I have drank the blood of the djinn and I shall grant one wish.

Inconsistency tends to accumulate frustration in players.  If you think you gotta shoot that flying guy three times before he'll get close enough to be a threat, but it takes five shots instead, then you can't prioritize your actions nearly as well.

A dog walking backwards out of your room shaking his head in contempt.

Isn't it basically Saints Row 3 but bigger?

They added Prototype-style powers, which is all I really wanted in a fuck around and goof out open world game.

Saints Row 4 is gonna be great

"I liked reasonable discussion before it was mainstream."

I liked coffee before it was mainstream

The view that any criticism of a thing, regardless of the validity of the assertions, should just be written off as petulant social posturing, is a complete sidestep to actual discourse.

Would I be posturing for saying McDonalds food is pretty bland and unappealing?

Starbucks roasts all of the flavor out of their beans and then boils it at stupidly hot temperatures for too long and sells it for way too much.  There is a reason most people get coffee-based drinks that are mainly sugar and cream and foam and not just coffee.

Straight coffee can be a delicious thing in its own right.

Square Enix

Over a decade ago I apparently logged out of Anarchy Online in my chrome Yalmaha airship thing, above the capital city, facing straight down. 

I have no idea how this game works.

That game is still around?  Holy shit.

It's free to play unless you pay money for the expansions, it's unintuitive as heck.

Over a decade ago I apparently logged out of Anarchy Online in my chrome Yalmaha airship thing, above the capital city, facing straight down. 

I have no idea how this game works.

theres always an audience for pointless tech gadgets

Oh yeah, I don't mean to be disparaging or anything, it's definitely a cool toy.  I just don't see it as anything that's going to be sustainable outside of maybe ~100 units sold.  Of course, the world would be a better place if I were wrong about this.

They're really hoping an audience for that sort of thing will pop up, aren't they?

Also, what is a game jam or LD if not crunch time? Why are you not against that?

No one loses their income if they decide to not enter or to drop out of LD.

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=23541

First ever multiplayer, persistent-world Twine game.  It's marvellous.