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HBO’s The Sympathizer brings infinite Robert Downeys Jr. to the Vietnam War
He’s the bad guy(s), obviously
‘Halo Infinite’ creative head Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft
Joseph Staten, one of the creatives most closely associated with the Halo franchise, is leaving Microsoft. News of the departure was first reported on Friday by IGN. “We’re grateful for Joseph’s contributions to the Halo franchise and Xbox as a whole,” Microsoft told the outlet. “We wish him all the best in his new adventure.” Staten later confirmed the news that same day. “Hey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft,” he said on Twitter. “I’ll have more info to share soon, but for now, I’d just like to thank all my Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure.”
Hey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft. I’ll have more info to share soon, but for now, I’d just like to thank all my @Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure. https://t.co/oMR0LXOzZb
— Joseph Staten (@joestaten) April 8, 2023
Staten was a writer and director of cinematics for Bungie’s first three Halo games and later served as a co-creative director for Destiny. He left the studio in 2013 and joined Microsoft the following year as a senior creative director on the Xbox Games Studios team. In 2020, he moved over to 343 Industries to help the studio complete work on Halo Infinite. Staten’s departure from Microsoft comes following months of uncertainty around 343 and the future of Halo. In January, the company reassigned Staten to its Xbox publishing division at the same time that it “cut at least” 95 jobs at the studio. Later that same month, Bloomberg reported the studio was “starting from scratch” on a new Halo game following its struggle to maintain interest in Infinite.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/halo-infinite-creative-head-joseph-staten-is-leaving-microsoft-191051981.html?src=rss
All The Sims 4 cheats and codes for infinite money and more
If you need a list of Sims 4 cheats, we’ve got everything you need. Whether you’re after that all-important Sims 4 money cheat for some extra Simoleans, ways to cheat death, or even just zapping a Sim from one place to another, we’ve listed heaps of handy shortcuts to make the lives of your virtual family much, much easier – and, in this guide, we lay them all out for you, as well as explain how to use them..
Cheats are by no means new to The Sims 4, but if you’ve never played past entries in one of the best PC games series of all time, or worry that the cheats of previous Sims games won’t work here, then allow us to step in with a dedicated list of Sims 4 cheats. We start off with a guide on how to use Sims 4 cheats, but if you already know how, then you can jump ahead to the list of all the best Sims 4 cheats, from relationship cheats (we could all use those, right?), career cheats, and the classic money cheats.
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Infinite Guitars Fuses Rock, Role-Playing, Rhythm, and Robots
A decade later, the Lutece Twins are still the best thing in BioShock Infinite
A long time ago (in 2013, in fact) in a student-y house far away (assuming that you don’t live too near to Nottingham), I started playing the BioShock series. I’d flirted with the idea for years, but it was the release of BioShock Infinite that finally convinced me to take the plunge. And I can’t exactly complain: the series’ Rapture arc — made up of the first and second games, plus the prequel novel by none other than John “The Crow” Shirley — now makes up maybe 10% of my personality, having given me two of my favourite video games, my favourite video game tie-in book, and a front-running contender for my favourite video game locale all at once.
I just wish that, after all that prep I did for it, I’d actually liked BioShock Infinite a bit more.
BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea Cannot Reconcile Its Alternate Selves
BioShock is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, March 26, 2023. Below, we take a look at how its DLC, Burial at Sea, attempted imperfectly to find synthesis between its various worlds.
BioShock’s Rapture is a place of necessity. The novelty of its underwater setting comes out of a practical concern: Why wouldn’t a player character just leave a dangerous place? The game’s thematic concerns came out of these gamey considerations. Give Big Daddies Little Sisters so that players are incentivized to attack difficult enemies to get resources. A world without regulation means that players can buy ammo from vending machines and shoot lightning out of their hands with “plasmids.”
Even the game’s preoccupation with objectivism comes from these kinds of practical considerations. In director Ken Levine’s own words, “we wanted a very believable reason why they would be there.” Rapture’s founder Andrew Ryan (a thinly veiled stand-in for writer Ayn Rand) cannot imagine a place where he can build his ideal, objectivist world on land, so it must be done in the sea. Though BioShock’s narrative ultimately, tepidly, condemns him, it also finds some nobility in his mission, in the purity of his vision. Maybe that’s because his goals were similar to the designers’. They too built Rapture out of necessity, a world constructed out of gameplay constraints, that could only exist digitally.
The Assassination of Daisy Fitzroy (By The Coward BioShock Infinite)
BioShock is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, March 26, 2023. Below, we take a critical eye to how it ultimately mishandles its prominent Black revolutionary character, Daisy Fitzroy.
Let me tell you a story: a story about a slave.
This slave was once the absolute pride of their owner. Strong. Respected. And the slave was well-cared for. The lady ruler of the land decreed it. But the slave was still enslaved. Their only real power was the ability to control a crowd. After being declared an enemy of the state, the slave revolted. They swore vengeance, inciting an entire people to cheer for the fall of their ruler, and made no apologies for their wish to overthrow the government by force. The slave would fight, and die, for freedom.