Re: Ugh... Activision

On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:16:04 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 3/15/2025 8:28 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 
It's just a bad look all around, but I guess that's where the hobby is
right now. As this practice shows, the triple-A publishers especially
have no clear idea of what they're doing, and are all in
follow-the-leader mode, with no capability to innovate or lead.
 
 
 
 
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https://i.imgur.com/NiKeV3N.png
 

Its not just in computer games.  The hard political right shift recently
has laid bare just how much of an oligarchy the US has become over the
last 40-50 years.  We're back into another Gilded Age and you are either
a billionaire or you are plankton.  So things like bait-n-switch polls
to scoop up more plankton and their financial information are the "new"
normal.

Not to get too political in a video-games newsgroup, but yeah; what's
going on in the US is horrifying.

<I'll ROT13 the rest of this ramble to spare the people who wisely
come here to escape this sort of thing>

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Sorry. That's not really a discussion for here. Let's talk about
games.

Umm...

I'm so tempted to get "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2"... if only for its
visuals. Man, that game looks gorgeous. But that pricetag is still a
bit much (and it doesn't have quick-save). I was hoping this Steam
sale would drop the price enough for me to justify the purchase, but I
guess it's still too new.