I really hate the whole “it’s gone over budget” thing. If the budget doesn’t mean anything then why even have it?

Perhaps Klarna need to be involved.

I wouldn’t go as far as “hate” but I’ve put a lot of time into games I ultimately decided I didn’t like. Once I’ve decided that, I stop, but I’m an optimist and hope the game will improve.

Recently I’ve been playing Batman: Arkham Origins whilst waiting for my daughter to fall asleep. I was far too tired to pick another game so I played what was in front of me. Once I reached the end I uninstalled rather than do more open world stuff. Blech.

People talk about the story sometimes and I’m baffled. What fuckin’ story?

I found the challenges to unlock gear utterly obnoxious, particularly as several key ones were very situational (notably the exotic takedowns one). Said gear wasn’t required, obviously, but it meant I spent my time trying to find setups that would work for challenges rather than just playing the game.

The backtracking for collectibles was also extremely tedious.

I played through Asylum twice and loved Arkham City but Origins was just sort of plodding.

I just finished Batman: Arkham Origins. I kept hoping it’d become fun and then the game was over.

I thought the Pacers had all been retired?

I’m in.

Admittedly I don’t own a PlayStation.

The manufacturers have the problem. It’s a luxury good that I don’t need, that’s what I’m saying. If they can’t offer it for a price point that reflects its value to me, that sucks for them, I guess.

Take money from rich people, you dumb fucks. They’ve got more of it.

“Labour”, my fucking beard.

Granted. Council, he is fined fifty pounds for turning up.

I love Immich. I’ve pulled in all my photos going back to high school in the early 2000s and it’s so awesome having a timeline of them.

As a customer, I’m not all that interested in how the sausage gets made, so to speak. If something costs X to make but the value to me is X/2, then the manufacturer has a problem, not me.

Gottlieb Pinball Classics was fantastic on the PSP. I quite enjoyed the Burnout games on it too.

Bought three already!

My first encounter with it was an ex referring to “lasagna noodles”. The expression on my face…

I really can’t get behind calling things other than noodles, noodles (except pool noodles).

He’s got an arm off!

Perhaps Bethesda should. Might do them some good to know how far behind their tech is compared to their competitors.

I’m surprised that “I’d like games to not need mods to be good” is somehow controversial.

I really don’t want to have to spend time figuring out which additional things I need to install to make their games good. I’d rather they were good out of the box.