If you’re a gamer, you’ve undoubtedly heard (over and over and over) that your well-honed skills don’t amount to much in the “real world.” A 12-year-old Norwegian boy has proved the naysayers wrong
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
I thought the boy killed the poor animal!
I thought moose was harmless!
"Hans, being the heroic older brother, distracted the moose while his sister ran to safety. [...] World of Warcraft players might recognize Hans’ behavior as the “taunt” maneuver used in the game to distract attackers away from poorly-equipped team members. Once Hans had the moose’s full attention, he used a tactic that he’d picked up after reaching level 30 in the game: he played dead."
Yeah, I can totally see the resemblance. If I shotgun this slush puppy and squint real tight. Then engage my imagination.
Boy shouts and plays dead, Holy hell, they gave warriors feign death. Now I wish I hadn't stopped tanking in WoW all that time ago. 4 years I waited for it.
Hmmm, on a related note, I once snuck into work late using a cardboard box, leapt out and snapped my bosses neck. Damn video games, teaching me skills and making me violent.
I once drew aggro on an entire pack of wild dogs, you don't see me wanting a medal.
of forest pansies.
You want to sh1t your pants? Meet up with me randomly in the forest.
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Considering he lives in Norway, I know for a fact northern countries have this as common knowledge since coming across a moose or even a bear isn't rare (depending where you live) so they probably get taught early on a few basics of survival, they need it.
But it isn't impossible. Videogames have been proven to TEACH and improve certain cognitive aspects (such as reaction speed, awareness and pattern / puzzle solving)