You’re still on this? You still think they designed and released two new consoles just to sabotage them?  Come on.  Regardless:  https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/update-on-xbox-live-gold-pricing/

They backed off due to the outcry:

But has any of that actually improved appreciably? I don’t think it has. And I’m not sure the inflation argument really works when charging to play online has always been sketchy. They don’t even host many games any longer. Most are shoved to a local user’s machine or run by a third party like EA or Epic. Live is…

My favorite times in the game are morning and evening. The game is truly gorgeous then.

There are different contexts here. Spoiler references to things like Star Wars or The Matrix are going to appear in pop culture and I certainly don’t expect shows or movies to throw a spoiler warning up before they do so. Even most references by people tend to be spontaneous and outside the context of discussing the…

I think is a limit of sorts. For example, even though it is a misquotation, the statement “Luke, I am your father” appears in pop culture quite a bit.  Once something like that has happened you pretty much have to throw out any concept of “spoilers” as it is no longer realistic.

There really is some low hanging fruit with the SeX stuff, but in reality people seem to be mostly using XSX and XSS.

I wish it was better, but I don’t see anyone accidentally buying the wrong console.

I really don’t see the problem here. Why is it an issue to simply note spoilers? I don’t even understand Fahey’s complaint that he doesn’t like the “process” of marking spoilers.  What process?  Typing “Spoilers ahead”?  I can’t think of an easier process.  

I mean Nintendo has just largely been churning the same IPs for decades. They absolutely do try new things with the gameplay itself which, IMO, is why working with a existing IP is less concerning than what will be done in terms of gameplay.

I’m not really seeing anything different than we’ve always seen. Gaming has been a mix of original IPs, sequels, and licensed content for as long as I’ve been gaming. Which at this point is a long time. We’ve had waves of licensed games before.  Things will be fine.

This is sort of the point I reached though I haven’t bothered to type so much. If I were boycott a product that involves hundreds or thousands of people because one person involved somewhere has views with which I do not agree I may as well go off the grid and live in the woods because I’d be able to buy or use…

This really hasn’t been my impression. For example, in the most recent game, Valhalla, after I finished the main Sigurd story line back in Norway a new level 340 area opened up. I was a full 90 levels behind that and breezed through it. A few key skills, like Brush with Death, make most encounters manageable.

There was a bunch of stock nearly daily at different sites in the last couple of weeks leading up to Christmas. Not that they were easy to get, but there was quite a few. Then, yes, it dried up.

No Astro’s Playroom or is that just assumed?  But, yes, that’s pretty much me too.  I did play Fenyx Rising on the PS5, but mostly I’ve been catching up on some PS4 games I let slide by the last couple of years. 

I just want a date for R&C Rift Apart.

This is a great answer. I’d personally be hard pressed to pin down exactly which game double jump would be my favorite, but it might well be Castlevania.  Just in general double jumps are the best jumps.

Presumably the restaurant taking on the business is assuming the risk and will already have all the required permits and inspections. That’s sorts of the idea here. The virtual kitchen doesn’t have to pay to lease properties and get permits to open an entirely new chain. Whereas as the actual chain operating the…

Isn’t this how all businesses work?  But when you are someone like a YouTuber you naturally become the brand.  “Brand” is just how we identify a specific business or product.

LOL... I’m still doing it too! I’ll hold it down and when nothing happens I’ll be like, “Oh, yeah”. Then I’ll still do it next time. For me it’s probably because the XBox still does work this way along with other electronic devices like phones. Hard to break a habit on one device when everything else is still…