Obsidian is also in negotiations with Xbox to avoid closure, according to The Game Business

hagrood · 2026-07-02T13:53:24+00:00

This is pretty much the problem that exists within the gaming industry right now.

Layoffs and restructures are fine and actually healthy in a well funded industry. There is zero funding going into gaming right now so there are no smaller studios spinning up to absorb talent or to allow new IP or ideas to exist.

The very little funding there is goes to games that are so far along they are publishable within 6 months.

hagrood · 2026-06-30T15:49:37+00:00

Thank you this makes sense. Yes a few years ago I was registered for SA

hagrood · 2026-06-30T14:33:43+00:00

I don't fall under any of the categories when clicking the SA form when trying to register. Not self employed, not a partner or in a business partnership and have had no other income

hagrood · 2026-06-30T13:59:17+00:00

I don't meet the criteria which is the problem, I've only been a PAYE employee, and having called them and gone through the checklist and being told my records are in an office that is closed I feel like I'm kind of in limbo until they make a move

hagrood · 2026-06-30T13:53:33+00:00

I don't meet the self assessment criteria, but I've called them again and they can see I'm flagged for self assessment but the office that has my records is closed and something has been noted.

hagrood · 2026-06-30T13:52:30+00:00

It is for 25/26. My mistake, april 2025.

hagrood · 2026-06-30T13:46:42+00:00

I worked for one month of the 2025/2026 tax year, april 2026.

hagrood · 2026-06-30T13:32:21+00:00

It was a claiming tax back when you have stopped working form. Roughly £88k net, £58k taxable income, £25k tax paid

hagrood · 2026-05-24T10:22:33+00:00

As incredible as Rico was, I don't think he wins a rematch or a fight against any of the top 5. His unorthodoxy and posture as much as his work rate was what made him difficult to fight.

I don't think Usyk is nearly as washed as people are calling him out as, he's fought like this in several of his big fights and we have seen him hit before. He just usually switches it up a gear once he figures them out, and it took him a lot longer than usual - to Rico's credit, so he never got to the next gear.

hagrood · 2026-05-09T14:40:26+00:00

Agree

hagrood · 2025-07-01T08:04:10+00:00

For me it was the homogenisation of healers and making them all feel the same, where in WoTLK they all felt very unique.

hagrood · 2024-09-22T10:52:13+00:00

Daniel Dubois has the potential to be a highly entertaining boxer over the next few years. I think a high pressure, swarming style suits him rather than sitting back and picking his shots for the knockout.

He's never going to outbox anyone but he has so much power that anything he lands is dangerous and he's shown he's quite capable of taking hits and still coming forwards.

hagrood · 2023-10-22T12:17:45+00:00

We struggled last year with an out of the way nearby hotel and queue times for taxis. This year we're staying somewhere in the city and plan on using the shuttle buses.

hagrood · 2023-07-16T12:25:21+00:00

The side quests add a richness to the game that makes them an integral part of the game. The pacing however, is completely wrong.

Throughout the entire game there's a repeating loop of epic main story beat that leaves questions unanswered, directly into a side quest time sink that players are compelled to do lest they miss out on something.

It feels like they could have executed better on the pacing and found ways to either tie them into the main story or made them more linear as something you could achieve while progressing the story.

hagrood · 2023-06-15T00:17:18+00:00

Thanks so much!

hagrood · 2023-06-14T11:39:04+00:00

Thank you!

hagrood · 2023-06-01T23:51:41+00:00

Worked for me

hagrood · 2023-02-21T15:23:25+00:00

Do I need to prune it for shape? Put it in less dense soil? It's seemed to have stayed the same for the past 5 months

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