quirkwood

This is one of the coolest puzzle games I have played in a long time. It has, at times, had me staring at the same screen for hours. It's also full of so many ah-ha moments.

As to being stuck on puzzle for me it's "Tiny Island" right now. I think I am close though

@iamtheforce14: Hey duder! I am also one of the few people digging this game, sure it's got it's problems but doesn't every Bethesda game? I am Quirkwood on Bethesdanet.

I agree that people are entitled to leave when they want and they are entitled to be safe from harm. Blizzard employees are required to stay as per their contracts, however they too should be safe from harm. Both physical, psychological.

The words of the April Fools Guy were potentially harmful. I don't know who the presenters were in relation to Blizzard. That experience could impact any of those presenters, in a way that could cause injury (financial, physical, psychological). His comment was cruel unnecessary misplaced anger, direct the anger at the company not the individuals charged with making a presentation.

I know from experience the harm a few words can cause.

This is a great point, I really hadn't thought of it like that

So I have been checking out a lot of the feedback (backlash?) about the Diablo: Immortal. It's pretty clear that many people are pissed off about this (I am kind of interested in DI). Are people over reacting to the announcement? is the rage unjustified? does Blizzard owe them?

This is the line of thinking that those who are mad at Blizzard-Activision seem to be following.

People are complaining about Diablo Immortal, because they paid for Blizzcon and didn't get the announcement they wanted. It's like ordering "soup of the day" delivered, without finding out what the soup is. Then getting mad because they wanted pumpkin soup, but the soup of the day was pea and ham. They might not like it but it's still soup, and they got what they paid for.

They might have paid for previous Diablo titles, but that doesn't give them control over any future products the company puts out. Especially when talking about a company that supports it's players for many years after many other would. Diablo II kept getting patches until 2016, people didn't like the auction house in Diablo III, they took it out. Nobody has paid for any unannounced Diablo related properties. As far as future Diablo releases go Blizzard doesn't owe anyone anything.

Blizzard has specifically said there are multiple Diablo projects in the works, they're not gonna miss out on more core Diablo.

People are allowed to be angry about anything they want, heck one could be mad that the sky is blue, that doesn't mean their anger isn't misdirected. Those who paid for Blizzcon should be mad at themselves for buying something sight unseen, for their own speculation. They got what they paid for, it just turns out it wasn't what they wanted. As Kellen Beck over at Mashable put it:

Grow up... You are entitled to nothing. Game companies owe you nothing. You don't just get to have whatever you want and then throw a tantrum when your own personal dreams don't come true. Blizzard hasn't abandoned the core Diablo franchise just because it created a mobile game.

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@onemanarmyy: That is gold!!

@jeffgerstmann mentioned this on the Bombcast this week, and it gave me a chuckle.

So, my dad had this on a blue 3 1/2" with the words Simu Sex written in pencil on the label.

Being an enterprising young 14 year old I began pedalling copies of this for $5 a pop. Right up until some rocket surgeon decided to fire it up in the school's computer lab. This genius then tells the principal they got it from me, I owned up, royally embarrassing my dad. Turns out the other guy got a five day suspension for running it at school, his parents were also waaaaaaay more conservative than mine so I have no idea how much trouble he got in when his parents found out.

Anyone else get into trouble over games/software growing up?

Personally if I can't beat my opponent to death with their own severed arm I won't be interested.[SOLVED]

The campaign in the original game was seriously 'meh' if I remember, but the multiplayer was great! I remember this being the #1 game for my friends and I at LANs back in the day. I still think about one on one duels in the rotarena (sp?) map. The weapon meta, running around trying to pick up a turkey leg to get life back while both your arms had been chopped off.

Those were the days...

Last time I played Astroneer there was a lot of building but not much story. I believe the game still hasn't hit beta yet. I believe The Forest has a bit of a story you can follow, but I found that game scary as hell. Damned cannibals.