Multiple things can intersect and be true at once if you consider the history at play here.

Quite possibly that. A fully open source project that does NOT include any circumvention code, nor any proprietary Nintendo snippets and has NO form of monetization whatsoever is basically bulletproof, IMHO.

“we found that games with LGBTQ characters or storylines account for less than 2% of all games”

I’m sorry but this post is embarrassing Kotaku. All of the “sources” are Youtubers and Twitter posts. There’s only one link to an official EA site. There’s one link to a esports.gg article (lol) that cites a reddit post (double lol). And one link to a Best Buy store page....

I’d argue that the vast majority of commercial art isn’t deeply personal or human. It’s designed to make money and therefore caters to popular sentiment.

I’ve had this discussion about 50 times already so I’m pretty sure I know how this is going to go but can you elaborate on how the process of AI generated art is any different from that of human generated art? Art isn’t created in a vacuum. It’s derived from things the artist has experienced. That’s why elves always…

It is so weird that when people actually want multiplayer, studios can’t deliver but when no one actually wants it they’re suddenly ready to tack it on.

Restart event on this? Was playing last week, and I did knock her out hoping that this would happen. I have not arrived at moonrise tower yet, does my save remember this, or new game required?

Neat! I knew it wouldn’t work and I haven’t gotten to moonrise yet, but I DID knock her out with nonlethal attacks during that fight. So I’m curious to see if this applies to playthroughs where the knockout happened pre-patch, but moonrise happens post-patch.

Because the game is derivative, repetitive, ugly, and boring?

Nah, it was actually great, and a majority of the criticism comes from people who can’t process stories they don’t immediately relate to.

I’d have gladly taken 3 planets packed with a lot of unique and memorable content. Hell, make it 1 planet. Dense content is better than sparse content.

The perk thing is one of my big issues, as someone who gave up on the game really quickly. In Skyrim, leveling up felt meaningful - you could increase a core stat AND add a perk. The perks were also really impactful. 20% damage increases, added stuns, new spells.

So Star Trek: Birth of the Federation 2? I’ve only wanted that for two decades so pretty hyped. 

All of them!! happy Garak noises

Given its place in the timeline, we better get a DS9 and Dominion War expansion at some point

If I pick Cardassians, how many war crimes can I do?

“Infinite Really Does Just Look Like the Ultimate Stellaris Mod”

Whoa I didn’t hear that Anamanaguchi might be involved. That would be awesome.

Dang they got Anamanaguchi back in the mix too? That rules. I feel like back when this movie came out, movie stars did movies, and TV stars were on TV, and voice actors did animation. These days everyone is down to clown, and it means we can get this cast back together for a dope anime.