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@zombiepie: I've never actually seen Game of Thrones, so that being the reference is very fittingly batshit.

Y'all gotta stop falling into the trap of buying into these shitty Smash clones. First the Nickelodeon game, now this. A dozen before that. You keep giving them your money, they're gonna take it. Not as cynically as this one, maybe, but definitely taking all they can get away with.

But you know, people who bought the game will still keep their stuff, so it's more of a break, which CAN be good. Games have revivals sometimes. That is a long waiting period though. They're clearly doing it so they can strike lightning twice, but it makes this in-between period feel hella awkward.

The only thing I'll miss about Multiversus is having the Game of Thrones girl beat up the dog from Adventure Time or, for some reason, Lebron James. Truly the most unhinged roster ever.

It's closer to none than a couple, but I'd say at least 2 or 3 a year. Periodically, a game sneaks back in that I left unfinished for years, just because I get it through my skull that I need to beat it. But it rarely adds anything to the experience.

Weirdly enough, more games than I like to avoid 2 get to like 80% and when it's time for the last leg, I just can't seem to do it.

I just chipped away another hour at 13 Sentinels. I'll totally finish that, but it's taking a billion years, mostly because I still have a lot of tower defense left. Still good though!

5 or so years ago, I got rid of my CRT and got this 32" Toshiba LCD screen. It was the only model left that still ran a coaxial input that I need for my Master System.

Rorie is literally the most helpful I've ever encountered a support person being. Above and beyond, every time. That alone makes him irreplaceable. Whoever snagged him away from us knows what they're getting.

o7

@nodima: I've already watched all of those, as I'm still insatiable for any documentary talk. It was nice to see Tim own up to a few mistakes, some not so much. Thank you for linking them here. Those two in particular are the two I would want people to watch the most.

You're gonna be in for a time when you see what Jason Schreier had to say that elicited 3-4 comebacks from Tim.

And for the record, I love Tim Schafer, the person. Just so there's no misunderstanding here. He definitely is a very caring individual and you can see that caring for the people under him takes up a lot of his time.

Obsidian is currently batting 100 with Pentiment, so you're golden right now. I think a lot of those 360 era studios may have closed, at this point. Not a lot of below AAA left. Or at least not nearly as much as there was.

RIP Alphadream

@atheistpreacher: thank YOU for reading this lengthy piece.

@csl316: Wonderful comment, thank you! I do disagree that Double Fine can still use the scrappy underdog card after decades of being held on a pedestal. Like Molyneux, I think that rope is just at the end of its length. If they were, then their history should've taught them to reel in some of that ambition, instead of riding the wave. I think the doc(s) mentions having your cake a few times. I'm sure that, for now, Microsoft is willing to inject their resources into them, I just don't think they're doing that out of creative altruism, ya know? But I enjoyed disagreeing with this perspective, totally valid!

@nodima: Just listened to it from your comment. That was very interesting, thank you! I had listened to the first part, when they were only a couple of episodes in, so I enjoyed hearing how that evolved as well.

@borgmaster: Warren Spector pushed back on the tendency of people to attribute games to singular celebrity devs. Schafer is in that shortlist of celebs. That's who Microsoft is buying. I don't think Microsoft would bother to operate a house without that name, especially as the brand they're trying to grow isn't Double Fine, it's Xbox.

Let's return all the old FromSoft bullshit back to modern gamers, since they'll eat any garbage.

King's Field, Eternal Ring, EverGrace, give em all the Demon's Souls treatment.

Greetings from Belgium, where the game will not release. Take that as you will :)