Personally, Edith Finch and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter really played to some themes of family and nostalgia that hit home. Something about returning to a place you moved from and seeing things in a different light now that you’re older just makes for a beautiful story.

Reading the article it looks like they found a decent middle ground. It lays out how the steps help prevent people from getting scammed.

Multiple thousands!? My phone was like $250

I guess it’s the combination of two industry gameplay types: “voice on the radio” like in Bioshock, and “branching dialogue trees” like in Mass Effect. You choose when to start a dialogue with your counterpart over the walkie-talkie after things you notice, or you can choose not to mention something.

It’s been like 10 years, but I still feel guilty I never bought Oxenfree after watching a Lets Play. I did get the sequel.

Public urination puts you on the sex offender registry

A big factor with Palworld is building up your automation with good base design and Pal management. You assign them to build, sew seeds, water, harvest, transport, mine, chop trees, manufacure items, power generators, etc. As you progress, the systems you maintain get more complicated but provide better services/items/convenience. Exploring is a lot of fun, with Pals you can ride, traversal mechanics like the hookshot, and gliding. Plus all the usual open world mechanics like enemy bases to clear, warp points to unlock, powerful world bosses hanging around, dungeons, and resources to seek out. I’ve sunk probably 200 hours in it with friends.

Yeah I love Pokemon and everything, but this kind of Nintendo apologism is gross. They don’t have a copyright on dog monster or derpy dragon. These are all based on animals and yokai, so obviously there will be similarities. But the idea that there was plagiarism/re-used assets was complete fabrication from the start. If you want to see an ACTUAL ripoff, watch the trailer for Palworld then watch the Pickmon trailer. I’m certain this game indeed plagiarized Mammorest at least, and the game design is identical.

That’s Pokopia actually

Polymarket is a place to put bets on anything: if the groundhog sees his shadow, if a hurricane makes landfall, if the US bombs Iran. You know just fun betting. Except now people put down huge sums, and just prior to the Iran war, insiders were putting down MILLIONS on the war starting that day. It makes it immediately obvious there are dangerous conflicts of interest.

Yeah I’m perfectly fine telling Big Data that where I walk is a walkable path or that the PoIs I pass exist there. There are just as many positive uses of that info as negative.

We don’t count Puar /s
It’s been like 20 years since I watched through Dragonball though. I know Bulma is at least topless a few times. Besides that, what? Oolong and Krillin once or twice?

A splash of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Goku was naked a few times

Do you feel like a hero yet?

This voice feature is ableist against… paraplegics!

rofl why does the patent have the viewer stand up and cheer it

Kind of like saying Call of Duty is basically just shooting guns and if you don’t shoot the right things it sets you back. The fun of the game is getting good at the game.

Personally, I absolutely adore SDV. The music and sound effects are embedded in my soul. The characters are just charming. The pixel art is simple but endearing. Multiplayer is a ridiculous amount of fun. And with the continuous updates, I always feel that I can hop back in to discover more, so it feels like a living world that I visit.

I think they’re talking about the thumbnail

Boomers read a lot of war history