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Depends on the umbrella corporation and the companies underneath it. Seems to be working for Berkshire Hathaway. The videogame business is extremely hit driven, has long production schedules and ever increasing expenses. Not an easy nut to crack. I think everyone predicted something like this was bound to happen with Embracer. Brings to mind the old Microsoft tactic of "Embrace, extend, and extinguish." It's the hug of death.

With Volition specifically, why did they ever attempt a follow up to Saints Row, a series that only ever aped Grand Theft Auto and spun Rockstar's madcap writing antics up to another level of zaniness. Instead of using all the latent creativity present, they went with the safe option to reboot a tired old series. Safe, boring, failure. Oh well. I hope the suits learn from this and try again in a smarter way that doesn't result in hundreds of layoffs.

Ah yes, science fiction, famously free of politics of any sort. Full of examples such as Frank Herbert's apolitical masterpiece, Dune. Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. Octavia Butler. Orson Scott Card, who has no political leanings whatsoever.

Anyways, I'm sick of discussing politics, so I'm going to go play the woke-free, apolitical gem "Bioshock". I

If you've never played Final Fantasy Tactics... THAT one! It's incredible. Emulate the PSX version IMO, the translation is divisive but I much prefer the original one to the overwrought grandiloquence of the PSP/iOS version. And it's not a Final Fantasy, but if you never played Chrono Trigger, DO THAT! The FF7 remake is kinda cool too, but I just don't see how they ever complete that at the current rate of story drip from the first remake episode. FFXII has some interesting ideas as well, and is set in Ivalice, the FFT world.

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@retris: Not really, it has its highest ever player population right now. Avg 34k players, peak 60+k on PC alone, it's on Game Pass on XBox and there's plenty of Playstation players too. Just had a big stability update, 1.20, and is still receiving regular updates, 9 years on. DayZ rules. There's nothing to really compete with it.

@gtxforza: A lot of those chords resonate deeply with me! Some I heard at home, others in school computer labs, others in design studio offices, but yeah, really evokes a lot of feelings. :)

Pretty epic thread necromancy here. I'll say Noita. Spiritual successor to Nethack in a lot of ways. One of those games like Fez and Tunic that you think you know what it is at the start, then as you begin to probe deeper, you realize that seeing credits is the end of the tutorial and the really wild shit has been hidden in plain sight all along. Y'all should play Noita.

For me it's my childhood computer, the Mac IIsi.

I've put Lumines on just about any system that will run it, whether it's a ROM via PPSSPP, Lumines Remastered, the vita version, or the abandoned iOS app.

I picked Samurai because I thought the starting loadout and armor set looked badass. Turns out Bleed is one of the most devastating status effects in the game and takes huge chunks off of any enemy's life bar, even a boss. So I rode that Bleed build all the way through the game, right up to the Elden Beast, where I'm currently stalled, since it's immune to bleed and therefor I need to respec and find a new cheesy build. Great game, the first Soulslike that I've connected with. I think I'm going to go back and play DS 1-3 on my Steam Deck.