Raphael Oppenheimer

After doing Online Marketing for many years the thing I realized is MOST IMPORTANT is Legal Compliance This is the easiest thing to overlook at the start & many big names even advocate totally ignoring any legal mumbo jumbo when getting started While I see their sentiment, it’s still Very Stupid You must ensure you have a Legal & Compliant business above all else It takes one legal issue to completely ruin your business, destroy your finances & potential put you in jail & ruin your life I’ve sadly seen this happen to many people, one outcome or another Many of them are good people with families. They aren’t violent criminal thugs. Many things that seemed totally innocent & like funny jokes on Twitter are Life Ruiners if the gov or a lawyer takes a look at it If you don’t follow this advice, which is genuine & not made with financial motives, you’re simply hoping to get lucky which is generally a bad long term strategy

• Aggressive ads everywhere in the OS • Full screen promotions of sales • The only relevant Xbox OS changes that customers receive these days exist to increase per-customer spending, e.g. Wishlist enhancements, Game cards you need to turn off to directly start your game (or else you'll see a glimpse of mtx), etc. • All dev resources used to bring Xbox PC forward, Xbox consoles basically feel like being in maintenance mode • Two console price raises in one year • Price hikes on Xbox accessories • Expensive ROG Xbox Ally hardware • Failed attempt at $80 The Outer Worlds 2 • $80 on future Xbox titles probably still stands • Brutal and in its scale massive layoffs • Multiple (6+) game cancellations and partial studio shutdowns • Insane Game Pass Ultimate 50%(!) price hike among other Game Pass changes ... ... Xbox has been a business for 24 years. Recently, they don't even try to hide that anymore. It's completely obvious everything Xbox does today is aimed at generating maximum profit, getting the most money out of your most loyal costumers, raise per-costumer spending, and only go forward with projects that don't bring too much risk. Every company tries to create the best revenue results possible, but at Xbox, this process has become so aggressive that the overall Xbox gaming experience for costumers is getting worse and worse. Throughout its history, Xbox has gone through many weird decision phases. The only thing that feels different: this time, all these decisions are made intentional.

Living with depression does a strange thing to the mind. It turns you into your own quality-assurance department. Every thought, every emotion comes with a little internal audit: "Am I upset because something genuinely sucks? Or because my brain chemistry woke up today and chose 'spicy sadness?'" Normal people get feelings. I get to run a diagnostic process. I am sitting there running mental troubleshooting steps: > Did something ACTUALLY happen? > Did I sleep enough? >Is this real or is the serotonin goblin touching the thermostat again? And the exhausting part isn't just feeling bad. It's having to constantly investigate the feeling like a detective in a crime drama where the suspect is your own brain. After a while you realize half your energy isn't spent being sad. It's spent asking: "Is this the serotonin goblin again?" Mental illness turns everyday emotions into bug reports you have to triage. No wonder people get tired.

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Bonjour à toutes et tous, désolés d’avoir traîné à communiquer sur le sujet. La situation initiée par les représentants juridiques de notre studio était nouvelle pour nous et complexe à gérer. Nous voulions nous assurer de pouvoir en discuter avec toutes les parties prenantes pour être sûrs de comprendre ce qu’il se passait avant de partager des informations avec vous. Sandfall travaillait à retirer les demandes de notre représentant légal, ce qui est maintenant fait. Leur rôle est de nous protéger notamment contre les produits contrefaits, mais l'action initiée envers la bande dessinée « L’Académie Clair-Obscur » parue en janvier 2026 ne nous correspond pas. Nous avons toujours voulu soutenir les artistes et encourager la créativité, et c’est l’une des valeurs les plus importantes que nous voulons défendre à Sandfall. On souhaite plein de succès à Olivier et Grelin pour leur bande dessinée ! 🖌️