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#1 ZmanBarzel
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@madrocketeer said:

Eh. Sounds like Crystal Dynamics finally realised what some people have already figured out more than a decade ago: Lara Croft is a villain protagonist.

Think about it: what does she do in these games? She stomps her way into a foreign developing country, smashes up the place, kills a bunch of people and wildlife, then steals their priceless artifacts and treasures only to hoard them away in her giant mansion her rich father left to her.

Maybe CD came to the same realisation, but just used an unnecessarily elaborate wording to describe it, to which I say just simplify your language, be specific and spit it out. "Whoops, turns out our protagonist is evil and completely psychotic all this time. We'll try to make her more conventionally heroic in the next game."

Either way, this is all vague with no specifics at this point, so I'll wait and see.

I mean, "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" couldn't have expressed that concept any louder if it had big flashing, neon lights.

Reminds me of viewers of "Dune, Part II" realizing that Paul was actually the bad guy.

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My head is actually still pretty much its normal brown, but with a few gray wisps at the temples. For 51, I'll take it.

If I didn't shave multiple times a week, my facial hair would have definite gray spots.

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God, if only there were another global event forcing people to not leave their homes and instead stay inside to play video games, like there was in 2020.

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#4 ZmanBarzel
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@SecretPolice said:

That and being Trump's VP? ;o

That would be even too much for his genius mind. lol :P

But it would be great news for whoever is Speaker of the House as that person would be next in line for the presidency if Trump had to resign or died.

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@girlusocrazy said:
@zmanbarzel said:

To be fair, this is more of a "Br'er Rabbit" type of loss for Apple: While it will have to allow redirects to other payment options, they still get their 30 percent.

Interesting, you're right about that.

Apple is still taking its 27 percent cut, even if users buy digital goods and services from a website linked from within an app.

It seems unfortunate for developers, but consumers still have other choices of what type of mobile phone to buy. Maybe if apps and transactions become cheaper on Android phones, then that will threaten Apple's pricing, but their customers seem to not care about overpriced things.

I guess the most significant thing Apple will face will be the sideloading of apps in the EU. I wonder how people will be able to unlock this internationally. They'll probably be forced to import phones, and Apple will try to prevent them from being serviced locally?

This is going to sound weird, but I'm going to counter-argument myself: While Apple is saying it'll take its cut, others -- notably Epic -- have said that doing so will cause more legal fighting. So, there's a chance that Apple actually won't get that cut.

(I knew there was a reason I never went into law!)

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To be fair, this is more of a "Br'er Rabbit" type of loss for Apple: While it will have to allow redirects to other payment options, they still get their 30 percent.

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@uninspiredcup said:

This legit looks like a successor to Rise Of The Robots.

So excited.

I wonder if Dr. Brian May will contribute music to this one, too.

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@ghosts4ever said:
@last_lap said:

I think SoR4 may have woken Sega up as the last sales of the game were over 2.5 million and that estimate was from 18 months ago, so its most likely over 3 million by now.

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But why Sega still ignoring thier best IP by miles? Shenmue?

they need to make Shenmue 4 with big budget. like original 2 were.

The failure of Shenmue III burned that IP down and salted the earth.

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#9  Edited By ZmanBarzel
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Shame it's not the Robert Pattinson skin from "The Lighthouse."

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#10 ZmanBarzel
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Did he die in time to be included in the "In Memorium" segment of this year's War Criminals Awards?