taiyang

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today’s layoffs (Epic Games official post)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kind of wild but Fortnite makes (or made?) way more money than UE royalties, like magnitudes more. UE is a boon to the industry to be sure, but somehow 5% of games’ revenue simply isn’t the same as insane people spending money on stupid skins and dances.

  Now is UE was used for 20 games as big as Fortnite, they’d be fine but most AAA companies won’t use UE if they expect a huge haul, with a few exceptions of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨betrayal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fake, since real Minecraft fans very much were not into it. Unless they’re kids, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capcom says it 'will not implement assets generated by AI into our game content,' but still plans to use AI to 'enhance efficiency and boost productivity' in game development⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like they’re just covering their asses because the c-suite wants their AI summaries in emails and shit, but the devs know using it for anything is creative suicide. That, and maybe localization still wants their AI tools, which predate LLMs but probably get lumped in anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨workplace enrichment activities⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, Riolu doesn’t get their weakness to fire until after their evolution! Plus, he’s wearing his protective Focus Sash, so he’ll be fine (assuming he doesn’t get severe oil BRNs)!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨so i have an ultimatum...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Real question while we shitpost; if they require a 4 second video can you just wear a disguise for fun? I’ve got neat prosthetics I don’t get to use often.

  And if so, which aspects are best to cover up? Bushy unibrow? Demon contacts? Pointy ears? Crazy nose? Forehead ridges?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ShitpostID: 4185519047⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just likes but also… whatever threads calls a retweet. What human being freely echoes an advertisement? Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen it in reverse; people who saw the initial yassification of characters they admittedly didn’t really know we’re impressed by the “rendering” but after a few days, have realized that perhaps it isn’t the creative intent to make everyone look like AI slop.

  Plus even if the tech ends up being good, the demonstration (and subsequent response) is very much not. Shadows getting washed out, people’s arms disappearing, and other things, people looking it over realize it’s not even doing what it wants to do.

  Maybe it’ll work out when the creators have control over it and can prevent it from undoing important stuff, like a character’s plot related scars or lighting effects used to show players where to go, but that’s all suspect until proven otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nationalism tells you your nation is what to be proud of, but that’s dangerous and manipulative.

  Instead, focus on the people. You can be proud of the people who are protesting, people who are running secret grocery runs for people hiding from ICE, people promoting progressive or scientific thought in threatened educational spaces, and so on.

  There are still plenty of us left in the US, some against our will, and you can still be proud of them for still trying when so many others have given up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My Internet is significantly not conservative, hehe. But yes, yes they did and it’s depressing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This clears things up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We all know what happened to Lincoln’s eagle-griffin but what ever happened to his sword, the Emancipator? He didn’t have it on him during his assassination, but it wasn’t at the White House either…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I looked at some of the demo images and if it reads old lady, it decides to quintuple the wrinkles and go full witch. But otherwise, yeah, whore gun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put the shoes on⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even more true if you’re one of many who remove shoes in the house. Shoes are an outside thing only and if they’re the only thing you have on, something has gone tricky terribly awry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fascism bad.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good question, but it’s technically not sociology so… maybe not? Oh wait no, psychologists also acknowledge racism as existing so probably illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fascism bad.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Since we’re sharing fun facts, conservatism and authoritarianism is unsurprisingly correlated with high levels of obedience in things like the Milgrim shock experiment replications. Something akin to 90% compared to the original 60% (which was already quite high since they only had white men at the time).

  They’re also more likely to choose selfish options in things like the prisoners dilemma, too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its Over 😔⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the 21st century, if your friend doesn’t send a meme without any context at random intervals, are they really your friend?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw one other person mention RetroAchevements and I second their love for adding it to older games-- in these cases, though, they’re a passion projects by fans and while they maintain a leaderboard, the main thing to be is it legitimizes some retro gaming by disabling save states and cheats while still having sets for modded games. I think it sets a good standard for what the industry should be doing.

  For instance, it checks those boxes; it’s opt-in by default and there are privacy options, although hardcore mode requires rich presence for enforcement of the rules. There’s still the softcore option though. The sets have rules about what you can make, leaving grindy and multiplayer stuff as subsets. And again, modded/hacked roms get support, since all it takes is a user wanting to develop it (except Pokemon Clover, that’s banned for pretty good reasons lol)

  At this point, it feels more legit than Steam, Xbox or PlayStation achievements. If the industry adopted a similar model, most of your concerns would be addressed although it’s likely impossible since developers often have to write achievement code that fits all platforms.

