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[–] [email protected] 170 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Andrew Wilson had some bots, EA AI O.

That line right there is comedic journalism gold.

[–] fidodo 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is the second old mac Donald post I've seen in a row

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was the other the Celine Dion one?

[–] fidodo 5 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Quickly, invest in old MacDonald memes

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

I now explicitly trust this writer and take his word as gospel.

[–] mojofrododojo 7 points 10 months ago

The Pulitzer should give out some other prizes, and this should get the Zinger award.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Absolute cinema

[–] Stamets 126 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I will never understand how EA went from the game company everyone knew and quoted with that "Its in the game!" slogan to a laughing stock and poster child of shitty studios.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Capitalism. It corrupts everything eventually.

Sure, I’ll concede that in the beginning you get innovation but we’re not in that place now. They actively stifle it. Look at Hollywood, you don’t see mid budget movies anymore and nobody wants to take a risk on a creative endeavour if they can make X-Men 66.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

You just have to look in the right place. The mid budget film became high-end TV shows on streaming services, which are allowed to innovate and experiment like crazy.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or worse, the creator is promised multiple seasons and writes accordingly, but the show is cancelled and you’re left with an unfinished product.

[–] Z3k3 1 points 10 months ago

For this reason I have completely stopped watching a thing new. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of great shows ut I'm just sick of a great show ending on cliffhanger thT will never get resolved

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Sadly, that era seems to be drawing to a close as well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Dune part 2 just came out and is a highly creative endeavor.

Edit: If you all don't think that the version of the Dune world these movies created isn't immensely creative and unique then you are stuck up snob. Especially part 2.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What’s creative about it? The silly walk they invented? The ‘fuck tonality’ music they came up with? Shiny blue eyes? Sand?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Sand?

I think that's it. And a bucket, too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Ultimately the issue is greed. Capitalism is just a manifestation of that.

[–] ClopClopMcFuckwad 3 points 10 months ago

Agree. The other problem is people keep giving them their money. Damn I just saw X-Men 66, it kinda sucked, hopefully they do better with X-Men 67.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What happens is Innovation at the start focuses on making the product better but at some point the focus changes to make more money and that's how we get there

I feel it's logical, there is a break point where quality can't be reasonably increased to turn profit and that's when you get everything shitty with capitalism

[–] Heavybell 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My ignorant take is that if we could somehow do away with shareholders and also put a cap on how much money an individual can earn, we might be able to have companies that stay good. I dunno tho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm very ignorant too but from what I see

There are measures in place to tax the rich and try to regulate from some countries but the oligarchy has grown too strong there is no way to take down Google or Amazon for example

We will have to slowly take down huge empires before adding any effective regulation it will take decades and it will probably need to be group effort

[–] tb_ 1 points 10 months ago

Governments, like the EU, have shown regulations can be made such as with the Digital Markets Act.

... But that requires a willing and informed government body.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, EA has sucked for a very long time. They bought a bunch of game studios back in the day, gutted them, and shut them down, including Origin, the studio responsible for the Ultima series, whose name EA then used for their Steam wannabe. And they ended the era of competing sports franchises by convincing multiple leagues to give them exclusive licenses.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm still pissed that they bought and shut down Westwood Studios.

That developer gave National Treasure Tim Curry the best line reading in history, and EA took away any chance he'd get to reprise the role:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM

[–] thawed_caveman 24 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

That grunting before "SPACE" is basically him barely able to keep his laughter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

BETRAYED ME!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

EA has been shitty nearly forever, even when every game started with "Its in the game!" You probably just didn't realize it because you were a kid, but they've been hacking out shitty games and shuttering great studios for decades. They were never a mark of quality, they were the mark on the games you could find in the bargain bin at Walmart.

[–] EnderMB 10 points 10 months ago

They might be a laughing stock, but they absolutely print money with FIFA/EAFC. They can probably afford to not give a shit about anything else.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

We need more headline energy like this and Rolling Stone calling out Kissenger

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Finally, a reliable news source!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Needs to be immortalized among the likes of "Headless Body in Topless Bar"

[–] DaMonsterKnees 10 points 10 months ago

THE MAXIS WILL WRIGHT AGAIN!!!

[–] Shanedino 7 points 10 months ago

Ah yes because we need a million additional versions of the same game we already get every year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The absolute state of games journalism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Epic gamer move