That's literally been their business model since the beginning, it just used to be that the content was Umezawa's Jitte or Chrome Mox and now it's Gandalf or Doctor Who.
The real pack sellers are power creeped cards, not the IP of that set.
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I'm reading is that it's a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors' pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
The reason why everyone doesn't do it is because it requires significant capital to be able to support a dev team through production for a number of years.
Not to mention they will still have to deal with publishers potentially fucking them over, as shown with the Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco.
i avoid hype but as a massive fan of the original kcd and the honesty of this reveal, im hyped! wont be pre-ordering though, never pre-order its bad for the industry and consumers.
Such an incredible gaming experience with absolutely no words.
I also love Abzū, which is kind of like a sequel to it, but also not really.
I did try and get my girlfriend (non-gamer) to play Journey and she did not enjoy it at all, which made me realise a large part of why I love it is that it doesn't hold your hand, and it assumes you are adept at gaming in some way.
They are probably using the default installed theme, which doesn't have scalable icons so everything is horribly pixelated. Not sure why it's still the default, but as you said it's pretty easy to change.
I'm not usually a huge fan of rogue-likes, but I've enjoyed a few, like Hades. I bought Balatro last week and have been absolutely smashing it ever since then. I love the way the game works, each run being so different even within the same framework, and the feeling when your build starts to go off is so incredibly satisfying....
It's crazy how I feel like I barely notice the music when playing but it just pops into my head throughout the day.
I had to play on mute the other day when my headphones died and it was like a completely different game with out the background music and the dings to give me that dopamine rush.
Call me crazy, but I think if a game can be "retired" by Warner Brothers (or another megacorp), and the dev doesn't control it anymore, then it's not really an "indie".
I got the urge to play the witness for the 3rd (or maybe even 4th) time again after being slightly disappointed by the Talos Principle 2, and man I cannot express enough how much I enjoy this game. It just satisfies something deep inside me every time I play it. And I know a LOT of people (probably some here) strongly dislike...
Well you can watch it ad free on Nebula, as linked in the video description.
I honestly can't hate on him for that decision, he needs to eat as much as the rest of us, and unless we're paying for a Nebula subscription, video sponsors are the only way to do that.
Because YouTube and Twitch are notorious for reducing ad payments or demontising creators. Have you forgotten about the adpocalypse already? Patreon also increased their fees with very little notice in 2019.
It'd honestly be an idiotic move to not take a video sponsor if they're offered, because that is guaranteed and likely upfront, supplemental income to support the creation of videos.
Nebula is collectively creator owned, so it's the only one of those that won't fuck over creators for more money, but as I said, not a lot of people are paying for subscriptions. It's small, the per-creator payouts are probably even less than Youtube.
And finally, the real answer: Man's gotta eat. Simple.
All of that considered, I didn't even see the sponsor ads you're complaining about because I have Sponsorblock skip them automatically.
I am searching for a controller to play emulated switch games on my pc. My requirements are motion controls, good build quality and responsiveness, and preferably hall effect sticks to make the controller last longer avoiding drift....
Very satisfied with mine. Not the ultimate, but the SN30 Pro+. Has no issues connecting to my PC or switch, no mechanical issues so far either, after about 4 years.
First of all, BG3 is built on the DnD 5th Edition system, (with some slight changes) so a lot of people who have played DnD are going to be very aware of the system and how it works. But to be honest, on the easier settings, it’s almost impossible to fail the game, you can do what ever you want.
A big tip for BG3 inventory management is to use the “Send to camp” option for items. Grab them whenever, they don’t take up inventory space.
Yeah, definitions that were written before this technology existed. I don’t base my opinions on what is legal, legality nothing more than rules determined by those in power.
Instead, I base them on what is ethical, and the consumption of material by LLMs and other AIs without the express permission of its creator is unethical.
Well it has to be a bonus action cleric spell with concentration because throwing an object is an action, so the options are: Shield of Faith, Holy Weapon or Spirit Shroud. She’s not holding a weapon, and it doesn’t look like she’s summoning spirits of the dead, so I’m going to go with she is casting Shield of Faith.
When the review embargo first dropped, Starfield was sitting at something like an 88 on Xbox and an 89 on PC. Not 90+ the way I think Bethesda may have been hoping, and yet still extremely good.
I sat down to play it last night, got destroyed by spaceships I’m trying to kill to level up my piloting skill and access class B and C ships, went to the simulator in the UC base to get some free kills and realised I wasn’t having any fun with the game any more, so I closed the game and started playing High on Life. Had way more fun.
After the
spoilerStarborn
reveal
spoiler(which I saw coming as soon as the Starborn were introduced)
I realised it’s just not fun. I can’t get into the roleplay as all the characters are bland cardboard cutouts with weird facial expressions, the only fun I was really having was the shooting which grew stale once all the enemies became bullet sponges.
