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Should give the other team points when this happens... Read more

Why not just have the ball spawn in a random location?  Read more

FWIW, I think this kind of positional play that rewards tactical thought from good teams working together is what makes Oddball worth having in the game at all. Read more

I had a really funny situation but I think it was unintentional. I had cleared out an entire base except for 1 enemy. I was running around looking for him and he yelled out “Stop looking. There’s no one here!” I laughed and thought it was super funny. Read more

my favorite so far:
Grunt 1: Run for your lives!!!! Read more

I had a grunt taunt me to a “one on one, gladiator style” after I killed everyone on the room except for that grunt. It was freaking hilarious. Read more

Ari, how did you wizard this past your editor?

it’s also important to note that you don’t NEED to complete the pass before the next one comes out. Unlike a lot of battlepasses these don’t expire. still I’m glad they made the progression more front loaded for the players that only have time for a few matches rather than a few hours. not everyone can sink in 3 hours… Read more

The Battle Pass is fine, the Challenges are not, the Event Challenges are also not. Read more

The battle pass is fine. The issues for me are: Read more

People have given MS a lot of shit for their lack of exclusives over the years (partially rightly so), but this is a big reason why; the big multiplat titles might not be system-sellers in the conventional sense, but a lot of gamers buy new consoles with playing them in mind, which is why MS has invested so much in… Read more

Personally, I don’t necessarily want Pokemon to be more grown-up, I want it to be more ambitious. They haven’t fundamentally changed in 25 years except to add bells and whistles, and they seem pretty relaxed to stick with it.
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That’s all well and good when you’re driving, I don’t know, a Honda Civic or a Volkswagen Golf.
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The first car I bought was my own 😋

Also makes him look like a formidable runningback.

Witcher 2 had an Assassin’s Creed Easter Egg as well.

I’m curious which server you were on for RenFaire. I’ve definitely found it makes a huge difference. We tend to play either on the NY or the PA one, both of which provide an excellent experience. Read more

When in the Menancia palace after lockdown... FARM THE KNIGHTS. You get 2-6 silver tags per fight. lol. Was the easiest cash I ever got and once you progress, there’s no going back to it. =) Read more

You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that’s when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two bots you didn’t even know were there. Because 343 bots are a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with… Read more

we are short staffed and have even more people leaving to a degree that covering the news surrounding all aspects of this is taking every resource. i am having convos with folks as we go but at the moment the plan is to continue covering relevant news with the appropriate context and tone, should it be newsworthy.… Read more