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Warhorse Studios' Daniel Vávra just unloaded on Sweet Baby Inc. and the entire concept of AAA "narrative consulting." Vávra questions the experience, credentials and previous work of consultants brought in to advise developers working on games costing hundreds of millions of dollars. His basic question: WHY are massive AAA studios paying these people to tell experienced developers how to make their games? Sources: - https://x.com/ALegendaryDrops/status/2099725718271787169 - https://x.com/Mangalawyer/status/2099627493489565767 - https://x.com/DanielVavra/status/2099998607105507562 - https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/2100029655810203807 - https://x.com/Knights_Path/status/2099888263364239745 - https://x.com/Sir_Dammed/status/2100093081672413190 - https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/2099981242599153834 - https://x.com/GiveMeBanHammer/status/2100044878650692041 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2099731641715351756

THIS CANNOT HAPPEN. We're looking at Wolverine's QTE extended motorcycle sequence where you can PUT THE CONTROLLER DOWN and watch the game continue playing itself. And this was on the HARDEST difficulty. What are we doing, Insomniac? For a massive AAA game, this is some of the most embarrassingly hands-off "gameplay" I've seen. Sources; - https://x.com/eadiaz57/status/2099929713003081875 - https://x.com/rickyberwick/status/2099930711486587278 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2099859241813295522 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2099918850083164336 - https://x.com/Windpress/status/2099833361761964090 - https://x.com/fwprism/status/2099994836007088337 - https://x.com/GundamIsHere/status/2099984122437308457 - https://x.com/Tectone/status/2099976087803465754 - https://x.com/NikTek/status/2099882468555837901 - https://x.com/_Hero_Hei_/status/2099933436689735865 - https://x.com/MichaelDoesLife/status/2099999570092544482 - https://x.com/ShitpostRock/status/2099863053848461637

Ikumi Nakamura invited Elon Musk to try KEMURI during Tokyo Game Show... and apparently this is a crisis now. Kotaku says she's “breaking fans' hearts,” attacks Musk throughout the article and ultimately BEGS Nakamura to “leave that man alone.” Meanwhile, Nakamura says she simply wants to find out whether Musk is genuinely same kind of “OTAKU” as them. Gaming journalism is once agani having a completely normal one, guys. Sources: - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2099550420200988685 - https://kotaku.com/ikumi-nakamura-elon-musk-kemuri-unseen-tokyo-game-show-2000734245 - https://x.com/nakamura193/status/2099005569151737952 - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2099529625634230316 - https://x.com/HAmorata/status/2099595747960504595 - https://x.com/MugenLord/status/2099538871813881936 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2099652897760006290 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2099544132440244260 - https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2099584983681626140 - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2099532827973067115

Marathon continues its pursuit... of PLAYERS. A massive unverified leak claims Bungie could take Marathon FREE TO PLAY in December alongside a huge overhaul featuring permanent PvE, new progression systems, factions, redesigned maps and much more. Bungie has NOT confirmed the F2P claim. But after months of declining players, delays and experimentation, December could become Marathon's biggest attempt yet at finding an audience. Sources; - https://steamdb.info/app/3065800/charts/ - https://steamdb.info/app/1085660/charts/ - https://x.com/LukeCB14/status/2099936957371396268 - https://x.com/LegendOfAK/status/2099989116158947722 - https://x.com/PolishTamales/status/2099921422663729449 - https://x.com/Levonaxper/status/2099898487106146693 - https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/2099858147691184290 - https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/09/15/long-marathon-season-3-delay-has-echoes-of-destiny-2s-end-worry-fans/ - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2099992304866209862 Thumbnail by @NobodyHasSpoken

Something VERY strange is happening with Wolverine's marketing. Sponsored #Ad posts are praising the game, but some appear to use essentially the SAME review across different accounts and languages. Then Insomniac's own accounts are amplifying promotional praise for the game. Are these actually independent opinions, localized marketing copy, or something else entirely? We're going through the receipts because this deserves an explanation. Sources; - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2099629658941886881 - https://x.com/GamesAndWario/status/2099619345294819471 - https://x.com/Leonel_Gun/status/2099711297101136293 - https://x.com/JamesStevenson/status/2099729853054661011 - https://youtu.be/0jEEIDKwjUI?si=8Y8tz8hxmnixinwu - https://x.com/NikTek/status/2099061292191387654 - https://x.com/BlooHook/status/2098720634339504506 - https://x.com/RinoTheBouncer/status/2098715023090540913 - https://x.com/Levonaxper/status/2099550294157693215 - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2099350844219035880

Sweet Baby Inc. IS credited on Marvel's Wolverine. But there's something much more interesting hiding in those credits. Of the SBI names listed, only 3 still appear to be working there, while the company has reportedly shrunk dramatically from its previous size. That also suggests much of SBI's Wolverine work may have happened quite some time ago. And after Wolverine's reception? Apparently all that narrative consulting couldn't consult the game out of its problems. Sources: - https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/2099617042064429564 - https://x.com/Gazz_54/status/2099667068819788000 - https://x.com/TheBuddyCassius/status/2099631450429755834 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2000970292336976118 - https://x.com/Mangalawyer/status/2099627493489565767 - https://x.com/ComicBookBob1/status/2099692016711909800 - https://x.com/SporgSensei/status/2099692412671046085 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/1971684569696157989 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2092722437188182095

Jacksepticeye is facing major backlash online over his comments involving Charlie Kirk. There's a difference between dark humor and rhetoric people reasonably interpret as making light of real political violence. Calling something a “joke” doesn't automatically make it harmless. I'm going through exactly what Jack said, the reaction online, and why so many people believe this crossed the line. Sources; - https://x.com/ChiefTrumpster/status/2098998366722007148 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2099161104568274974 - https://x.com/The_Diablo13/status/2099130378627809469 - https://x.com/virgovirtue25/status/2099162982081257605 - https://x.com/WiggerMaggot/status/2099138050353729786 - https://x.com/BitterBakeneko/status/2099168922947781006 - https://x.com/MorningStarVtv/status/2099208468913606999 - https://x.com/pureMetatron/status/2099269428458221777 - https://x.com/DramaAlert/status/1862228929894924773 - https://x.com/8biteric/status/2099260043686265318 - https://x.com/AI_EmeraldApple/status/2099187992716099860 - https://x.com/Grxit/status/2099177871939957058 - https://x.com/Awk20000/status/2099182151531151440