can make us money if we just make more live-service games. Never mind our live-service games bombed this year, that’s what we’re doing, dear investors, because the…

This is going to be some very pretty, very shiny trash.

Oh, man, should I buy and play this game, or should I buy and play literally any other game available on the market right now, new release or old? Decisions, decisions.

Man, this trend of paying more to play three days early sure seems to be working out for everyone!

Press A to beg! Press A to struggle against your bonds!

I know it’s VR, but that Ghostbusters game looks ROUGH.

I think the DS game was well-regarded but almost nobody played it. I have a copy, but it never got out of my pile of shame.

That game really plays up the virtue of throwing some noodles into a sandwich and calling it a meal.

Valkyrie Elysium is a great example of how badly Square Enix has botched its secondary title release strategy.