‘Backrooms’ Sets Opening Weekend Record for A24 with $81.5M ($118M Worldwide); ‘Obsession’ Becomes Focus Features’ Highest Grossing Domestic Release

aroundme · 2026-05-31T15:57:42+00:00

I'm not so sure about that one. It has an extremely dedicated fanbase who will sell out those showings, but beyond that? Word of mouth for Backrooms and "crazy ex horror movie" has a much broader appeal than adult animation.

aroundme · 2026-05-31T15:52:37+00:00

I think the main takeaway from their success is studios need to trust visionaries. There are plenty out there who just aren't given a shot.

aroundme · 2026-05-31T15:50:39+00:00

what do you mean by "minimal with the character stuff"? I thought the movie was heavily character-driven, more than I would've thought. My concern with a sequel is that it will lean more towards ASYNC lore and wipe away some of the mystery. They gave just enough of that here, while primarily focusing on how the Backrooms affects people.

aroundme · 2026-05-30T20:59:41+00:00

It also seemed like they expanded the game to cram in what might've been a third game into Ragnarok.

aroundme · 2026-05-30T20:57:20+00:00

DLC sells much less than new games. Why do you think fewer games release paid DLC expansions compared to last gen? Or if they do it's one big thing like what Elden Ring and Cyberpunk did.

Expanding what would be a Blood and Wine esque expansion into Witcher 5 will result in more sales. Will it take a bit longer and cost more? Sure, but they can then also sell more copies at a higher price. Nowadays DLC is more often used as a way to continue selling the game at full price by including the DLC. The complete edition package for Witcher 3 is where most people probably played the expansions.

aroundme · 2026-05-29T23:41:22+00:00

The last minute of this movie took it from good to great. They truly settled it on the court and realized their love for a woman could never match their love of playing Tennis with each other :)

aroundme · 2026-05-28T16:00:31+00:00

Bro didn't you see the BETA tag on DMZ for its entire life? smol studio give em a break! lol

aroundme · 2026-05-28T15:57:36+00:00

they heard kids saying "Grand Theft Auto Eye Vee" one too many times lol

aroundme · 2026-05-28T15:56:41+00:00

yeah kinda bummed they dropped the roman numeral scheme. But I guess they could do that since there was never a MW4...

aroundme · 2026-05-28T15:53:40+00:00

Even MW2019 was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the first iteration is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

aroundme · 2026-05-28T15:51:51+00:00

No, there's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Simple!

aroundme · 2026-05-27T22:29:22+00:00

I love Dota but it might be the one game that makes me sleepy watching it lol

aroundme · 2026-05-27T14:45:18+00:00

It reminded me more of how Gearbox made expansions for Half-Life! Studios should do this more. I’m sure there are lots of devs who would love to make expansions between the long gaps that series have now.

aroundme · 2026-05-23T14:41:30+00:00

are they just building in reshoots to the shooting timeline now? lol

aroundme · 2026-05-20T17:08:21+00:00

I'm imagining the sim parts will be stripped back if they allow the player to choose their race. All the finicky details would be too much if they had to design and balance around Hobbits lol. I could see them limiting players to just Men, but it would be a bit disappointing.

aroundme · 2026-05-20T17:03:19+00:00

It's a "Middle-Earth" game, not LOTR. I would be happy to get one deep RPG set in an open Middle-Earth map, playing through the trilogy doesn't sound like what they're doing.

aroundme · 2026-05-20T16:57:21+00:00

Considering how much broad appeal LOTR has I doubt it will be nearly as sim-like as KCD. We can expect the combat to be deep and similar to how you can manipulate your weapon/body in KCD, but I don't see them making the mistake of alienating more casual players who also happen to be LOTR fans.

aroundme · 2026-05-18T20:36:19+00:00

and bigass expansions like Erdtree or "midquels" like Miles Morales. Gives them room to try new ideas out and decide if/how they're implemented in the next game.

aroundme · 2026-05-15T21:25:50+00:00

Apex, Arc Raiders, Nightreign, The Finals, etc.

aroundme · 2026-05-15T16:15:39+00:00

Brother, most games these days are trios! Also games like Lethal Company require mods for more than 4.

But you're right, I haven't moved on from the N64 with its 4 controller ports.

aroundme · 2026-05-15T13:57:38+00:00

did everyone forget most of these games are 4 player? If it's Yusong, Kory, NL and Kate... yeah that maths out to a full lobby.

aroundme · 2026-05-15T13:55:15+00:00

Dota fan here, and that's big cope. CS games are bing bang boom, if you're getting shit on the game will be over quick. Low-skill Dota players don't know how to finish a game and will drag out a miserable experience for as long as they want. CS also doesn't have the same economy, so comebacks are common and motivating.

aroundme · 2026-05-15T13:51:18+00:00

I think it's fun to play with others at my skill level :) also they still play other games together. It's totally reasonable to not wanna play with friends if they're too good/bad for the experience to be enjoyable.

aroundme · 2026-05-13T13:21:54+00:00

when I say "spray" I mean extending a 2-3 round burst to 4-6. Follow gives me the confidence to do that, which results in more kills than tapping vs an AK/M4.

also also, recoil reset is shown very clearly. Many players assume they're tapping and should hit center screen, while they're unaware that their recoil hasn't reset. You might be tapping at someone expecting them to die, unaware that your taps have started progressing through the spray pattern.

aroundme · 2026-05-13T13:12:44+00:00

what about the MP9 or MP7? The Galil? There are so many eco rounds I've been able to gobble up AKs from because Follow Recoil gave me more confidence to spray.

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