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Genshin Impact’s Sumeru Update Arrives Right As I Hit Live Service Burnout
1Burnout eventually comes for everyone who plays live service games. Still, I didn’t notice that my relationship with Genshin Impact was headed in that direction until I stopped logging in every day. The summer event felt bloated with lacklustre puzzles. The lore revelations never reached the epic heights that Enkanomiya or the Chasm once did.…
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Persona 5 Fanzine In Disarray After Lead Organiser Allegedly Embezzles Nearly $AU30,000
Last night, the creative team behind a highly anticipated fan-made Persona 5 anthology zine announced that its project lead had confessed to spending $27,600 CAD (approximately $AU29,569) of the zine’s funds for “personal use.” The money was originally intended for printing and shipping unofficial art and merchandise to customers. One of the fanzine’s artists claimed…
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Genshin Impact Update Makes Its Saddest Anime Boy Even Sadder
The most poignant lines in Genshin Impact’s latest update came when I discovered a bouquet of white flowers laid next to the bodies of dead Hilichurls. As I surveyed the grisly scene, the wanderer Dainsleif said, “The Inteyvat [flower] is a symbol for a wanderer far from home, signifying the tenderness of the homeland.” His…
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Genshin Impact’s Latest Event Requires Healers
The highly anticipated Genshin Impact event “Three Realms Gateway Offering” unlocked yesterday. Many fans are praising it for getting rid of content time-gates for the first time, which allows the gacha game to feel more like a traditional RPG where you can play at your own pace. However, while its approach to time is more…