  (Oh, and if you can’t tell, my answers to the questions, mod use makes it irrelevant on PC and permanence does matter to me, although not for any good reason: RA badges are nice to look at. Lol)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird Asian hack for ya, Avo + soy sauce on rice is weirdly very good. Wife does that sometimes, sometimes with other stuff like natto.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 594 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s my first time with it. Even as a check list it’s an insane amount of content. I’ll need a detox with something smaller afterwards!

  Also, I like the hard stuff but subsets help keep that sorted so it doesn’t scare people away. White 2 has a challenge mode that was bugged at release but the RA patch fixes it. It’s not too hard and it’s kinda fun being challenged in Pokemon for once since I used to play competitively and actually know some strategy, haha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 594 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice, totally with you on using RA as a checklist for these games (especially after multiset). It feels a bit more guided, especially as they add more and more gimmicks over the years. In post game, it’s practically essential.

  White 2 is still kicking my butt because it’s just so, so much stuff. Emerald at least is probably a bit more tame. I’ve still got to beat battle subways, star in movies, beat the Elite 4 with every type, and do every post game tournament including battles with all previous games gym leaders… Plus a 400+ Pokemon capture/evolve/breed list which is just the White 2 only dex entries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith II⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interestingly your link doesn’t mention use of color or lack there of. It does say elsewhere that you shouldn’t do it for decoration, though.

  That said, things like this are more dictated by the journal you publish to and a thesis has to imitate that. Solution? Graduate and start a journal that requires beautiful color tables, lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game over⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hehe, ok but I’m not sure what the intermediary is between those. I have much better options that are cheaper and tastier, at least for now (although 8 dollar chicken burritos are up to 12 now after obvious 2025 reasons… sigh).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game over⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, you’re right. Chipotle isn’t the highest grade food but there’s a reason it’s in a category above, say, Taco Bell. It’s servings are a little big, but it’s not unhealthy per se, except some of the more gimmicky items like “queso”, lol.

  They do have a bad rep, but the hoopla about it giving you diarrhea is probably more because it sits out too long and/or spicy; fast casual is basically pre-prepped lower tier casual chain restaurant food (e.g. Olive Garden, Applebee’s, or whatever).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh no⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of something that’s been on my mind for several days now. I spotted in my rear view mirror a driver and their passenger having a conversation in sign language while driving.

  I never once thought about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The snow drifts in my yard from yesterdays storm⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, to be one with mother nature…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m near SpaceX in CA and see plenty of men in them because SpaceX purchased a bunch for company cars when Tesla couldn’t sell them.

  Also it’s really weird to see like, 8 of them in one place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mewgenics becomes the most-played roguelite ever on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article is bunk, but oddly enough the all time high by Steamdb suggests it’s around tied with DST, Megabonk, Hades II, and a few others at 115k-ish.

  Nightreign, as AAA go, 313k at peak, lol.

  You can still tell the article is bunk for comparing it to Stray as a cat game. Oh yeah, sure, while we’re at it let’s compare to Hello Kitty Island players, eh? AI logic. Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mewgenics becomes the most-played roguelite ever on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article is talking about concurrent play, which generally peaks near release for all genres, with a few exceptions (like Hollow Knights sleeper numbers). Isaac came out when there was relatively fewer players and it’s a slow growth, so the original probably didn’t have a very high concurrent count.

  The remake is around 70k peak, although it’s oddly high at 20k right now, perhaps because if Mewgenics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Typo, or likely auto correct for FFXVI. Yup, was autocorrect, as it just did it again just now lol. I’ll correct it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony-led program offers PS5 rentals starting at $13.50 a month in the UK across 12, 24, or 36-month leases — console has to be returned at the end of the contract⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s already a vendor for that. They already kinda do that with Chromebooks at schools, and work computers are sometimes lent out to workers including those with beefy hardware. Doing it strictly for gaming wouldn’t be that much of a stretch lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really short article but kind of an interesting point. To be quite fair, the games don’t just take very long to produce but their appeal keeps shifting towards more adult themes so younger players might not even play them. FFXIV was basically Game of Thrones and prior to that you had… whatever the fuck FFXV was what with a road trip royal theme? Hell, even DQ12 was announced to have adult themes.

  DQ spinoffs have a better shot but they haven’t been particularly good and FF spinoffs are money grabs, so there’s that too. The article points to more popular franchises in Japan like Pokemon, although at my kids are literally watching Pokemon TV designed for toddlers, that’s kinda cheating with how everywhere that franchise is, lol.