I absolutely love online lunatics like this (and also they have way too much time on their hands 😅). Gaming wouldn’t be the same without 'em.

Absolutely. And I believe we can both laugh at the stupidity of the leadership while feeling sympathy for the devs who were just doing their job (likely thanklessly). It doesn’t need to be picking a side.

Very true. It sounds like a project from hell honestly.

I always feel bad for the devs with these situations. I’m sure there’s so much art and effort put into this game even if it sucked, and those people who made it now don’t even get to show it off in action. Even if the final result sucked, it still sucks for those people who worked hard on elements of it.

Nice! Yeah they’re amazing. Would love to see them again someday.

I could never pick a favorite but one of the ones that always sticks with me was My Morning Jacket when they played the Sasquatch Festival.

Another really memorable one was the Bad Plus (a jazz trio if you’re not familiar). They’re crazy good musicians.

Well you see, they wrote the articles with AI.

Do kids even know what the smurfs are anymore?

Got it. I’m completely ignorant about that so sorry if I offended you.

Do people actually find this character appealing? I don’t like monkeys very much, and I find this main character an immense turn off. Just curious if it’s a me thing or not.

I’ve only ever played 3 and I really liked it when I did. Sad that one doesn’t get talked about much cause the art style is my favorite of the whole series I think.

It definitely had its fair share of batshit insane puzzles, but overall it’s a great game.

No no no, see, your voice is only valuable for a one time sale these days. Stop being greedy! /s

Ah got it. I didn’t realize. That sounds exactly like what I remember.

I don’t have a direct quote, but I remember reading a few years ago that valve was debating how to handle bombing. They said something along the lines of not wanting to silence the bombers, but to highlight it so it was clear it was a review bomb. I got the impression they were considering things like showing the unusual spike of reviews in a different color. This sounds like it might be the results of that.

Communication: try it sometime.

“publisher” “axes publishing team” 🤔

I think most do and it’s a good way to look at it. There are definitely companies out there that people don’t think of as indie that are technically independent, so I just wanted to mention it. It’s still very cool to hear they’ve surpassed triple a!

It’s worth noting that indie is a pretty wide tent. Some studios are technically indie but they’re working with practically AAA budgets.

Can’t wait! I loved the first one and below zero, and I’m excited for more.

That’s definitely unpleasantly hot. Not everywhere is that hot in the summer, though. Stay cool!