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“Once I went to dinner with Gabe,” explained Faliszek. “And he was beating me up, that um…’if you look at zombie movies’ [Newell said] ‘Night of the Living Dead is about racism…Dawn of the Dead is about consumerism.’” Read more

It seems like Gabe’s objection was more philosophical/conceptual, but from a saturation point he’s also not wrong. That era was rotten with zombies in movies and games. It was a really tiring fad. In my mind, the only reason l4d really shined was because of just how ridiculously well executed it was as a co-op horde… Read more

The sad fact is none of the pro lifers actual value life. These same people gladly wanted people of all ages to die from covid and fought against all measures to prevent that.
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While I’m trying to maintain reasonable expectations, I am super psyched for the upcoming KOTOR remake. Read more

It’s just sad that Toys for Bob, fresh off the amazing Crash 4, are also being used as fuel to the machine.
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The GIF is funny, but the sentiment is real.

Oof, that’s a problem. It’s especially hard to hear him completely blow off his dad for being informed from “clickbait articles” (which it turns out were based off of his actual statements, saying to ask him about it directly--which was exactly what the poor dude was doing. That’s some real addict behavior. I couldn’t… Read more

I think things have gotten out of hand when developers should be expected to be concerned about the feelings of “the speedrunning community”. A “community” that in part seems to depend on software behavior the game developers didn’t intend to begin with, let alone sign up to commit to having to consider when making… Read more

I had forgotten (repressed) this for years. So thank you for bringing that bubbling back to the surface. Read more

But I’d halt your curiosity there, because Googling “pregnant Lego” too much can lead you to some dark, NSFW places… Read more

As long as he named it “Metroid_Prime_Logo-Final-final53.ai” then he’s still my hero Read more

Is “Pregnant Padme minifig” the new Yaddle?
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Don’t mind me, I’m just rolling around in all this sweet, sweet money I get for negging on NFTs, paid by... paid by... um... you know... the anti-NFT lobby! Read more

Hey Reggie, some of us worked there during your time. At least for the QA side of things: yeah it was.
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Finally, FINALLY! I see Racer Revenge on one of these lists and not the far inferior Episode I Racer. Bravo. Now get your crap together and add Jedi Starfighter to the list! (yes it blows away its predecessor too) Read more

If you’ve got a VR headset, strongly encourage trying out Squadrons in VR. It’s already a solid game but the VR elevates the experience enormously.  Read more

2005 Battlefront II is arguably superior than the newer iteration. No lootboxes and actually worked from Day 1.
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Why did they feel like holding onto these IPs? Read more