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Me: Man wasn't it incredibly stupid how Xbox fired all the developers of Hi-Fi Rush and then told shareholders they needed more games like Hi-Fi Rush the very next day? Surely nobody tops how stupid that was for a while

Warner Bros literally today: We wish to focus on DC as one of our most valuable IP. That's why we're killing the Wonder Woman game and firing all the developers working on it that made that one game mechanic people are still talking about 11 years later

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A quick history:

- In 2014, the developers at Monolith Productions created Shadow of Mordor, a Tolkien game, where you played as a random ranger (the guys Aragorn ran with for a while) who gains the power to revive from death by Celebrimbor.

- The game featured a brilliant game mechanic called the Nemesis system. If an orc killed you, not only would that orc remember you, they'd be promoted within Sauron's army gaining new abilities and commanding their own squads. If you defeated an orc but failed to kill him, that orc would remember you and seek personal revenge. Some promoted orcs would gain rivalries with others and infighting could occur.

- Shadow of Mordor became famous for the Nemesis system, as players saw the rest of the action game as a distraction from the real game: operating from the shadows to build the career of their favorite orc nemesis and create a true archenemy to have a proper showdown with. Sabotaging other orcs, purposely dying to their nemesis to hone the ultimate enemy, etc.

- Shadow of Mordor was a resounding success. Monolith returned 3 years later with Shadow of War, featuring an even more complex Nemesis system that allowed players to recruit and train their own orc army and even send them to infiltrate Sauron's orc army. Enemy orcs with experience vs the player also start learning the player's habits and attempt to counter them in battle.

- Shadow of War wasn't received as well as Mordor, but the improved Nemesis system carried the game. At the time, many were convinced the Nemesis system would be a major step forward for enemy AI in games when more developers would learn how to replicate it.

- That doesn't happen, because parent company Warner Bros filed a patent for the Nemesis system in 2016, two years after Mordor, and was granted the patent in 2021, making it legally risky for other game developers to attempt to create their own Nemesis system equivalent.

- Instead of funding a third game with the Nemesis system or doing literally anything with the patent, Warner Bros killed Monolith (and two others) on February 25 2025 and canceled their Wonder Woman game. They still keep the patent though.

- they killed Monolith for this

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“Boycott airbnb bc the founder billionaire joined doge” is blowing my mind like yes boycott airbnb however how are you surprised the company that functions to hoard housing and profit off of it is unethical…??????????? Did you feel fine using airbnb before this lmfao.

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"getting laid" is very hot and sexy. "getting off"? great news as well. so you would think "getting laid off" would be wonderful news for your penis. but alas

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after some soul searching (masturbating) I have found that everything will be okay

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

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so, how old is bebedrien supposed to be here because bryce's attempts left me laughing hysterically 😂

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"You make a living from entering clients' dreams and taking care of whatever thing that causes them to see nightmares. This particular client complains about being chased by murderers, but when you enter their dream, they are waiting behind you with a knife."

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I am not a morning person by any stretch of the word and even making it in at 10 is rough for me some days but I am taking on being trained to open and be at work at 7 AM on a regular basis just so we can give back the employee we've been borrowing from another store as an opener. she's awful. she can't work quickly. we're the busiest store in our region. we've worked for this company for the same amount of time and she is what I can only describe as "really good for her second day". she gets mad if you ask her to speed up. she is incapable of looking at a ticket and looking at an order and matching what's on the ticket with the order. she doesn't know what a ham sandwich is. every time she works we have to dedicate someone on shift to corralling her so that something gets done and we don't have a million mistakes. from what I can tell, the people at the other store lied and told her it was policy that only men can work the grill (??) so that she wouldn't touch it. she was PERSONALLY TRAINED BY CORPORATE and is still constantly fucking up. I'm an atheist and the other day caught myself on a shift praying to god for patience because of her. waking up so early is going to be fucking miserable but it may genuinely be worth it if it means we can transfer her back.

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i can't help but see the fact that sims 4 grimborn kids get no special powers as some kinda laziness. you fuck santa, your kids are good at everything, you fuck an island ghost, your kids get fire powers. but you fuck Literal Death? your kid gets a neck tattoo and THAT'S IT

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sorry another bald tshirt post that came to me last night