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Rest in Peace Chuck Norris, what a great man he was and always will be.

@Pirat_Nation I wonder how much he got paid

Of course

Jason schreirer about Crimson Desert: “boring and soulless that I absolutely did not want to play anymore. Feels like a game designed for people who just want to Consume Content.”

@Vara_Dark “A spiral of right wing extremism” lol

How are things going over on the Gothic Remake steam forums, you might ask. 🤣

@ne0mega @Pirat_Nation Seems simple enough

@Pirat_Nation For reference, this is how you'd 'pay respects' in Crimson Desert. 😜

Crimson Desert players are asking for refunds due to the game's terrible clunky controls. "Whoever designed the control scheme should seek employment with the devil."

@Khatspergers lol these people don’t know how to play normal games it seems

After wasting 20 minutes slamming his head into a boss with nothing but starter gear, Phil concludes that Crimson Desert is not a good game and rage quits.

@jfwong It’s not, so they have to do these things to pump water from the sinking ship.

how popular is Destiny 2 these days?

@BDEgameowners @DestinyBulletn They’re not creative enough so they have to repeat content in other forms of media

🚨NEW: Destiny 2 x Magic The Gathering collab announced!

@DestinyBulletn Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse lol

@kirillk_web3 Don’t fall for pyramid schemes

> you open X > see a guide about a Claude bot > ignore it > it seems too complicated > the numbers don’t feel real ($1,000 → $1.5M) > keep scrolling > days pass > everyone’s talking about agents > automation > a friend makes $10k in a single day > you feel like you missed something > you did > it was that guide > they read it > you didn’t

@IndieGameJoe I do this irl

This indie dev is building a cozy cleaning sim where you clean up a polluted island and rescue wildlife. - Clean & recycle trash to upgrade your tools - Restore habitats to bring animals back to the island - Pet & play with your dog companion It's called Restore Your Island.

@deez_nuggets_ @TheTopGEight I can only imagine it being a nightmare to work there as a normal person

@TheTopGEight This is who made the fall guys fps

Why does the video game Marathon appeal to the LGBTQ community? Why is it so gay? Serious.

@KRandall4505 @TheTopGEight The change was very apparent around the end of 2018

@TheTopGEight Because bungie has been taken over by the rainbow cult

@permaybe @TheTopGEight It’s AI art lol

@TheTopGEight Good question!

Can you spot the difference?

@Smithdoggy_ Actually there are many others who top those charts. Being a competitive game it can’t even win at the goal it set out for.

Marathon is unironically the best extraction shooter in the market. If what you're looking for is the extraction shooter experience. If you want fun stories with strangers then yes, ARC Raiders takes it. Otherwise Marathon does everything better than EVERYTHING else.

@Sydnus83 Why not?

Another village I had created but didn't keep for the final game

@JakeSucky Wrong, if any other studio had made marathon the way it is it would be facing the same issue. These people don’t understand that it seems

A Reddit user has gone viral for their take that if any other Studio had made Marathon, people would be losing their minds over how good it is

@AI_EmeraldApple This will drag Sony down too.

Marathon is in a death spiral. Week to week, peak players are dropped by over 10k players, and when numbers are this low, they cannot afford to bleed any more players. Add to that where Paul Tassi said that most of the Marathon players are on PC, these numbers are apocalyptic for a game that cost over $200 million to produce and develop... It means that these steam numbers are the main story... not some hidden console numbers. Aside from game sales, the revenue stream relies on microtransactions within the game's shop. MTX with only 50k peak players is not enough for a game of this scale and budget. These declining numbers lead to the "social proof" effect, which makes whales hesitant when it comes to their purchases. Bungie needs a miracle, some patch that fixes all of the glaring issues... but let's face it... People are just not interested in hardcore extraction shooters, while getting a visual migraine from the effects and colors.

@AI_EmeraldApple Not just marathon, bungie as a whole.