The lack of city maps, the boring cutscenes for everything, clunky console first interface, drab colours, bafflingly hideous item designs, lifeless procedural planets. The factions are all boring. Permanent skills, with no respec options?! And for god’s sake, let me eat food on the ground by long pressing E.
It’s actually worse than Fallout 4, and that’s 8 years old.
Stop trying to turn Dungeons & Dragons into a Marvel-esque cash cow – it won’t work ( www.theguardian.com )
Can somebody explain why game makers don't start their own companies together?
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I'm reading is that it's a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors' pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
Dungeons and Dragons may improve mental health ( www.jcu.edu.au )
Dpad vs analog stick
Which do you prefer? Why?...
How would you save D&D if you were the new CEO?
The question is discussed in this podcast episode....
Maybe hot take: as a handheld, the regular switch is an awful handheld
Have you ever held a switch? Its long, flat and the controllers suck. Awful dpad and bad sticks....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st
Another thread! Whatcha all been playing?...
kingdom come: deliverance II reveal ( yt.drgnz.club )
i avoid hype but as a massive fan of the original kcd and the honesty of this reveal, im hyped! wont be pre-ordering though, never pre-order its bad for the industry and consumers.
Let's discuss: Journey ( beehaw.org )
The format of these posts is simple: let's discuss a specific game or series!...
Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability ( www.404media.co )
[ANSWERED]libreoffice or onlyoffice?
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Anyone else addicted to Balatro right now? ( www.playbalatro.com )
I'm not usually a huge fan of rogue-likes, but I've enjoyed a few, like Hades. I bought Balatro last week and have been absolutely smashing it ever since then. I love the way the game works, each run being so different even within the same framework, and the feeling when your build starts to go off is so incredibly satisfying....
“It‘s kind of depressing”: WB Discovery pulls indie game for “business changes” ( arstechnica.com )
Archive link: https://archive.ph/168Vn...
The Witness Appreciation Post
I got the urge to play the witness for the 3rd (or maybe even 4th) time again after being slightly disappointed by the Talos Principle 2, and man I cannot express enough how much I enjoy this game. It just satisfies something deep inside me every time I play it. And I know a LOT of people (probably some here) strongly dislike...
Vape-o-nomics: Why everything is addictive now. ( youtu.be )
A video about disposable vapes, and how addiction became the goal of every single company on the planet.
Palworld Has Huge Weekend, Sells 5 Million and Overtakes Cyberpunk 2077 in Steam’s Most-Played Games List - IGN ( www.ign.com )
FTC offers $25,000 prize for detecting AI-enabled voice cloning ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Need help finding a controller for less than 50€
I am searching for a controller to play emulated switch games on my pc. My requirements are motion controls, good build quality and responsiveness, and preferably hall effect sticks to make the controller last longer avoiding drift....
The hyperloop is dead for real this time ( www.theverge.com )
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 17th
What have you all been playing!...
How many stinkers did you play this year?
How many and which bad games did you play this year?
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 ( www.youtube.com )
Stardew Valley Expanded exceeded its creator’s wildest dreams ( www.polygon.com )
Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears ( www.theregister.com )
How are you all playing these insanely complex games?
Just some off the top of my head: Destiny, Deep Rock Galactic, Overwatch, and most recently Baldur’s Gate....
Inside Alan Wake 2, the strangest game of 2023: “They’re going to be like, ‘What the fuck is going on?’” ( www.gq-magazine.co.uk )
Google Photos rolling out out native Android 14 share sheet ( 9to5google.com )
Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from company weeks after pricing controversy ( www.eurogamer.net )
Suing Writers Seethe at OpenAI's Excuses in Court ( futurism.com )
New Elder Scrolls game surprise launches on Android - Polygon ( www.polygon.com )
When you cast a concentration spell, ending the last spell you were concentrating on. ( comicpress.socksandpuppets.com )
This comic is part of an ongoing story that might make more sense with full context....
The Elder Scrolls VI will skip PS5 and isn’t coming until at least 2026 ( www.theverge.com )
Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities" ( www.gamesindustry.biz )
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Is It Just Impossible to Have an Honest Conversation About Starfield? ( www.themarysue.com )
It sure feels impossible to have an honest conversation about Starfield online right now.
Starfield (Zero Punctuation) ( www.youtube.com )
Was Unity lying yesterday or are they lying today? ( lemmy.today )
Unity: We have to charge for every install because we only see totals. Also Unity: We can tell which install is which, so you won’t be overcharged.
A Sliding Score Means ‘Starfield’ Is Now Xbox Series X’s 47th Highest Rated Game ( www.forbes.com )
When the review embargo first dropped, Starfield was sitting at something like an 88 on Xbox and an 89 on PC. Not 90+ the way I think Bethesda may have been hoping, and yet still extremely good.
Apple's new iPhone 15 Pro getting Assassin's Creed Mirage, Resident Evil 4 Remake, more ( www.eurogamer.net )