Wind’s howling.

Kotaku is being mean to the big, predatory corporations again! To the GamerMobile!

This is nothing Ubisoft can’t solve with a two-line disclaimer about how a diverse team worked on the game you’re about to play, right?

I wonder how much of that huge Game Pass success comes from morbid curiosity.

Is there a setting I can change to make Yves Guillemot step down for his inability to protect his employees from sexual abuse?

The Far Cry Defense Force has really been active on the internet these past few days. The comments on Polygon’s review have been quite the array of defensiveness and “stop being so woke” whingeing.

But D.Va is going to be so cool to play in Overwatch 2, you guys! Shouldn’t we be focusing on that, and how sweet the shooting and stuff is going to be?

I hate that I’m learning about this in the comment section, and not in the review itself.

Only if they do it with out Ian McDearmid’s consent, then whine later when they’re called out for it.

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.