I don’t mean to detract from Bastion because I like Supergiant Games, but I don’t find the awards comparable.

Bastion released in 2011 which may have been around the peak for awards in general. Printed magazines were still in their death throws. Nintendo Power still existed back then. But you also had online outlets, including both large companies and tons of tiny little communities and a full spectrum in-between. Heck, G4 existed as a TV channel dedicated to videogames at that time, but you also had YouTube and Twitch. SuperGiant Games themselves posted that by the end of 2011, half a year after the game released, they had won “100+” awards. So many even they can’t keep track. A lot of those were for very niche and specific things, and a TON of those awards were specifically for the soundtrack by Darren Korb or for being the best India game. But if you look at the major publications doing Game of the Year Awards those were all cleaned up by Skyrim and, funnily enough, Portal 2.

And I agree with those awards. I like Bastion, but it really can’t compete with Skyrim or Portal 2. I like Transistor and Pyre even more, but I don’t think those two compare to Portal 2 or Skyrim either. I think it was important for Supergiant to start out with games with a much smaller scope to really hone their craft and establish a reputation before going for a more ambitious project like Hades, which DID win some of the big GOTT awards and I think can be I the same conversations as those games.

Half-life release in 1998, when magazines existed but everything else was in its infancy. It won some big awards at the time, but has probably won a lot more “retrospective” awards. Stuff like “best PC game of the last 20 years” or “most influential FPS”. But it was also a larger-scope project and a bigger risk. Valve got away with it, in part because game development was different at the time and in part because Valve was just good.

Wow that’s terrible business advice. Glad it worked out anyways.

Before Half-Life released in 1998, you can find tons of examples of successful game companies who cut their teeth on projects with smaller scopes while they ramled up to greatness. Naughty Dog had Math Jam, Keef the Thief, Rings of Power, and other before they made Crash Bandicoot. Gamefreak had Smart Ball, Puleseman, and other before they made Pokemon.

Even later on- Bastion was a solid first title from Supergiant, but they slowly got bigger and better until they won awards with Hades.

Did this place have bike racks?

As someone who worked in a parking lot for years I can tell you 90% of the time the cars that park in these designated spots do not have anything hung from their mirror or on their license plates indicated they are allowed to do so. We couid have theoretically had the cars towed, but when there’s still several empty designated spaces it’s just not worth bothering with.

I’m much more upset about minimum parking lot size requirements built into zoning codes than I am about an easily-movable bike being left in a space for a few minutes.

Maybe it’s just me but this seems like exactly the kind of driver who would keep the system running smoothly and get upset if the train arrives more than 60 seconds before or after the scheduled time.

Insane that it took 38 years to go from the first black woman in Congress in 1977 to the first black Republican woman in Congress.

Mia Love would have been 2 years old when Shirley Chisholm entered office.

That’s easy for someone who can afford more expensive protein sources to say.

Eggs used to be one of the best protein per dollar values available. You still have flour (and flour products), lentils, and pinto beans as options. Maybe oats and peanut butter, although that’s starting to transition from “protein per dollar” to “calories per dollar” to make sense. And those other sources will start to get more expensive as people move to them.

It hasn’t gotten as much press, but the cost of chicken meat rises with the prices of eggs too. That has historically been the cheapest available meat, so I would expect people moving to alternatives to drive up the costs of pork, lentils and beans. Maybe beef and seafood too.

It’s a significant blow, especially to people who do a lot of physical labor and need that protein. This isn’t just as simple as “don’t buy the videogame that’s overpriced” or “don’t watch the movie with the problematic actor” or “don’t buy the low-quality fast fashion products made by slave labor”. This is messing with people’s food. Go look up all of the long-term ramifications to populations after famines.

Society is never more than a few hungry days from collapse. This could very well push America closer to that.

In my opinion not Onion level, but better than I expect from Hard Times.

I’ve lived in the US my whole life and never had one. Thinking back through all the dorms and apartments, my friend’s houses, my mom’s house through multiple kitchen renovations… My grandma has one but that’s the only one I can think of.

Maybe it’s more common on the West Coast?

Given that Musk seems hell-bent on becoming the villain from every piece of science fiction ever, I kind of expect him to keep fire departments around but have them start fires.

True wisdom is realizing that most sports games are just a sub-genre of RPG.

Why do you think there is one?

Why does this feel like misogynist incel nonsense?

So these people are advocating for defending the police and military then, right?

Honestly the easier solution is that my mom just doesn’t get pictures unless they’re printed out.

The regular people seem to be using the word “oligarch” pretty often nowadays. Maybe he needs to actually talk to some regular people?

Slow-paced turn-based games exist and can be excruciating to play through. The worst offender in my mind is Pokemon Gen 4- it feels like playing in sand.

Growing up the son of a wealthy emerald-mine owning dysfunctional family in apartheid South Africa explains a lot of his behavior too.

The 9070’s on eBay are getting cheaper and cheaper the further we get from the launch. I think scalpers underestimated AMD’s stock and they are slowly discovering that.

Immediately after the launch the XT seemed to be starting at $1,200. Now they are down to $800. The non-xt is down to $650.

Depends on how much stock AMD can provide in the coming weeks and months, but I’m still thinking I’ll be able to get one at MSRP this year.

Is this meme sponsored by a commercial real estate investor?

They describe the 5070 as “faster GPU for less money with new features should make this one of the best graphics cards, but we have some concerns”.