It’s not a particularly tough decision for me. If I want to buy a game, it’s not going to be this one. Or any other game Activision Blizzard puts out. Full stop.

“Don’t even think about sending a message to Activision Blizzard by not buying Diablo II, or these poor developers get it. And you see this kitten? We’re going to shoot it.”

That’s every mode if you stop and think about it.

What about the “On Sale in Three Months Like Most First-Party Sony Games” edition? If I’m still working through my backlog in February, I feel like that one might be the edition for me.

I love all these folks who just want to play a fun video game and not think too hard about it.

Most people think this anyway, alas.

“Now be hypnotized by our corpo-speak and consume!”

I got around to playing Ghost last month, after (finally!) beating Breath of the Wild. And while I’m compelled enough by this game, I see the criticism. For all its beauty and aesthetic ambition, everything sure boils down to going somewhere and stabbing a bunch of dudes. Practically every mission, whether it’s…

“Here at Electronic Arts, we outsource our QA to our most devoted fans! Do we pay them? Probably not. Can they get sued or penalized if they break the terms of their ‘employment’ agreement? Stay tuned!”

Activision Blizzard is the company that popularized loot boxes, made them more palatable because of the good will Blizzard built with its game franchises.

It still boggles the mind that Sony and Microsoft launched its next-generation consoles during a global pandemic.

YIKES. And the way the video cuts to a “Bud Light Cooldown” logo every few seconds... YIKES.

This nonsense can officially fuck off. I don’t know what’s happening here, but it ain’t good news.

The Onion did this better.

Well, that was quick...

Oh, no! How can we KILL CHAOS! when we can’t even load up the KILL CHAOS! to KILL CHAOS! I’m here to do two things: KILL CHAOS! and KILL CHAOS! And I’m all out of KILL CHAOS!

I know this is also releasing for PS4, but I wonder how many games will get stealth-delayed so more PS5s can get released into the wild.

The “math is harder than people think” line boils my blood. It comes off as so condescending. I understood the math of Apex Legends just find the moment it became clear that it would be using a crappy monetization model to make money. Quickest uninstall I’ve ever done.

Weird. Anyway, as an aside, I always thought L.A. Noire would have been a better game if it eliminated the musical cues that let you know when you “failed” a dialogue option, and just let you make your choices and watch the story results.

A couple of titles come to mind from the PS1 era. First, Silent Bomber. What a strange, wonderful game. I feel like no one played it and no one remembers it, but I’d love to see a sequel, or at least a spiritual sequel.