Some how Oblivion was worse on its face, but at least more exploitable.

New player: “Oh boy! I’m going to tag the skills that I plan to use the most!”

Experienced player: “You utter fool.”

they’re not supposed to be fun for everyone

This is why it should be even easier for consumers to return games. Playing a game and deciding it’s not for you is one thing. Playing a game and realizing you just flushed $70 down the toilet is infuriating.

Let’s turn, “I deserve to get my money’s worth” into “I deserve to get my money back.”

For real. Square Enix did a thing with Uniqlo just last year that looked a million times better: https://nintendowire.com/news/2024/04/15/seven-stunning-final-fantasy-shirts-coming-soon-to-uniqlo/

First my dog, now this book, geez I’ll get to it when I get to it, okay?

Walk without rhythm and you won’t attract her worm.

This is good. I feel like we’re getting closer to an AMR64 Steamdeck every day.

“I’ll make certain of it.”

*drops a smoke bomb and disappears*

Credit where it’s due though: Karen’s got a pretty sweet flip 'do going on.

“The people who can destroy a thing, they control it.”

It’s evil Peter Garrett!

Of course you were at the peak–didn’t you ride that big-ass elevator?

Cohen’s fans are fanatically devoted to him, and if they found Hallelujah’s use in Watchmen blasphemous, it was for his sake, not God’s.

It’s pretty strong, so you’ll want to nurse that cup all afternoon.

Caramel macchiatos haven’t been a hit the Old World, I take it.

What’s interesting to me is just how popular massively sweet, milky tea has become in the USA. Never thought I’d see anything challenge coffee’s dominance.

Hell runs FreeBSD.

It’s about 50/50.

There have been entertainment execs who championed the notion that the common viewer is smarter than they’re given credit for, and that deep down they want to be challenged. (I don’t have the sources in front of me, but think of Norman Lear and Jim Brooks, and so on.)

The LCD is certainly a concern, but I really think today’s entertainment industry has become too spineless, too cynical, and too dismissive of their customers’ intelligence.

People are on high alert for “ideological content” sneaking into their entertainment. Especially Conservative Americans. They slept on the increasing representation of minority groups in fiction, and then all of a sudden, WHAM – a Black president. BAM – gay marriage! Now they’re so paranoid they won’t believe you when you tell them there’s a rainbow in the Bible.