Let’s spend some time today talking about the recently-announced adventure compilation for D&D, “Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel”, while considering if pay-to-win games are ready to come crashing down. Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. Tabletop Roleplaying (11:44) – Let’s talk about our thoughts on the upcoming adventure compilation for D&D, “Journeys Through the […]
Tag: Microtransactions
If at first you don’t succeed, then you don’t deserve my money
See title, end post. But seriously, I have to say I’m gotten very much over these “Live Service” online video games, that get churned out by greedy development houses year after year, when we all know what we will be getting: Broken. Ass. Games… with a side of MICROTRANSACTION HELL! I am convinced these developers […]
Something overlooked in this whole Diablo Mobile hulabaloo
So, as I’m sure you all know by now, Blizzard screwed the pooch really hard at their recent Blizzcon event, when they announced the highly-anticipated news regarding their “Diablo” franchise would be… a new game!… for mobile platforms only. Queue the stunned silence, followed later by angry boos. Let’s just say it didn’t exactly go […]
Capcom Sucks – Pixels & Dice #88
Today we discuss the news that the single-player game “Devil May Cry 5” will have microtransactions. Didn’t they learn anything from last year’s “Shadow of War”? Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license. See more trash like this at Scormey.com https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/scormey.com/podcast/PnD088.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]
Same Old, Same Old – Pixels & Dice #63
There’s nothing new in video games anymore, no exciting news, nothing worth discussing… So we talk about that today! Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license. Proud member of The Gaming and Entertainment Network (TGEN) Find us on Facebook and Twitter https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/scormey.com/podcast/PnD063.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | […]
Microtransaction F**kery? – Pixels & Dice #59
Microtransactions: They are everywhere in video games now, and we all generally hate them. Lootboxes, Pay-to-Win, and all that are bad enough, but now we have the specter of SWTOR rising again, in the selling of save slots in “Metal Gear Survive”. When will the game companies go too far? Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, […]