The Lounge
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The Lounge
@The_HappyLounge
🎮 Games • Culture • Commentary Calling out industry nonsense. If it’s good, we say it. If it’s trash, we say it louder.
Katılım Eylül 2022
15 Takip Edilen78 Takipçiler

🕷️ Peter Parker Recast
Fans still reject Insomniac replacing Peter’s face after one full game
Cool fact: The new model debuted in Spider Man Remastered in 2020
Was the recast worth breaking continuity?
#SpiderMan #PlayStation

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🌈 CDPR Picks Its Audience
CDPR added Pride logos to its main and Japan accounts but not its Arabic or Russian pages
Cool fact: CDPR publicly promotes diversity in its hiring and games
Principle or selective marketing?
#CDProjektRed #Gaming

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💸 $10M vs $100M
Expedition 33 reportedly cost under $10M. South of Midnight allegedly cost around $100M
Cool fact: Sandfall kept its core team small and avoided open world bloat
Which game felt like the bigger production?
#Expedition33 #Xbox

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🌙 Luna Abyss Reality Check
Weeks after launch, its entire team was laid off
The game also went viral for: "I’m a they, not a she"
Cool fact: Luna Abyss launched May 21, 2026
Bad timing, bad writing, or no audience?
#LunaAbyss #Gaming

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🔥 Let Old Studios Die
Sandy Petersen says gaming doesn't need to save Blizzard, new studios will replace it
Cool fact: Sandfall was founded by former Ubisoft talent and gave us Expedition 33
Is he right?
#Blizzard #Expedition33

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🧠 Double Fine Responds
Shutdown reports hit and Double Fine answered with one emoji
Cool fact: Anita Sarkeesian consulted on Psychonauts 2
Confident shrug or denial without words?
#DoubleFine #Xbox

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🪓 Ninja Theory's UE5 Demo Era
Eight years under Xbox produced Bleeding Edge and a five hour Hellblade sequel
Cool fact: Hellblade II was first shown in 2019 as a visual showcase for Xbox Series X
Studio closure or overdue reality check?
#Xbox #Hellblade

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🔥 The Receipts Are Back
Schreier called SBI blame “angry hallucinations”
Now Compulsion is reportedly closing after South of Midnight
Cool fact: SBI appears in the game’s credits
Coincidence, bad management, or both?
#Xbox #SouthOfMidnight

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🎮 Jynxzi Says Gaming Got Soft
He says older lobbies forced players into game chat, where trash talk was brutal and unfiltered
Cool fact: BO2 launched in 2012
Did gaming become safer or just less social?
#Jynxzi #CallOfDuty

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🎭 Ninja Theory Changed Course
Fans say Enslaved had strong characters before outside criticism pushed the studio toward ideology
Cool fact: Enslaved released in 2010
Did Ninja Theory lose its audience chasing critics?
#NinjaTheory #Gaming

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🎸 Bobby Was Right
Kotick said Brütal Legend was late, over budget, missed milestones, and wasn't very good
Cool fact: Activision dropped it before EA published it in 2009
Harsh truth or bad leadership?
#BrutalLegend #Gaming


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