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  • Who said anything about challenging views all or most of the time?

    The issue with constructive dissent is that if someone perceives an initial idea as bad, it cannot be dismissed or criticised; it has to be built on. Do we want things to be built on flawed foundations? We should be able to say “no” without being cast out from our own community.






























  • This is why Sony was making such a big deal about Call of Duty during the discussions about Microsoft acquiring Activision (owners of the Call of Duty franchise). Sony wanted reassurance that the Call of Duty games would still come out on the PlayStation consoles, and not be exclusive to Microsoft’s platforms (Xbox and Windows). When you see that Call of Duty has been the best selling game nearly every year recently, you can understand Sony’s plea.









  • I don’t know why you linked to a Tweet that links to a video.

    Linked video: https://piped.video/watch?v=Oo9ZYDRQkbg

    Bullet points:

    • Avowed had a co-op focus early in development, now changed to a traditional Obsidian singleplayer RPG
    • Avowed is Obsidian’s version of what a fantasy first-person RPG is
    • Finding the right balance between taking things from Pillars of Eternity and yet creating a new game that is more approachable for a larger audience
    • “With Avowed, wee focus on unique bespoke content, deep systems and incredible storytelling that’s focused on characters, societies and factions”
    • “Avowed is the natural extension of all the things we care about as a studio, of all the things we are great at.”
    • Obsidian showed Avowed to Microsoft as early as part of the acquisition process