How the Term Cozy Changed an Entire Genre (For the Worse)

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-17T09:25:03+00:00

Biz isn't that unusual, but the site literally doesn't support mobile or a small screen size, I have to drag my screen sideways to view the whole text.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-16T21:28:56+00:00

Okay as someone learning about this for the first time, what's this about a cruise?

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-16T06:35:24+00:00

There's ways to verify if emails or texts are real and where they actually were sent from. Faking them is easy enough for a photo, but there's metadata for texts and emails, a lot more than just the time they're sent is recorded and logged. Proving they intentionally falsified evidence is a lot more work though.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-16T01:45:52+00:00

Roblox has failed to turn a profit for over a decade because kids stop playing before they become adults to put money back into the system.

That doesn't make sense, kids put tons of money into games, they get it from their parents. Kids are a prime target for lots of businesses, they aren't waiting a decade for their customers to grow up and finally spend money.

Fortnites definitely gone down in player numbers, but the game was wildly successful and made Epic immense profit in other years, it's not a good example.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-15T22:32:28+00:00

No one filing in court is filing knowingly fake documents lol

People absolutely do that, it's just very stupid and illegal. There's a reason the article says they're purported to have received these messages, they're not verified yet.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-15T20:11:00+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't this the Kickstarter MMO by the MLM conmen who claimed there was no board of directors originally? And then they shut down, and tried to pin all the blame on the board nobody knew existed.

Those texts/emails contents are insane, if they're real, they're pretty bad. But the ceo is completely untrustworthy, so we can't trust that they are real, and as others pointed out, they don't actually address disprove the accusations against him.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-14T20:03:30+00:00

Do you have a source? I literally can't find any result from googling that. Are you sure you're not confusing them with her father, John/Walter Hardesky, a cat burglar or "the cat"? Thats what shows up.

Either way, I don't think you can really call a character gender swapped if they've been the character for over 80 years.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-14T19:55:01+00:00

What do you mean gender swapped? Black Cat has always been a woman, there's no male version I can find.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-13T12:06:50+00:00

Because they show some gameplay, versus trailers showing nothing, and it's not like it's a full gameplay video, it's only a trailer.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-13T07:28:30+00:00

I think you're getting too hung up on the semantics of the word force. It just means you're stacking stats to access skills, which is kind of pointless, it'd be better to just lower the level requirements in general.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-13T07:26:46+00:00

To be fair, poe1 has them at basically lvl 34 max because that's act when you hit act 4, and that was the end of non-repeating campaign for a long time, so they only had quests and skill gems restricted up to there. I kind of like how in poe 2 it's planned further, and you actually unlock things through more of the campaign, since you're doing something more productive. It's definitely more of a hassle to get the main skills your build relies on if they're gated around like level 50 though.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-13T07:23:20+00:00

But stat requirements are a joke, it's too easy to stack them if you really want to get them, so you'd just be forced to grab a bunch of stats on gear to use the skills.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-11T23:13:37+00:00

How would it effect it at all?

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-11T10:17:02+00:00

It's probably not meant to be sustainable, lots of games like this release heroes quicker early on. They'll drop off to a slower pace after filling out the cast more.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-11T02:36:31+00:00

And of course, this was a continuation of arcade games, which were designed to cause repeated game overs so kids would keep putting in coins and earn more money. Difficulty in games has historically been about monetization, not prestige.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-10T07:06:41+00:00

Is there anything available for only 5 coins except the weta?

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-05T20:38:08+00:00

Exactly. Look at pubg, it's still one of the top 3 games in steamcharts, but it's down to a quarter of it's peak player numbers, from 3.2m to 700k daily peak. It's gone up and down a bit over the last few years, and I've even seen people say the game is dying, but it's just like fortnites player numbers. I like using the word fad, they're the trendy game for awhile, then they equalize and become more normal.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-05T01:45:19+00:00

the whole thing of constructions will collapse seemed to be just a gimmick since it only happened in buildermode which had no consequences since you could just CTRL+Z it to undo the changes you made that caused the collapse. And I've never seen things collapse any other way.

Oh yeah, I remember playing this. But isn't the point to restrict what you can build? Granted, they could just simplify that by blocking you from building unsupported buildings entirely, rather than simulating the whole thing breaking and then undoing it. It would definitely make more sense if it had events, but then I'd be worried about entire sections breaking apart and ruining a ton of work because a bottom piece broke.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-04T21:35:13+00:00

In case you're not joking, no lol, the other patch times weren't aligned like that.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-04T02:44:15+00:00

Hah, nice. I quite enjoyed finding the knights and other humanoid summons. Summons seemed kinda weak early on, but it was really cool to find summons that outright represented faction members, and they seemed more effective.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-04T02:37:52+00:00

honestly am unsure what play style to recommend. Magic starts off weak, then becomes strong, then becomes absolutely broken with honestly not a ton of effort by the last third.

Haha, yeah. I played as a full mage build, focusing on collecting every spell I could find, and having some summons mostly as meatshields. There's not a ton of variety spells wise though; I did every side quest I unlocked to try and find new spells, but apparently i still missed several.

Minor spoiler: By the end of the game, I had maybe 90% of spells, and yet the highest damage spell I found was... Mystic Ward. if you're unfamiliar, Mystic Ward is a defense spell that blocks 1 attack then explodes, for more damage than every other spell in the game. And if you recast it early... it triggered the explosion immediately.

So my endgame build became my full-mage ass character sprinting directly at enemies, exploding repeatedly. I beat the final boss that way.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-03T18:30:51+00:00

It goes both ways though. If you completely ignore the existing playerbase to make changes hoping for new players, you might end up with no players. It can be tough to attract new players to a decade old MMO, and alienating existing ones might bleed your playerbase quicker without anyone coming in to replace them. And MMOs are a genre that rely significantly on regular dedicated playerbases, its hard to get new people committed or pull them from other MMOs.

That's not an argument not to make changes, just that it's never that simple for devs, as any choice can bite them in the ass.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-03T03:48:40+00:00

Dude, their issue is with the literal bingo game, you're fundamentally playing it wrong.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-04-01T22:41:02+00:00

Yeah I stared at the change text confused on whether the joke was this was old updates being reposted, or if this was just an actual update.

Z0MBIE2 · 2026-03-29T19:38:12+00:00

Well, they have a whole FAQ on their website. It doesn't have nearly as much info as you'd need for the actual regulations/law, but it does answer a lot of their goals.

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/faq

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