Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.

Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.

Excellent! I might check it out!

If I haven’t played in a year or so. Will there be any painful grind barriers to get to the 1999 content?

Super Mario 64 DS had you sitting at a poker table in a casino playing poker. New Super Mario Bros had the same poker game, but I’m not sure if that one was in a casino. PEGI rated both of them 3+.

Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros both include poker. PEGI rated them 3+.

Microsoft now installs games in an unprotected directory because people were so annoyed they couldn’t use the mods made for other storefronts.

It won’t go to SCOTUS because the AG would have to defend it for it to go anywhere.

It’s an interesting thing to consider. If someone lies all the time, is it inconsistent to distrust the positive things they say but take the bad at face value?

Part of the issue is that modern games are usually getting fixes right up to release. Pre-release reviews tend to focus on things that aren’t likely to ever change significantly, like design and writing.

It would be nice if they gave a summary of issues they saw with a disclaimer that they may get fixed instead of omitting that information entirely.

Washington Mutual didn’t get bailed out. The feds forced Chase to buy their accounts, making it less dramatic than Leeman.