I believe they manage this because they have a monopoly on the world’s supply, and they only ‘loan’ them to zoos on the condition that they still belong to China (including any offspring).

The exception to this is GOG – They, and publishers/developers that release on their store, should be supported whenever possible.

Not perfect, but miles above the alternatives.

Hotline Miami (and to a slightly lesser extent, the sequel)

I hope this means we eventually see other Battle.net games come to Steam, even as a showing of good faith. I’d love to see some of the older Blizzard games on Steam.

I always thought raw fish was filled with parasites and worms, which was why ‘raw’ fish is always flash frozen first. I’d imagine in a situation where the chances of dehydration are so high, risking food poisoning would be life or death.

The PS4 is an amazing value for the number of fantastic exclusives that it has, even though that number is dropping. You can still play Uncharted 1-3, TLOU2, and Ghost of Tsushima just to name a few.

Might as well go to sleep and never wake up.

I would agree this has been the best year in recent times. It feels like we’re finally pushing past the impact of COVID, and the industry is getting used to being remote, or dragging everyone back to the office.

I’m not completely in the loop, but off the top of my head we’ve gotten:

AAA:

• SF6
• RE2
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Diablo 4

Indie:

• Battlebit Remastered
• Dave the Diver

And we still have the holiday season to look forward to. Maybe not the best year ever, but still a fantastic one, and especially so given how slow the last few years have been,

The discount currently doesn’t show for me, but I can see the historical low was 10% off yesterday – was the deal only for Launch?

Aparently not – the store page doesn’t say it requires a third party launcher (which it says for EA and Rockstar Games), only that you’ll need a battle.net account, which you could create online. A journalist has also confirmed this on twitter, although I don’t have a link right now.