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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • Interesting:

    A Season Pass must include at least one released DLC when it is made available for purchase*
    .*with the exception of Season Passes included in a Pre-Purchase of a deluxe edition.

    […]

    You may include a Season Pass as part of a game’s pre-purchase. […]

    When a Season Pass DLC is in pre-purchase mode, you are not required to release at least one DLC in the Season Pass at the time it goes on sale (as you are usually required to do when you launch a Season Pass). However, when the game launches, you will need to release the Season Pass out of pre-purchase–this will entail releasing at least one of the DLCs included in the Season Pass.

    My reading of this is that deluxe/gold/ultimate editions will need to include some “day one” DLC content. Many of them already do but publishers are now further incentivised to include something small like a bonus skin if they want to sell the season pass before its major content is ready.






  • Last year the nominations for Best Narrative were:

    • Alan Wake 2
    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
    • Final Fantasy XVI
    • Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

    On my local digital shop front Phantom Liberty was au$45 while Spider-Man was au$125. Should Phantom Liberty be given an advantage because it is priced at only 36% of its competition? I feel like those commercial value considerations might be appropriate for a review but for an annual Best Narrative award I want it to go to the Narrative that is actually Best.

    That said if they added a best value in gaming award I would would be happy for them to consider games or hardware that offer significantly more value than their price would imply.


  • The Game Awards aims to recognize the best creative and technical work each year, irrespective of the format of that content’s release. Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible in all categories, if the jury deems the new creative and technical work to be worthy of a nomination. Factors such as the newness of the content and its price/value should be taken into consideration.

    https://thegameawards.com/faq

    Its a bit weird but I can understand their starting argument that they are reviewing works on their creative and technical merits (the actual format is incidental) but then they shoot it all down by saying price/value is taken into consideration.










  • My fist general purpose console was the Sega Master System. It had a flowchart displayed on the top telling you how to use it.

    It might not have been pretty in the traditional sense but I loved it.

    Looking back on it the chart was somewhat misleading, the console had two built in games that were only accessible if you didn’t insert a cartridge or card (Hang On, and Safari Hunt), and a third that also needed a controller connected and a few buttons held down when you turned the system on (snail maze).