Cry about it

too many people see video games as products and not as culture

everyone would appreciate games more if they followed who is creating them instead of only following IPs

real life “lore” is infinitely more interesting than fictional lore and it also helps you better understand the fictional lore too

In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.

-shows up wearing ceasefire pin
-talks about how the art and magic of games comes from the creatives and devs
-denounces the games made for quotas and in boardrooms
-takes a shot at TGA about giving proper airtime to creatives
-doesnt name drop any celebs

forget the awards, this guy wins hearts man

#AstroBot wins Game of the Year at #TheGameAwards

As gamers, we're used to companies squeezing every last penny out of us:

* Microtransactions
* Season passes
* Loot boxes
* Live service games

But this most recent trend of "Play 3 Days Early if you have the super-duper expensive version" really rubs me the wrong way.

‘Brain Rot’ has been named Oxford's Word of The Year 2024

More than 139K films & TV episodes have been used to train AI

• All episodes of 'Breaking Bad,' 'The Wire' and 'The Sopranos'

• Every Best Picture nominated film from 1950 to 2016

• 616 episodes of 'The Simpsons'

• Companies using it include Apple, Meta, and Bloomberg

(via The Atlantic)

Seeing the chatter around Metaphor Refantaziolini and it all sounds cool and I wish I wasn't so allergic to the look and tone of it. Every couple years I try a new bright and boisterous jrpg and every time I am defeated a few hours in. As in I personally am defeated. Not the player character. I die.

It's *part* of a game. You cannot play it without previously owning the original game. If we're doing this, then we should have a best-level section, because that's the equivalent here

The next PlayStation Studios game will be released on PlayStation.

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