TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)

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  • Harvey Birdman: Mr. Boo Boo, would you consider yourself a revolutionary?

    Boo Boo: Well, no. But I believe corporations rob us of our dignity and independence, and that these systems must be ripped down, or levelled by any force necessary… But that’s just one little bear’s opinion.

    Harvey Birdman: A cute, fuzzy little bear. (smiles at jury) The defense rests

















  • Yeah the comment felt like bizarre astroturfing – Why would ‘gaming journalists’ specifically not want Xbox to succeed, but want Playstation to? Like somehow a Sony monopoly is great for… journalists? A very strange take.

    XBOX has been underwhelming for a while and journalists will report on that, and they will focus on those bad parts and certainly also sometimes make it sound worse than it really is, because it brings in clicks.

    I worked at Microsoft and I can assure you, they deserve every bit of hate they get. And it really is that bad. There was a point with the Xbox One where Sony was beating ‘us’ in every single market we were actively tracking except specific parts of the US. Yet we had directive after directive for clearly nonsensical ideas like targeting Japan for console sales.

    I also worked (third party) with Sony and they aren’t much better, but they at least understand how to get their consoles bought. Microsoft hasn’t known how to do that since the 360.



  • As someone with an avatar of the Q from Quake 1, I can avidly say that writing was not better in the past.

    Just off the top of my head from the last decade:

    -Baldurs gate 3 -Firewatch -Return of the Obra Dinn -Disco Elysium -Tyranny -Shadowrun Dragonfall -Red Dead Redemption 2 -Witcher 3 -Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice -Life is Strange -Prey (2017) -The Red Strings Club

    Seriously, go check the story to Perfect Dark. Hilarious? Yes. A “good story”? No.

    There are myriad issues in gaming now that weren’t there in the past, but good writing is (thankfully) still around.