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Hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players are really keeping things going, especially in the non f2p gaming space.
According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.
According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.
October 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players are really keeping things going, especially in the non f2p gaming space.
According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.
According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.
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As time is relative, the year as the individual experiences it is unique. And since only that individual existed in that particular year, this statement is, by nature, impossible to not be true. There are infinite GOTYs delivered by infinite consciences across an infinite universe. And beyond.
Today I'm holding myself in the light by unilaterally declaring that my favorite games I've played this year (even if not released this year) are all GOTY and no individual or group can convince me otherwise.
October 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As time is relative, the year as the individual experiences it is unique. And since only that individual existed in that particular year, this statement is, by nature, impossible to not be true. There are infinite GOTYs delivered by infinite consciences across an infinite universe. And beyond.
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One of the things that has me curious given the rush to cancel Game Pass is about how significant the attrition rate was expected internally at MS.
Any time you change a service offering or increase pricing, there is an expectation you'll price out some of your customers.
Any time you change a service offering or increase pricing, there is an expectation you'll price out some of your customers.
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of the things that has me curious given the rush to cancel Game Pass is about how significant the attrition rate was expected internally at MS.
Any time you change a service offering or increase pricing, there is an expectation you'll price out some of your customers.
Any time you change a service offering or increase pricing, there is an expectation you'll price out some of your customers.
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
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Skepticism is always healthy, but I've been keeping tabs on this for years (since my big 2018 story about Red Dead 2's crunch). They certainly haven't eliminated *all* overtime but everyone I've talked to at Rockstar says it's night and day from previous projects. If that changes, I'll report on it.
Frankly I do not buy for a second that Rockstar is trying to avoid crunch
Nobody I’ve talked to at Rockstar has believed Fall 2025 was a real window for a very long time now. Too much work, not enough time, and what appears to be a real desire from management to avoid brutal crunch. GTA VI slipping to 2026 has seemed inevitable for months if not longer
May 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Skepticism is always healthy, but I've been keeping tabs on this for years (since my big 2018 story about Red Dead 2's crunch). They certainly haven't eliminated *all* overtime but everyone I've talked to at Rockstar says it's night and day from previous projects. If that changes, I'll report on it.
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I think the suggestion that any kind of human-to-human interaction should be replaced with human-to-chatbot interaction should be scrutinized as a kind of moral rot. It’s antisocial ideology and should be treated as such
May 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think the suggestion that any kind of human-to-human interaction should be replaced with human-to-chatbot interaction should be scrutinized as a kind of moral rot. It’s antisocial ideology and should be treated as such
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GTA 6 getting pushed does not mean there will all of a sudden be a whole bunch of dollars available for other games in 2025.
It just means that a bunch of the dollars that would have been spent on gaming this year have disappeared.
It just means that a bunch of the dollars that would have been spent on gaming this year have disappeared.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
GTA 6 getting pushed does not mean there will all of a sudden be a whole bunch of dollars available for other games in 2025.
It just means that a bunch of the dollars that would have been spent on gaming this year have disappeared.
It just means that a bunch of the dollars that would have been spent on gaming this year have disappeared.
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Getting a job in games media seemed almost unattainable when I broke in back in 2005. In the years since, it’s become almost impossible and ultimately inadvisable. I can’t imagine trying to break in today.
Independent is pretty much the only option now. Support your favorite creators directly.
Independent is pretty much the only option now. Support your favorite creators directly.
May 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Getting a job in games media seemed almost unattainable when I broke in back in 2005. In the years since, it’s become almost impossible and ultimately inadvisable. I can’t imagine trying to break in today.
Independent is pretty much the only option now. Support your favorite creators directly.
Independent is pretty much the only option now. Support your favorite creators directly.
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More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
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oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
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A lot of conservative men would burn the entire world down if it meant getting women out of the workforce because their entire sense of self is based on the idea that they were born superior to women
April 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A lot of conservative men would burn the entire world down if it meant getting women out of the workforce because their entire sense of self is based on the idea that they were born superior to women
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Look. I'm not going to say it. But only one country could do this.
April 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Look. I'm not going to say it. But only one country could do this.
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EVERY VIDEO GAME CONSOLE IS FILLED WITH MASTERPIECES BECAUSE EVERY VIDEO GAME IS A MIRACLE!
February 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
EVERY VIDEO GAME CONSOLE IS FILLED WITH MASTERPIECES BECAUSE EVERY VIDEO GAME IS A MIRACLE!
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The ideas around “neutrality” and “bias” have done so much damage in the mainstream media. These ideas only work in one direction—against the left—and result in people in the industry who personally identify as left-leaning overcompensating and doing the right’s work for them
April 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The ideas around “neutrality” and “bias” have done so much damage in the mainstream media. These ideas only work in one direction—against the left—and result in people in the industry who personally identify as left-leaning overcompensating and doing the right’s work for them
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Not terribly surprised to see a 90 day pause on tariffs (base 10% still in effect and China specific tariffs still active).
The 10% baseline is still, arguably, an incredibly dumb thing to do, but catastrophe has been avoided for at least 90 days.
I assume China and the US will work something out
The 10% baseline is still, arguably, an incredibly dumb thing to do, but catastrophe has been avoided for at least 90 days.
I assume China and the US will work something out
April 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Not terribly surprised to see a 90 day pause on tariffs (base 10% still in effect and China specific tariffs still active).
The 10% baseline is still, arguably, an incredibly dumb thing to do, but catastrophe has been avoided for at least 90 days.
I assume China and the US will work something out
The 10% baseline is still, arguably, an incredibly dumb thing to do, but catastrophe has been avoided for at least 90 days.
I assume China and the US will work something out
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See how this works? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
See how this works? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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Relatedly, I have a feeling the “tech CEOs don’t let their kids see screens” stuff is not true. I think it’s propaganda to make them seem more elite and drive pro-internet censorship campaigns
April 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Relatedly, I have a feeling the “tech CEOs don’t let their kids see screens” stuff is not true. I think it’s propaganda to make them seem more elite and drive pro-internet censorship campaigns
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If you don’t allow your kids to have internet access until they’re like 16 and then just give them a phone they’re likely going to get scammed and abused immediately. This already happens. Kids need to be actively taught digital *literacy* from a young age, that’s the problem
April 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you don’t allow your kids to have internet access until they’re like 16 and then just give them a phone they’re likely going to get scammed and abused immediately. This already happens. Kids need to be actively taught digital *literacy* from a young age, that’s the problem
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These guys are told from the day they are born that vulnerability is feminine, so they dedicate themselves to being (or at least appearing) invulnerable, complete unto themselves, but of course that's profoundly anti-human, so what results is a bunch of weird dysfunctional behaviors.
April 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
These guys are told from the day they are born that vulnerability is feminine, so they dedicate themselves to being (or at least appearing) invulnerable, complete unto themselves, but of course that's profoundly anti-human, so what results is a bunch of weird dysfunctional behaviors.
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The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
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Bill Ackman thinks he’s a genius heterodox thinker because he’s now criticizing Trump for hurting his own business interests. In reality this shows he’s an unparalleled idiot whose wealth should be redistributed by force
April 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Bill Ackman thinks he’s a genius heterodox thinker because he’s now criticizing Trump for hurting his own business interests. In reality this shows he’s an unparalleled idiot whose wealth should be redistributed by force
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.