This is definitely a controversial take, but maybe there’s some truth to it. (A price hike like $90 Mario Kart is way too much however). I think the issue here is that purchasing power has decreased for the majority of people over the last few years as inflation has increased whilst wages have not kept pace. And it really doesn’t help when triple A games increase their prices whilst releasing in a buggy state - people don’t see any benefit of a $10 increase to that game when it doesn’t offer $10 more value than it would have done a year prior.

Sure, corporations need to recoup the high cost of development - but then perhaps their costs wouldn’t be nearly as high if they didn’t pay millions to their CEOs. Indie devs can successfully put out (usually much more interesting and creative) games for a fraction of the cost.

The DS remake of FF3 was my first Final Fantasy game, and I remember loving it. The chibi artstyle was really appealing to me at the time. I’m pretty sure I managed to cheese one of the late game bosses by using a certain class (ninja?) that got me a lucky 9999 damage hit. After that point I was severely under levelled, and got stuck at the final dungeon with no way to back out.

I should replay it at some point! Or maybe the pixel remaster version (people seem to rate that higher?)

Me make bad. You look better. Making doesn’t any look!

I accept my fate

I eat eggs every day! Yum

Sounds nice! If I’m ever in Canada…

Thanks - somehow I’d never come across that book before but it sounds great and is highly acclaimed. I’ll add it to my wishlist :)

I see the Batman/Sleeping dog combat, Spiderman web-slinging (I swear some of those animations are ripped directly from the recent games), GTA character changing, Watch Dogs hacking of buildings. What Persona stuff did they rip off?

The only book I’ve read in that collection is 1984, but I do own digital copies of Slaughterhouse Five and The Kite Runner. Does anyone have any recommendations from the other books?

This looks good (despite blatantly ripping off several games)! I like the art style and some of the wacky scenarios they’ve shown. The free to play label does worry me though…

I’m 90% of the way through The Master and the Margarita. It’s a completely surreal plotline and I think it’ll help if I do some reading into the background (both the setting and the author’s writing process) once I’ve finished. It’s made me laugh a couple of times though, in particular:

That’s reasonable! Hell, if you enjoy a book just read it and don’t worry about what others think

I mean, they’re cursed in a different sense :)

This is more cursed than the Dead Men of Dunharrow

Whoa cool animation! I thought it was stop motion until the figures clipped x3

I really love my Patagonia Atom sling bag. It’s basically big enough for a book or ereader, phone and a water bottle. Great for when I don’t want to carry a full backpack around.

Lmao, in which case I shall avoid him! I’ve got plenty of other (well regarded) books to read instead :')

Probably The Count of Monte Cristo. Really the perfect book in my opinion - long, but with so much going on and so many interweaving plotlines that it kept me interested throughout. What an adventure.

I’ve never actually read a Dan Brown book or watched the Da Vinci Code. I’ve got some vague idea that he writes about historical conspiracy kinda stuff (which sounds about right looking at this article). Are his books any good, or are they overrated?

Lots of people seem to die each day, so there’s endless potential for content!