MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them? 9 hours ago:
It sounds like you want a clear set of rules as to what defines every possible genre of music, which does not and cannot exist.
Genres are largely subjective and only exist for the purpose of subjective comparison. Anyone can create a new genre by taking some elements common to several pieces of music and labelling that as a genre - there’s no master list or governing body that decides exactly what constitutes ‘art rock’. It just is.
- Comment on Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts 3 days ago:
Fuck off, sincerely. It’s hard enough out there for game devs as it is without heartless idiots online celebrating the demise of their studios.
- Comment on Two former Polygon editors say they are launching Mothership, a new game publication, on January 26, to analyze games through the lens of gender and identity 1 week ago:
Curious what about this new publication makes you label it a tabloid? Based on the description so far it doesn’t sound sensationalist at all.
You’ll find reviews, criticism, and opinion stories, as well as articles about how games are made and marketed. You’ll get investigative reporting on the people who make games in an era when “DEI” is on the wane. You’ll read historical deep dives on the games and creators that paved the way, especially those that didn’t get due credit way back then.
- Comment on Anon thinks about wheat 1 week ago:
I’ve got a pack of pearl barley in the cupboard right now; it’s delicious.
- Comment on The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK 3 weeks ago:
You’re confusing design failure with failure in the broader, catastrophic sense.
As Picard said, it is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.
- Comment on Sony's Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime on ‘Intergalactic’ 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad take, but it’s worth pointing out that lots of games miss internal deadlines and waste time ‘spinning their wheels’ but still turn out good or even great. The difference is that you don’t usually hear about it, whereas here some of the team are obviously pissed enough about the crunch that they went to the press.
Crunch is always bad and is an indication of poor project management, but issues with scope or major reworks aren’t always a death knell either.
- Comment on Sony's Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime on ‘Intergalactic’ 4 weeks ago:
Demo in this context isn’t a consumer-playable ‘demo’ in the sense that most people understand; it means a playable internal build with specific targets for what must be included. Internal demo milestones are often linked to project funding and approval to move forwards, so there is a tangible risk if they fail to deliver.
Presumably the current state of the game is behind where it needed to be to deliver that demo, so they’re now crunching to finish it on time.
- Comment on “They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle 4 weeks ago:
Whenever they add new symbols to Unicode, I’d imagine. Probably other reasons too, on occasion.
- Comment on “They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle 4 weeks ago:
Except there won’t be much of a consumer market to come back to, due to the aforementioned economic devastation.
- Comment on Thank Goodness You're Here - most absurd & hilarious game what did I just play? 4 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t say it’s suitable for kids - there’s a lot of innuendo and crude visual gags. Mid/late teens probably fine, but it’ll depend on your tolerance.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 4 weeks ago:
I’m with you - celery is horrid. Right up there with coriander for me as something that completely overpowers and ruins anything it’s used in.
- Comment on Day 516 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 4 weeks ago:
ShaderGlass should allow you to run with a CRT shader without interfering with anticheat.
- Comment on When the AI bubble bursts.. 1 month ago:
If/when the bubble bursts we’ll have bigger problems than the price of RAM.
- Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles 1 month ago:
Don’t forget the other option that started appearing during COVID: having to send a message to your GP via their surgery’s website, which they won’t read properly.
- Comment on Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch 1 month ago:
Are you seriously suggesting they deliberately got their game banned from Steam?
No developer is out there voluntarily withdrawing from the biggest games market just for the sake of ‘clout’.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You can buy a kit online and do it at home with a guide or video.
- Comment on Retro Gamer's Nick Thorpe Has Passed Away 1 month ago:
Too young. RG won’t be the same without him.
- Comment on Help me decide what I should name my game! Currently Country Architect, it turns out that "country" has a double meaning in English that I was not aware of 1 month ago:
Hope it works well - best of luck with the project!
- Comment on Help me decide what I should name my game! Currently Country Architect, it turns out that "country" has a double meaning in English that I was not aware of 1 month ago:
Infrastruction?
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 1 month ago:
Inbox zero just means handling your emails in such a way that you keep your inbox empty. Sounds like someone named a shitty SAAS product after the concept.
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 1 month ago:
The weirdest thing to me is how some people brag about how many tabs they have open as if it’s a competition. Like, it shouldn’t be a point of pride, it just shows you don’t know how to use bookmarks.
- Comment on Christina Chong Has a Wild Idea for a 'Doctor Who' and 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Crossover 1 month ago:
Well I don’t know about another musical episode, but the muppets are definitely coming in season 4 of SNW.
- Comment on "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated 2 months ago:
No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 2 months ago:
FYI you can just post the link without shilling for your preferred search engine
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 2 months ago:
People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.
Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.
The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.
- Comment on Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall 2 months ago:
I feel like the people complaining here have no idea how much work is involved in compiling and maintaining the OED.
This is a full reference of the English language, not just a place to check spelling.
- Comment on Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall 2 months ago:
Yep, exactly this.
I use OED as my standard reference when writing - I can log in from anywhere with my library card number and get full access without paying a penny.
- Comment on what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge? 2 months ago:
Mandarins or clementines last for ages in the fridge, don’t bruise, and taste amazing when cold.
- Comment on LEGO Star Trek Enterprise REVIEW 2 months ago:
Bigger underwear, for a start
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 2 months ago:
If you mod it enough, sure. Out of the box it’s dismal.
