I would pay for AI-enhanced hardware…but I haven’t yet seen anything that AI is enhancing, just an emerging product being tacked on to everything they can for an added premium.

The only JRR Tolkien game I care about is the fully immersive VR experience where you tell bedtime stories to a young Christopher Tolkien who calls you out on any minor continuity errors you make.

“And we would’ve gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling bloggers.”

And when asked about a potential release window for Haunted Chocolatier in 2024 or 2025, Barone smiled, “Still gonna be a while. I won’t say.”