@dmcmaster Frankly, as scary as it sounds, I think this is just the beginning.

@bam541 Yeah it is pretty wild to see how many people were hiding in plain sight. I think D1 in particular is shocking to me because he had one allegation, to which he responded by kind of making himself out to be a victim because he "didn't remember it," but has had multiple allegations since then, making it seem to me that his first apology was just pure manipulation. It's kind of terrifying how good these people are at manipulating everyone around them.

Man, all the stuff that is happening in the fgc is insane. I liked a lot of these players, but I am more than happy to drop them if they are abusers/predators. As awful as a lot of these allegations are, I'm glad they are coming out. This community is undergoing a massive restructuring that can hopefully make it safer in the future.

I mean, at the risk of sounding super basic, it has to be Majima. Every second he's on screen is a delight, but there is more to him than the surface level. He is loyal, competitive, and willing to do the right thing when necessary. He has also experienced enormous growth with the addition of Yakuza 0.

And just like that the first half of the year is over. Here is the tally for June:

Sentinel Beach- 22
Shoulderguy- 56
Capnbobamous- 13
Axel- 25
Hazz3r- 14
MiserablePerson- 14
Brandon_Resiter- 14
Bam541- 20
Iboshow- 16
Hidz- 24
TheDemonPirate- 6
Paulmci27- 28
Tokeeffe9- 24
Faaip- 12
Scotty- 6
Ffff0- 27
Sheria- 7
Exist 2 Inspire- 21
Corsair__4- 4
Tearju Engi- 10
TokyoSlim- 5
Kristen Rogers- 5
Bard91- 3
Nimbat1003- 9
Tombombadil420- 10
FF7Cloud- 1

Last year I said I was going to do stats for the 2019 Completed Games list, but by the time I was able to get around to it, it was too after the fact. So I decided that I would do two this year to make up for that. Here are the stats for the first half of 2020. I look forward to seeing how they change throughout the year. Also, keep in mind that these stats in no way make this thing a competition, I just think they are interesting.

• The person with the most played games is @Shoulderguy with 55 total games!

• The oldest game played is Super Mario World, released in 1990. It was played by @Shoulderguy.

• The total number of games played is 396! (This is the number of playthroughs, so if the same game was played by multiple people, it counts for the number of people who played it.)

• The total number of unique games played is 274! This includes DLC.

• The game that was played the most is Final Fantasy VII Remake, with 12 playthroughs. Doom Eternal had 10, and both The Last of Us Part II and Resident Evil 3 Remake had 9.

• The series that was played the most is Resident Evil with a whopping 29 playthroughs. Final Fantasy had 20 playthroughs, and despite not having an entry yet for this year, the Yakuza series had 10 playthroughs.

• The busiest month (compiled from those who have dated their entries or sectioned them by month, which is most of you) was January, with 69 total games played. April had 68, March had 66, June had 59 and February had 43.

I plan on making more detailed stats for the end of the year, but I didn’t want to do those now for the sake of spoilers.

Hey folks, it releases in Early Access on July 15th

I haven't been updating this thread because frankly I don't think anyone cares, but I figured this was big enough.

@paulmci27 To be fair, his replacement has been in the industry for almost as long, so if anyone's gonna take it back from the brink it's him.

This is colossal news

For those unaware, Andy has been in this industry for 29 years, a pretty much incomparable run. Games media will not be the same without him.

Whoa holy shit. Are these the most honorable mentions a game has gotten @Axel ?

Finally got around to this, so here are two of my favorite channels:

Defunctland

Youtube Video

It's a channel devoted to the history of amusement parks (and some television stuff), and it handles everything with great care. The production values are surprisingly high, and it manages to be both informative and wildly entertaining. The guy who runs it is also a big Jim Henson fan so there's a lot of great muppet stuff there.

ProZD

Youtube Video

I just love this man. He does a variety of videos, but his greatest draw is that he is unapologetically himself. He likes what he likes, and doesn't like what he doesn't like, and there's something very refreshing about that. There's a sincerity there that is really nice too.

I was planning on talking about some others but I lost interest halfway through, so I'll cap it at two for now.

Fascinating old press packet for Mario 64.