For no particular reason, I feel it's important this morning to remind everyone that Halo is a game where the humans eventually ally with the aliens (and flood--kinda) in order to stop religious zealots from killing the galaxy.

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Been playing Eternal Strands for the last weekish for review. It'll be a bit before that's done, but here are some quick thoughts:
-It's very enthusiastic about its world and lore. It's set in a fantasy Chernobyl of sorts, and how that event shaped the world and characters is interesting.

This may be niche and not at all profound or anything, but a few days ago I'm pretty sure I found Robert Z'Dar in Indiana Jones.

"The garden belongs to us all. Life is the gift of the universe, and the universe yields its bounty equally, absent of prejudice."

Context makes the line a little more complicated but it's still nice lol

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I think, as a game jurno, if 1P player count is deemed relevant, then its context should be explained too. Counts may matter to execs/stock, but their reasons could be/are stupid. Why should player count matter to avg reader? Passing the fact as relevant w/o context gives it status as important.

Can someone ask Yves how many A's this counts as? Are we talking a AAAAAAA game? A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA game? Or even (and I know this is unlikely, I'm just covering all the bases here) a AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA game? Someone at @aftermath.site or something needs to run this by Yves.

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I hope to have my review of @jasonschreier.bsky.social's Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, & Future of Blizzard uploaded in the next few days. For now, just know that it's a fascinating read. Couldn't put it down.

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