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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 1h

Silksong could do that because it was a 1 in 100k indie game success story. Made by a tiny team for who selling like they did was life changing money. For larger devs that price point and unit sales is not going to fund a large team for their next 4 games.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

Smaller movies work. See for example the well reviewed Black Bag with Blanchett and Fassebender being seen as a failure by the studio earlier this year. Really fun movie but didn't get butts in seats.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

And that's why film critics are constantly lamenting the death of the mid budget adult movie. Studios are only willing to take a chance on an IP they feel is a guaranteed smash. Studios are completely dependent on huge blockbuster bets coming through. They can't/won't figure out how to make...

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

As a company you then run the risk of sales cratering if reviews and buzz say there isn't enough content. Plus adding tons of quests and hidden objects is a development time sink but to my understanding it's not as much as the actual graphical work and efficiency side. Could be wrong though.

Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

That monetization and early launch is largely happening because companies felt they couldn't raise prices for a variety of reasons and as costs to produce increased they had to find alternative revenue streams. Look at Paradox they're practically running their 4Xs as live service these days.

Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

I mean meddling execs hurts but even the places with positive cultures are experiencing this. Nintendo gave the last two Zelda's all the time they needed to polish. And the games were great and sold well. But they're Nintendo and can count on sales to a degree basically no one else can.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not saying that EA et al have good practices (they do not) but they are facing a bleak financial reality where input costs are skyrocketing and revenue per unit was flat prior to shoving microtransactions into every single game. Execs do stupid stuff always but especially when budgets are tight.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2h

Sure but if EA wanted to pay devs more they either need fewer developers or higher prices. They could redirect the .8% away from the c-suite but that is not going to get their devs to FAANG scale wages.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 10h

Yup, it's them, Naughty Dog, Rockstar, Bethesda, and Nintendo who can make that assumption for the most part. There might be a few more but like really that's about it.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 14h

I'd never seen it, tried to watch it recently and made it maybe 45 minutes in. No one is phoning it in but it just doesn't work.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 18h

There are others but it's the only anglosphere one. Fair number in South America.

Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 1d

Like they didn't roast Thompson for it but pointed out it was what the coverage didn't want to happen, cut to Udoka talking to him about it, and praised SGA for getting to his spot. Simple stuff but leaps and bounds better than what we've been getting!

Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 1d

The whole NBC coverage was impressive. The call when they pointed out Thompson let SGA get left when the help was coming from the right at the end of regulation in the first game was great!

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2d

Did not think they would come to a deal there. Happy to see it though. Love watching him!

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2d

Ohhh wow! Did not think that was getting done.

Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 2d

Makes sense. To borrow a Vecine-ism the delta of his outcomes is too wide. He could be an all-star this year or it could be clear he's a bench guy. Outcomes are way too wide for a common ground.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 5d

Five years ago I would have thought so but now I think that it would be bad under any. Professionalism matters for governments. Respectability politics but for actual governments.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 6d

The Aus has already backed out in embarrassment hilariously.
www.smh.com.au/business/com...

The Australian does a U-turn on controversial Pentagon press rules

The newspaper had joined a small list of publications to agree to controversial new media rules, which led to major news outlets walking away from their press access.

www.smh.com.au

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 7d

Corn relish, french onion, and as others have already said spinach. I'm also not a tomato chutney person but I feel like it's more of a sauce than a dip.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 7d

I was one of the people preaching patience because I was so sold on that combo despite the awkwardness of the the double centers. Heck I woke up on the morning of the Haliburton/Sabonis trade and was initially dismayed. I was so in on that core prior to the injuries and held onto Turbonis.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 7d

He was so strong. That era of Pacers basketball is likely going to be forgotten but he was so good. Brogdon and Sabonis was a really great combo.

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 8d

One center can't get out of his own way, another has struggled to get in the way, & the other two are just sort of there

With Huff and Jackson both ranking in the top-five of fouls per 100 possessions, on problem-solving when there's no one right answer: www.patreon.com/posts/how-pa...

How the Pacers can problem-solve at center without one right answer | Basketball, She Wrote

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 8d

The one seeds are guac, salsa (open to the argument you need to split the category into like 6 different answers and only some are dips), hummus, and Pesto. French Onion and corn relish are 16s.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 14d

That's absolutely true but it's also a lot more likely to be that daily contact if it's family. I had a neighbor who fell recently and was found by a wound care nurse the next morning. Anything can help, it's just the parent/child relationship is the most common version of this.

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Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 14d

Obviously no guarantees that the relationship is close and healthy but no one becomes a parent expecting to be estranged from their kids.