Penny Arcade

Honestly, Magic: Legends looks kinda cool. Diablo is generally what gets namechecked in this context, but it's giving me more of a Path of Exile vibe. This is the kind of subtle distinction that marks me as a connoisseur. With games like this - freemium loot grind - it's worth trying to figure out where the monetization screws are, and they've offered up a selection of how you'd spend their premium currency or how you'd convert your game currency into premium currency…

It's been a while since we put out something pitchy; some of our most enduring stuff - like the Eyrewood, or Automata - was the result of this kind of exploration but we haven't had a lot of time to do that for a bit. I'm not even sure we had time to do it today! But we did take it. Also, the truly nutballs idea doesn't even show up in this introduction. Monday's strip is about Magic: Legends, which seems like it might actually be cool? But I'd be surprised if we…

I don't remember when the Snyder Cut comes out. It could even be out today. I know that I've seen at least two reviews that are actually reviews of the people the author thinks might like the Snyder Cut. Spoilers, obviously. Not for the movie, for those people. Turns out, they're bad! They used to be bad because the Snyder Cut was a Conspiracy Theory and now they're bad because Warner Brothers catered to them - an audience that made them billions. I hardly know what…

About a month ago, Ryan was telling me I had to Google NBA Top Shots. And I'm really glad he did, because now that NFT is all everybody's talking about it's nice to have some kind of idea about what that is. It's way older than I thought. And now I know what Gas Fees are! But what is all this, exactly? For a disruptive technology, it's very much of a piece with modern finance - it's an incredibly complex way to buy nothing. There's no way to discuss crypto…