The video games industry needs to learn to not be afraid of letting games cook for a little longer. Silksong took a long time to come out, but what we eventually got was a good game made by a small team. Imagine if instead of the 500+ team members working on the next annual release of Assassins Creed, they peel off 50 artists, writers and programmers to create a new IP over the course of the next 5-7 years? Kind of like the original decision to do just that which got us… Assassin’s Creed for the original Xbox.
There has got to be a good balance between “Here is EA Sportsball 20XX, that will be $70 please.” where you get an underwhelming and uninspired annual release title with minor changes from the previous year, and Duke Nukem Forever or Cyberpunk 2077 that were trapped in decades-long development hell and released a sub-par, buggy product.
It’s not the $70 price tag that’s the issue, it’s “what am I getting for the extra $10 I am paying for this?”. If the answer is a more polished and refined product, I’m all for it - but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Heard on the news this morning that his dad was/is a pastor and snitched on him to a US Marshall.
So yeah, brainwashed. His own kid will probably get the death penalty for fighting back against the fascists.
Of course, this could all just be a scapegoat to cover for the FBI’s gross incompetence just like the United Healthcare CEO killing. Can’t have the bastards lose face, so they’ll pin it on someone, anyone who fits the bill.