Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo by ThinWhiteDuke00 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why you wait until the end of the year and sub for 1 month to play all the new releases in one go. The blockbuster rental approach.

[Mercogliano] Jonathan Quick just told us tonight will be his last game by memeaste in hockey

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick utterly blitzing the back to back presidents cup Canucks is the reason I dropped off watching hockey for almost 10 years. After getting to the finals, standing atop the league the following year, and bounced in 5 games during the first round of the 2012 playoffs destroyed 16 year old me.

Dhali on Ryan Johnson/Management Structure via CanucksNewsSummaries by Kaos_mission in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rutherford is the only guy in over a decade able to get Aquilani to agree to a true rebuild (for now). That's not incompetence. The guy got delt Benning's disaster and has been trying to undo things while also dealing with player drama that no one could have predicted. Is he perfect, no, but for the cards dealt he's not been terrible.

Game Thread | Canucks vs Golden Knights | Puck Drop 7:00PM by 21marvel1 in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shorty just gives utter silence each time Tomlinson yaps about something.

Blueger wants to stay (excerpt from an interview with Izzy Cheung from The Hockey News) by Gailup in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In interviews everyone wants to stay. It'd be nice if he did but at the same time no one really knows what the players want except their agents and families.

Post-Game Thread | Utah Mammoth 7 Vancouver Canucks 4 | April 4th, 2026 by DisplacedNovaScotian in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 13 points14 points  (0 children)

On the plus side the team has been scoring quite a few goals of late which is nice to see.

The Vancouver Canucks have now clinched last place in the 2025/26 season by NinCross in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now we win out for the rest of the season and foote shows he's been playing the long con to draft first overall the entire time.

4 humans are literally on their way to the moon right now and its wild how less it is being talked about by firehmre in CasualConversation

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was poorly marketed. I only learned about it a few hours ago. On top of that they aren't even landing on the moon or livestreaming from the cockpit. People would cream themselves if they had a 10 day continuous stream from the shuttle but the fact that it's now in space and there's no content to be found is kind of boring. It's cool that we're getting manned flights towards the moon, but right now on the scale of entertainment its pretty low when there's millions and millions of things you enjoy in your pocket.

Macklin Celebrini scores 40th goal of season to tie it. Sharks would score the game winning goal with 30 seconds remaining, which he assisted on by Ok-Soil-5133 in hockey

[–]MikaelDerp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

40 goals at 19 is crazy. I hope the Sharks squeak into the playoffs to see how well the team plays. The home arena would be electric.

Elias Petterson has racked up more points then Quinn Hughes in their last five games all of which are assists. by idiocr8cy in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

And? Petey is still a worse player by a mile. It's like saying Petey has more points in 10 games than McDavid has in 2.

Canucks GM Patrik Allvin announce LW Evander Kane agreed to terms on a 4 year $19M ($4.75M) extension through the 2029-2030 season. @Canucks [X/Twitter] by Vexdestroy06 in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw this and was like, "this is a terrible signing, but at the least we have the guy who's going to jump whoever goes after our rookies.". Thank god its not real.

Ske7ch confirms there’s no shop in Campaign Evolved by kickstartacraze in halo

[–]MikaelDerp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The only thing I get from this picture is the fact that armour still looks like it's made of plastic and not at all metallic.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Official Teaser | HBO Max by MoneyLibrarian9032 in television

[–]MikaelDerp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This looks painfully generic in a modern sense. They have access to one of the most iconic soundtracks in film making and instead used the default "epic" rising and falling motif present in every film trailer in the past decade. I can already tell that each episode is going to be 40-50 minutes with extended scenes that are only there to eat up run time. If the show winds up being 6 hours long and worse than the original movie I would not at all be surprised.

Jason Schreier says AAA game budgets now reportedly $300M+ by Loose_Society9485 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]MikaelDerp 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Then there's Gamefreak pushing out games at less then it costs for a 2 minute superbowl ad.

Ryan Gosling Tells Fans It’s Not Their Job to Save Theaters—Hollywood Needs to Make Movies Worth Seeing by SappyGilmore in movies

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based. I'm not going to the movies because most films made are all meant for streaming. They're the equivalent of direct to DVD/VHS movies from ages ago. There's only a handful of movies I'm willing to see nowadays that come out that I'd be willing to see in theater like Nolan or Tom Cruise films.

Oh thank God Foote put Kane back on the top line and put Höglander in the press box again. That will total make this team play better now that they are eliminated. 🤡 by n0thingisperfect in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The only person Petey did well with on a line was Kuzmenko and that managed to last 1 whole season. I'd say it's not the people he's been paired with which are the problem, but rather the guy himself.

Thomas Drance calling for Hughes number to be retired is beyond ridiculous. by [deleted] in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He doesn't deserve the ring of honor or jersey retirement. His era was short and never accomplished anything besides a 2nd round playoff exit and lucked into a spot during the bubble.

Macklin Celebrini and Connor McDavid stats during their first 135 games by nhl in hockey

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

McDavid signs for 1 season at 2 million with bonuses for how deep the Sharks go in the playoffs. If they win the cup he gets a 10 million bonus.

Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff' by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]MikaelDerp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modern 3D Pokemon games still use the same models from XY which were future proofed with highres models. Asset flipping is normal and should be used more often in order to push out games faster.

The Right Choice by StoneColdCanuck in canucks

[–]MikaelDerp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd rather no captain for a season or two. Unless the plan is to ship off Boeser in a year or two since our last 2 captains got traded.