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[snowblind @lostodds]

@AlexArmoury there's not enough difference between character builds to justify multiple play-throughs.

[snowblind @lostodds]

@PeterMcCormack what the good doctor here fails to realize is that a tax applies to *everyone* so a tax necessarily raises the costs for all involved, meaning competition can't lower prices. when everyone has to pay the increased inputs (taxes) then that raises the cost floor for all consumers.

[Gregory Kennedy @gregorykennedy]

I have to admit, I enjoy listening to these hardcore Seattle liberals grapple with the fact that the new Washington State millionaires tax is having a serious impact not just on the local economy, but on their own livelihoods and jobs.

High-end architect:
"All my customers are leaving."

General contractor:
"They canceled the remodel. Asked if I work in Nevada."

Tech startup bro:
"Umm... where are all the investors?"

Real estate agent:
"No one moving here wants a condo."

Non-profit CEO:
"Where are all my donors going?"

Restaurant owner:
"Our best customers all moved to Las Vegas."

Personal trainer:
"I'm doing Zoom sessions until I find new clients."

Executive recruiter:
"The job is technically in Seattle. The executive is not."

Art gallery owner:
"They’re buying art for their new house in Austin."

High-end relocation company owner:
"Honestly, we're doing great."

[snowblind @lostodds]

@gregorykennedy "higher taxes in Washington state and Seattle specifically has been a reason for reductions in force or for some companies to relocate."

they're gonna try and avoid blaming the taxes as much as possible, but it'll be hard to keep up the charade

[snowblind @lostodds]

if part of the goal of Edgerunners 2 is to make me reinstall Cyberpunk, well... mission accomplished

[snowblind @lostodds]

@WilliamDWheeler maybe you should ask a random economist whether or not this is a good idea

[snowblind @lostodds]

@gracideaia what if i told you he doesn't actually have that money to give to people. (also poor people don't need more food they're fat as fuck)

[snowblind @lostodds]

@ArcadeChannel no it died because it made games that cost a lot to make and few people wanted to buy them. maybe they didn't want to buy them because they were "woke", but that's somewhat beside the point.

[Polygon @Polygon]

Can We Finally Agree That Dragon Age: The Veilguard Was Actually Terrific? https://t.co/mkWWB8tTll

[snowblind @lostodds]

@akaba_ren if that's true (which, sure, you have to produce quality that people want to buy or else you go out of business, that is indeed capitalism) then capitalism also produced all the games you love.

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@Cyael holy shit i think my brain refused to catalog how bad this actually was holy shit ahahaha

[snowblind @lostodds]

@SamSteffanina it's 2026 and i'm agreeing with something Boogie says, what the fuck is happening

[snowblind @lostodds]

the reason so many people lie about this sort of thing is tied directly to complaints about wealth inequality. if the reality is that most people are NOT struggling financially, then "wealth inequality" doesn't mean anything since it's not harming most people (which it isn't)

if on the other hand you can say some BS like "80% of americans live paycheck to paycheck while elon musk has $800 billion!!" then that gives you a political lever to pull, and gain the sympathy (and votes) of even those people who aren't actually living paycheck to paycheck.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

How many Americans actually just straight-up starve to death?

In the latest data, from 2024, there were 22 cases.

And not even one of them was about poverty making it unaffordable to obtain food.

[snowblind @lostodds]

Dragon Age: Veilguard was created by a team of over 400 people.

The original Gears of War was created by a team of 20-30

The issue is that these projects became bloated, bureaucratic nightmares that were upstream of social justice and gender woo bullshit.

That was the main issue.

[snowblind @lostodds]

i think the fact that Baldur's Gate was taken from BioWare and given to Larian, and then Larian made one of the best games ever in BG3, sort of tells the story in its own way.

[snowblind @lostodds]

people don't seem to understand that BioWare was already on life support after Anthem, and Veilguard did not sell nearly enough to justify their existence. If anything they were done a favor by EA in not having been closed much sooner.

[snowblind @lostodds]

when you're not in charge your writing is subject to the filtering and approval of others. that limits the kind of absurd swings you can take. when this dude was a simple staff writer it wasn't a problem, because he wasn't in charge of the direction of those games.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

The lead writer for dragon age veilguard is nonbinary. They also worked as a writer on every single other BioWare game since 2005 including the ones you love.