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#21

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by Legend - Mar 26, 2026, 05:01 AM

Project Hail Mary was not as good as the book!

First time I've seen a movie based off a book I read 

#22

Gaming Community / Re: PlayStation Studios Develo...

Last post by Legend - Mar 25, 2026, 08:48 PM

Dark Outlaw Games being shut down.

Ouch. Announced just to be killed a year later.

#23

Gaming Community / Re: Nintendo Switch 2 |OT|

Last post by kitler53 - Mar 25, 2026, 05:34 PM

ram-pocalypse taking affect.  Nintendo is raising the price of physical games. 

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/about-nintendo-switch-2-game-pricing/

#24

Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...

Last post by Legend - Mar 25, 2026, 01:37 PM

my take:

the economy is in a downturn all around.  paying $20 for a character skin:
1. is one of the easiest things in the world to cut back on when money is tight
2. becomes harder and harder of a sell the older a game is.

was i clear on #2?  all i'm saying was when i first started rocket league i loved each and every cosmetic item i got.  but there is a point when more cosmetic items feel completely worthless.  i have access to dozens of car types with thousands of paint job, toppers, goal explosions.  a new cosmetics item not only needs to be new it needs to be better than what i already have.  that gets harder and harder to do when i have soo many things to the point where most of the things i get feel worthless to me.

as some point it feels like all of these forever games are doomed to implode.

Yeah good point.

Yeah at some point cosmetics won't bring people back or they will stop paying for them.

Honestly I think most games have a lifespan anyways. People will move on and want to go to the next one or new experience at some point.

The only game that seems to have withhold the test of time so far is WoW

Woe is cray cray. My brother in law got sucked back into it recently.

#25

Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...

Last post by kitler53 - Mar 25, 2026, 12:43 PM

Yeah at some point cosmetics won't bring people back or they will stop paying for them.

Honestly I think most games have a lifespan anyways. People will move on and want to go to the next one or new experience at some point.

The only game that seems to have withhold the test of time so far is WoW

for me rocket League has been incredibly consistent.  

but yeah.  in general I like switching things up.  I never play the same genre back to back. 

#26

Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...

Last post by BananaKing - Mar 25, 2026, 08:14 AM

i'd kind of be okay with that to be honest. 

i played wow obsessively and i can at least say this.  most of the content being created was gamplay related not costumes.  yeah there were some epic mounts and pets but in general new content was a new raid dugngeon, and new area on the map, and new spells that changed the way the game was played.

much better than a hat.

Yeah at some point cosmetics won't bring people back or they will stop paying for them. 

Honestly I think most games have a lifespan anyways. People will move on and want to go to the next one or new experience at some point. 

The only game that seems to have withhold the test of time so far is WoW

#27

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by nnodley - Mar 25, 2026, 12:52 AM

Dang they're releasing Avatar 3 on 3D. Legend will be thrilled.

Sweet this will be great to rewatch on my 3d projector. 

#28

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by Legend - Mar 24, 2026, 11:21 PM

Dang they're releasing Avatar 3 on 3D. Legend will be thrilled.

Yay!!! 🥳🥳🥳😍😋❤️

#29

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Mar 24, 2026, 10:54 PM

Dang they're releasing Avatar 3 on 3D. Legend will be thrilled. 

#30

Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread

Last post by kitler53 - Mar 24, 2026, 10:47 PM

Wow. Strange. I mean they had fallen pretty far behind on video gen I think. Maybe they are needing to focus on text.

from what i read it's too expensive.   openAI is running out of money and needs to cut costs.   also disney bailed on a billion dollar investment related to sora.