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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game companies see share prices plummet following the launch of Google's very limited virtual world generator, Project Genie⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve already begun to rebound, but with GTA6 allegedly around the corner, this was a pretty good chance to pick up take 2 stock.

  That being said, as we can all see, genie 3 is less like a game maker and more like “real time video generation from a base image with limited interaction for 60 seconds” wherein a user can move a camera around and maybe there’s a character that camera is centered on. It’s not anything that’s going to compete with a real video game. There’s no interaction, at best objects can crash into each other, sometimes, while others they act… Strangely. There’s no inputs allowing for any sort of user action other that camera movement and camera focus movement. It will strongly resist deviating from the initial image generation. And the classic AI concept of “everything is uncanny and also changes every time you look at it with no consistency” is there, too. You wanna see a cat that has a different number of legs every time the camera circles around? A boar whose butt is sometimes a head? Go ahead and use this “world explorer”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard Entertainment dates ‘next chapter’ reveals for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Having met the guy while working at activision this does not surprise me even a little bit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Austrian Supreme Court rules that FIFA loot boxes are not gambling⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 100% with you that’s clearly, demonstrably bullshit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Austrian Supreme Court rules that FIFA loot boxes are not gambling⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t read the article, but the argument made in the past for these things has been “The prizes have no value and there is no way to ‘cash out’ therefore it’s not gambling.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC game recommendation for my partner and I⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I will toss in, don’t starve together is very much NOT beginner friendly. Playing with someone less experienced with video games can turn into effectively playing with one hand behind your back as you try to cover the needs for both of you, the world is threatening, and the penalty for death is high. Might not be well suited to what you’re looking for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m borderline necroposting, but I just picked up humble’s decked out collection (still available for a little over a week) and noticed Haste, which looks like it has very tasty movement and might be up your alley.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon catches a glimpse of his own mortality⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s just smaller hitboxes, bro.

  But seriously, I think it would take some (probably modest) backing from another world power. Realistically China, maybe Russia, though China has been burned by NK before and Russia doesn’t have anything to give right now. I think the most likely scenario is that the regime sees a waning SK as a chance and goes for it, whether it’s a sane thing to do or not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon catches a glimpse of his own mortality⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I will say, with SK having the lowest birthrates in the world, and the general xenophobia and attitude towards immigration in eastern Asia, I’m expecting SK’s military readiness to degrade significantly over the next 10 years. NK outliving SK was never on my bingo card before, but… Something’s gotta change or it’s going to get bad over there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also the CEO showing up to an event hyping the game in a “Make FPS Great Again” hat was a pretty big turn off to a lot of people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 530 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This may go without saying, but if you’re enjoying starbound you’ll probably have more fun with terraria. For years I wanted starbound to be a spiritual successor and generally better game, but it simply isn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For a long time, it was Ukraine. They’re busy with something else now, for some reason

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions some decisions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was reading that one as sarcastic, despite lack of /s And USAID is a decent counterpoint. The US HAS done good things! We’ve also done a HUGE amount of horrible ones and atrocities. Also we’ve got a habit of ALMOST eradicating some of the worst diseases of all time from the face of the planet and then going “ehhhh, it’s the third world’s problem now” so they can come back some years later despite having done 95% of the work.

  In the same way that billionaires can do good things, the US can do good things and still be bad. We are absolutely capable of being good. This is a choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions some decisions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ehhhh, we had a perception as the big damn heroes after tipping the scales in WW2 and then with the founding of the UN, being the only member state that wasn’t devastated by WW2, positioning us as the de facto enforcer. There was some very limited good work done in that context that got good press in Europe. But we were also overthrowing democratic south American nations nonstop during that time… And everything since…

  There have been times that others thought we were the good guys, but they were probably just wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Outstanding game. Easy recommend if you haven’t played it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WERG WERG WERG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He was my lover!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard good things about, but not myself played, Penny’s Big Breakaway, might be worth looking into, it’s got a demo on steam. I think it’s the game closest to your list I’m aware of. In terms of slightly different 3D platformers that MAY be to your taste: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a step away from the others in your list in terms of movement styles, as a spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio, but is a proper 3D platformer, and the music is really good. Exploring each new area is the primary gameplay loop, with some limited combat that isn’t really the focus. Mirror’s Edge is a first person platformer with focus on going fast. The movement is surprisingly good for a first person game, and I’ve enjoyed going back and running time trials, as every level has a ton of very non obvious alternate routes that involve taking advantage of all your movement options (ie: wall jumping in a space you may not have realized was even an option, rather than going up stairs) Neon White is probably the furthest from what you’re looking for, but is one I’m a big fan of. Another first person platformer with short, timed stages, and ratings at the end. Killing enemies gives cards that can be used for attacks or movement. The dialogue is all extremely cringe (and deliberately so)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any games I missed in the last 21 months?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds interesting! I’ll have to look into those, thanks for the mention! That last bit, I think, is what kills it for me at the higher stakes, I like having the POTENTIAL for victory every run. Having an occasional impossible run isn’t the end of the world, but when it’s more assured losses than potential wins, there’s a line

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any games I missed in the last 21 months?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof. I’ve played a lot of Balatro, but I finished blue stake and went “any more than this stops being fun.” Can’t imagine going all the way to gold for every deck. Is it just a completionist thing? Or is the challenge of it fun for you in moment to moment gameplay?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actual theft ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bro absolutely had ADHD. No doubt in my mind

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon wants to make a movie (part 2)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t wait to remove the ladders from the pool Bezos is swimming in and then have Zucc bottom for the grim reaper to keep him from dying. Zucc is pregnant now. This happens every day. Elon is of course locked in the basement with all the babies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hell Let Loose: Vietnam - Official Gameplay Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not gonna lie, I’m not that big on shooters these days, but after HLL was free on epic I did have a bunch of fun with some friends playing it, intermittently getting into character, begging the squad medic to help me so I could go home to my darling Betsy. I don’t want to die like this, on some kraut battlefield an ocean away from her. Take care of Betsy for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that showed them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. Consent is so fucking hot. For so many reasons

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. It’s disheartening when the game has clearly had its design compromised, making a worse game to accommodate microtransactions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t Valhalla the one that had “time saver” microtransactions?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon travels overseas⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Having just come back to the US from Europe, I immediately miss nutriscore on groceries. A to E letter grades for the purpose of comparing two similar products to tell which are higher in sugar/salts/saturated fatty acids and which have more protein/fiber/fruits/vegetables/healthy oils. It was so nice picking up, say, two boxes of cereal and going “oh. This one is full of garbage and this one isn’t.” Not a perfect system, but a very valuable one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokmeon Pokopia's retail release will be a game-key card⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s already the case for like 75% of pokemon games since the 3ds eShop closed, iirc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokmeon Pokopia's retail release will be a game-key card⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Worse. You need to use the card to play the game, even though it’s just a key to unlock downloading the game. Worst of both worlds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly something in the style of X, or, even better, Zero minus the screen crunch and low quality audio of the gba, would put joy in my heart. Still holding out hope the fan game megaman x corrupted comes out ever

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Zero 5, in which Ciel finds the legendary hero nobody cared about enough to look for: Axl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People were hoping it was a stealth megaman game, but I’m pretty sure someone at capcom came out and said it isn’t