Not where I am. There are kids and old people playing alike. Sure, there are some collectors, but there always will be. Hell, the ATLA set has really good jump start packs, which are explicitly for playing

A lot of Peak with my partner. Having a ton of fun

Just gotta get this aluminum factory up, then I'll be done. What's that MAM, you're done scanning a hard drive? New recipe you say. Guess I need to rebuild that aluminum factory...

despite WOTC’s best attempts

For sure. I mean, they sent the Pinkertons on someone that got shipped product early. That they purchased.

Magic has less staying power than Pokémon

lol, Magic came out 3 years before Pokémon and is currently more popular than ever. Especially with the Avatar TLAB and Final Fantasy releases.

Just because you don't like a mechanic doesn't mean it won't last. Hell, Civilization is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time

Did you read the whole thing, or even like halfway? Multiple concept artists are quoted in the article saying it makes their lives more difficult. You know, more work in the bad way. The thesis of the article is that it makes the job harder, makes for a less than unique art style, and potentially fewer jobs for artists.

Unless you actually meant "more work" in the bad way, of course. If so, sorry for the rant

Being out of touch is totally normal human David Zaslav's thing. Remember the Batgirl movie?

He left the tweet up. It is still there (from February 17th). Just...wow

There is one stockholder that has tried multiple times. The issue is the whole Tesla board are all his cronies, and a large portion of stockholders have bought into the cult of personality

Fuck, I thought those were federal laws. Sounds like they should be, oh wait right wingers want to get rid of federal labor laws too

Todd in the Shadows went a little deeper on that. Mostly saying they were so fit and sexy that they inspired American fitness culture. Which is just not true.

I've played through all 3 acts. Obviously in no way have done everything, but I never ran into a situation where your character would get killed for a bad dialogue choice. The "Volo's eye" event referenced is for sure an example of the telegraphed outcome being the opposite of what actually goes down, but I really can't think of another time that happens. Even that choice did not end in death. Some options end in tough fights, and maybe fights above your level, but I was never surprised by them.

Bringing up save scumming is an odd criticism for a CRPG. That has been a long running discussion, but you can choose not to do it if you don't like it. It doesn't mean it is bad game design to include saving whenever you want.