harrys_balzac
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- Comment on The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst 4 days ago:
The whole thing was rigged to fail. There appears to have been almost zero outside input during the development. All the feedback they got were from internal sources or carefully vetted content creators - ones that rarely say anything bad about a game.
They created an echo fart-sniffing chamber.
They released a few updates almost right away which were received positively but it doesn’t appear that the company had the money to ride out a few months of poor microtransactions.
No open beta, no Early Access. They disappeared from social media right after the trailer dropped then, when they returned, all they did was whine.
Thousands of players quit and uninstalled before finishing the required tutorial.
I’m sure a lot of the creatives and devs are capable of creating great things. Management created an environment of groupthink, not of questioning and innovation.
- Comment on Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value' 1 week ago:
Nah. It’ll be an online hero shooter.
- Comment on Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes 2 weeks ago:
I agree with most of it.
If kids are acting out, it’s because they’re feeling powerless and/or unheard. So they banned social media. What did they replace it with? Did the government build public spaces meant for under-16s to gather and be social?
Golf courses are not a good thing,though. They are an absolute waste. The amount of water and chemicals used is atrocious.
- Comment on YouTube sponsorship starter pack 2 weeks ago:
This was put together by someone who doesn’t watch any sports channels. Completely missing all the sports betting sponsors like Fanduel and Underdog.
- Comment on Preview Episode 5 Of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ With 13 New Images From “Series Acclimation Mil” 2 weeks ago:
The screen looks like a thumbnail for YouTube video on one of those AI-slop documentary channels.
- Comment on Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now. 3 weeks ago:
I went from the stock launcher to Niagara and I didn’t feel the learning curve was steep. I did watch a couple of their YouTube videos first before switching.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 4 weeks ago:
That makes way more sense.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 4 weeks ago:
Latin was my major - vita is life. Vitus doesn’t exist in Latin. I think they just made up a Latin-sounding word and ran with it.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 1 month ago:
The US has directly captured or supported the overthrow of multiple heads of state. Nobody has ever done anything and they won’t now.
Too many Americans are actually supportive of this so there won’t be any major domestic repercussions. Maybe some hearings in Congress.
America is not going to fix itself. The corruption is built in. For the last 50 years (roughly), the system has been changed to make the people dumb and complacent; to make the President a puppet king who answers to the wealthy.
- Comment on After getting Silent Hill 'back on track,' Konami wants to make it an annual franchise 1 month ago:
Line must go up! Until the brain-dead who just buy annual releases without thought begin to pay attention, studios will continue to do this.
I’m still in shock that EA is not going to do an F1 26. They said they want to do better with the next one, so they’re skipping a year.
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 1 month ago:
It’s not just Vegas. It’s also very popular in short-term rentals (like AirBnB) and other gig enterprises.
- Comment on Lol, lmao even. 2 months ago:
Dartmouth has a PhD in Dumbassery?
- Comment on I totally agree 2 months ago:
I was totally hoping it was going to be Barney. Or Robin.
- Comment on Israel to compete at Eurovision Song Contest in 2026, prompting several nations to withdraw 2 months ago:
That’s easy: money and racism.
- Comment on An unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from stores 2 months ago:
There was one in the version they sent to Steam. That’s what started all this.
- Comment on il boohoo 2 months ago:
I have an older 911 and that is just fun to drive. It’s just a fancy go-kart. My little Grom is also a blast to ride.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 16th 3 months ago:
Little Rocket Lab. Very cute and cozy.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Obviously, it’s kill all three. Right?
- Comment on On Prince Andrews Road, a Frustrating Effort to Get a New Address 3 months ago:
Princess Diana Boulevard?
- Comment on Square Enix announces more layoffs as part of US and Europe restructuring [VGC] 3 months ago:
Wow. And just yesterday, there were a slew of articles about Squenix embracing AI to do Quality checks and other tasks.
I’m sure this is just a coincidence. /s
- Comment on Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24 3 months ago:
I was going to make a joke here but, damn, this is way too tragic.
The article didn’t mention if Kneeland had a history of depression. If he didn’t, they need to do an autopsy.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 4 months ago:
Felt a little like Hogwarts in Space.
- Comment on Where do you guys start in a Lower Decks rewatch? 4 months ago:
I start at the beginning.
For me, even the worst of S1 is still more entertaining than a lot of what’s out there to stream, in general.
It could also be that I have some sort of unhealthy obsession with Tendi.
- Comment on Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown looks like a field day for micro managers in its first gameplay trailer 4 months ago:
TL;DR: The headline on the post is pretty much the whole article.
- Comment on Yes, That Great-Looking 'Star Trek: Voyager' Game Will Let You Spare Tuvix 4 months ago:
Promote him to “meat torpedo.” So many posthumous commendations.
- Comment on 2025 Ig Physics Nobel Prize goes to perfect pasta sauce 5 months ago:
While I was there, I also noticed that the author has another book, Lateral Cooking, that I was able to borrow, along with the 2023 2nd edition of Flavor Thesaurus.
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters 5 months ago:
Your comment about WoT - if they just talked to each other - resonated with me. I gave up reading the series halfway through because of that. If they just had Post-it notes, that would have made a difference.
As a fellow enjoyer of some flawed things, I haven’t gotten too far into this season. I’m a quarter of the way through the “holodeck” episode. I’m just not caring about the characters’ lives at this point.
I want to but I can’t.
I also find it odd that, apparently, the Federation is incapable of diagnosing and treating PTSD or mental illness in general. They have replicators and matter transportation but not therapy.
- Comment on Star Trek: Khan Audio Series Releases Official Trailer, Poster, Premiere Date, and Additional Voice Casting 6 months ago:
We need one for Star Base 80.
- Comment on Tough new driving rules could land Brits with a ban for ‘minor’ mistakes 7 months ago:
I saw one of my coworkers looking just like this while pulling out of work today.
- Comment on I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm 7 months ago:
Lovecraftian doctor simulator? I guess I’ll read the article. My interest is piqued.