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Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
Go here to check out his podcast thread for info on topics and links!Go into the FoH discord and find the Happy Time Fun Hour channel and give it a listen!
Seananigans
Honorary Shit-PhD
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Yeah it’s pretty tough when they hook directly into human nature. For every one of us who is sick of this shit and changes their consumption behavior accordingly, there are 100 people not aware/capable enough to do so.
Furry
🌭🍔🇺🇦✌️SLAVA UKRAINI!✌️🇺🇦🍔🌭
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With the spectacular failures we’ve seen in the past couple years it’s obvious that going too woke is definitely a risk, and companies hate risk when there’s lots of money involved. I’m sure things won’t go back to the way they were, but the gaming industry is definitely undergoing what appears to be a positive shift.
People overlook the fact that there has been quite a few really good games these past few years, and having that alternative is probably the main reason the mediocre and bad ones are getting hosed harder than they typically have been.
Vorph
Silver Baronet of the Realm
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They're almost all asian games though, with a tiny handful of AAA exceptions like Cyberpunk (which was probably CDPR's last great game, as they were doomed the moment they opened offices outside Poland and have been fully taken over by activists now) and a few indies here and there.
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Big Phoenix
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Its not even directly the consumer anymore. 20-30 years ago kids spent their allowance or got their parents to buy them a toy. Now what do you think their parents are buying? Fucking robux gift cards.
Not just that but throw in the whales, and youre average person who spends a couple bucks on microtransactions arent the target. Its the mass of children and the retard whales who gotta collect everything.
Kids don't count as consumers; they don't have money. Parents are the customers.
As the parent of 12- and 9-year-olds, I am acutely aware that most of my peers are retarded and irresponsible.
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Brikker
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Lul, I got a code for this with my starforge PC. I probably won't even claim it let alone play it. Maybe they just wanted to balance against the other game code they gave me, Space Marine 2 which so far is awesome.
Furry
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I don’t give one turd who makes my games. If the Chinese make fun games I’ll play them.
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Vorph
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That wasn't really the point. The asian games that are still good--which is a dwindling number as companies like Capcom and Square-Enix have been infected by the woke virus and/or misled to believe that they actually need to cave into the demands of a tiny minority--are very different from western games. As much as I like SEGA/Atlus, From Soft, etc. I miss being able to enjoy the more western style of game too. Hell, there was actually a time when I would look forward to a new Ubisoft or Bioware or <insert Sony first party studio> release... but those days are long gone, and there's really nothing like those types of games coming out of Japan or Korea. Or even China.
Even those good companies have caveats too. SEGA/Atlus localization dept. has been infected for years now, and about the only saving grace is that the assholes who think it's their mission in life to "fix" Japanese media quit at about the same rate as new ones get hired, so they have never been able to completely take over. And From Soft has Bandai/Namco as their publisher which could easily get worse than just the "bodytype A/B" faggotry in Elden Ring.
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TBT-TheBigToe
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Godot. Seriously, use their woke game engine to make anti-woke games.
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Xevy
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Realm Royale is one of the bigger fumbles of all time, but Hi-Rez just knows how to make good games they do nothing with. Realm's chicken down system is still the best downed mechanic of any BR to exist and I'm amazed no one has copied it.
Daidraco
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So.. whats the connection to the games that you see on the mobile Netflix platform? I remember seeing Hades and just thought it was some type of shared Marketing/Advertising, but surely one of those games had to be developed by Netflix too.
Mist
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They didn't realize that making an AAA video game from scratch is a 5-year commitment, so they flushed half a billion dollars down the drain then pulled the plug in 2 years.
Dumber than Kingdoms of Amalur, somehow.
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Chris
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They probably did realise that, but they have Concord style woke shit, so it's another 5 years from now and replacing all the staff.
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CaughtCross
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Netflix paid supergiant games to make Hades on mobile. They only way to play is with a Netflix account. So it wasn't a Netflix owned studio that did that. In this case they tried to make a studio from scratch and gave up after 2 years.
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