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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Sweeney Is Still Crying About Steam AI Disclosures⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Tencent bought 40% afaik, and they had several rounds since then.

Maybe Sweeney owns a controlling portion with a privileged share class, but I would be surprised if he owned a majority.

…You are not wrong though. I guess this wouldn’t be happening if he didn’t have absolute control.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Sweeney Is Still Crying About Steam AI Disclosures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
How do EGS’s investors let Tim use Twitter?

If I was at Tencent, Sony or whatever, I’d take his phone away. The sheer toxicity of this one person is unreal, and honestly just shutting him up would eliminate so much drama.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA: Ruin Everything⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

Now “Evil Dragons Exterminate Humanity While Humans and Demi-Humans Bicker Over Politics”! There’s a keeper

Wherever those BioWare employees land, they should do fantasy space opera, like Shadowrun.

Make it Mass-Effecty.

Both for something fresh, but also to spite EA.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA: Ruin Everything⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Look. I’m all for a new world.

But there’s nothing wrong with building on a good, existing constructed world, too. They can do both. You mentioned three publishers that did that quite successfully, at the top of this thread: Owlcat, Paradox, and especially Larian.

It’s also quite practical from a development perspective. It’s easier to pitch to get funding, you already have lore experts on the team, mechanics you don’t have to invent from scratch.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA: Ruin Everything⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
No it’s not. They can use the entire world they constructed, its history, and (for the players) all the nostalgia. And selectively bring back characters.

I mean, that immediately drew me into this trailer.

Halo is an entirely different beast. They could not let the MC/Cortana go like they are stuck to them with a ball and chain, but side stories in that world would have been interesting too.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA: Ruin Everything⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Mass Effect is a wonderfully constructed world; I disagree on you there.

I’d also argue ME3 is not the peak. The best gameplay, sure, but a more questionable campaign IMO.

You are not wrong about the story trajectory though. They wrote themselves into a corner with the Reaper arc, and that is done now. But I do think “Shepard-free, smaller story spinoffs” were the correct move, rather than trying to pick up a story that should be done (like Halo did).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google says it can build data centers the right way. Some experts and residents are skeptical⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
TBH that sounds better.

If Google wants to build datacenter projects that make more clean energy than they use? Somewhere it won’t bother people? Sure, why not. The buildout will slow some day, but we’ll still have all that infrastructure to use for power.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I keep the Zelda OLED for the forseeable future?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I say sell. 95% of the time, if you have to ask, you won’t need it; use that cash for something else, and let someone else use your Switch.

One caveat: my sibling’s Switch 2 broke soon after buying, and they had to wait a bit for an exchange.

So maybe keep the Switch one a bit, to make sure your Switch 2 is alright.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Falling with style⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Isn’t the Aston Martin Valkyrie sorta a homoligation special?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon delivers a prophecy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
With the direction things are going, it looks like GoG may get bought by someone else or just go bankrupt, sadly.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨good to know what can kill you in each state⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
And all around it! If you can see water, gators can get there.

One night, a bug gator spotted us, ran away and just started tearing up a neighbor’s patio trying to hide. I kept thinking they would open the door and find it right there.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨good to know what can kill you in each state⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Not many:

en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_fatal_alligator_attack…

They are everywhere in parts of Florida and Louisiana, though. When I was out walking the dog, I’d see them scurry across the street, or scamper into nearby bogs/lakes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fandom won’t allow adblockers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
+1

Honestly this should ship with many browsers, be a default for search engines and such.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do reverse thrusters work on an airplane, but a fan on a sailboat doesn't work?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Your confusion is justified. It shouldn’t work, all things equal.

I think it’s because the intake of a plane is more diffuse; it’s pulling air in from different directions. Meanwhile, the “reverse exhaust” is ejected from a smaller nozzle at higher temperature; it has a higher velocity, therefore more momentum to “push” the plane than the intake “pulling” it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skate has been de-live serviced by ReSkate, a modding platform downloaded 350,000 times—devs say they will comply if EA's lawyers come knocking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly, this is tempting me to buy Skate.

Is anyone here actually playing the mod?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech hobbyists, How are you avoiding the crazy prices for computers and newer tech?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Some things, like displays or audio equipment, haven’t inflated too drastically.

I’m thinking about getting a mirrorless camera for an upcoming vacation some family is taking me on. Those are inflating some, but the used market is healthy.

