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Easy Allies |OT2| Love & Reset
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That's not entirely the position or situation. The law prevents critique of the government. The game tried to critique the government. But it also wanted to critique the government and and attempted to be sold there in China itself.
You can find the governments law and position poor or outright awful, but also think that trying to sell a game in China, criticizing the Chinese government, when China has made that illegal, through a Chinese publisher, probably isn't the smartest business decision.
The Chinese should absolutely be allowed to criticize their government, even if it's against the law. People should also be allowed to distribute anti-authoritarian Chinese government messages to China. It's not really hard to say it shouldn't be this way.
I mean, yes, absolutely. But that's a slightly different issue than what happened here. A Chinese publisher seemingly unwittingly published a game against Chinese law and presumably will suffer the consequences. How it should be doesn't change how it is right now.
I love Damiani when it comes to topics like this. He calls out bullshit without hesitation.
Man my Saturday is so lonely without the podcast. Hopefully it's up when I get out of the movies.
If i remember correctly an enemy does this in the 2009(?)-version of Splatterhouse.
I'd be pretty surprised if Star Wars showed up in Microsoft's conference since Sony's had everything Star Wars locked down for a while now. Even if they don't have a conference, that doesn't mean they won't spend a shitload marketing that game.
Not really, the sparseness of their booth last year was because the dramatic increase in attendee numbers meant they needed to dedicate a lot more space to foot traffic. In previous years they dedicated a shitload of room to indie and third party games that they just can't do any more.
Honestly, based on the complaints Shawn Layden laid out about E3, attending it just seems like a waste of time and money to me. Sony already have their own dedicated trade (Destination PlayStation) and public (PSX) events, not to mention all the proper public shows they attend (PAX, Gamescom, PGW, TGS, etc), so what's the point of spending tens of millions of dollars on a "one show fits all" mess like E3? 99% of us only care about the conference anyway and they can do that (or a Direct-like pre-recorded video) without attending it. Then there's the other stuff, like private preview showings and business meetings but they can do that stuff off-site. The only people who'd be affected by that kind of move would be the relatively tiny number of people who actually attend E3 and are willing to wait in lines all day just to play a couple of short demos.
Edit: Great follow ups this week, Kyle and the panel did such a better job handling both issues this time.
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I love the monthly game release previews in Huber Syndrome. He really should do that ever month. It's just nice to have a recap of what's about to release and Huber is the best Ally to do that.
Even if E3 does "die" I think that having a steady stream of events throughout the year (which is what will replace E3) will be better for EZA anyway. Then you're not banking on the "E3 wave" to sustain at a certain retention rate to keep you above water at a certain level for a set amount of months. Plus they can just lean harder into original content now that they have a dedicated studio space.
Jones's face and reaction when Kyle is talking about that execs kid not understanding the game and having to change everything from the ground up because of it speaks to me on a spiritual level.
Jones's face and reaction when Kyle is talking about that execs kid not understanding the game and having to change everything from the ground up because of it speaks to me on a spiritual level.
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Just watched the DMC5 interview and wanted to say that Ben is such a good, thoughtful interviewer. I think that's why I like Frame Trap so much. Shame it was only 30 mins long, would have been really interesting to hear more on Matts life in Japan and the inner workings at Capcom etc
I agree. I am usually not a big fan of interviews as they usually make me feel uncomfortable for some reason, but I am glad I did try to watch this one instead of just skipping it altogether like I usually do. It was because Ben was the interviewer and because I enjoyed previous interviews by Ben that I gave it a shot and I really enjoyed it.
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I've been following him for a long time on Twitter. He's a huge Nintendo fan, I'd think he'd rather work there :p
Speaking of Huber, the Saboteur has been mentioned a couple of times by him recently. Just thought I'd share that it's currently on sale in the EA Publisher Sale on Origin for superrrr cheap. £1.06 in the UK. Don't sleep on it!
https://www.origin.com/gbr/en-us/store/saboteur/the-saboteur
https://www.origin.com/gbr/en-us/store/saboteur/the-saboteur
Is it just me or Kyle seems way more bummed out that usual ? I don't listen to every podcast but he seems way less optimistic than before.
I know this has probably been asked a long time ago, but can people just play loud music in their apartments and there's nothing the other tenants can do about it?
For the most part yeah. From my experience as long as it's not super early or late at night then it's fine. I haven't had anybody that bad though. Usually it's just TV's really loud or somebody having a party. But hey, let them have fun.
It is when you are published by a Chinese publisher that probably is partially owned by the Chinese gov.
It's around 9-11 PM on a Friday night. You've got to expect some noise.
I haven't noticed that, no, but I'm not super observant either, so that's not to say you're wrong.
Can't wait. Also back around the Shenmue I + II HD announcement didn't Huber say he would do a full playthrough of those games for EZA at some point? The Full Playthrough Fridays goal did recently get met...
Nice that he's holding off to react until then. :)
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Man, this week's podcast reminded me how much I miss the days before Ian would chime in regularly. Feels like he's been doing it a lot lately (or maybe I've just grown sensitive to it) and it's been dimming my enjoyment of them over time. I do like the dynamic when he's a panelist, but overall definitely prefer the format of only hearing from Bosman and the panel, no matter who that may include.
By chiming in do you mean when Kyle asks him to look stuff up?
If anything I'm often surprised how little he does speak.
If anything I'm often surprised how little he does speak.
I thought the opposite. The one are where things dragged in an otherwise great ep was having Damiani look up his own prove it ticket challenge instead of having Ian handing it all and keeping things moving smoother.
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