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Valentine’s Eve or Game Pass Dump Day? Why February 13 is 'Busy' for All the Wrong Reasons

BREAKING NEWS 💀 Rogue The Skeptic The Great Subscription Distraction: February 13th Edition Lock your doors and hide your wallets, because Microsoft is about to perform its favorite magic trick: the Game Pass Dump . According to the hype-peddlers over at GameRant, February 13 is going to be a 'super busy day' for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. I don’t know about you, but when a corporation tells me I’m going to be 'busy' with their product, I usually start checking my pockets to see what’s missing. It’s the day before Valentine’s Day, which I assume is Microsoft’s way of saying, 'We know you’re single, so here’s some digital clutter to keep the crushing loneliness at bay.' Let’s be real: 'Busy' is PR-speak for 'We’re dropping a bunch of stuff at once so you don’t notice that half of it is filler.' It’s the buffet strategy. Sure, ther...

Blizzard’s Desperate Play: The Villainous Threesome Nobody Asked For

BREAKING NEWS 💀 Rogue The Skeptic The 'Big' Lore Drop: A Narrative Band-Aid for a Sinking Ship Oh, look. Blizzard is doing that thing again. You know the one—where the player base starts grumbling about the lack of 6v6, the balance nightmares, and the ghost of the canceled PvE mode, so they dangle a shiny piece of 'lore' in front of us like we’re a bunch of easily distracted kittens. This week’s flavor of distraction? A 'major' revelation that Talon, Deadlock, and Hashimoto have formed a super-secret, super-edgy alliance. Groundbreaking. Truly. I haven’t seen a 'bad guys teaming up' trope this original since the last time I watched a Saturday morning cartoon in 1994. Let’s be real: calling this a 'major lore drop' is like calling a single raindrop a hurricane. According to the latest reports from esports.gg , we’re supposed to ...

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