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Hey look on a personal taste level that's fair. Just noting they have had a solid year from a critical standpoint

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They've been focused on PC app last two years I feel like. Be in the insider program and it's regular updates. Think the ally x was a big motivator.

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Forza Horizon Halo: Campaign Evolved Minecraft Dungeons 2 Gears of War: E Day Coming soon: Fable Come on man, this is like one of the best periods game wise they've had in years.

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I'm playing on a PC with a 4080 Super and a 4K Oled monitor. My god man. It looks astounding.

And sure it seems weird to do, but they also just had a movie last year that made near a billion dollars plus Fallout being a good success and Gears I guess finally starting to move foward on netflix, it probably makes sense to put a structure aroud this

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Eh thats rough to say during one of their best periods they are having. Forza Horizon Halo: Campaign Evolved Minecraft Dungeons 2 Gears: E Day Coming soon: Fable

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AI isn't perfect. It's a combination of critical thinking by the prompter and the knowledge provided by the AI model that, combined, is how you get powerful results. My job has Claude integrated, and it's completely changed my workflow. The first and last 20% of a task are made much simplier.

What a weird reaction to a conversation

What was your prompt? Seems a movie with a similar or same name existed. It's not "wrong' information. It's not the information you wanted. There is a difference.

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One can use it and not depend on it. Not gonna sit here and carry water for AI but clearly there are powerful use cases whether you choose to believe it or not Using it only as a glorified search engine is a bare minimum example.

The "never AI" position is just a bit dramatic.

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Xbox Entertainment Studios - Wikipedia

To be more clear they had a film and tv division briefly. Xbox Entertainment Studios - Wikipedia share.google/CXWbjWd7SQUB...

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Yeah this constant "they don't release games" silly. This one of the strongest 12 month period they have had in a while

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Well they used to have one then they closed it

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Hey, look, maybe I've made spelling errors in my presentations pre AI that I don't catch until I'm literally reading the slide at the meeting. This could've easily been a last minute edit that someone just botched before they had to go live.

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Being a bit dramatic but not gonna hold water for any company. But it works fine.

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I get it...we all hate AI but this isn't a 2026 AI mistake. Def would agree some lower level worker or something.

For what it's worth ain't no way copilot misspelling a word in this capacity.

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Which is great cause Trunk or Treat waits for no man.

As a long time Gears fan, its just nice seeing the IP return to form in a way that resonates with long term fans and more casual Gears players. Good job Coalition. Hopefully Asha sees the value of the team.

DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Game modes also won't be working on disc. This is more an issue with My career rewiring online due to in game currency you own. Which is def BS.

DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Politics and a fascist government have remained key parts of gears lore. I think people underappreciated these aspects 20 years ago when they didn't get hit over the head with it.

DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kojima will return in Avengers: Doomsday

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U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @usmnt.ussoccer.com · 04/10/2026

As a NYRB fan and big fan of Jesse's growth over the years, man. He's killed any empathy i had for him not getting the job lol

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CAVAN SULLIVAN THAT IS PREPOSTEROUS! #USMNT x VW

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U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @usmnt.ussoccer.com · 04/10/2026

THREE GOALS IN THREE GAMES FOR JULIAN HALL!

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Imo this is ideal situation for him. Don't need to see him dribble. Just need him in-between the posts.

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Yeah saw the post with rationale. Samsung EOL'ing my old TV was wild given the OS problems. My newer one is better at least. Appreciate returning to my comment tho!

Ive felt like the buggy updates of early years have smoothed out greatly. Was expecting bugs with the new OS but so far so good

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

No wonder this got flagged as spam.

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My role at my company since my team adopted Claude has allowed my team to put more of our focus time on strategic/revenue work vs administrative tasks. Look, every job is different but we're actually increasing our hiring even as company full adopted Claude.

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah a lil bit of AI Boogeyman existing right now, which I get. But people expecting teams to not us AI workflows imo are just unfamiliar with how it functions and how it helps without necessarily replacing employees. GenAI art work is what makes me cringe tho.

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Agreed here. I described how it felt effortless in the first two episodes.

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One liners are what MAKES Gears and its also why my idea back during Gears 3 of Duke Nukem as a DLC character seems like a match made in heaven. Maybe one day.

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@jezcorden.com i find it hard to believe Xbox is artificially EOLing the app for Samsung tvs up until 2020 as a cost saving move. My take is Samsung ended update supports for these devices (I was impacted before I upgraded) and wonder if this has complicated how Microsoft can roll out updates

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nah was very easy to get turned around esp after a break. A bit like a metrovania in that way

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Paul Tenorio @paultenorio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tim Ream, 2026 World Cup captain, announces his retirement from the #USMNT. "I know I’ve said in the past that I won’t retire from the (USMNT) until I retire completely from the game. But the kids are getting younger ... and I don’t mean my own kids." www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

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Tim Ream, USMNT World Cup captain, announces retirement from international soccer (Gift Article)

Ream was honored prior to the USMNT's friendly vs. Chile in his hometown of St. Louis

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I fear the reviewer didn't really review this from the perspective of the target demo, which isn't the Diablo player. 6 is fine but the summary kinda missed the point, this is intentionally simple by design to be a game young kids can play with their parents.

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Windows Central @windowscentral.com · 29/09/2026

Xbox's disc-to-digital feature has been in insider testing for about a month now, and momentum is picking up as SEGA seems to have joined in. Now we're just waiting for Bandai Namco and Square Enix to follow.

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Xbox's 'Disc to Digital' program expands again as SEGA joins a growing list of supported publishers

SEGA appears to have joined Xbox’s disc-to-digital program as Microsoft streamlines the process and support grows to 1,585 games.

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DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Daredevil season 3 wasn't cancelled. The 3rd season will be the last season.

DougBFresh @dougbfresh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

same, was really enjoyable watching it again in IMAX