I think the real end to the culture war nonsense came after Thomas Lockely was caught red handed fabricating the words of people who allegedly met “black samurai” Yasuke to embellish his story, rewrite Japanese history to be more “diverse”, and sell books, which was a while ago. Or in other words, it was proven beyond any doubt that the very premise of AS:S was, itself, “culture war nonsense”.
It should be pretty clear which side was in the right.
It’s worth mentioning this is deliberately worded to sound as bad as possible. Q2 is down from Q1 (it always is), and revenue is down but so are expenses as unprofitable stores are closed (remember when your local mall had two of them?)
The company was profitable in this last quarter, but only barely. There was an operational loss, but interest on the massive $4Bn war chest pushed it over. This isn’t great, but marks a real improvement over hemorrhaging money which it was doing before. Its also the first profitable Q2 in years. The year of 2023 turned a narrow profit and 2024 is on track to be a little better.
Hate GameStop all you want (and by all means, frequent your local indie game store). But keep in mind that business wise, someone still feels the need to spend money on ‘attack’ articles like this one.
Is there a community for older multiplayer games, specifically? What’s a blast from the past with a good community, or what’s a game with dead multiplayer you wish you could find people to organize a match for? My big one would be a Crimson Skies multiplayer. I never played classic CS multiplayer at all, and High Road to Revenge multiplayer died with original Xbox Live, but you might still be able to get a system link game going if you had enough friends and xboxes.
Disappointing to hear, I liked Obduction and Firmament both.