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Release trailer.

Anyone like that cover art? It's like they took the 'not-dark-enough' complains a little too seriously. And what's worse it sounds like they did bet the farm on Enhanced Edition.

I still don't get the idea behind porting Kickstarter games to consoles. If X-com didn't sell to that audience why should Divinity or Wasteland do any better?

Now that's just sad. Despite all it's problems Mafia series used to have somewhat unique identity. Yeah, this is just going to blend in with all the other games about gangsters in the deep south during the 70's. Nothing unique at all! It will blend perfectly in the field of mediocre GTA knock-offs. Previous games worked by being story-driven, semi-realistic and milking the Mafia pop-cultural image. This game breaks 2 of those pillars already and it had only a couple videos released.

Now that's just sad. Despite all it's problems Mafia series used to have somewhat unique identity.

In case anyone remembers or cares: Open Beta is now live. Still no idea how Obsidians is involved in this. Seems like mostly a case of name-dropping.

Sad but not entirely unexpected. Hopefully he will find some artistic freedom wherever he lands.

It's not really that simple. The idea of what a 'job' is has changed massively since industrial revolution. Initially working hours have seen a massive increase since industrial employment was less seasonal than farm work.

So a more modern revolution then? Fair enough. Otherwise you'd have to make exceptions for peasants revolt and catholic uprisings.

From 1215 England certainty had plenty of violent rebellions and even one successful revolution. And I could argue that even from 1801 UK social order is more a case of good colonial safety valve rather than any achievement of political system.

Kerbal Space Program just launched after 2 years of early access.

Arguing that technology is imperfect doesn't help your point. Eventually we will get to a point when some sort of c-section birth will be possible for MtF transsexuals.

Interesting concept - but I have one question: How do you imagine realistic combat given a typical fantasy setting? Most RPG games will have you fighting different monsters all the way from common rats to dragons. Combat systems tend to be designed to ignore the most obvious combat factors like enemy numbers or relative body mass.

I'm surprised it took Valve this long to implement. TF2 hats have been a thing for how long now?

Positive initial reactions don't guarantee future income. HBS lost a third of it's kickstarter funding between Shadowrun Returns and Hong Kong.

Unless Obsidian goes under due to other projects at least one sequel/expansion is pretty much guaranteed. The real question is how much of this audience they can keep.

Larian also hinted that game sales were far less important than luring investors for the future. I imagine the same will hold true for Obsidian. The real success of PoE will be measured by what (if any) development deals Obsidian signs in the coming months.

I didn't have this type of bottom in mind. There are worse jobs out there and most are even mostly-legal. But I hope your 'nothing illegal' stance doesn't go as far as no-lying in CVs and interviews?

I can't speak for California but where I live fastfood is still quite a way from the bottom. And I wouldn't pay attention to any reasoning from HR. In my experience employment selections tend to be totally frivolous.

Lower your work expectations to the absolute bottom-tier. Or work for free and hope you meet someone that will take pity on you. This sounds harsh but honestly without skills, experience, money or connections those may be the only options.

You forgot the second charge of impiety. Turns out that ancient Athens was lacking in religious tolerance.

There were people unimpressed with it from the very start. They were just drowned-out and even censored for quite a while.

I never understood the problem people have with BS jobs. It's a natural consequence of economic system geared for overproduction. By all accounts the olden days of regular unemployment were far more straining.

It doesn't. Most people know nothing of it and do just fine. Gaming history is only of use to a designer if he plans to milk nostalgia or take risks in their design. Most developers have absolutely no need for it.

In case anyone was still interested in the current happenings: Ukraine troops retreat from key town of Debaltseve