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As someone who works in advertising/marketing for video games, this is definitely something that I could see being pitched, loved by whatever group brainstormed it and by the client. Read more

Some people need to spend less time on the internet.  Read more

I gave it an honest shake, about 10 hours, then I uninstalled and went back to playing Three Kingdoms. I’m glad Troy exists, it might get better with time, it was also free, but it is so so so boring on both the tactical and strategic level. On the latter level, as the review said, you are constantly spammed with… Read more

As someone who works in the gaming industry, a 30% cut does suck. It only gets harder the smaller you are too. So part of me is like “Yeah, lower that amount!” But Epic isn’t small and I feel like this is going to get pretty ugly. I don’t really like the approach Epic is taking. They were definitely ready for this to… Read more

The whole 1984 angle and having all of this response prepared in advance really put a sour taste in my mouth. Trying to create this weird public discourse and use your arguably easily-influenced fan base to try and get what you want is...I mean, it’s on brand but it’s really gross. The extremely public and… Read more

So, there’s this scene in The Two Towers where the orcs begin murdering each other over whether to eat the Hobbits alive or bring them to Saruman, who will torture them to death. Read more

might as well burn all art and media before the 1980s then Read more

this lands like a normal news post, a load of stuff in a single article, but every single tweet and mention in this post would have been its own news story if leaked individually. Read more

If you’re about to say “But it just means OK you snowflakes!” that was exactly the point. The whole point of gestures like this is so that racist assholes can wink at each other then pretend they were just saying OK when they get called out.  Read more

Aniplex basically replicates the Japanese model of disk sales. Relying on whales to make a profit by buying over priced disks. It’s the exact opposite of what most North American distributors do that push out two SKUS a smaller moderately priced set and a higher priced limited edition. Read more

qDot here.
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This is one of the weirdest aspects of the story for me, that after all that happened in the previous sections with Ellie having almost lost everything in Seattle and it now being quite a substantial amount of time later (I’m guessing a year or more) with her life actually going on track again despite still suffering… Read more

He looks like the only race he's ever been in is the white one.  Read more

Keep it going. Don’t let the momentum die out. Now is the time to come forward to say something even if you don’t have much to say except that you want to show solidarity. That matters. That adds to the volume. The threat of extra judicial execution is one many fear. Nobody should have to go through that. We have… Read more

Well, the lights aren’t on in the LEGO White House, so that’s a very accurate representation.  Read more

I don’t hate Eli Roth, but he’s never done anything that made me pay any real attention to him as a filmmaker. He’s not necessarily bad at what he does, but what he does generally aren’t the kinds of things I enjoy.

I love Cate Blanchett, because who doesn’t, and watching her ham it up and have a ton of fun in a role… Read more

I definitely think one of the downsides of so much information sharing around games, is that push for more “optimal” or min-max commentary from people. Read more

There’s so many younger players who just take it all for granted and speed through the game, But I love Shirley’s pure enjoyment of the game. Her innocence and wonder she brings to it. She takes her time and carefully explores the world. She’s very mindful what she grabs and what it’s worth.

I think we have a pretty good idea how the old scandanavians "crowd funded" their stuff. :)  Read more

Can't wait for the evidence of the 1702 year-old Kickstarter that funded it Read more