Deadfile

Just a space. Mostly sketches.

[Endymion @EndymionYT]

Games journalists are now calling YouTubers, streamers, Twitter people anyone who is against Dragon Age VEILGUARD fascists.

We’ve reached the point where if you didn’t buy this game you’re evil & must be censored. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

https://t.co/UoFIeO1Pjj

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

@EndymionYT It’s horrid but you should see the folks on Tumblr guzzling down this crap like it’s the last drop of water in a desert. Makes you really question their standards. Good thing they’re often the minority.

[Grummz @Grummz]

I WAS MISLEAD!

...By legacy gaming media, who assured us all that Dragon Age Veilguard was a TOTAL SUCCESS.

The game didn't just underperform, it CRATERED.

Endymion's sources lay it out:

- Hardly 75,000 in pre-orders.
- Less than 500,000 copies sold!
- 30,000 refunds!

For a AAA game, 10 years, and a rumored budget of 150-250M, this is a disaster!

Check out Endymion's latest Bioware insider scoop!

Source: @EndymionYT and @Bioware insiders.

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

No, you’re just stupid, self-centred and think you’re all that when you’re nothing.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

“I’m a young person…I made a mistake”

Streamer Johnny Somali has apologized to South Koreans as he faces 10 years in jail

[Grummz @Grummz]

Here is why this is concerning, and how I feel Dragon Age is already underperforming (for a AAA game).

It’s true California isn’t online yet, but people joining earlier are leaving the game, or you would see the curve stack more. It’s about session time.

Long form RPGs tend to have really long session times vs, say FPS games. But we’re not seeing that here. People are logging off after a relatively short about of time.

You would expect that east coast would still be playing as California came online, but they are not. This means session times are low, perhaps 2-3 hours, which, for an RPG on launch day, is not great.

There is no cumulative effect here as east coast plays and west coast joins them.

It may mean players tried it and got tired of it early (not good), but I think we are starting to see the Dragon Age Bait and Switch effect, as the gamers look and feel is very different from its predecessors, as well as the effect of all the preachy DEI that is self evident in the game.

When you have AA games with much smaller publishers doing 300k or so, money guys are going to ask what they are spending so much more for.

If weekend numbers don’t go higher, this also means that players who tried it today are not coming back to try it again over the weekend. This would be very unusual.

Source: me and my decades of industry experience professionally analyzing player data as a publisher/developer for WoW and other games. Chart from Steam DB.

[trey @notttrey]

51 years old and he just dropped the best album within the last decade.

Your favorite rapper can’t fucking compete.

Eminem is THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

#TheDeathOfSlimShady

[The Glaze Project, at UChicago @TheGlazeProject]

Today is the day. Nightshade v1.0 is ready. Performance tuning is done, UI fixes are done.

You can download Nightshade v1.0 from
https://t.co/knwLJSRrRh

Please read the what-is page and also the User's Guide on how to run Nightshade. It is a bit more involved than Glaze

[Kerri Ann Hoskins @KerriAnnGallery]

Most fine wines reach their peak before turning 50. 🤷‍♀️

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

Gotta thank the marketing team for that. Whoever’s in that team, they know their shit.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Greta Gerwig’s #Barbie is officially Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing global release in HISTORY, surpassing ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.’

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

@DyingLightGame in this case, lower your in-game experience and expectations. Hahahahaha. Ah wells, life. Maybe it might not be too bad, we’ll have to see how it goes first.

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

@walker96886 That’s what happen when you sell your soul to Tencent/China.

[🐈‍⬛ @Cyb4rAnGeL]

Aint nothing silent about these hills when James shows up

https://t.co/PbEfvlsqTN

[Ed Boon @noobde]

Start 👍🏻

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

@DyingLightGame I’d be dead. Probably one of the infected in the GRE Labs.

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

@dicktat_ Wouldn’t want to end up like Hakon when he fought Aiden. Hahahaha

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

Went to a boxing match and saw a dislocated shoulder, broken nose and knock out. Imma rethink my intention to join a match. Lol. Imma be like Hakon and run away.

[Deadfile @Deadfilein]

@tafferling Oh no :( my condolences. Take care

[Ed Boon @noobde]

Mortal Kombat 1 DLC roster (via @Dynasty1031)

If you had to pick one to ACTUALLY go into the game….
https://t.co/Rg3z1bS2rv

[Dying Light @DyingLightGame]

#DyingLight2