Oh no! Someone had a bad run in a game!

Maybe that was too aggressive, but I feel like the entire article was way too dismissive of how beneficial it is. I agree that some of the near-death screens are way too aggressive, like showing the whole screen cracked. A red glow from the outside of the screen is fine.

Strong disagree, I’d hate to see these go. I get that they could be better at not obscuring your vision, but in a tense fight I really don’t have the mental acuity to be monitoring a healthbar. My tiny brain has only one point of focus and that’s usually aimed at the guns/swords/tentacles that are aimed at me. I need…

I think “just not a great gamer” is a bit harsh, but I agree with your key point that having an unmistakeable visual (and auditory, if the inevitable pounding heartbeat sound effect is anything to go by in so many games) cue that “dude, you need to fuck off outta there, like, now” is a very good way to get the…

You’re on the brink of death—a tense situation—so the game therefore increases the tension, possibly with the hope that it could stoke some dormant survival instinct. Red screens of almost-death also serve as an immediate visual cue to warn the player about impending death.

The ship has been interned by a belligerent foreign power. Based on my understanding of The Sea, the honorable thing would be for the crew to scuttle the Ever Given rather than let it fall into enemy hands.

You’re picking a weird hill to die on here. You really think we can’t - nay, mustn’t - talk about anti-consumer bollocks without leaning on needless superlatives?

Can we reserve phrases like “the dumbest shit ever” for dumber shit than this? Like, this is some “EA is the worst company in America” level hyperbole. Like, it’s a fucking demo.

This is a disaster level scenario and I feel bad for everybody involved. I never was gonna spend much time in the “endgame” anyway because the story gave me my fill, but in all my years playing looters, I’ve never had to even worry about this.

It wasn’t as bad as all this, but Diablo 3 definitely had a turnaround after some serious backlash about the initial game that launched.

Wow, if Russians think those series are violent I can’t wait for them to learn about their President.

I actually just said out loud, “... huh.” This makes an uncomfortable amount of sense. I only drink two, occasionally three cups per day ... but they’re out of an oversized brand mug I won forever ago, so if I’m being honest, it’s probably about 4-5 regular cups. (Yikes, that sounds even worse than I thought.)

A writer was probably told that the movie was intended primarily for the Chinese market — maybe not the writer, but a writer. How do you try to appeal to an audience you know fuck all about? You get an actor of Chinese descent to acknowledge that they’re of Chinese descent on-screen. But you can’t just have the…

For those of you who don’t live in the police state that is the USA right now where black folks are concerned ... and yes, I know it’s not “right now”, it’s “forever” ... here is what that same interaction sounds like in a proper 1st world country.

Or suing reality because there are differences.

“ethnic intimidation” = “being non-white around someone who is terrified of everyone who is not white”. It’s like an agoraphobe trying to sue the outdoors for being there.

It’s not harassment, it’s an email. They’re doing their jobs, dude. 

“We do not make exceptions for political or newsworthy content...”

Shots fired at Twitter, which has had its “public interest” exception/disclaimer going strong for the past 3 and a half years to absolve itself of its own self-stated responsibility.

Look, I still don’t see how $599 was some kind of “insane” asking price. You can’t demand companies keep pushing hardware limits, giving you bleeding edge tech with unlimited teraflops and then also demand they do it for “As Seen On TV” prices.