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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

Viewpoints aren’t always the same from individual-to-individual, from community-to-community and from nation-to-nation. Expression of those viewpoints, however, is vital to the understanding of individuals — not to mention the ability to navigate disagreements in a civilized, tolerable fashion. One area where there seems to be tremendous agreement, however, is that The Acolyte — a television […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

Games Workshop announced that it introduced a new female Adeptus Custodes into Warhammer 40k as part of its The Tithes animated series. On the official Warhammer Community website, Games Workshop revealed, “Tyrith Shiva Kyrus (the first three of a long list of honorific names earned fighting for the Emperor) has the privilege of being our […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

In the wake of Firewalk Studios and PlayStation shutting down Concord after just two weeks, gamers are already setting their sites on boycotting the anti-capitalist game Fairgame$ from Haven Studios. Haven Studios, a subsidiary of PlayStation Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the game with a CGI trailer back in May 2023. As you can […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

Numerous gamers have indicated they will boycott anything Quantic Dream produces or publishes following the company’s virtue signal following the complete and utter commercial failure of Red Thread Games’ Dustborn. In the wake of Dustborn failing to surpass peak concurrent players of 100 and developer Red Thread Games getting lampooned for its push of woke […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 premiere reportedly suffered a nearly 50% decline in viewership compared to its Season 1 premiere. Data tracking firm Samba TV reported that the first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 was only watched by 902,000 US households […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

A new report claims that Star Wars Outlaws sales are 55% lower than sales of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor in the United Kingdom. According to Nintendo Life, Star Wars Outlaws topped the sales charts in the United Kingdom besting Hogwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and EA Sports FC 24. However, […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

IGN writer Stella Chung made the absurd claim that PlayStation never believed in Firewalk Studios’ Concord game after it was shut down less than two weeks after it was released. Firewalk Studios Game Director Ryan Ellis announced the studio was shutting down the game in an official PlayStation blog post, “At this time, we have […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay addressed why they attempted to humanize the orcs in the second season of the show with a baby. In the second season’s third episode, one orc is depicted questioning going to war and is then shown embracing a female orc […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

Firewalk Studios announced it shut down Concord’s servers and will no longer be selling the game less than two weeks after it released. In a blog post, Firewalk Studios Game Director Ryan Ellis announced, “At this time, we have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6, 2024, and explore options, including those that […]

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