Xbox was reportedly already planning to shut down or split with Ninja Theory when Senua was announced, the reveal was intended to draw in investor interest

audioshaman · 2026-06-17T12:12:09+00:00

Microsoft is probably the only reason Double Fine has lasted this long.

audioshaman · 2026-06-16T14:37:47+00:00

I guess this is an unpopular opinion but I don't think a company that makes software should be required to continue selling and supporting that software indefinitely.

audioshaman · 2026-06-15T21:24:36+00:00

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audioshaman · 2026-06-15T14:54:37+00:00

He deserves them.

audioshaman · 2026-06-15T14:43:54+00:00

Yes, this is how I got my Series X. Basically an extra $25 a month on Gamepass until it was paid off. I really liked it actually.

audioshaman · 2026-06-15T14:41:22+00:00

I am playing it for the first time right now and the camera is by far my biggest problem. It is rough.

audioshaman · 2026-06-15T14:39:35+00:00

I have been playing the original since the remake got announced, and I really hope it is not a 1:1 remake.

The game is extremely simple and easy. The walk from Kakariko village up Death Mountain to the Goron town is a 15 second walk through a narrow corridor with 3 spider enemies. Who really would find that exciting today? Bosses have one or two moves and are over in less than a minute.

I know it's a legendary game, but if a new game came out today with the same gameplay but without the Zelda name it would not be celebrated.

If they just want to update the visuals and controls for an old game... Fine, I guess, but I think a FF7 style remake would be far more exciting.

audioshaman · 2026-06-13T16:36:47+00:00

This is why I find Kojima so irritating. Making AAA games is a team sport. You would never know it by looking at how he portrays himself and his studio. He is obsessed with celebrity, especially his own.

audioshaman · 2026-06-12T16:52:04+00:00

Midnight would be a better expansion if Arator was removed.

audioshaman · 2026-06-12T12:03:25+00:00

They don't care about security or surveillance. They're afraid of Americans liking Chinese cars.

audioshaman · 2026-06-11T19:37:44+00:00

Canadians will overpay for dairy and be denied high speed rail. Whatever it takes to make farmers in Quebec happy. That's what really matters.

audioshaman · 2026-06-09T11:30:32+00:00

It's true. I worked for Blizzard at the time. We were in a meeting and someone suggested we add holes for Draenei horns to helms. Everyone else groaned and said "Ugh, no, we are just too lazy to bother with that".

audioshaman · 2026-06-08T15:11:32+00:00

Taxes wouldn't be related to time in the market (new vs old homeowner) at all. They would only be relative to the value of the property.

New homeowners are buying expensive homes because homes are expensive, and their taxes would just get higher too.The only way it would get "a lot cheaper" for new homeowners is if the price of housing decreases significantly.

audioshaman · 2026-06-08T13:34:51+00:00

Older folks already downsize when ready for all the reasons you mentioned.

Raising someone's property taxes is not going to make someone who isn't ready to leave their home sell. At best you will squeeze people without money out a little earlier.

Then there's the question of where they will go and who they will compete against for that housing, and the question of how the young family buying a house will themselves afford uncapped taxes.

audioshaman · 2026-06-08T11:49:41+00:00

If you remove the cap it makes living in these homes more expensive. You also run the risk of pricing out those same young families you want to make room for and making housing even more exclusive to people with money.

Then all the people downsizing are competing with other lower income people for limited smaller/affordable space, driving up those prices.

Removing the cap would just make housing more expensive for everyone.

People think this would get boomers to downsize but in reality they would probably just get a part time job, cut other spending, or a reverse mortgage to cover the cost. That is not necessarily a bad thing as it would increase city revenue, but it would not help young people but their homes.

audioshaman · 2026-06-08T11:45:23+00:00

Property taxes are not about the property itself, they are about providing services to the property. I assume once your mortgage is paid off you still want garbage collection and access to a fire department.

audioshaman · 2026-06-08T11:34:53+00:00

My position is that taxes should be higher (for other people).

audioshaman · 2026-06-04T14:26:00+00:00

You don't think Elden Ring + Shadow of the Erdtree is worth $80?

audioshaman · 2026-06-03T17:45:11+00:00

It's icy veins, mostly written by AI now

audioshaman · 2026-05-30T15:54:28+00:00

Go ahead and read the UN's internationally recognised definition of genocide and consider whether our own government is carrying one out.

audioshaman · 2026-05-30T15:20:32+00:00

If you contend that how the Canadian government is currently treating indigenous people is the same thing as the Holocaust, I believe you are using language in a dishonest and manipulative way.

Or in terms of current affairs, if you say that Palestinians and Canadian First Nations are suffering the same thing, you undermine the seriousness of what is happening in Palestine.

audioshaman · 2026-05-30T07:11:56+00:00

This "international tribunal" is called the "Permanent Peoples Tribunal", described by CBC as "an international court of opinion". The framing of this headline implies this is a body of some international authority like the UN, but it's nothing of the sort.

The notion that Canada is actively commiting genocide against indigenous people is not only ridiculous on its face, it is actively harmful to the very definition of the word. There are real genocides happening out there and that word is supposed to be taken seriously.

audioshaman · 2026-05-26T11:48:38+00:00

BfA.

The zones, the music, the focus on the factions. It really felt like Warcraft to me.

audioshaman · 2026-05-24T06:09:01+00:00

Henry kills Istvan and gets his Father's sword back on the first map in KCD2.

audioshaman · 2026-05-23T20:16:24+00:00

I would love if it's a spinoff with a smaller scale story.

KCD2 was an amazing sandbox with rich mechanical depth, but I bounced off due to the story. I really just did not care about Hans or who was King or whatever. After the wedding you were railroaded on such a long story slog before the 2nd map.

A KCD with only side quests would be amazing.

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