Wondering how many of these storefronts still have Hatred for sale. Capitalism really does just devolve into feudalism, with a small handful of people making decisions mostly off vibes.

I don't think I've ever found the writing in a Don't Nod game to be good, but I always feel compelled to see if they've gotten any better, so I'm giving this a try.

It's weird when people ask if Hegseth should be tried for war crimes, because no United States federal politician has ever been convicted of war crimes. Which is impressive considering how many war crimes this country has committed.

This is not helping my opinion that, in art, gen AI is mostly used for crowding all media marketplaces with junk no one asked for or wants.

Fall Out Boy sounds like if Paul Scheer could sing.

I always loved the writing in these games, even though I found the puzzles insanely hard at times.

One of the big things that games like Tides of Annihilation just can not wrap their heads around is when to shut up. So much yapping filler stating things we already understand.

The wild thing about watching an industry bubble pop is seeing all the people desperately doing whatever they can to make it look like it's not popping.

Reading about Andrew Jackson ignoring laws and treaties to hurt the indigenous is a good reminder that there's always been leaders in America who will just break the law and dare anyone to actually hold them accountable.

Generally Microsoft's worst nightmare is Microsoft. So many of their mistakes in the gaming space over the last few decades were avoidable.

We are kind of ruled over by a group of mean-spirited class clowns at this point.

This is kind of a "well yeah" statement for most gamers, but the people who run corporations have been trying to claim single player games are dead or dying for over 20 years, so it's worth having numbers on.

So Black Ops 7 insisted I need to update my BIOS, and now I can't log into any Microsoft product on that PC. And because I mentioned the word "password" while using the phone system, they just give me an automatic message and hang up on me now. Truly awful support.

EA and Microsoft definitely hog the spotlight, but oh damn is Square Enix also a bad idea machine on an organizational level. I'm surprised they haven't lost the company to a cult or a ponzi scheme by now.

I reviewed The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim.

Knowing who has you blocked on this platform seems bad for your mental health.

No Noise November. everybody shut up

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has really hooked me, but damn does it take a while to really get into its rhythm. Which is a shame because there's some staggering set pieces later on.

The arguments for why casinos and online gambling are legal end up being oddly similar to the arguments con artists make to rationalize their scams and grifts.

Few things in gaming right now are stranger to me than the press trying to push the narrative of GTA 6 needing to be $100. It's deeply weird.

The song is about The Monster Mash but in no way describes the dance, most likely because it is terrifying beyond description.

Albion Online is the most Rural-Juror-ass game name I've heard in a while. I wonder if it sounds less clumsy to the Germans who created it?

I reviewed Shadow of the Tomb Raider, a messy-ass game that is so of its era.

End stage capital seeks a model without costumers employees services or products

I think the trouble with making Scream relevant now is it'd have to acknowledge how much has changed in horror since that franchise started. We have Shudder streaming, creepypastas, and horror Roblox games. It's no longer a landscape of slasher movies played on Halloween.

NVidia is literally paid not to believe in the AI bubble. If they, even for a moment, publicly acknowledged the possibility of a bubble it could very well pop it.

I liked Game of Thrones, but it did kind of start a tendency in bad big budget television where everything is just waiting for the big budget set pieces. Shows like It: Welcome to Derry feel like they're stalling for time until expensive stuff happens.

The yellow paint complaints are dumb as hell. AAA games have too much visual detail, they need things to help direct the player to what elements can actually be interacted with, because it's interactive media. I've played games that don't do this, and they're frustrating.

XBOX saying Game Pass Ultimate give you access to day-one releases feels a little hollow after all their big titles started offering a premium edition that gave access a week earlier, basically making that the actual release date.

I’m not convinced that Microsoft has ever had a good idea.

This headline makes it sound like the PS5 will now steal a little kiss when you're feeling down.

Calling something "overrated" is an oddly dishonest way of approaching a subject, but if people just said, "I don't like how much people are talking about this subject" you might have to interrogate your own thinking a little.

I always find Joseph Fink's opinions on comedy weird, because Welcome to Nightvale jokes always felt like an unwieldy stack of non-sequiturs.

I read Serpent & Dove, a book I enjoyed more than I would have anticipated.

I don't know what weird impulse leads the games press to keep suggesting GTA 6 should be $100, and why they keep quoting industry people who agree with them. What does this serve?

It feels like for the last few decades, the people who run gaming corporations almost universally hate RPGs and would rather those teams do almost anything else. They feel like the genre is nerdy and unlikely to get crossover attention or hits, and dismiss their successes as flukes. It's so tedious.

I reviewed Silksong. What an immensely satisfying game.

I am questioning if I possess the physical discipline to actually beat Silksong Act 3. Lost Lace is a monster.

That series has some of the most clearly choreographed scenes of warfare I've seen in any medium, which is wild for a guy who clearly hates war as a whole.

We're not getting enough movies where Emily Blunt plays a bad ass. Anyone who saw Edge of Tomorrow or The English should know what she's capable of. We need less of her playing a troubled wife.

This was my first thought when I saw the news of them cancelling it. I assume it was Ubisoft Montreal, and the makers of Far Cry 5 were not going to have a good take on American Reconstruction.

If you're going to raise prices 50%, this is perhaps not the banger line-up you should present. Keeper looks interesting, and lots of people will play a Ninja Gaiden 4, but the rest is indie games they've had before, shovelware, and a Grinch game.

For most of my life I’ve wanted some sort of medical alert device that tells me how annoying I’m being at the moment, because I always assume it’s too annoying.

I feel like a Like a Dragon/One Piece crossover would make a lot of sense, because they're both series about people who call themselves criminals but don't actually do much crime.

I really struggle to understand cheaters in online games. Is it really not fun for them unless they make it actively unfun for everyone else? There's a weird sort of sadism to it.

The Marvels made 200 million dollars. It was a failure because it had an insane budget for a fun little scifi adventure. Clearly plenty of people went to see it.

I would love it if the Rapture came and just took the most annoying person in everyone’s social group. No one would know what to do with that message.

Ever since I was a kid I found a sudden artist change abrasive, and I noticed it the most in Marvel comics. I’m assuming they just couldn’t bring themselves to delay the damn issue.

At this price point I can't actually think of a single reason why you shouldn't just buy a PC instead.