HOLY SHIT.
For the longest time, the argument against making AAA games in India was "no TAM."
Despite all that, a bootstrapped team from Chennai is setting a whole new standard by way of AAA level graphic fidelity, unique combat and a culturally rich narrative.
Day 1 purchase.
Master the SurulVaal, a flexible blade unlike anything you've seen in a game. Son of Thanjai from @StudioAyelet is coming to XBOX Series X|S!
Wishlist Now: https://t.co/AksUmpLM1w
Paramount Skydance launches Paramount Games Studio as 'core pillar' of content alongside TV, film and streaming
➡️ https://t.co/AYSixgrA9p
The announcement of its first game, a AAA title, is set to premiere at Summer Game Fest today
#SummerGameFest
Having followed their internet journey on and off, they always struck me as a group of friends that found lightning in a bottle.
Friends first. Business partners second.
Doesn't matter re their current dynamic. You don't throw away 13 years of friendship by doing what KSI did.
The impact David Ellison made in bringing the Rafa doc to life makes me wonder who'd be responsible for creating the piece de resistance of tennis media — a candid reflection + conversation of the big three rivalry which ushered in the 20 year golden era of tennis.
Using parantheses in writing is so f'kin under(appreciate)rated. It's so unbelievably versatile, from adding further context to injecting humor.
The best literary tool at one's disposal.
A college student with ADHD once explained why their essays end up filled with so many parentheses:
“Neurotypical people think in straight lines. My brain thinks in a giant web where every single concept is physically holding hands with twelve other concepts.”
In other words, their thoughts don’t unfold in a neat, step-by-step sequence. Instead, one idea immediately triggers several related ideas at once. While writing, it can feel impossible to ignore those connections because they all feel relevant and important, even if they branch off from the main point. Parentheses become a way to temporarily “park” those side thoughts without losing them.
So the essay ends up reflecting the actual structure of their thinking: layered, branching, and constantly interlinked. What looks messy on the page is really an attempt to capture a mind that doesn’t move in a straight line, but in a network where everything is connected to everything else.
The reaction to this is such a reflection on the state of media illiteracy.
How does one interpret this as anything less than blocking does absolutely fuckall when said abuser is ever present through mutual circles, both in person ad digitally; is beyond me.
Because it’s almost always someone you know. Someone you might’ve trusted. A mutual friend. Someone in your family. Your best friend’s brother. People spend years convincing you that what happened to you wasn’t even that bad, blocking doesn’t even enter the picture
When I first saw the episode, genuinely thought I was experiencing tonal whiplash given the absolute absurdity of what transpired.
That is until the fixer ensured there were no real persons involved with the NDA and hush payment.
Truly an incomparable show.
The GOW Laufey story reveal cemented Cory Barlog as one of the best interactive entertainment auteurs of our time.
Intertwining narrative beats across (so far) three games over the span of nine years, without knowing if you'd even get the chance to create the payoff is bonkers.
Lowkey hysterical that the parts of the internet are losing their shit over the protagonist of a God of War game being female WHEN YOUR COMPANION IS A LITERAL CUBE NAMED F̶R̶A̶N̶K̶ PHRANQUE WHO BE PILEDRIVING DEAD DEITYS.
You're tripping over the wrong character my guy.
God of War Laufey is the next mainline chapter in Santa Monica Studio's series.
First gameplay and story details of the newly announced PS5 action adventure: https://t.co/VTg1O9UNYX
Breathing unpolluted air, growing the food you consume, experiencing the touch of the earth on your bare feet, being woken up by and retiring to the sounds of nature...I could go on.
In an apartment, my kid can go for the swim, my wife can go to the society gym, and then in evening we can go for the badminton or basketball, sometimes tennis or squash. Over the weekend we play Table tennis with other members. Next year my kid will join skating classes and karate as well. Every entry requires an approval, no one can knock at my flat randomly. This is all without stepping out foot outside between mis managed traffic, strays and no footpath roads. All gated.
Now tell me.