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I remember when the Cyber Truck was revealed, including the whole window cracking thing there was a dip in Tesla stock, I was on Reddit the next day saying, yeah, it’s ugly as sin, but if I was the investing type, it would be a smart time to invest, because Tesla stock would bounce right back and the fanboys would drool over it.
I was right, but after all that’s happened since then, I wouldn’t be brave enough to try to call whether things will trend back upward this time.
This might be an Australia specific thing. I’m in the US and I’ve been paying separately for Spotify all along. We did have Slacker Radio included, and I recently got an email very similar to the one posted telling me that Slacker would no longer be included going forward.
I have to believe that whomever it was who coined the term “sex bot” would be very disappointed to see how the term is being used today.
From what I’ve heard in reviews, it sounds like the decision to make Tiny Tina a main character drove a lot of the market shift. It sounds like they made her more vulnerable and innocent to contrast with the tired, jaded Lilith instead of the demented bomber that fits into the tone of the game
I have an ex with the same name as one of my sisters. You do that once, and it gets confusing and awkward. Twice? People start coming to really odd conclusions.
First, it’s 2024. There are plenty of games that have figured out how to respect the gamer’s free time. Don’t hesitate or feel bad about dropping a game if it pretends being annoying/frustrating is an acceptable element of it’s difficulty curve. Life’s too damn short to be miserable playing a Souls-Like or something if it’s just not for you.
Second, I deal with something like you’re describing. What works for me is to recognize when frustration, anger or whatever is getting the better of me and just accepting that I’m just not going to be productive for that period. I invest in some self care, which can sometimes be as simple as laying in bed and stewing, or putting on some familiar sitcom until it’s time to go to bed.
It might be a day that I’m writing off; if it’s bad, it might be a week. But once I take that pressure off myself, sometimes it helps me get back on track faster than if I just tried to bury everything and soldier through.
I think he’s really good at evoking feeling through visual storytelling, and finding gameplay that mostly kinda reinforces those themes.
The underlying themes in his work often don’t hold up to fridge logic, but it’s still an engaging and memorable experience while you’re playing. Death Stranding was one of my favorite games I played last year (hashtag patientgamer…).
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