This is like the “I’m calling ICE on my neighbors that I know have undocumented family members because one of them voted for Trump”.
I’m sure liberal has done this IRL. The desire to punish brown people for voting incorrectly is strongly bipartisan.
Did they vote for the clowns running this circus?
Giving every die hard Ted Cruz supporter a free pass
I have massive issues with how the game awards runs itself, but the solution isn’t to artificially restrict what a game can win.
It’s an awards show. Everything about it is artificial
Are you trying to say that any game that gets funding of any kind is automatically not worthy of winning?
??? How did you get here?
If a game does the best in multiple categories should it be skipped over just to highlight another game?
It’s all subjective. If you make Balatro and I make BG3, there’s no objective way to evaluate “Best Game” between the two. You’ve got to make some subjective judgement (or just put your hand out and collect bribes).
Giving one of them a full stack of awards doesn’t signal quality, it signals bias.
If an indie studio’s first game wins best indie game how can it not also be the best debut indie game
E33 wasn’t the studio’s first game. So it shouldn’t be winning the “award for debut games” on the ground alone.
But yes, if you’re winning the “indie game” (which E33’s budget shouldn’t have qualified it for anyway) spotlight another game under “debut” even if you’re predisposed to favor turn based RPGs over platformers or puzzle games or simulators. In fact, especially then.
This isn’t just recognizing the game, it’s recognizing the actors.
It’s recognizing the budget more often than not.
Did they bring it about? I seem to recall “Entitlement Reform” as bipartisan issue.
FFS, look at the Michael Bloomberg campaign. And he’s practically running the national party at this point.
Gotta wonder how many of these trained, blooded combat veterans are going to take this abuse laying down.
It’s still nice. Honestly, the reciprocation of appreciation/affection is its own glamour filter. The girl who thinks I’m hot is made hotter as a result.
Guy who is extremely confident he will not go bald.
You can find Larry Summers at both events.
As for the concern about markets, I think it’s exaggerated. Nobody in their right mind is expecting to keep their assets in foreign banks if they pursue a war of agression.
Glances at the US and Venezuela
Glances at Israel and… everyone else
The important thing is to point them at the correct aircraft.
I’m not saying Apple products make you a pedophile.
But it clearly helps.
The liberal wholehearted embrace of Evil Bad Foreigner rhetoric, combined with their cuddling up to AI / Crypto / Silicon Valley MIC, is not giving me a bright picture of the future.
I’ve got a mixed bag of neighbors and we mostly avoid talking politics. If they’re hosting the bbq, I’m not sure why you’d complain. Seems like they’ve got no grudge against you
I don’t think e33 is unreasonable.
For any individual award, sure. It’s an arbitrary decision of taste and people can agree to disagree.
When you’re stacking up all the awards on a single game, you’re effectively ignoring the rest of the releases for the year.
The only issue I have is sandfall shouldn’t count as an independent game
I’m more disgusted with giving “Best Indie” and “Best Debut Indie” to the same title. Why even have two categories at this point? It isn’t even the studio’s debut title.
Similarly, three “Best Performance” nominees to the same title. You know what you’re doing and it’s not evaluation or recognition, it’s just promotion.
But then these awards gave Pretty Derby the Best Mobile Game and FFT: Ivalice Chronicles (a thirty year old remaster!) Best Strategy, so whatchagonna do?
Game awards have always been glorified ads.
I wouldn’t call it a distraction, because there’s nothing material it’s distracting from. It’s a scandal in the same way the Clinton BJ was a scandal. And it’ll have some downstream ramifications (very hard to run as the Anti-Pedophile party this time around) that’ll demoralize base activists when the economy is sliding and people are looking for an excuse to be angry.
But if we weren’t watching Epstein, we’d still be watching something. It’s not like there’s a BLM or Occupy or Anti-War movement to latch on to. And even if there was… they were hollowed out lightning quick, leaving us with a bunch of Libertarians in flesh suits chanting “End The Fed”.
Folks, he’s a pedophile and so many others of power and influence are and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Nothing most people are willing to try to do about it.
But every now and then, a brave man with a doohickey reminds Shinzo Abe of the price of hubris.
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They were the same guys voting for Romney in 2012, the man whose health plan was good enough for Obama to crib wholesale.
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