Arguably it is the EGS exclusivity, which has allowed them to self publish, which is the reason why they are able to make the next gen upgrades free. Without a publisher trying to squeeze out profits, they can focus on making the game.

More importantly they addressed things really nicely upfront, my first concern was…

You’re talking about pre-symptomatic people.

It’s not sacrifice to give someone 1k if you have 100,000k. It’s just not. You won’t miss it.

If you have the entire amount saved, and you are actively making offers on homes (I’m assuming it’s 20% down on a $1M house in a very expensive housing market), then that money should be liquid right now, interest rates be damned. Put it a money market or something. You’re going to have to wire the funds or present a…

When you get involved in the fitness, wellness, and nutrition industry you quickly discover the “MD”, “PhD”, or “Dr.” doesn’t really mean a lot. As sometimes you’re listening to a chiropractor about nutrition, a Doctor of History about exercise, or a regular old family Doctor about a novel virus that is more mystery…

I freaking hate stupid. There is so damn much of it around these days - and worse? They’re proud to be dumbasses. Proud. I wish it were fatal.

“Some people, a minority hopefully, get headaches because of wearing a mask for too long.”

It’s so fucking easy to put fabric on your face, and you’re such a child that you’d rather be a twat about it?

It’s not really a software/hardware issue. Those aspects are cheaper than the real problem, the licensing cost to use the patents involved. 

If they don’t figure out something with the licensing being cost prohibitive, they’re going to have the same piss poor adoption rate as h.265.

That’s just straight up the exchange rate, though...

Hot takes: Games were overpriced for much of their existence. Publishers have driven up the price of development, not the market. Developers — the actual people working on the games — are about as likely to benefit from the inevitable price hike as consumers are.

I found Sword and Shield quite disappointing. I’ve been leveling up Charizards for more than 20 years and I found Sword and Shield one of the worst Pokemon games in a long time. For the first Pokemon console game I’ve played since Stadium on the 64 it was very disappointing. It was just such an empty game, The…

Finally, there’s a set of blind bag figures that include one of ten random figures at $5 apiece.

This is what happens when someone has no fear of accountability of any kind.

You left out a key element of this. The official report first stated that the man “tripped and fell”... that Is, until the video emerged.

so not like this?  (sorry for trying to lighten the mood; hope to never need this advice).

He didn’t say he wanted to kill himself.

This only applies to type A personalities. And they already like stress, they thrive on it and seek it out. Not all of us are competitive over-achievers, and those of us who aren’t are usually completely useless at dealing with stress, so we need ways to deal with stress. Far more than those who like stress needs it,…

Well I know I’ve found my line. It’s a shame because I was really excited for Blizcon and shit but the only way businesses are going to learn to not bow to China’s authoritarian whims is if the customer base punishes them greatly for it. Some mouthbreather is probably going to come in to the comments with the tiresome…