How is this the post that I find out Patrick Stewart died at the end of last week.

"We're not gonna make story expansions and you'll make us look bad if you do it yourselves so don't we don't want you distracting players from the online mode filled to the brim with microtransactions."

Unfortunately there's no shocked Pikachu face, because industry doesn't care about consumers. They're getting truckloads of money from AI companies, so it doesn't matter to them that Joe Blow can't afford things anymore.

Except it doesn't have trackpads. I guess that's fine for a lot of people, but I imagine there's quite a few PC gamers who want the portability along with the ability to play games without proper controller support.

The company has plans to retrain and to hire people for “digital-first, reader-savvy, data-informed roles”...

I wonder why they can't simply retrain the people that are being made redundant... 🤔

The cat in the second picture looks to be roughly the same size as the humans in the first picture, so shouldn't have an issue catching tuna.

That was my first thought, but the presence of the Kodan threw me. It does make sense though.

Since this is set in Orr, I'm assuming it'll be another time jump, as it looks quite different!

I wonder what their plans are for GW2 to make sure certain content remains accessible with a dwindling population. Fingers crossed for some kind of heroes system like in GW1!

I love story-based games, so it's a big motivating factor when choosing what I want to play. However I love all sorts of games, so it's not the only factor. And sometimes when I've played a couple story-heavy games in a row, I'll look for something else to break things up.

I will be quite forgiving of a game if it has a strong story, but that's not to say gameplay isn't important. I don't play many visual novels, because the genre doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather read a book or watch a movie or series in that case.

For games without story, I tend to only stick with them if they have something for me to strive towards, engaging gameplay isn't generally enough. It needs to have achievements or collectibles or distinct levels to beat for me to find it engaging. I don't play arena shooters for that reason, I just don't enjoy them.

They're a company that made environmentally sustainable shoes out of wool and eucalyptus gum. The looks were never really the main selling point, but I've been buying from them for a few years now and I always liked them, very comfortable and I like the simple style. Unfortunate that I'm now going to have to find an alternative.

Well, we've tried everything else...

It's funny how they're still considered to be the sequels developer, despite the fact the last one they released on commission was Dungeon Siege 3 back in 2011. Since then, all of their releases have been original titles, although some were part of other franchises like South Park, and they did get brought in to collaborate on a couple games which were free-to-play and therefore pretty forgettable.

Their earliest original title was Alpha Protocol. Fantastic game, it's a shame it didn't sell very well. Sega owns the rights as the publisher and they don't seen interested in doing anything with it.

Arguably their biggest original was Pillars of Eternity, which broke a few records when they launched the funding campaign on Kickstarter.