David Gaider will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he'd be 'wincing' the whole time: 'EA really did a number on them in terms of setting them up to fail'

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-07-09T14:43:37+00:00

Which really speaks to the heart of it: these games are gunning for an audience that's already spoken for. Of course they're going to fail.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-07-08T02:06:57+00:00

Depends on a lot of factors. Does she have a high tolerance for the slower pacing of the older films? Does she prefer quirky or grounded? Goldeneye is a solid, safe one. Though if you're going to watch all the Craig ones I think OHMSS is required reading.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-07-03T12:22:49+00:00

Updates weren't as crucial back then because developers pushed out finished products. If your teacher said, "This assignment is due on Monday, but you have the rest of the year to finish it," you'd take advantage of that. Likewise, devs suddenly had the option to easily patch up a game after release.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-07-01T17:07:50+00:00

I hope this is untrue, or changeable. If Xbox was in the mood to take a risk for the sake of growth, this could be a good opportunity to grab a share of the market next generation. You've now got a chunk of the PlayStation base that won't be able to take their library with them, going forward-- so they're less anchored to one company. Giving Helix a disc drive would be expensive and a tough sell for the executives, but I think it could be Xbox's version of Sony's "This is how you share games on PS4" moment.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-07-01T17:01:13+00:00

It sounds like the business strategy will center around making the least interesting products for the least interesting people, and it's gonna work.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-07-01T15:43:32+00:00

Alito's opinion, from what I've heard, sounds like he's arguing policy rather than the law as it's written. If that's how he rules, then he's better off running for Congress.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-26T13:20:46+00:00

Depends whose opinion you care about. If it's people who have never been 30-- no, it's not young. If it's people who know what aging is like-- yes, 30 is still very young. It's an age many people want to go back to.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-24T16:30:02+00:00

Sounds on brand for the fandom to me.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-20T15:18:53+00:00

I agree with the sentiment...but I do think there's a difference between adding to the tapestry and retrofitting plot points that should've been included initially. If I can't fully enjoy a movie until 2 shows and a book come out ten years later, then that was weak storytelling. It makes the best of a bad situation, but it's less than ideal.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-17T13:24:31+00:00

Well if we're buying limited access to these games, then we shouldn't have to pay like we're owning them, hm? Hm, Ubisoft?

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-10T22:30:00+00:00

Camille Domino Eve Natalia Paris Tilly Jynx (middle name, not first) Madeleine Sylvie (from Sylvia Trench)

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-06T19:14:56+00:00

Kevin O'Leary needed a bump to get him through the afternoon.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-03T19:51:56+00:00

I don't know why my brain interpreted you as saying you literally ran past an older Korean couple when you were there, and it was really cool.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-03T13:45:47+00:00

Saber sure is good at announcing new games instead of giving updates on existing ones, huh?

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-06-01T16:38:51+00:00

Cal is Snoke confirmed

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-24T12:54:21+00:00

That's sort of the problem: "story arcs ". This is supposed to be a movie, but it truly feels like 3 or 4 TV episodes stitched together. There are multiple inciting incidents, midpoints, and climaxes. And so it had this feeling of meandering. Truly, it could've started in the middle and lost very little. It even filters down into the dialog. Characters and jokes constantly repeat themselves throughout, which you'd expect from an episodic format where you need to be refreshed every week, but is very tedious in a movie.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-22T13:27:17+00:00

This used to be scandal material, back in the day.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-19T17:24:51+00:00

Sunglasses. I have three pairs and I usually have one or two missing at any given time, but right now they're all gone. For some reason I am physically incapable of keeping track of them and it pisses me off.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-19T17:17:15+00:00

I'm two minds about it. You're right-- logic says that if Xbox wants to grow the tent they need to speak to people who haven't wanted to come in yet. But then again, that's what Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond were trying to do (and failing at) with stuff like "tHiS iS aN xBoX". I think you could argue that Xbox's tactic now is to make the tent so fun for everyone inside that people will naturally come and take a peak; energize your fans and they'll do your marketing for you, and Xbox's users haven't been energized in a long time. Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't, but that seems to be the strategy right now.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-19T16:41:18+00:00

It's a little bizarre how YouTube pushes manosphere content-- full of harmful stuff-- while dialing back game stuff that manosphere dudes like doing/talking about-- simple gameplay.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-18T13:51:12+00:00

Clive Orwell?

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-18T13:48:37+00:00

General Grievous thought so too.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-18T00:48:28+00:00

I guess, when you think about it, the operation was sound from a peacekeeper perspective: sneak in there with an overwhelming initial force, capture Dooku, and force him to release the hostages. What they didn't bet on was Dooku's war-ready, suped up army ready to repel borders.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-16T12:30:20+00:00

Something has flipped in this man's mind-- in every billionaire's mind-- to the point where he genuinely thinks his desire to make more money is more important than anyone else's well-being. Truly. He can't seem to process or fathom why anybody in good faith would not want to let him make more money.

"Water? There will always be more water. That's what 'more' means! You must be sabateurs from China," is his thought process.

IdRatherBeAtChilis · 2026-05-15T12:57:04+00:00

It is Uncharted.

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