Dumbledore wrote on Oct 21, 2021, 06:21:
*BLAH*BLAH*BLAH*

Gosh what a crybaby, getting so defensive when someone responses to you in a way that doesn't entire agree that your opinion is correct.

I suppose it could be a remake of San Andreas (which could lean heavily on GTA 5 assets), GTA iV, and GTA V? Or maybe skip IV and put in Vice CIty?

I consider the behavior of exclusives on the EGS are entirely separate from this issue. On the former, I find it quite despicable, on the latter I agree with the actions they are taking and what they are trying to do: even if I do not have any Apple products. That all said, I am absolutely not surprise Apple did this.

Magic and Shadow, and Doctor Q ( a dev in the game and used to post here, as I recall).

Gamesworkshop has never gotten over the loss of all that Warcraft money, it's etched into the cold grey plastic.

How utterly sleazeball.

The gaming industry, like many others, has shown that when they are left to their own devices in a free market - will absolutely exploit their workforce for the least amount of money in the worst possible conditions that they can (long hours, crunch times, etc).

The industry has been free to invest their billions in profit back into the company, but have clearly chosen to pocket it at the highest levels instead.

And on top of all of this, it can't manage to treat their male and female employees fairly - in fact, working at a gaming company might get you sexually harassed with no recourse.

Time to form a union and protect the people who actually make the games, and not those that profit from the hardwork.

Beamer wrote on Jul 26, 2021, 08:40:
Guys, Quinn is the definition of bad faith poster.
..
Just put him on Ignore. He insists on discussing almost nothing beyond American politics and American race relations despite being the definition of ignorant because he's neither American nor has he spent any significant time here. He just watches far right YouTube videos and assumes he knows it all

That's the best idea I've heard so far today.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jul 22, 2021, 12:49:
Will we ever get Total War: 40k? Or will GW waste the license on mediocre indy titles that do tabletop to game 1:1 for all eternity?

The concern is their short-term profit over long-term gains: A really good game (such as Dawn of War) could cut into their selling of plastic-crack, as a $60-80 game is infinity more affordable over a $80-100 start collecting set. In the long run, the game will get old, but if you've made a fan - they could move into buying the miniatures later. Corporate thinking likely sees it as more of a threat than a boon, because money in the pocket vs money in the future.

Coming soon to your subscription service and free tier online play soon! Just imagine! You can respawn faster by watching this ad! This new cosmetic item requires a 10 second ad to be viewed to equip this item, everytime.

The future is bright and loud with advertisements.

Acleacius wrote on Jun 29, 2021, 18:31:
I just realized what a dumb ass avellone is, unless I read something wrong or missed something. It sounded like mostly a lot of bad behavior.
It didn't sound like full assault or rape (once again I could have missed something). So he could have spent the last year getting therapy,
apologized and possibly made donations to women's charities. This probably would have much, much, much farther in rehabilitating his image,
reputation and a door back into the business. This path he chose is fraught with peril for himself, others and could possibly make things
much, much, much worst.

He is not getting back into the industry, allegations true or false, there is no return. If the case runs to completion it will not make any involved party innocent. If successful, there is no victory, if it fails there is no real change.

It's a peculiar time to be sure.

jdreyer wrote on Jun 29, 2021, 15:57:

Primalchrome wrote on Jun 29, 2021, 09:23:
First, there was no court case until he made one.
Second, if he lost work due to unsubstantiated rumors, then he should bring a wrongful termination suit against those corporations. Instead he's choosing to use the courts against those with the least resources to defend themselves, the women in this story.
Third, not only is he choosing a type of lawsuit that is hard to win, his tactics in executing the suit are making it even harder (presenting a poorly prepared complaint, pushing to be considered a public person, filing in CA, pushing to move venue to the defendant-friendly LA courts, etc.).
What all of this points to is that he seems less concerned about truly winning the case, and more concerned with the optics ("I'm fighting to clear my name!") and punishing the women who called him out.
But maybe he has some smoking gun that will completely prove that these multiple complaints against him was all a conspiracy. I guess we'll find out.

I don't like the way you've worded your second point, he is bringing the case against those who started this issue for him, period. If he chose to file suit against the companies for termination it would be one person against multiple companies and their respective buckets of money to fight against - and the root cause of the termination would not be addressed. How he chooses to pursue his case is his business, and stands or falls on the choices that have been made. Of the choices he could make, this is the one he pursued because that has the most value to him, which from his account, is about lies.

The only intent I can see is he wants a confession, under oath - about what was said and actions that were taken as they relate to this event.

Bishi wrote on Jun 28, 2021, 16:36:
Sorry, did I need to pre-empt my post with: THIS IS MY OPINION. I can see you are fragile, I am sorry for upsetting you with my mean internet post. Next time I will send flowers first.

Fragile? My goodness, you have all the bluster of a glassjaw bully. You come throwing out big mean swear words - and run behind "my opinion" as soon as everyone who held their nose called you on your shit.

The only thing you've added to this conversation is lowering the bar. If you aren't going to elaborate your colorful position - use it to fertilize your lawn, it would have more value.

CIA Supervisor:
Jesus F***ing Christ. What did we learn, Palmer?

Palmer:
I don't know sir.

CIA Supervisor:
I don't f***ing know either. I guess we learned not to do it again. I'm f***ed if I know what we did.

Palmer:
Yes sir, it's hard to say.


Don't meet girls at Dragoncon bars, is that what we learned?

Bishi wrote on Jun 27, 2021, 18:26:
On PC the performance was fine, it was the game that was shit.

Fucking snoresland of a game, awful AI, half-decent gunplay, with built in cheats, but was just a yawn-fest after a few hours. No character depth and a bland world it was like the worst parts of Deus Ex and GTA duct taped together.

Witcher 3 was a yawn fest combat wise but at least had great writing / side-quests. This game was such a step back in so many ways.

Either way, no matter what you expected it did not deliver based on trailers and hype.

Is your intention to be an edgy 20 year old that thinks that insulting the subject matter of the post in such an incendiary manner is cool, when you follow-up with 'lets respect our opinions'?

That's like going to a book story, pointing to a book and calling it dogshit - but you really truly are interested in someone else's thoughts if they liked it. But wait, you already called it shit in your first sentence of your first post.

Uh, I seem to have missed more than a ship here, looks like an entire flotilla has sailed. I didn't especially like PoE's story or Durance or Weeping Mother; when I heard Chris left, I figured it was time. The characters felt overwrought - like Penny Arcade writing trying to chase Penny Arcade comics.

I remember seeing his name pop-up once or twice, but now there is this whole sea of flotsam and jetsam.

Is it even worth examining?

It looked like a collection of larpers that bought their clothes from the same outlet - the guys that had more money bought helmets and hockey gear.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Jun 1, 2021, 11:18:
... and the reviews are... not great.

Sounds like it needs a few months of patches, but not too surprising considering this studio's last game.

I forgot I bought this, I'll check it out. Eventually. I can only assume that GWS strategy is to employ as many studios as possible with the least amount of money, hoping they get a hit.. eventually.

Bestill my racing heart, they absolutely navigated any controversy with FC5, by making the experience as generic as possible that - I will believe when I see it, that they have any stones at all for a political story.

The biggest highlight is that there are more than two Crysis games.