Now I'm on another plane, the 737 MAX, whose various debilitations and inopportune door-fallings-out resulted in the removal of Boeing's CEO just an hour or so ago. The only reason he had this job in the first place is because of the 2019-2021 groundings launched his predecessor into space - a trip through the Wikipedia Page about the incident describes the shit this other asshole was exiled for, and it's utterly fucking nuts. It's hard to believe I'm just learning this details now, and the idea that it didn't result in an internal culture that would forestall their current troubles makes me think we need to bring back the fucking stocks.
I haven't played Apex Legends in a while; the two main things I remember about it are as follows:
- I won the very first time I ever played, and I never won again. I think that if I had started out in a less definitive way, less of a God of Death maybe, it might have had a different arc. I might have been seeking victory and developing the skills required instead of simply being born a reaper of men. It messes with the vibe.
- They paid the biggest streamers in the world a ton of money to play it when it came out, and the effect this had on the Twitch statistics around concurrency made it appear (for a few days) that Fortnite was over. I've essentially never believed this statistic since.
Well, I know I said two things, but technically there is also:
- Farlight 84 is a bizarro-world version of Apex Legends that I think I sorta like better, but not because It's executed to the nines or something. It's just a very strange place where gonzo things are always happening and I really like those.
Everybody basically knows the Apex Legends story now I suspect, but a player got hacked mid-game in a tournament - all the sudden a suite of wallhacks popped up, and he reacted with horror. That link goes to a TechCrunch article with an interview of the jacker going into his motivations. Gabe's eldest, now training to be a game developer himself at DigiPen, gave Mike some of the basics. I was happy to fill in the rest.
I spoke to many people during PAX East who used our Online Show Store even when they were physically at the show; they just wanted to skip the line altogether. I mean, deal. Happy to help. But it may be that you missed out on a chance to grab Dabe's baby, 20 Years Of PAX - a hardcover slab of history that includes two decades of PAX photography inside. As a historical document, it's vital. As an aesthetic piece, it's fresh. It sold out at the show. But! It's here, along with a few other selected items. And it's only open a few more days (!!!).
(CW)TB out.
