I don't hear much about it any more. Honestly, there never was much to talk about it other than the money it was making. We are talking about a Bejeweled clone with the addiction treadmill bolted on top.
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I don't hear much about it any more. Honestly, there never was much to talk about it other than the money it was making. We are talking about a Bejeweled clone with the addiction treadmill bolted on top.
stump sock
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people in my family play it, but none of them actually spend money on it (though it does have ads, I guess)
The Candy Crush games are still 3 and 4 for top grossing Apps so I imagine there's definitely people still talking about it and spending a ton of money on them.
Nothing. Everything. They just decided to quit. They don't need the LA studio any more. They obviously felt MGS online on the PC was too much trouble.
BUNTING1243
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and weren't they still hiring for it a couple of months ago? whatta company.
I don't know if anyone's talking about it but I still see people on public transit playing it pretty consistently.
I'm not sure anybody really believed that they were going to keep on developing MGS sequels in LA. Regardless of what Konami publicly stated.
It just feels like there was a very quick turn at some point in that company, like somebody won or lost a struggle or something.
NumberThree
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Sucks that I have a busy weekend during Extra Life again, won't be able to catch much of it. And for some reason I find the prospect of watching those videos after the fact very daunting.
Aerobatics
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Antiwhippy
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Listening to the drinking question on dnaswers as someone who doesn't really drink, and if I'm in a social situation with heavy drinkers I never really feel pressured beyond the one beer/cider/glass of whiskey I usually order, I kind of don't understand the need to pretend you're drinking in those situations.
weirdly I feel like my experience of australian drinking culture has insulated me from peer pressure drinking
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I've definitely been with people in that culture, though the only time I've ever felt like I was somewhat pressure was just because the people I was with, who knew I don't really drink, wanted to test my limits a bit, and even then I just stopped before I felt slightly more buzzed than usual, let alone drunk.
I dunno, I do like alcohol for the flavour and for cooking. Never felt the desire to be drunk. Though I've never actually been drunk.
I dunno, I do like alcohol for the flavour and for cooking. Never felt the desire to be drunk. Though I've never actually been drunk.
https://youtu.be/r0U0AlLVqpk?t=12s
Also I've finally gone back to the Need for Speed review topic where I mistakenly got into a shitfight about Jeff hating on his job and games and life, wherein I posted the crew's reaction to the recent Wild video. But nobody replied to me. Can I take this as an Internet Victory or should I not get my medal printed yet?
Similarly, I thought the Canadian reputation of chugging beer like it's water was true until I got to New York and saw the prices of beer and booze were literally half that of Canada. Then I met some New Yorkers and realized how casual casual drinking is really is.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Sure, I understand that, and people can have their fun responsibly, I just don't understand wanting to pretend to be in that culture. Set your limit, then stop. No need to pretend that you can keep on drinking.
I guess I just don't understand bar culture.
I don't think so. I think once you got into that argument, everyone involved was a loser.
Liquid Shake
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Really looking forward to Extra Life streams this year! I watched an unhealthy amount live last year.
Yes it's a victory but your medal has been revoked for posting in there in the first place.
Yes it's a victory but your medal has been revoked for posting in there in the first place.
I don't disagree with the sentiment, but if nobody fights back, I'd say that's not an argument.
Also, for the purpose of raising the collective quality of the average internet user, I try to make points against loserdom. I cannot force people to learn to be better, though, much as I wish I could. Being critical and skeptical are valid as all hell, but blind shitting is a useless endeavor.
EdReedFan20
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Yeah. And it's exclusive to CBS' premium service, CBS All-Access. The premiere episode will be available on regular CBS and All-Access, but all subsequent episodes will debut on All-Access. There is no indication if they will ever air anywhere else. I wonder how many computer illiterate people will watch on CBS and be confused when the show does not continue. They might simply think it was cancelled. Not sure what CBS is thinking here, especially with a franchise like Star Trek.
My guess?
Broadcast TV is dying. We need to follow the Netflix model, what popular properties do we have to drive demand.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, in the era of netflix, would making a series online exclusive be all that weird? Especially assuming that trekkies are mostly tech literate.
EdReedFan20
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The thing is, yes, we're going towards a cable-free a la carte future, but I fear it will end up costing us more in the end. Buy this and buy that. It all adds up. Before you realize it, cable will start looking more attractive. YUCK! What they should do is put it online both paid and free. The free could come a week later and have traditional commercials. Then down the line, it could be aired on TV for the people who are traditional television watchers.
No. But like I said above, I wonder if cord-cutters might start reverting if things start becoming more expensive than it previously was with cable. What I would hope to see (as unlikely as this would be) is cable companies pressured into providing better options more cheaply, if possible.
Fantastapotamus
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You should visit Russia at some point.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I'm more worried about fragmentation than the cost really.
Well, it's pretty clearly going to be set in the new universe without the tone or budget or actors of the new movies, so it's probably going to be a laughable exercise in smarmy, shitty sci-fi anyway. It probably won't last all that long.
I would LOVE to be wrong, cuz I want a new pseudo-anthology sci-fi spaceship series. I just don't think modern CBS is capable of it unless they get some great showrunners. The well for "fun" high-end sci-fi tv has been poisoned with the uber-serious overarching stories of Lost and BSG and Fringe.
I'd really relish a great anthology show again. I should finally get around to watching Black Mirror.
And as far as this goes, I would assume the major American networks think internationally. The mostly American services aren't available with the same distribution of content worldwide (unlike on actual TV and the licensing therein) and plenty of shows are worldwide hits, not just US ones. I've never known Star Trek to be a solely American thing, but I couldn't imagine either of the two major exclusively Canadian streaming services (Crave or Shomi) getting a major, currently-airing CBS property exclusively in 2015. I'm not sure that relegating it to internet services would quite work yet.
DOUBLE EDIT: And then if they put an internet-only-in-America show on cable or network proper in most other markets, what was the point to begin with? I see no reason a new Star Trek couldn't be slotted in on some weeknight on CBS.
Same..but I still want it..
Oh it's going to be absolutely fucked outside the US.
So much of the industry internationally still conforms to physical distribution paradigms that don't make sense in the digital age. Watch VPN use soar.
Well, I suppose there's nothing stopping it from being on network or cable outside the US, cuz that would help slightly with piracy and dramatically with viewership, but again: why even not make it network in the US?
CSI: Cyber cannot possibly continue to exist, can it? Is America The Viewtiful that stupid?
BreezyLimbo
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Warhammer: Vermintide looks purty good. Austin and Vinny definitely seemed to be having alotta fun with it.
Play Alley Cat instead.
Half a billion people monthly, according to Bobby:
"With a combined global network of more than half a billion monthly active users, our potential to reach audiences around the world on the device of their choosing enables us to deliver great games to even bigger audiences than ever before," said Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick.
edit: That's Activision Blizzard and King combined.
Backfoggen
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That was the best extra life. I hope east does some extra life
I hope Drew plays through Halo 5 during Extra Life. The campaign isn't that long right? No local co-op, but they could easily play it on two separate TVs if they wanted.
Now that is a good game.
Now that is a good game.
Do you not like Danny or something?
Fjolle
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Danny is doing a Gamespot stream from home.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I really doubt Jason is going to do a 24 hour stream right now.
Twin Tails
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They should merge or something. "Game Bombspot" or something.
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