While it’s nice to see the return of Marathon as a universe, I don’t think this is the right way to do it. Yet another extraction shooter feels like a cynical cash grab, and I suspect it won’t fare well in an overcrowded market.

The approach isn’t what became a joke, it was the absolutely unhinged way in which it was presented in that famous Ballmer stage appearance.

Gabe Newell?

Not that I agree with it, but isn’t this what other consoles have done for about a decade already?

Physical media for games is on its deathbed.

There’s a price on the UK official store: £395.99 for the system. £429.99 including digital copy of MKW.

Preorders open on 8th April.

Edit: Physical copy of Mario Kart on its own is £74.99. Woof.

Yes, for all but the simplest games it will be one or the other, not both at once. That’s how it tends to work even on the flagship XB/PS systems.

oglethorpe?

It’s pretty funny how much the tone shifts if you play with the co-op mode they added in a later patch. Suddenly, sci-fi horror turns into Benny Hill in space.

I’m guessing that’s one feature they won’t include in the remaster, haha

This might be one of the worst, least-descriptive titles I’ve ever seen

I grew up on Double Dash, but MK8D offers so much choice and variety that nothing else comes close - at least for pick-up-and-play casual games.

I think the Atari XEGS probably wins the battle for ‘ugliest grey box’

Similar to how the NES was made to look like a VCR, the PlayStation was made to look right at home as part of a fancy 90s home hi-fi setup. Functional/industrial grey was the aesthetic du jour, and gave it a look that said this isn’t just a toy; it’s the future of home entertainment.

Besides Tunic, there are still several good to great games in the first dozen (and no doubt a bunch more if you’re willing to dig into the smaller indies):

• Cook, Serve, Delicious - Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 3,631) all time
• Hoa - Very Positive (89% of 2,098) all time
• Tangle Tower - Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 4,760) all time
• Octodad: Dadliest Catch - Very Positive (93% of 8,480) all time
• Whispering Willows - Very Positive (81% of 1,166) all time
• Hidden Folks - Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 7,333) all time
• Eldritch - Very Positive (88% of 1,673) all time
• They Bleed Pixels - Very Positive (84% of 2,014) all time

No, it’s integral to the show and most of the characters and only becomes more important as the show goes on.

I’m sure someone could assemble a list of episodes where the prophets/pah wraiths aren’t important, but it would just be a list of random filler episodes devoid of context.

Knowing Shatner’s ego, this project will never see the light of day unless it’s a vanity project.

That’s why HLTB splits playtime into play style categories, depending on if you just want to see credits, if you’re gunning for 100%, or something in between.

I wouldn’t normally complain about reposting, but come on - this exact image was posted here earlier today.

No, it’s a term that creates a meaningful distinction between what you seem to think AI means and what it actually means.

If you refuse to accept either term then I can only assume you’re just being stubborn for the sake of it.

I think you’re thinking of AGI.

Good (but sad) demo of how LLMs and stable diffusion have completely poisoned the term AI to the point that even legit use-cases get shit on by association.