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I like that people are actually surprised at how passionate and important people make these franchises when this convention is literally...only about Blizzard, its fans, and its franchises. The opposite end of this spectrum is the fans who only imagine having sex with Overwatch characters and like a character only by who they can ship them with. Blizzard encourages all sides of this fandom. They also setup the expectations and this has been a year of Blizzard failing to meet any positive expectations and so they are falling back on warcraft 3 and a version of wow that's 14 years old. Just saying. Do they deserve literal hatred, harassment, or abuse? Absolutely not. Do they deserve praise of stuff people don't want? Nope. I don't remember anyone defending Activision when they put out the last Tony Hawk game. Sometimes I do think many people, especially in the "game's press" are too close to some of these companies and you suddenly find out who you aren't allowed to criticize. Much like Voltaire, once you find that out you know who runs things.

I am still buying physical games because if I made a bad call and hate the game I can't do anything about it. If I buy a physical game and hate it OR I 100% the thing in a few days I can at least get something for it even if I do take it to somewhere like Gamestop. I bought Battlefield 6 digital because I knew I would play it quite a bit and being multiplayer I wanted it accessible instantly.

@matoya I feel like this is an argument I never hear anyone make but I understand it and I also do this though not often. I tend to keep most of my games unless I platinum it quickly and realize I will never want to go back to it.

1. They shouldn't have hyped this or ended the panel on it.

2. If you're being incredibly hateful about this towards blizzards or developers not involved with the game then you should stop.

3. Not everything is for you but the other side of the coin is, "Blizzard, don't try to subtly tell people they're wrong for not being excited for a mobile game that looks like 1000 others".

4. Game industry people need to not answer legitimate trolls by being equal or worse trolls in kind. For instance, check out this totally legitimate hot take...

I also don't see anything wrong with 2 the guys who asked questions at the panel. People like Jason Schreier went after them pretty nastily on Twitter for their questions but just 6 months ago he had this to say...

The reality of it is this: Diablo 4 is clearly in production but too early to even have a CG trailer for, apparently. If Diablo Immortal was the best they could come to this, pitiful, show with...maybe they shouldn't have ended on Diablo at all. The stock prices dropping as quickly, and low, as they have shows its more than just a few "basement neck beards" who saw this announcement as negative. Overwatch slides along fine, the latest WoW expansion is heavily looked down upon, the next big WoW announcement is playing a version that's like 14 years old, the "new" Warcraft game is old, there's no Starcraft announcements, Hearthstone slides along, and Heroes of the Storm slides along...oh and they are still making waifus in Overwatch (which Kotaku is upset because of her skin color, apparently). This might just be a slump, transitional year for Blizzard with the amount of leadership shifting they are doing. I do think this is maybe the most dull time I've had watching the live streams with my wife, something we generally enjoy. Hopefully 2019 is a better year for Blizzard because in terms of quality 2018 has been a downturn.

Also, for anyone saying Diablo Immortal is "Blizzard making a mobile game"...they aren't...they are outsourcing the development to a Chinese company who already made a Diablo clone on mobile and the MTX inclusions are horrible. Hopefully that's not a taste of what D:I will have.

@sethmode I don't subscribe to Boogie's channel anymore but why is he "the worst"?

I really enjoyed the season but the war council focus made the season sometimes feel like anime filler. I wish we had more time with the protagonists or got some backstory/time with the Belmont's history. I loved the Lament of Innocence references and episode 7 is probably one of my favorite scenes in anime in years. The voice acting is top notch, the general story direction was great, and the animation was also good. The season would be a 9/10 or 10/10 for me but the war council focus and lack of focus on any of the heroes really drug the season down into closer to something like 7/10 or something. Still good.

Anyone who tells you that you are wasting your vote because of who you are voting for is objectively an a-hole.

Vote for who you want to support and if you have moral objections against voting or if you don't support any of the people on the ticket then stay home. Anyone telling you that you have to vote, or need to vote, is also wrong.

I refuse to ever touch this franchise again. My friend and I bought the original as well as a lifetime subscription...and then the game happened. Totally a buyer beware situation but I just have too much of a gross taste in my mouth after that and anything else bill roper touches post Diablo 2.

All I can say is that I might like this game a year or so after it launches. Not going to be playing this in 2018 for a myriad of reasons but I hope they get it right.

Honestly, this is the chaff being cut from the wheat. Here's my two cents:
1. Luke Cage and Iron Fist will not be coming to Disney streaming. Luke Cage, especially, is far too mature of a show for a platform that has been confirmed to not have any R-rated films or mature rated content. Iron Fist isn't far off.
2. Netflix is extremely transparent about the numbers they want to brag about. This isn't crazy, we're used to this with gaming numbers and companies like Microsoft and Sony. If Luke Cage season 2 or Iron Fist season 2 did anything worth noting they would let us know. I assume they did poorly in the ratings department. Iron Fist s1 and Luke Cage s1 both did well, we heard about it from Netflix so their radio silence about numbers about s2 is telling in my mind.
3. Luke Cage and Iron Fist have been, largely, terrible. Because these shows seem to be mandated to have a full 13 episode run, opposed to 8 like Defenders, means they have to stretch their content and that almost always makes the show worse. Daredevil, imo, is the only one that doesn't have this problem but literally ever other Marvel/Netflix show does. Luke Cage s1 was good until Cottonmouth died then it fell apart, season 2 meandered the entire time but Coulter was good. Iron Fist season 1 was terrible, but season 2 was good (but should have been shorter). Jessica Jones season 1 was OK but Wil Traval and David Tennant carried the show, in my opinion. Jessica Jones season 2 was god awful and I couldn't even finish it but they announced a new series before season 2 had even come out...which strengthens my opinion that this is why they cancelled LC and IF before they could fall into the same trap. I don't expect JJ season 4 to be announced unless 3 is a critical and numbers success. Defenders was terrible too, literally the worst show they've made with Marvel, and its no surprise they have nothing planned for that series. The Punisher season 2 just finished filming so same thing, you won't see season 3 announced (or the show announced as cancelled) until after its released and they look at the reception.
4. Daredevil has been the only truly successful show, beginning to end, that they have. Punisher behind that (should have been shorter) and everything else is either a full or half mess. If Daredevil gets cancelled then we can maybe see that something else is going on and maybe they are just going to cycle these characters out and introduce new ones.
5. Best case scenario for LC and IF is that they merge the two shows and create a Heroes for Hire style show but I can't see that happening with how Iron Fist and Luke Cage ended. HFH makes no sense for that world or those characters where they are but they could always write around that...just like the comics do.

I backed this on Kickstarter and have it installed but want to try it. I stopped playing the Pathfinder tabletop years ago because of how bloated it is (and I hate the 5 year plan design of character creation) but the Golarion world has a lot of really interesting lore behind it. Hopefully being a spellcaster isn't as annoying as it is in the tabletop...

I like round tables but many times I feel like what was said on the Bombcast was enough as far as audio content goes. The only time I like round tables is when they are more of a spoilercast or moratorium with the developer. That said, if they do it they should do it for most of the bigger releases.

@dudeglove: its funny you say that. I honestly feel like Kotaku takes a queue from Giant Bomb all the time. Anytime I see a new joke or game covered on Giant Bomb, like Garfield, it inevitably shows up on Kotaku within a week randomly. Even when Jeff did the "taste a Switch game cartridge" bit it was also on Kotaku (and plenty of other sites) within a day or two.