While I do think the bluffing system in First Light is very cool, you can definitely tell IOI kind of just put it in there as a proof of concept. I say this because a lot of the lines for the system are just the same canned 2-3 lines depending on what mission you are on and where you are.

Not surprised ARC Raiders has seen a major fall off in players. Trendy games, even if they are good, normally only last a few months.

Mike Carey had one of the most overlooked runs at the Big 2 in the 2000s and early 2010s. Just banger after banger.

I'll try one of these again

I think the most overrated team going into next season is the Panthers. They only got into the playoffs because the NFC South is the worst division in the league. They were one of the most inconsistent teams on a game to game basis last year and that's not sustainable.

A little reference I wish was in First Light is when Bond was looking through the ledger at the resort in Vietnam, Tobias Reaper would've been on the ledger, and Bond would've said, "That's a crazy name" or some witty retort.

I understand why they had to write them out so early, but I would've liked a little bit more time with other recruits outside of the of the first few chapters in First Light.

I love watching reactions to Beast In Black because everyone is so surprised by Yannis' voice. I was too when I first heard the band a couple years ago.

Me when Greenway told Bond to “stop putting your hand in your ear” when he got his new earpiece in First Light

It feels like every few weeks, Myles Garrett trade rumblings spring up again.

So many people pronounce Antony Starr’s name as Anthony Starr. I get it, but come on guys, for a show to be running five seasons, we have to pronounce the actor’s name right, especially the actor who plays the main villain.

The most underrated Brubaker/Phillips book

It's kind of crazy that even when you combine most of the employee bases of the major WB owned studios (NRS, Rocksteady, WB Montreal, TT Games), it still barely cracks the amount of employees Ubisoft Montreal has.

I don't want to seem like I am off base here, but one thing I have noticed when it comes to reaction side of YouTube is that most of the music reactors that are singers/vocal coaches are female. Is there a bigger ratio of female vocal coaches than male vocal coaches?

I'm not surprised at all that Tiffany Stratton has gotten into streaming.

The DC Blackout people already making exceptions for books they like and want to support. This is why DC isn't going to take this seriously. These people don't even follow their own guidelines that they set up.

I might not understand all the references for the trophies in First Light since I haven't read the books, but I like little touches like that. It's like when Rocksteady made most of the trophies in Arkham Knight reference different Batman stories.

My Reels feed has been inundated with videos with AI narrators and it's so annoying.

I know it's only OTAs, but come on www.youtube.com/shorts/Bbrkb...

youtube.com/shorts/x11aP... I commend Liam for sitting through all these dumbass videos of people being idiots when it comes to food.

A funny difference in the mentality of manga readers compared to comics readers is manga readers are way more forgiving of filler where comic readers heavily criticize filler.

I really want to know what the budget for Beyond Good and Evil 2 is since that game is supposedly still in development. It has to have blown up exponentially since it has been rebooted multiple times.

The Bond theme coming on as you are driving a commandeered garbage truck through London in First Light.

Sin City

*insert Brubaker/Phillips book here*

NetEase making Black Cat's ass even bigger when she gets new skins. 😭

I think the Walking Dead is the perfect for an anti-comics manga fan: it is written by one person from beginning to end (with mostly the same artist), you can "start at volume 1 bro", and it's long and has a ton of filler.

I feel this year's GOTY race is going to be much more interesting since there isn't a clear cut winner like there was last year with E33 or 2023 with Baldur's Gate 3. We actually have a race. @thestrawhatgamer.bsky.social

I get people want a Superman game, but we have to stop regurgitating the same rumors from Reddit or Twitter that get debunked every year by actual reputable journalists.

I don’t think they will nominate two Capcom games for GOTY, so which is more likely to get nominated: RE Requiem or Pragmata?

Slow news day for video game scoopers they need to peddle their normal bullshit.

I don't know if it was just a skill issue on my part, but the shootout to get to the plane in First Light felt much harder actually playing it than it did when they showed it as demo back during the first gameplay reveal. Granted, that demo was very scripted.

Arris from Variant has really fully transitioned from a 'here's how to get into comics" YouTuber to a full on engagement bait hot take/reaction TikToker in the last year or so.

Oh boy, white eyes debate is hitting a fever pitch again with Bullseye's suit in Born Again Season 3 having white eyes.

007: First Light feels like the true vision of what Hitman Absolution wanted to be. A more linear style doesn't really fit Hitman, but it fits Bond to a tee.

I honestly didn't notice until after I read it that the first chapter in Five Gears In Reverse is the same exact story that was in that Giant Size Criminal one-shot last year.

I'm probably about halfway done with First Light. Having a great time. I will admit, some of these firefights can get a bit tricky.

It's always kind of unsettling how happy pharmaceutical ads are.

Marvel Legacy numbering almost never makes sense because they pick and choose what to count and what not to. Where, I feel DC is more accurate in their counting. What helped DC a lot is the biweekly release of Rebirth, which sped up books exponentially over a two-year period.

A well put together miniseries, even if it doesn't lead to anything, can be better than a longwinded, decompressed ongoing, yet people still have this double standard against miniseries, for some reason.

A book like Gotham Central wouldn't last 40 issues today like it did back in the mid-2000s. It would probably last 6-8 issues, at most.

"anti-woke" grifters crying about M being female in First Light like she wasn't female for twenty years between GoldenEye and Skyfall. So fucking dumb.

Deserved

I feel a lot of people need to accept that some characters just work better as members of teams than they do solo. For example, Black Lightning works great in the context of what he's a JL member or the leader of the Outsiders. That's perfectly fine. Most of the JSA is like that and I love the JSA.

The hand to hand combat in First Light is what the natural progression of freeflow combat should look like.

I feel a lot of people forget that DC doesn't directly own Milestone. They license the characters, but don't fully own them. That's what the whole McDuffie estate lawsuit was about and why it took them so long to launch the line.

I feel the problem with saying every character should have an ongoing is how far can actually stretch these characters? For example, I love Mister Terrific, but can her sustain a 30-40 issue run? What's his supporting cast? Who is he going up against?

Caleb Downs is probably going have a very productive three years with the Cowboys, then Jerry won't pay him and choose to pay an offensive guard instead, then trade him to another team for premium picks.

Yeah, that doesn't come off as weird at all.

If Parsons starts the seasons on the PUP list, which I think he most likely will, I think it's going to be rough for the Packers defense for the first month of the season as they get used to Gannon's scheme.