OT 19/3: A Warning to Future Generations

[These Are The Days]

Lady Sunny looks for thriller movies like a cop dog sniffing for drugs.

I wouldn't be warning generations if I didn't call out "The Substance" as one of the worst executed movies I have ever seen. The concept is legitimately fantastic and it ends there. It's otherwise up close needle jabbing until it reaches the one of the most nonsensical and ridiculous endings possible. Porn has less nudity than this.

I think they just said "I think men will like this" and just did it.


Skip it. For the love of God. SKIP IT

 

[Felonious Python]

Lady Sunny looks for thriller movies like a cop dog sniffing for drugs.

I wouldn't be warning generations if I didn't call out "The Substance" as one of the worst executed movies I have ever seen. The concept is legitimately fantastic and it ends there. It's otherwise up close needle jabbing until it reaches the one of the most nonsensical and ridiculous endings possible. Porn has less nudity than this.

I think they just said "I think men will like this" and just did it.


Skip it. For the love of God. SKIP IT

There's a certain type of art-first movies ("films") that get a lot of initial media buzz from critics, but sort of fall off once they're available for the masses. Poor Things was one of those movies for me. I can appreciate the art of the whole thing, but it's not a pleasant movie.

Then there's Robert Eggers, who is his own sub-genre.

 

[Felonious Python]

USA Hockey is about to make a big addition.

edit: not what I thought.

Canada is taking the WJC loss HARD.

 

[JoVel]

I found out today that I've misread the last name of my coworker for about 8 months. I wonder how many people I've pointed to his direction with this imaginary name.

 

[Felonious Python]

Good luck to the Lightning on trying to thread this needle.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Good luck to the Lightning on trying to thread this needle.

Maybe we can get an expansion team in Greenland after he buys it and renames it Red White and Blue Land.

 

[Felonious Python]

Maybe we can get an expansion team in Greenland after he buys it and renames it Red White and Blue Land.

Greenland did cross my mind when I was posting about how the NBA can go to Mexico or Brazil because of time zones. Greenland is maybe the only situation like that for the NHL, but it only has like 60k people.

 

[Felonious Python]

Windows 10 has like 66% of the Windows market share, but still plan to end support October 14, 2025. Only months away.

Yeah, I'm not sure about that idea. Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats

 

[Felonious Python]

Shen Yun starts the Florida leg of their tour today. For how much they advertise, there doesn't seem to be that much public scrutiny.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/behind-the-pageantry-of-shen-yun-untreated-injuries-and-emotional-abuse/

 

[Felonious Python]

Nintendo completely bungled the Wii U announcement, so going with the more straightforward Switch 2 should work.



I remember the Wii U announcement. I feel the video is giving video gamers too much credit. It took several days to even nail down if the Wii U was an add-on/enhancement for the Wii, or if it was a new console.

Outside of Nintendo exclusivity, I kind of see the console war as being over. PC won. Major releases cost way too much to make, and take too long to develop, for them to not put those games on as many platforms as they can. It's like most AAA releases are an existential crisis for the entire company, because they have everything riding on it being a forever game that will make millions for the next decade. There hasn't been a new GTA since 2013, or a new Elder Scrolls since 2011. No pressure. Imagine if GTA IV was the only game for over a decade. Society would probably be worse off for it.

With Steam, there's a steady platform for often greatly discounted PC games. If you want to play with a controller, you can. If you want to play remotely, with a form factor like the Switch, you can with Steam Deck and similar devices.

One day, EA will wise up and return Chel to PCs.

 

[Hoek]

Thank god they avoided doing something stupid with the name this time. I just hope it's powerful enough to justify the upgrade. If it's just a slight bump it might fail because of that too.

I think Nintendo won the console war as far as staying an actual console. PS5 and Xbox Series X have just been relegated to being different platforms to play the same games as PC.

 

[Felonious Python]

Thank god they avoided doing something stupid with the name this time. I just hope it's powerful enough to justify the upgrade. If it's just a slight bump it might fail because of that too.

I think Nintendo won the console war as far as staying an actual console. PS5 and Xbox Series X have just been relegated to being different platforms to play the same games as PC.

The Switch 2 will largely be backwards compatible with Switch 1 games, so the old library will be able to sustain sales for a time.

The only other thing shown in the teaser is a new Mario Kart. Nintendo sold and resold Mario Kart 8 for a decade, and we know that the first party games can sort of carry the system for a while.


If Steam Decks are able to play games like Cyberpunk 2077, then Nintendo knows what the benchmark is.

 

[Felonious Python]

So Microsoft spends a bunch of money for Bethesda, largely due to their IPs (Fallout, Elder Scrolls, etc.)

Elder Scrolls 6 is coming out maybe 2028 at the earliest. Skyrim was 2011.

The Elder Scrolls 6: Everything We Know About the Upcoming Bethesda RPG - IGN

It's still over 5 years away...

www.ign.com

Once that game is out the door, then they'll focus on the next Fallout game, the last major release of which was 2015. (Fallout 4) I'll count 76 as a spin-off. Even if Starfield had become a mega hit, I guess that would go to the end of the line.

We somehow (massive crunch) got the Mass Effect trilogy on the Xbox 360.


This has to be a bubble, right? IP is supposedly king, but it takes 15+ years to make a new dang game.

What's the point of the resources from Microsoft if they won't do multiple teams? It's not like keeping the team together matters when a Starfield sequel might come 20 years from now.

Not every studio is like this, and you do have troubled productions (Metroid 4 is where?). There's a steady clip of Yakuza/Like a Dragon and FromSoftware games, and of course, the yearly CoD and sports slop, but the AAA industry seems like it's heading for a correction.

Xbox puts all their exclusives on PC. Sony puts all their single player exclusives on PC (eventually). Xbox and PlayStation are working on their Switch-like hand held console. Nintendo always underpowers their consoles to keep the price low. What will set any of them apart in the next few years?