When I was in high school, I convinced my parents to sign me up for Japanese classes on the weekend because the sequel to my favorite game didn’t get translated. Didn’t end up getting all that far in it, my ADHD/autistic ass had a hard time paying attention in class and I had too much actual schoolwork to keep up with so I kinda just didn’t do the homework.

But last year I started getting back into it just for fun, and I am having a lot of fun learning. Helps that I can go at my own pace without any pressure from being in school anymore. Still a long way from 日本語上手, but I passed a N4 mock exam and I just ordered a shipment of books and manga to try and see how far I can get. Saving up to travel in a few years too.

Honestly that’s a good enough idea that I don’t think it even needs to be a conspiracy, they could openly advertise it.

To be fair, Kirby Air Ride is finally getting a sequel, and that may as well be the only racing game we’ll ever need ever again.

Release the original theatrical cuts.

Propaganda is powerful. You convince your followers that some classes of people don’t deserve kindness, you convince them that everything out of Hollywood is part of a leftist agenda, and once they believe both of those statements it’s very easy to spin this as further proof of the narrative they’ve already bought into.

I don’t think you understand the point I’m making here.

Dehumanization is what Nazis do. Don’t gaze into the abyss so long that you start thinking like them.

I think it is essential to remind ourselves that Nazis are people, that Naziism is an evil that mankind is capable of. In order to effectively fight Nazis, we must pay attention to how real people get suckered in by Nazi propaganda. The second you start othering them is the second you lose the fight because you willfully stopped paying attention.

It would not be onerous for them to continue supporting a couple of old versions of Windows, they would just have to hire a few more people to do it.

You literally did say support.

I am aware that some corporate infrastructure is hopelessly tangled up in legacy systems. But we are talking about consumer support here, which I know you know is very different.

Fighting games. There’s a reason the FGC still puts so much emphasis on offline play. Go to your locals, go to majors, don’t just sit there playing ranked at home!

Why would a smaller screen make framerate not matter? Textures and resolution, sure, but framerate always matters.

That’s not what I asked. You said you wanted Valve to hire people to support Windows 98. What company still supports Windows 98 like that?

Can you name any other company that supports Windows 98 in 2025?

That is not a d-pad. That is a touchpad with a plus drawn on it.

Where?

No d-pad is an instant dealbreaker.

Edit: Y’know what I’ll properly expand on this. The Steam Controller failed because it tried to replace vital functionality people expect from a controller. The Steam Deck learned from this mistake and just supplemented that functionality.

TBH, the way I see it, the Steam Controller was designed for games I don’t want to play on controller, while being bad for games I do want to play on controller.

I think there’s an argument to be made that some level of retention strategy may be a necessary evil in today’s market, especially when all your competitors are doing it. No developer wants to run the risk of letting that playerbase dry up. You can have the best multiplayer game in the world, but all the brownie points for playing fair wouldn’t mean much if I’m sitting in an empty queue with no one to play with.

It’s fine line to walk to make sure players are coming back for the right reasons, but you do want them to come back.

What is the comparison you are trying to make?

Define what you mean by ‘crash’. What’s been happening will continue to happen, but if you’re expecting any kind of singular dramatic moment, what would that be?

I hope you stub your toe and it really really hurts.