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My thinking was more “what amount might make someone make a financially irresponsible decision” rather than anything related to the real cost.

Add at least one zero to that, ideally two.

Gunpoint. Charming, atmospheric, doesn’t outstay its welcome.

It’d be interesting to see a developer create a slightly prettier version of Vice City. I appreciate the visuals of the later GTA games but doing more with less seems like it’d make sense. The gap between these games is getting rather nuts.

Then again, “forever” games seem to print money, and that’s more important than creative expression. As I get older I have a greater appreciation for games that don’t try to outstay their welcome. GTA V seemed to struggle with this - on the one hand it was huge, on the other the story seemed to be about half the length it telegraphed itself as. What’s the point in being able to level up the stats of heist crew if there’s not enough for it to matter, etc…

(In my opinion, obviously) GTA IV was too long, San Andreas was a sprawling mess, but Vice City was the sweet spot.

I care about GTA but the online element of it is of zero interest to me, and it seems that’s what it’s become.

The world’s relationship with Facebook has changed a smidge since 2013.

It’s still ripe for parody, but the elements of relevance aren’t the same as they were.

I wonder if the next one will take so long that the world it satirises is long gone. Facebook being parodied in GTA V no longer makes much sense, for example

I wear a custom-fitted mask whenever I’m out in public so they can have fun with that.

The Mr. Freeze fight certainly turns the tables. Shame I don’t play the Arkham games to be prey!

Office buildings should not be investment vehicles.

Each step becomes easier.

smothers it with a towel and stuffs it into an oven

Or sitting in a cupboard off-gassing, oozing, and generally making the home a safer environment.

It does remind me of the Acts of Gord’s use for an N64 - as a doorstop with a note saying “This is all I am good for.”

Oh! Ewaste! So kind of you…

I’ve yet to encounter a single Atari 2600 game that was worth more than 30 seconds of my time.

Considering I have 827 games on Steam, the figure of $1620.26 doesn’t seem too bad. Now I’ve probably bought a load more bundles bumping that up, but there’s no convenient way to figure out how much that adds (let’s round to $2000). I’ve had the account 18 years, 9 months.

So that’s… $8.89 per month.

Yeah, that seems pretty reasonable.

I’ve been playing (and loving) Fallout London. It turns out that the pokey little locations in their games are Bethesda’s fault. The engine does still suck, but it doesn’t have to suck as much as it does in their hands. London is huge!