peter

The Simplecast feed appears to be live again. The infamous 10th episode is up and live. If anyone wants to hear about spousal murder and other nonsense, go download it now!

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@BMO

@peter

MinnMax did a bonus podcast last week about idle games, and I found it pretty interesting. I also thought, I bet I could make an idle game. I know nothing about developing video games, but an idle game doesn't seem like it'd be too hard. I just need to get some design documents from you on your perfect idle game now :)

Do it!

I could make one about building a video game collection website. I'd have to make the numbers go up a lot faster and larger than the Grouvee numbers for people to stay interested though.

Yes!!!!!! I'm jealous.

When you get home, try the Suntory -196 drink that recently came out and tell me if you think they taste like Chu Hi. I think they taste decently close to Chu Hi, but you miss the charm of walking into a konbini and grabbing a Strong Zero for like a dollar and go on your way.

@BMO

So while they never spell it out, I think it's pretty clearly there between the lines.

I agree that it's clear enough, but I just don't like the way it's reported. If all you read was the headline, you'd think there was some kind of direct quote supporting it. I also don't like this line from the article:

In summary, he thinks Dragon Age would have done better if it was a live-service game, rather than the story-driven single-player RPG BioWare excels in creating.

I would much prefer it if they state this is implied rather than state it as fact.

I get that it seems like a silly statement as @BMO pointed out earlier this week. Why would that require a boycott?

When I read through Wilson's quotes in your article, and the Kotaku article BMO linked, I actually don't even see where he ever said "this flopped because it wasn't a live service game." I just see commentary from the outlets interpreting what he said and just stating it as fact. They're probably not wrong, but I'm just confused by all this.

@Strawhat

@peter

Luka is the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league.

What's your list looking like this season?

I'd say for me:

1. Jokic
2. Giannis
3. SGA
4. I would put Luka at 4 or 5 personally.

I would like to think Wemby is already a top 10 player, but I think I'm being too biased there lol

I'd put Luka at 3 above SGA. SGA is night in and night out better in the regular season (because of durability), but Luka is possibly the most terrifying human being on the planet in the playoffs. If SGA just tears through the playoffs this year, I'd put him over Luka no problem.

Wemby is definitely top 10. He's going to be the best player in the NBA in 3 years max, probably sooner. The Spurs would have like 10 wins without him. You've got a couple potentially really good players to build with. They'll be annoyingly very good again soon.

@Ureshi

@peter

I woke up to a couple of texts from friends. I don’t understand this at all. Dallas must really not have wanted to give that man $70 million a year on his next contract. The craziest part about all of this is that none of the players involved seems like they knew it was happening. There might be a bunch of pissed off other players (LeBron, Kyrie, etc.). This is the wildest trade I can ever remember happening. I’d be so pissed off if I were you. Luka is the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league.

I mean to be fair...I wouldn't wanna be paying somebody 70 million either...but I think sports athletes are usually paid too much anyway.

I know nothing about basketball.

Why are you awake? It’s like 6:25 on a Sunday there!

They do get paid a fuck ton, but my only actual complaint about is that we fans have to pay too much to go to the games and eat and drink etc. If the players weren’t getting their revenue share from the TV contracts, then the billionaire team owners would be the ones that get that money. In some ways I wish they were paid more because these guys that own the teams make a lot of money off of them generally.