I read the reviews which confirmed that it’s a stylish game with not a lot of skill or deep mechanics. Learn to read.

Learn to read.

Yes, because apparently you lack any form of ability to think and/or comprehend what you read.

As I’ve said right from the start of my comment chain, I want games that have gameplay, I do not look to style.

I don’t know why you’re having such trouble handling this. Get a grip.

Rada Quick sharp and a cheap hone

Yes we all know about people who obsessively talk about knife care and sharpening, but for the average person, just use this to get your knife sharp and get on with your life.

And?

The negative reviews confirmed my fears, it’s a shallow game covered in style.

Get comfortable with people not liking everything you automatically like, that’s how preferences work.

The style is a huge red flag for me… I don’t think “woah cool rubber hose animation” I think “oh, another hyper-styled game with no actual game”. Negative reviews confirmed this fear.

Nah you just don’t get it.

100%

The plan was just to keep throwing money until they trampled the ecosystem and came out on top, well this didn’t work for shit.

Bad logic on “profit is profit”.

Opportunity cost is huge here.

Its also that EGS is terrible.

The most recent “feature” they added that made a difference, was the ability to view my own library.

8(?) Years after launch it still operates like a prototype I’d cobble together in an afternoon

Article says closer to 400M per unit when including R&D costs

And yet not enough.

Because it’s the emotional inner world that defines how people behave, not education or knowledge or wisdom.

This doesn’t even sound like a real business. This sounds like one of those extemporaneous pitches that gets pulled out of the ass after martini 3, delivered by the sales doofus that doesn’t know how to send an email.

The red flag that caught my eye was all the cheerleading and then snuck at the bottom was (paraphrased) ‘well, people can play as much as they want but, ya know, if it’s like 10 games a month we might have to look at stuff’.

So, what? It’s subscription service but the games vanish (oh you can buy them individually) and and if you use the service for its advertised purpose, there’s going to be problems - only $7.99 ?

I should have said martini 8

It definitely sucked at the time, but it also taught me some key lessons.

Like don’t assume a game is good because it comes in a nice box. Don’t assume a licensed IP means good gameplay. Read reviews, don’t just make a snap purchase.

It was a huge loss for me at the time but I feel like these lessons actually saved me quite a bit of money/frustration over the years.

Platoon for C64. Saved up for it.

Piece of shit. And disc 2 didn’t work.

The “I’m going to drink regardless but I need to fabricate a reason” beer

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I spent almost two decades as a game developer and many of those years were spent developing professional lottery products.

I argued with a buddy for over 5 years about the gamblers fallacy and various other aspects to do with probabilities.

See, in his mind, he could somehow claim to understand the underlying statement that past events are not a predictor of future events… but he’s still insisted that if he monitored the “patterns” in the random, he could somehow break through this truth.

I could never get through to him that there was no “system”… You can bet in the most mathematically advantageous way but you’ll never “beat the odds”. You’re just fucking gambling dude.

Zero progress… and I refused after a while to discuss anything to do with probabilities.

E: I’m sorry for the scrambled up writing, I’m having a rough day, hope you get what I mean

Coconut oil for skin moisturizer.

Fuck you, turns out its maximally comedogenic.

Found out later that sunflower oil is top tier.