Alex Donaldson

I don't think there's anything unusual here. Critics and marketers alike gravitate to where audiences are, and generally speaking they aren't on Xbox right now. We saw a similar flight (in the opposite direction) in the PS3/360 era when the default disc became 360 discs

For multiplat in the UK, v quickly in the 360/PS3 gen the 'default' review disc became the 360 disc; if you wanted PS you had to ask for it. Then the next gen it slid back towards PS. It is still sorta PS, but what has actually happened this gen is that Steam has /truly/ become the default

The simple answer is to bookmark some sites that have hand & human-crafted, in-depth guides. Lengthy, sometimes singular user-respecting pages that evoke the hardcover guidebooks & greatest gamefaqs txts of the past, not 300 word bullshit targeted at google trends. For a start; @rpgsite.net

Here's Tales of Eternia, tidied & optimized for the remaster. www.rpgsite.net/guide/21580-... Here's Final Fantasy Resonance! www.rpgsite.net/guide/21486-... The list goes on. We're launching a proper hub for these guides next week, to make them easier to find. Similar coming on @respec.net too.

The simple answer is to bookmark some sites that have hand & human-crafted, in-depth guides. Lengthy, sometimes singular user-respecting pages that evoke the hardcover guidebooks & greatest gamefaqs txts of the past, not 300 word bullshit targeted at google trends. For a start; @rpgsite.net

a very rpg site interview on all fronts. niche questions, hardcore topics, and of course this sort of thing

The Pokemon TCG situation is a legit disgrace at this point. I know they're selling inventory fast, but there's damage being done here? I have a kid at 'gateway' age for Pokemon, desperate for cards; we can't get any. But her interest is waning, the window to 'make' her a Pokemanic closing.

what element of cyber is it Joe is most versed in if he didn't know this? sex?

Simultaneously feel like that Mass Effect trailer looks really cool, and also that if this was the sort of vision that was being presented to the (admittedly braindead) EA execs I am not remotely surprised it didn't ignite their excitement or open their wallets.

For me, the Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview event was when I felt sure BioWare's fate was sealed. It was posh and expensive, the EA campus basketball courts dressed to the nines with DA theming & hands-on stations. The game looked promising, the demo generous. And yet... but...

For C&C, that mainstream attempt manifested as increasingly famous people in the cutscenes, rough but admirable efforts to foster an eSports community, and finally mobile slop. For BioWare, it was less-RPGy games, including Anthem & the aborted action/multiplayer versions of DA4, and then death.

For me, the Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview event was when I felt sure BioWare's fate was sealed. It was posh and expensive, the EA campus basketball courts dressed to the nines with DA theming & hands-on stations. The game looked promising, the demo generous. And yet... but...

In every conversation, folk from the BioWare side were proud of the RPG chops, while those from the EA end seemed at pains to downplay them. I remember thinking: What are you even doing with this studio if this is the attitude? New owners or no, that became the problem at some point after ME3/DAI.

For me, the Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview event was when I felt sure BioWare's fate was sealed. It was posh and expensive, the EA campus basketball courts dressed to the nines with DA theming & hands-on stations. The game looked promising, the demo generous. And yet... but...

I'm seeing some people connecting the dots about how progressive BioWare was contrasted with the nature of it's new owners, but I don't think this is anything. I just think they realized there's a more reliable bottom line return on putting those resources into sports etc tbh, art be damned. Sad

A nightmare, sorry day for legacy Western RPG studios. Even if it felt inevitable. I hope the people - and perhaps even, eventually, the IP - can land somewhere that appreciates what made this studio special.