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wtg, Eurogamer. People are going to take a stand on the issue of AI, and it's good to see a media outlet drawing a line in the sand. Of course, I'm so cynical that I expect one of the next news breaks to be the world finding out Eurogamer uses AI to generate their articles. But, wouldn't that...

That's really interesting. I wasn't aware that MS already lost the console wars. I also never thought of games as competing with 30-second video clips of random and inane things. I play games for an interactive experience. If I watch YT shorts, it's usually because I'm somewhere where I only...

Just in time for the holidays. What saints they are over there... I'm not so sure that is going to happen. At least not explicitly, or any time soon. I think we're more likely to see the economic catastrophe caused by a combination of AI job replacement and trade tariffs (at least in the U.S.)...

This is why I specifically mentioned existential therapy. There are a lot of kinds of therapy, emotionally-focused, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, etc., but for what you're describing, existential therapy seems like it would be the best fit. But, I'm not a mental health professional, so grain of...

That is a good question. I've been trying to write a thoughtful response to your post for a bit, but words fail me in many parts of it. My situation is not entirely dissimilar to yours. For all I can ramble on about it, the most insightful thing I can offer is to look into existential therapy...

I think that's a good point. On one hand, calling these things a boycott has the advantage of highlighting that the consumers have a voice and there's a collective agreement about a product/pricing. On the other hand, it also has a connotation of extremism, when the reality is that the economy...

The last console I had was PS2. I think my main reason for it were the Final Fantasy games (I think FFIX is easily one of the greatest games of all time). But then FFX and FFX-2 came out, were terrible, then I was disappointed by FFXII, and I was like, "guess I don't need a console anymore".

I would say PCs beat consoles in performance for sure if only for one thing, mods. The mod options for PC are (as far as I know) astronomically better than the options for consoles. For example, except for New Vegas, I've always found Bethesda games almost unplayable out of the box. However...

Wow. I truly don't understand console gamers, especially at today's prices. My "console" is a laptop that I already need for a number of other adulting things. Even then, I don't think I've spent as much as an X-box costs ($800 now!?) on it. I've had it since probably 2018 and it's still going...

When a Stallone movie accurately predicts the future, that's how you know we're all fucked.

All the more reason to be a patient gamer. I'd hate to have been someone who went in early, experienced an unfinished mess, than taken a pass on what eventually becomes a gem. :)

I'm taking a little break from the repetitive simplicity of Elite Dangerous for The Long Dark. This game will never make the "last game you've finished" thread because there is no finishing The Long Dark. You survive until you die of something. I've been playing for a week now and I'm adding...

I'm not so sure about that. I'm not even thinking about the future. The current state of things is bad enough. I used to buy games on the release dates and also buy DLCs (aka expansion packs as they were called then) and not really feel like I was getting ripped off. Now, I can't even bring...

I hear that. I've been getting closer and closer to deciding that I won't let me kids play video games when they're old enough. I'm even wondering if I'm hitting the tail end of it myself and if I should pick up a different hobby. What it's becoming is something I don't want in mine or their lives.

That's really disappointing. I really liked the first game. It was definitely a top game for me (especially playing a Malkavian). But, if this is the approach they are going to take on the second, I'm definitely taking a pass on it, at least for now. Down the line there will probably be an...

You're too late. I already picked it up during the summer sale. I've messed around a bit. It's great (except for the control scheme), but I've also gone down a rabbit hole with Elite Dangerous. When I get through that one I'll probably circle back to Nier.

I think I'm actually going to make this my steam review. So, I'm playing Elite Dangerous, but I'm not 100% sure which Elite Dangerous I am playing. It's a peculiar thing. For all intents and purposes, there are two versions of the game. Elite Dangerous: Odyssey (EDO) and Elite Dangerous...

I've essentially dropped alignment from my tabletop games. I questioned its value from the early days. In practice, it often doesn't really guide a character's behavior. Players are going to do what players are going to do. When it comes to linking action and consequence, I've found that "X...

I recently added the Odyssey expansion to Elite Dangerous and I'm kinda not loving it. It amends the game so that, instead of just flying a ship from port to port, you can actually disembark in starports and do ground missions. However, the FPS plays like an alpha release on a good day and a lot...

I'm a die hard kbm gamer. I'm currently playing Elite Dangerous with all the auto piloting features off and Newtonian physics on. Definitely more complicated controls, but I'm getting there. I gotta find a way to make it work with Nier. It's super obnoxious that I can't access the controls from...