I did happen to FOMO buy some RAM and SSD before the apocalypse though. I didn’t think it would be this bad, but I got a funny feeling watching the news. I guess that counts as being “lucky.”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alia Domus: a pixel art survival RPG about rebuilding humanity on an unknown planet. Demo now available⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The trailer is so wholesome.

I will share some impulse thoughts:
- I love the SDV-style NPCs. Personality, their living; that’s such a draw.
- Love the look of resource gathering. Yes, I will mine some tin and chop some trees. Though I might suggest making these activities “interesting” with physics (like how trees will fall down and tumble in Valheim).
- All the animations are gorgeous.
- Love the variety of monsters. It feels alien.
- I have more mixed feelings about the style of traits. I know many are fans of ‘oldschool’ RPG systems, but I’m personally not.
- I’d prefer more of a ‘psyche’ and skill system like Rimworld or something.
- Combat is down to user taste.
- I’m sure many have told you this, but TBH, I’m unlikely to play a survival game like this if it’s just solo. But even if it had couch split screen, that’d be great; I could even stream the screen remotely.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
But more research into renewables (new solar cells, turbine designs, geothermal drilling techniques and such) makes them even more cost competitive, which puts immense pressure on fossil fuels.

It’s of course cheaper in some cases, but if renewables were drastically cheaper, I think lobbying would only get them so far.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well, yeah, I agree with that.

But I’d argue that it draws from the same limited funding pool as renewables and other climate-important research.

The latter is urgent. We will not get to the point of effectively utilizing fusion unless we stabilize the planet, so if we have to trade one for the other, I’d say the bulk should be diverted away from fusion.

It’s not that we shouldn’t research it, eventually. There’s lots of long horizon concerns. But factoring in the time horizon is very important, and reducing emissions is needed yesterday.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I see a lot of assumptions about fission here, but aren’t startups trying to make new reactors modular and quicker to assemble? Some even made in factories and transported to the site?

I wouldn’t stand in the way of that. It’ll get bought if it makes sense.

…Now. Fusion?

I think that’s a money black hole.

It’s cool in theory, kinda like living in space is cool in theory, but it solves problems that really aren’t that bad (storage, supply), leaves massive ones unsolved or worse (like higher neutron flux), all for a stupendous amount of research money into something that isn’t necessarily economical.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨103°F in Los Angeles all week⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I know scientifically minded people who view it both as ‘hysteria,’ and for what remains, something that geoengineering can solve in the future.

In other words, look up the WSJ article advocating for fossil fuel production maximization as a net economic optimization in the long term, as basically ‘better to maximize efficiency now, to better geoengineer solutions in the future.’

…I read geoengineering papers. They are horrific, as in “well, in our state-of-the-art-solution, maybe the ice caps will go extinct under acid rain and we’ll have to evacuate millions, and it’s still economically unfeasible, but maybe it will blunt things some?” I’m offended such arguments are being presented.

But I can see where those opinions come from. All the conspiracists are right.
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why has abortion faded from America’s national conversation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s just not the popular narrative now. People, in aggregate, tend to go with what’s presented to them and what’s trending, and abortion isn’t trending in algorithmic feeds:

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s scientifically priceless. For instance, a space telescope/excavation base on the dark side of the moon would be incredible.

…But realistically, that should be handled by drones.

The people pushing for expansion into space aren’t really technical; they don’t have a good scientific background. But they think they are because they’ve seen some sci-fi, and their egos are the size of the moon.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Since 2016, Obsidian has released 10 games. BGS released 2.

Grounded 2 is out in EA, seems to be close to release, and by all accounts is excellent.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Obsidian is doing fallout.

But under BGS now. To me, that is frightening.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They made a bunch of good RPGs/RPG-ish games, and a bunch of “mid” ones.

My personal favorite is Grounded. It does sorta feel like an Obsidian/BGS game, with its heavy implicit environmental storytelling, audio logs and such.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Halo was an attempt at a better direction, compared to 5.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Mojang must have a pretty strong contract, given how little they messed with Minecraft Java Edition.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Holy moly.

That is basically the worst case scenario, no?
- The absolute last thing Obsidian needs is more Bethesda.
- They should have folded Bethesda into Obsidian and given them TES/Fallout.
- The absolutely last last thing Halo needs is to be more like Call of Duty.
- They should have cut 343, and split the IP amongst specialized studios. Like an Arkane special ops stealth game, or a strictly multiplayer Activision game.
This is beyond even my worst expectations.