jordanlund
@jordanlund@lemmy.world
- Comment on To Catch a Predator's Chris Hansen Planning Roblox Documentary, It's Claimed 1 day ago:
Chris Hansen? The guy who got caught cheating on his wife Chris Hansen?
- Comment on Work, work 3 days ago:
I used to sell books in a college town and one day, this guy came in looking a little… off. He was attempting to dress up, but his suit was maybe 20 years out of date.
He looked and sounded like a burnout case, what my friends and I called “crispy around the edges”, he was a little bit fried.
“Hey man, do you have any resume books?”
“Sure, they’re right over here.”
“Do you have one that can tell me how to cover a gap in my resume?”
“Well, sure, but it depends on how big of a gap and what you were doing.”
#“I TOOK TEN YEARS OFF TO FOLLOW THE DEAD!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
"You know, in a lot of other towns, that could count against you, but here? You could list that and have a hiring manager go “DUUUUUDE! I WAS THERE TOO! SANTA MONICA BABY!!!”
- Comment on Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games 5 days ago:
I guess, unless you played literally any other RPG up until that time. Every single plot twist had been telegraphed and done before by better games.
- Comment on I did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some. 5 days ago:
Distance lenses. Dashboard isn’t close enough for readers.
That was the problem with the bifocals, I’d look down and the dash was blurry.
- Comment on I did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some. 5 days ago:
I found I can’t do bifocals at all. When I’m reading, I need the whole lens. When I’m distance viewing, I need the whole lens.
So, two pairs it is!
- Comment on Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games 5 days ago:
The story was also hackneyed and utterly predictable. :(
- Comment on Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games 5 days ago:
Unlike Mass Effect, Dragon Age was never a good game. 1 looked like an OG Xbox game instead of 360 and 2 was just awful.
- Comment on There Will Never Be Another Conan O'Brien (Renzy) [13:15] 5 days ago:
Late Night ended when we lost Letterman, O’Brien, and Ferguson.
That being said, the best show for raw interviews was Bob Costas. 30 minutes, 2 chairs, and a guest. Going well? Cool, we’ll just tape another show and keep going.
- Comment on These shipping tape things 1 week ago:
Tape Gun.
- Comment on what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time? 1 week ago:
Ultima IV
Phantasy Star Online
Destiny (not Destiny 2) - Comment on 1 week ago:
Gen X, can’t actually remember the last time I bought a game.
Suikoden 1 & 2 on PS5? I think that was it.
I used to buy games all the time, but I won’t pay for a digital release I don’t own. Avowed? Digital only. Looked for Expedition 33, couldn’t find it on physical.
I’m not leaving gaming, gaming is leaving me.
- Comment on 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' 1 week ago:
The SkyHook action was pretty amazing, that’s the #1 thing I remember other than the design work.
- Comment on I should call her. 1 week ago:
Also why you don’t re-use needles:
- Comment on I wonder what this tree did to get that name. 1 week ago:
“My dog has no nose.”
“How does he smell?”
“Terrible!”
- Comment on 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' 1 week ago:
Infinite was a pretty high bar, they may have intimidated themselves.
I mean, Jesus, even Zero Punctuation liked it and he hates everything!
- Comment on Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years 1 week ago:
No, I have just been working in software development for 13 years.
If I spent six years on a project and could not demonstrate core functionality after all that time, I’d be fired too.
- Comment on Wow… Only in America… 1 week ago:
Gina Carano was cast as a popular character in the new Star Wars shows then got fired for saying a bunch of right wing bullshit on social media.
Apparently a lawsuit just settled.
But yeah, cop here is being a major dickweed. Hopefully never allowed to work in law enforcement ever, anywhere.
- Comment on Wow… Only in America… 1 week ago:
Weird the thumbnail is Gina Carano as Cara Dune from the Star Wars shows… There is nothing in the story or related links for her…
- Comment on Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years 1 week ago:
I’m not defending anyone, I’m attacking shitty game development.
When the first teaser came out, people went “Well, that’s pretty, but what’s the game?”
Then, reportedly, the whole thing was rebooted in 2021 and we still weren’t able to see what the game mechanic was.
I get it, it LOOKED great, but as a potential player I need to know what the actual fuck I’m doing. What’s the goal? What am I supposed to do? What are the tools I have to do that?
Everwild Devs: 🤷♂️
If the suits were screwing around and changing things, we STILL should have seen what the actual game was before and after the changes. We never did. Never will.
That’s not a corporate problem, it’s a development problem.
Compare that to a teaser for a game that actually released:
- Comment on Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years 1 week ago:
It shouldn’t take 6 years to demo a basic gameplay loop. If you don’t have a demonstrable gameplay loop after 6 years, yes, that’s a management problem, but it’s also a dev problem.
All we got to saw of Everwild was pretty, but it was never clear what the game actually was and the developer wasn’t clear either.
- Comment on Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years 1 week ago:
And apparently Everwild was officially dropped last month too.
Can’t say I’m surprised… after 6 years there was no gameplay footage and the impression was “Well, it’s pretty but what is the actual game?”
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Thanks I hate it 1 week ago:
If this is your job, you aren’t tracking 6 lids, you’re tracking all the lids, probably in an entire section of the city. Possibly hundreds. Being able to look at a glance and see if you’ve already done it is clutch.
Next time it’s time for a check, you put them back on the right way.
- Comment on Thanks I hate it 1 week ago:
Let’s say your job is to check whatever is under those lids. How do you best mark it as having been done so you don’t re-open the same panel multiple times?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
“Is Pepsi OK?”
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 week ago:
The first 100 or so PS1 games in 1995 and 1996 were in the long boxes, then they shifted to the CD cases.
- Comment on Former Dragon Age producer posts tell-all video about the messy birth of EA and BioWare's Anthem 1 week ago:
Anthem hurt because the initial demo looked so promising then the Alpha came out and absolutely shit the bed. I had been looking forward to playing what the demo showed. :(
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 week ago:
Yeah, at launch in 1995 they were all like that.
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 week ago:
It’s a holdover from the original PS1 long boxes:
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 1 week ago:
Fable 2 largely was just as good as one with one added bonus… for me at least.
The cutscenes were all done in engine, with all the same rules that the game has.
So running into the final boss fight, I had run out of healing items, so I ate ALL my food and drank ALL my beer and wine before starting the final fight.
Cut scene starts. Villain starts his villiain monologue as villains do. My character proceeds to puke all over his shoes.