Looks like if I want to play it I'll "find a way" to play it that doesn't involve giving them any money
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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It's been at least 10 years since I've played a PC game this way. Between the $80 price tags, vile CEOs, and still dealing with Denuvo in 2025, looks like it's time to sail the high seas again
I can't remember the last time I shelled out money for a game, I got so sick of paying for buggy, half finished games that I don't even own. If paying for something isn't ownership than piracy isn't stealing
I don't know why they let Randy be the face for Gearbox
Nearly every time he opens his mouth, something profoundly infuriating comes out
its pretty fucking incredible that he's still around after leaving a flash drive full of CP lying in a medieval times. the dumb shit that comes out of his mouth constantly is really just icing on that cake.
Yeah, when I saw this earlier today I thought "did everyone just forget about the USB stick?" 
There was also the time he astroturfed Battleborn porn, because there's no way anyone created that organically.
I think they proved it wasn't actually CP. But still, using a work flash drive to store porn and leaving a work flash drive around is very unprofessional and a major security violation, and would get most of us fired. Especially since Medieval Times is not a lunch break restaurant.
i admittedly have only read the wikipedia summary to refresh my memory but it doesn't mention any proof that it wasn't CP, and frames that as a claim by Pitchford himself who also claimed that the reason he had the porn was to study their porn tricks for his stage magic so im not exactly inclined to believe anything he claims about it.
I don't feel like going through the legal documents on this, but one of the sources cited on the Wikipedia summary seems to imply the plaintiff also admitted that he was exonerated there? I can't see any information on if the case was dropped before of after E-Discovery, because if it was after, the images would've certainly been investigated.
Yeah, I did a little googling but didnβt come up with much more than you did. My guess is that the claims of misunderstanding were part of whatever agreements they reached to drop the case. If it was something like loli hentai he could probably still worm his way out of criminal charges even post discovery.
He's also a big time creep.
Borderlands has always struck me as slop. Good systems but built around some of the most uninspiring design and "comedy" writing ever. I can't imagine paying $80 for that shit, I would barely consider paying 10 in a sale, maybe if my friends wanted to play it since its a coop game.
I guess that's what they're counting on. Groups of friends who will play 4 player and those groups will create social pressure to cough up the money or be left out.
It is slop, some of the most boring gameplay imaginable and a million different guns to collect to keep you playing in case you find the next one with a bigger number.
basically all the loot games are slop. I remember trying to play Diablo 4 after playing Hades at high heat. Going from that to one dodge roll per 10 seconds was pretty deflating.
Literally number go up the genre 
Woooah there buddy. Borderlands 2 was the shit. Rolling that Mad Max psycho Kreig and making it so that the more damage the more his damage output multiplies. Then making it so that he sets himself on fire before running into a hoard with a shotgun that shoots axes that explode into tinier axes which also explode. Borderlands 2 was a fun time. And it had drop in coop.
My partner enjoyed playing Lilith from the first game a lot more than Maya in the second unfortunately, but damn did I have a lot of fun playing Krieg. They did like their exploding axe weapon at least so there was that.
Not only is it slop, the whole series identity was stolen. You may remember early footage of Borderlands looking like every other brown shooter from the late 2000s
Then at some point Randy Pitchford watched the indie short animated film Codehunters and had a great idea.
βYeah Iβm good on $80 for a 2010-humor stuffed, far cry 3-carcinized, loot grinderβ he said, nervously glancing at dusk bloods for switch 2 on the distant horizon.
Guess I'm not a real fan.
give me 300 dollars and iβll considerβ CONSIDER allowing you to maybe claim to be a real fan
Another news about how Larian is the only big studio with a little of common sense.
That greasy bastard just cant help himself with saying stupid shit.
Yeah, I havent paid full price for a borderlands game since 2, and i'm not about to go back. They've never been worth even the 60$. A year later, getting the "game of the year" edition for 30$ is the only way to not be ripped off, and even then.
Why do Randy's always glisten in the sunlight? I've never met a Randy who could keep their shit together and not sweat constantly.
What?
goes back to playing Borderlands 1