Learning about business through procedural generated hype

A couple of weeks have passed since the release of No Man's Sky and it's safe to say that things have gone less than expected for both prospective players and developer Hello Games. I did not bother purchasing the game due to the lack of pre-release reviews and the litany of scathing reviews from day one and onward. But I must say that the release of what some argue is the most hyped game of all time has had a silver lining, at least for me. I've learned a lot about the core of keeping a business alive through watching Hello Games flounder through this.

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I just played Fractured Space

I was very excited when I booted up Steam last weekend and saw that Fractured Space was free to play. It's one of many space born in the space-sim boom created by Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous. I had read about this particular game in a couple “If you like spaceships try these games!” style articles and it looked really great for an Alpha. I had a lot of fun trying this game out but like a lot of the popular PC games these days, Fractured Space suffers from being an Alpha.

Oh Hello there,
my name is John and if you are here it means you are probably some sort of acquaintance of mine that I've gotten to look at my new blog, possibly under protest or duress and for that I am sorry. We live a pretty full and well rounded geek life around here, and I will be doing my best to share that Geeky life with you. On this blog there will be reviews of comics, games, movies, and shows, I will discuss things and it will be informative. If you are looking to geek up your life a little bit, this is the place where you can get a good solid grasp on what's what. Sorry first blog posts are so awkward, but it's like loosing your arm in a lightsaber fight, it happens pretty fast and when its done it's done. Welcome, stick around for a while I'm just getting started. 
-John