Always good to see a DS9 reference.

This is kind of where I land. I think there are some interesting conceptual elements, but having just one life and a PvP-only win condition stresses me out. I found the Plunder mode in the original Warzone to be pretty interesting, so I think there’s still room to innovate in the genre.

We could have been updating our sizzle certificates all this time!

Yeah Defector spun off from the old Deadspin amidst clashes with their parent company over editorial independence (among other things). Drew Magary is one of my favorite writers, so I was mostly tracking it because of him.

There’s some stuff across the Metal Gear Solid series that’s pretty memorable.

I’ve used Logical Increments for a couple builds and liked it a lot. I didn’t copy their recipe verbatim, but you get some good starting points both on compatibility and cost.

Yeah I’m really excited to see more non-Jedi stories in Star Wars. I’m hopeful that Andor created a moment where there’s space for people to explore more of the universe beyond the Jedi.

Hunger or thirst mechanics in anything that’s not explicitly a survival game.

Diablo 4 pretty much nonstop since release. Really enjoying it so far.

Yeah I think it was too much to hope there would actually be good-faith engagement at this point. It was just more corporate messaging.

The initial breaking of this story is what drove me to explore some Reddit alternatives, but this is worse than I realized. It’s a bummer to see the enshittification principle on full display.