korazail

@korazail@eviltoast.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA: Ruin Everything⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I fully believe there’s a huge amount of money and effort in making a studio – but it seems like killing off a known brand wholesale like this just should result in a new brand that is the successor.

  ‘Friendship ended with Bioware, Now OrganicWare is my best friend’ kind of energy. We were never there for EA’s involvement. We wanted These People*.

  *First link I found, you get the point, but it might not be accurate for the whole team.

  Gaming is getting harder with economy and silicon prices – but that means we can just take the stories we want to tell and do so without 4A graphics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries being social⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I fear for my kiddos because of this.

  It’s now feeling offensive to approach people in public for any reason. As a full grown adult who is married, I feel awkward approaching someone at like a library reading a book I’ve read - they don’t want the interruption, they aren’t here to meet people; I get that. I’m just wanting to share my experiences and maybe make a friend.

  Trying to find a partner is way harder.

  I go out of my way to be gregarious in public spaces because I don’t want the normal to be people trapped in their bubbles and never interacting with the rest of the world. I’ve found that people sometimes light up when they are talked to, and that keeps me doing it.

  I’m an introvert and it’s hard. You can do it too! Make small talk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's coming sooner than 2050⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  a federal crime

  I think most of us here know this, but the dmca broke the free market. Anyone who isn’t or has folks that aren’t (read time, 3 hours, including rabbit holes):

  eff.org/…/unintended-consequences-fifteen-years-u…

  This impacts the ability to fix or modify your own stuff, see Fulu, extend or enhance tools you already own, and repurpose items for things they can do but are not in the best interest of the company that sold them. Making it illegal to use a computer is akin to making it illegal to use a screwdriver.

  This is why every car has a screen now. They were able to lock out any unauthorized customization, repair, replacement, etc because there was a “digital lock” somewhere in the process and use that to force first-party parts, service and software and get a reliable post-market revenue stream. Don’t want your car advertising to you on startup? Too bad - disabling that is a crime.

  Especially as we head into an election moment in the US - reach out to candidates and ensure they are aware and know we are aware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays an RPG⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I call these things ‘speedrunner tools’ for exactly that reason. If you or I, as a normal player just playing the game, can beat the encounter without the tool but with some practice learning, then using it and wasting it feels bad, so we stop; and by the time we can beat the boss, we don’t need it. We’re also unlikely to revisit that boss.

  A speedrunner who has spent hours on a boss and knows the move set and when to punish, though. They can apply fire paper and rip the boss apart in seconds and be at the next boss before the buff wears off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays an RPG⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see this in other games too, and I call it the ‘speedrunner tool’.

  Normal players (me) get stomped by a boss a few times until they figure it out and can beat it without the buff (fire paper, lightning grease, etc); Maybe they use them, but then they run out and are never used again…

  Some players might use the buff and get an easier win; but if they don’t, then they are wasted and are hard or impossible to replace, so players learn to not rely on them.

  Speedrunners use lightning grease to kill the boss in 3 hits and are already halfway to the next boss before the buff runs out and already picked up the right buff item for that next boss. When your victory is all but guaranteed, the item makes it faster - otherwise it’s not really useful.

  I think Ethers in FF games as a trope kind of fit here too. Too valuable to waste, but if you can do it without them, then you didn’t need it unless you absolutely needed to kill that boss without using a tent or resting, etc, to save time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The good old days⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Boys (and girls) lose their jumping out of trees magic too. Getting older sucks.

  Keep that magic as long as you can. The more magic you use, the longer you get to keep it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant‼️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I really think this is it. Calling for a cab was an effort. pushing a button in an app that says, “I need a cab here” was the secret sauce Uber provided. That’s old news now. They also had a benefit of pricing while they had VC, but that’s evaporating.

  For the record, I don’t uber or equivalent. I either am or find a DD or “rideshare” with friends and family.

  I haven’t used them, but there are taxi apps that seem to hook into the less-predatory transport businesses. Pricing may not be as competitive, but that comes with the drivers earning a stable wage.