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@345triangle Nothing yet! Just found it this week in a box of mishmash wires and gadgets. Wouldn't mind a Golden Sun replay but... yeah, let's see what the local prices are — PolitiTweet.org

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Sorry Steam Deck old buddy you're not going on this flight with me. Not this time Welcome back to the backpack, Switch https://t.co/mxM2MsJnGt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WhySharksMatter: Oh no- it turns out that the “lettuce outlasted Liz Truss” meme you’re all sharing has a hidden, and disturbing, histo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NoContextBrits: https://t.co/vAaYVHqGWO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jtoeman: a lot more to come about this shortly, but the latest team scrimmage product is about to go live - would really appreciate any… — PolitiTweet.org

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lol https://t.co/qWWDjGCHor — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bencsmoke: flatmate has just asked me whether i think the lettuce voted leaf or romaine in the brexit referendum and im frankly furious… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BBCPhilipSim: On current pace, King Charles could surpass his mother’s record of 15 prime ministers before the end of 2024 — PolitiTweet.org

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9. Finally, your experience is valid! So is everyone else's. A review serves to provide a perspective to help you decide how to spend time/$. If you disagree, cool! Shout it from the rooftops, tell your friends and evangelize. Just... don't attack others because they disagree — PolitiTweet.org

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8. There is beauty in a "7 out of 10" game, especially if you're a big fan of the IP or genre! I personally love any game that tries something new, even if it's not perfect. Hell, I liked Cyberpunk at launch -- but I also had a good PC experience https://t.co/6lWNfjDdY0 — PolitiTweet.org

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7. If you've ever read a review and were like, "okay, that all makes sense but that still doesn't sound like a 5/10 to me"... great! I feel that way all the time. It's the details of the review that really help me know if it's worth my time and money. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Spoiler: I hate review scores. There's a reason we dropped them at Polygon, it distracts from reading anything. "Game is a 7" says nothing-neither does "story is 7 / combat 3 / menu 5..." blah blah. The sum of parts is what matters, and even w/1000 words it's hard to convey) — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Metacritic is a weighted average, but it's still an imperfect catch-all number. Even the quantity of outlets / writers who review a game can dramatically impact that number, and there's no simple formula like "one IGN score = 3 fan site scores" https://t.co/ZKWUZRj372 — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Similarly, long-term updates can dramatically change a game over time. Some "underappreciated gems" feel different years later bc they *are* different. Obv examples are No Man's Sky and CP2077, but it's true of games like Days Gone! — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Standards go up over time! "Similar game got a higher score 2 years ago" - true! But now that Similar Game exists and everyone can learn from Similar Game, so now we should all expect more. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Tech issues notwithstanding, reviewers have different personal preferences! Even within a publication, who reviews the game can impact the verdict. It's not economically feasible to, say, have a panel of ppl w/different POVs all weighing in. For many reasons, it ain't worth it — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Yes, publishers sometimes provide heads up about what a day 1 patch might fix. Reviewers may factor that in BUT what's promised and what's delivered can vary wildly. It'd be a disservice for people paying money to entirely judge something based on promises — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Reviews cover a single moment for an evolving product. Whatever "build" someone gets is the product. It's much different than reviewing movies and TV for that reason, and yes, it's a tricky debate that I don't have time to wade into. But I wanted to call that out first! — PolitiTweet.org

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Sigh. Feels like a good day to say some Obvious Shit about game reviews. Okay let's do this — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/xo2pqTzTKL — PolitiTweet.org

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@DaveThier When you spend 10 minutes modifying a speedrun .com page for "UK Prime Minister Any% single tenure no warp" to rank the top 5 and your Chrome browser accidentally refreshes and you lose all your progress 😭 Well, at least I've learned a lot of historical trivia along the way — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, congrats to former UK Prime Minister speedrunner Liz Truss on a new personal best AND a new any% world record (h/t @DaveThier for the idea) https://t.co/pOyA6Nqjrs — PolitiTweet.org

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TO BE FAIR, this isn't the shortest tenure for a British Prime Minister. Looking at you, 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley and your 23 days Nov-Dec 1834 ...of course he also served for almost 3 years starting in 1828, so in aggregate, yeah, I think this is a new record? 🥗 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mslopatto the Day Collar debate is one for the ages — PolitiTweet.org

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@landongn Can't believe I'm defending mystery boxes. My own tweet thread has become a parabola of shame — PolitiTweet.org

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@landongn 1. PLEASE send me nonsense! 2. When I "beat" the game it was a top-10 GOTY. Then I decided to try and get more trophies. I don't think I hate the answers. I think I just hated them spelled out in detailed monologue-ing. Let the community fill that in and feel some ownership!🕵️‍♂️📦 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mollymermaids: forever thinking about the cia’s manual about how to disrupt organizations and processes https://t.co/UnjkK8MRgZ — PolitiTweet.org

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@landongn Would love to read this! Academically I love Immortality, but it taught me the limit of Explaining Lore. For me enjoyment was a parabola: LOVED learning more story—to a point. Then as I got close to 100% + it filled in gaps...mm, some parts might've been more impactful as mystery — PolitiTweet.org

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Those Razer / Logitech / Turtle Beach / TKTK portable gaming devices suddenly make a lot more sense if you can pair 'em with an Xbox app that has (some) offline capability https://t.co/fFE9BJwQbN — PolitiTweet.org

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Something tells me Apple is not gonna be congenial about this one. When Netflix did its "let's be on everything with a screen" thing, it was (1) ludicrously successful for Netflix and (2) not directly competing with a successful line of business for Apple (at the time at least) — PolitiTweet.org