Randy Pitchford says sifting through the loot in Borderlands 4 is tickling a fundamental part of you: 'Our brains need to do it, and our brains like doing it, and we’re better off when we do it'

Borderlands 4 close-up of the Psycho bandit mask. The character is gesturing toward the view with two fingers, like they're picking a fight, and stands out on a red background. .

Borderlands 4 is here, it's a hit, and… oh. On PC it continues to be plagued by performance issues, is currently sitting at "Mixed" reviews on Steam, and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford still has access to his X account and is still giving out bad advice.

Pitchford can't help himself, but he comes across way better in an actual conversation than his social media persona might suggest. He recently did an interview with the BBC to discuss Borderlands 4, and Gearbox's history more generally, in which he basically humblebrags about what Borderlands gets right, during which I think he claims it basically encapsulates the human experience?