Thanks. I do agree on the depth point. From what I read they still have their end-game “loop” to flesh out and another weapon coming. I’m hoping that pulls those feature threads together.

Hades might be my favorite rogue-like at this point.
Open question. Any other recommendations for ones that put a solid amount of work into character/story between and during runs?

I’d certainly be happy if that were what was happening (similar to Bungie and Activision breaking up). I’m not saying Bioware wouldn’t be in trouble for a while, but not having EA looking over their shoulders might give them the incentive they need to go back to basics.

It’s not that I blame them in a broad sense, it’s that I’m not sure I agree that their move was a good one. If the idea was “no, you don’t get more time, release NOW, and we can fix issues later,” that’s obviously true, but it also doesn’t look at consumer response to the product. Bioware/EA was extremely conscious of…

meh.  I’m pretty sure they’re relying on people just forgetting about the game.

Remember Undertow? That was a badass album. Yeah, I wish they'd make another album like Undertow.

straps on JNCOs, gets ready to explain it to someone entirely uninterested.

I really think that what the Jays are doing will be instructive to the rest of the league. Forget investing a ton of money in scouting and development. Just start paying a premium for genuine ex-big leaguer semen. Forget stud prospects, embrace stud fees. The Jays have clearly shown they can’t draft, sign or trade…

So I’m bored at work......

The entire tone of that post is designed to rile up anti-Epic players and pull in the support of Epic fanboys. It feels entirely calculated.

I think what irked me most about all this is that they knew before publishing this blog post that it was written in a way that would upset people. The email newsletter that went out at the same time suggested as much.

It was that the 30 Wise Men were so risk-averse with players that haven’t made the major leagues yet so lockstep in their assessments.

The first hard truth is that she already despises her husband, so nothing is going to salvage that relationship. Her own story strongly suggests that it wasn’t the lack of “foreplay” as such. Its very unlikely her giving head is objectionable to him, for instance, if she ever did. She reports his objection wasn’t to…

The wife lost me as soon as she admitted having an affair.

“...how am I gonna get the story of Jesus to people who don’t leave their house?”

Hey again, went on their discord, and would you believe that this guy doesn’t like gay people? This “hate the sin not the sinner” stuff is exactly what conversion therapy centers say and is easily recognized as “well we can’t say we hate gay people but we gotta let you know we do not approve of their existence” to…

it genuinely feels like the author has never met an evangelical youth pastor before or know how evangelism works

I actually use the same concept! Games like Persona 5, GTA V, Monster Hunter World and Destiny has practically paid for itself on my end.

Rob Manfred doesn’t want to hear the likes of Mike Trout say it, but this is why you play the game. Sure, catching pop flies is fun, and taking a big secondary lead can be a little bit of a thrill. But the ever present danger of taking a tightly wound ball to the face after a bad hop is what makes baseball the most…