Saturday, April 1, 2023
No Fooling
Friday, April 1, 2022
Game Exec Laments Market Too Depressed To Oversell
Over the past decade, how games are monetized has been a hot topic of debate among gamers. We here at Genericide are always looking out for fresh takes on the subject. So when a high-ranking game company exec started rambling their views on Twitter, we knew we just had to give them a platform for that. That's how we ended up on a call with Activision's Assistant VP of Finangling Boondoggles, Chet Smorgasbord. Here's how it went…
Good afternoon Mr. Smorgasbord, it's an honor to speak with you.
"Thank you, it sure
is."
This all started a few days ago, when you decided to weigh in on the
controversial micro-transactions in Gran Turismo 7, is that right?
"That'd be the start of it, right. I woke up to my timeline just plastered with people outraged that a full-price game could charge $40 for a single digital car model. And that's all well and good but I mean, we've heard it all before right? Blah blah consumers angry, but what I wanna' know is, where's the CEO's opinions, why aren't we giving their voices a place to be heard?"
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"Besides, it's my firm belief anyone angry about the artificial scarcity of prestige cars being re-created with imaginary ones is just mad they didn't think of it first." |
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Valve to Release VTuber AI That Plays Your Steam Backlog
A press release from Valve Software earlier today states that they plan to release a VTuber AI that plays your Steam backlog for you. VTubers, or virtual YouTubers, are live-streamers and video content creators who use a virtual avatar, which is rigged in some way to match a person's movements. They have recently experienced a popularity boom, with over a dozen VTubers passing one million subscribers in the past year alone. This did not go unnoticed by Valve, curators of the popular PC game store Steam and publishers of classic games like Ricochet and Garry's Mod.
"After the release
and critical success of Half-Life: Alyx,
we collectively remembered we can finish and ship products" stated Valve
game designer Robin Walker. "However, most of our developer's work time
last year was spent watching anime girls swear in broken English. We
simultaneously noticed a problem where 91% of users' Steam libraries were games
they had purchased in a holiday sale bundle years ago, which they 'swore they'd
get to as soon as they wrapped up a few more Netflix shows and their friends
got bored of Among Us for the third time'. The AI was a perfect fit."
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Mists of Pandaria is WoW Classic's Next, Only Expansion
Monday, April 1, 2019
The Top 10 Breaths in Breath of the Wild
10. Low Stamina Breaths
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Ranking Every Mode in Smash, Part 3

Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Ranking Every Mode in Smash, Part 2
