Well, for 2018. Anything he can pay of the $130k restitution will significantly increase their 2020 profits.

Automatic -90% penalty to everyone’s perception skill(s)?

From what I understand, in Japanese business society short naps are considered a good thing as it shows that you’re working long hours (though presumably people will know if/when you’re working long hours).

Man, Shogo was so awesome.

Overall I think the tabletop DBZ rpg from ~20 years ago got several design concepts right that I think the video games need to learn. Don’t require the game to focus on the series’ main characters; consider using alternate dimensions/timelines where the main character are different or don’t exist; let the players…

Man, everything you describe sounds like a variation of the Tenkaichi games, with some things being more RPG-oriented, and others scaled back.

June 6, 2106: the 327th clone of Peter “ComeBro753" Jenkins slays Argustumus, Destroyer of Worlds, by simply walking into the same room. Jenkins is once again declared the speedrunning champion, despite the fact that the clone’s heavily engineered genes prevent him from comprehending that title.

This article definitely solidifies some thoughts I’ve had, especially with some of the comments on the Kotaku article about Escape From Tarkov. At this point I feel like it’s necessary to have a website with clear explanations countering all of the fallacious and/or bad faith arguments. Something like https://yourlogic…

Many studios have policies in place to only credit developers who were still employed by the studio when the game releases. Over a thousand people who worked on Red Dead Redemption 2 didn’t make the official credits because of this kind of policy. Rockstar told Kotaku last year that it uses the game’s credits in this…

Most products are massive creative endeavors, like movies and video games. Removing all credits raises 2 problems: (1) anyone could claim anything in their resume as far as where they worked and what they did; (2) as a result, every person interviewed at a game company would need to somehow prove what they worked on.…

I suspect you’re right. I worked in the industry 10 years ago, and the same problems existed then.

Fair enough. My reading of it was that they were referring to their game’s lore/backstory, which is what I was responding to. However, it’s possible I misread something and you’re correct that they’re essentially saying “history shows women aren’t useful in combat”, which is known to be false. In context of history…

I agree that the devs’ declaration is a bit nonsensical. However, while Soviet Russia is one thing, current Russia is another thing (it still has serious problems with sexism). Also, since the soldiers in question are working for companies instead of governments, and the companies are fictional, the devs could declare…

Never underestimate humanity’s ability to act irrationally. It doesn’t matter that they’re paying her, or how much, or anything else. It wouldn’t be the first time a host called something out no matter how well they were being paid. That’s why I used ‘could’, because it’s always a possibility no matter who’s involved.

I’m assuming the companies in the game are fictional, so anything about those companies is technically lore. Whether or not that lore reflects reality is a different story.

In an earlier era of video game design, the most lucrative way to extract money from customers was to pulverize them into atomic dust and make them insert a quarter to reassemble themselves back into a humanoid shape.

That’s true, and pretty much what I thought. Also, Tyler isn’t exactly a superstar, so I’d imagine she needs to be careful not to burn any bridges. Especially on something that is minor, and also really obvious that probably doesn’t need to be called out.

That’s why I said ‘could’ instead of ‘should’, and also pointed out the possibility that she was told not to.

I could have sworn Aisha Tyler is a gamer. Am I remembering wrong? I feel like she could have called this out, though it’s possible they explicitly told her not to.

“Which genders are playable isn’t a primary concern for people buying video games.” Their primary concern? Maybe not. However, given the conversations going on here, it’s clear that it can be dealbreaker for some potential buyers.