Loren Halek

Owner of Virtual Viewpoints; One half of @WCGamesMN; Video/Board/Card Gamer; Freelance Writer; 2010 Regional Emmy Winner; General Tech Enthusiast; IT Specialist

[Loren Halek @AgtFox]

I think Video Gaming is on precipice of a modern day Hollywood problem. Budgets (and dev time) have gotten too big/long and too many games are failing to make profit or break even.

Microsoft likely closing studios/replanning Xbox is just the beginning...Sony, others may be next.

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@DankMemes1126 @ClaireMax Newest two. First grouping of games starting in 2005 centered around Greek mythology whereas the newest two are Norse (and it seems as if Laufey contains multiple mythology origination characters).

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@BrandonBeck4 @bannedbreehwa Emagine in Eagan was a Regal theater when it opened in 1999. Emagine bought it in 2019 after having bought and renovated the Muller Family Theaters (8 locations) in 2016.

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@reigns_era Grayson Waller as stand-in until Seth is cleared. Other realistic guesses were all involved/present last night (Logan, Pearce) during the attack.

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Why does everyone think Brainiac is big bad in Supergirl? The trailer released today shows a likely direct adaption of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comic where Brainiac's actions are shown in Kara's past (and motivator) and may be for Gunn's MoT where Brainiac is likely big bad?

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@juadis89 @MCUFilmNews He may have a cameo at the end would be my guess. Odyssey and Brand New Day being filmed back-to-back killed any large role he would play in Doomsday.

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@RinoTheBouncer One with fewest games, even though I love the series: Bioshock. The rest are pillars of gaming, even if I'm not a huge fan of some.

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@GailSimone I did read that when I looked, hence the me not being 100% on it.

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@GailSimone Not 100% on this, but you may be using Grant Morrison's pronouns incorrectly here?

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@Typo_master_ @goose_803 @junchgaming So, by your ongoing logic in this thread developers like Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Insomniac, etc. is not the same as Sony/Playstation?

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@mrpyo1 It has 3 noms in one category (Performance, TLOU2 had 2 noms) and not sure it will win there. I think Troy Baker's work sounding just like Harrison Ford will win. If Charlie Cox wins it will be hilarious having done 4 hours of work, not knowing at all what he did until release.

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With Metroid Prime 4 coming soon, it makes me think back to 2002 when I went to cover the Nintendo Cube Club Tour near the Mall of America and seeing Evanescence play on stage before Fallen (1st album) released. First time playing MP1 before its release. Fusion was there too.

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@NikTek They lost the recipe when the founders left in 2022 (during SS development, although originally scheduled to be out before) fused with Warner exerting too much control over SS development. You'd think with the Arkham universe success they wouldn't be overseen by corporate.

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Forgot to say that GTA6 will win the Most Anticipated Game for the 2nd year in a row!

Also getting closer to the realization that BioWare could see its end should the new Mass Effect be bad. My guess is something will be shown of it at TGA, but who knows.

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just too spot on as a replacement for Harrison Ford. I will laugh if Charlie Cox wins for 4 hours of work as a beloved character and not even knowing what he was a part of. I expect E33 to win GOTY, it hit hard like BG3 a couple years ago, but who knows. 4/4

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Last year was honestly a weak year for the Game Awards, this year there were a number of games left out of the nominations. They should think about extending the main category to 10 entries like the Oscars have. Last year was also the one to continue the indie wins. Larian is 1/4

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smoked it honestly. This year games like Blue Prince, Dispatch, and even Indiana Jones was left off the big category. Would they have won? Probably not, but being nominated would have been nice. I expect Troy Baker to win performance award and shut out 3 of E33's noms. He is 3/4

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@georgebsocial Yeah, only thing I recommend is not immediately update major releases (like 24H2 and 25H2) right away. 24H2 had big problems at my work until several cumulative updates later. I've heard 25H2 has possible problems too...and also heard 30% of MS code was written by AI from CEO.

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Brock did at Wrestlepalooza) at Crown Jewel 2023. I would think Cena would win last match ever, which makes me lean into Dom winning the IC belt back. I was surprised Ziggler didn't move on, he along with fellow loser the Miz would have more story background for the end. 4/4

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Stay with me here...although I didn't post it everything pretty much fell into place that I was guessing on RAW. Maxxine got the championship (higher one than her "brother" and before Chad Gable), Brock (heel) and Roman (babyface) are the other entrants. Only one I miffed 1/4

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can complete the Grand Slam by beating Cena and getting the IC title. If Dom wins then the final battle would likely be Solo Sikoa or Rusev. I know everyone is saying Gunther, but they've never battled before. The 3 stated are the only ones left. Solo destroyed Cena (like 3/4