The key is then to forcibly bundle it in with something people do want or need, thereby ruining both things.

Agreed. I was already not buying EA games, so this doesn’t change much at all.

My self named characters in most games are called Max Power (from that episode of the Simpsons where Homer changes his name).

I can’t imagine playing GW2 on a controller. I had to buy an MMO mouse to have more buttons to bind stuff to.

I admit I also thought they were trying to basically replace java edition with bedrock, so I’m not sure. Just trying to make sense of this move without assuming that Microsoft is being nice about something

What proportion of those sales are for Java edition? This sounds like an attempt to make mods and therefore java edition into a more popular/appealing product. They know that most users are not going to do anything with source code.

Maybe they are sites or apps that pay for Google ads?

According to their website, yes

I haven’t read the article, but does it explain why it’s important that the gold is used to buy a magic sword?

Uh yeah wtf.

That’s the right approach, for sure. My wife and I watched it, me having played the game, and her having tangentially seen me playing bits and pieces but basically knowing nothing about the plot. It was interesting comparing her reactions with mine, but I think I got more out of the show being able to compare to my memory of the game.

Easily one of the best games of all time, imho.

Is it reasonable to say the game has been “made”?

Nice! How long are you planning to continue?

I enjoy these posts. Have you skipped any days? Impressive consistency 😁