MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on Anon is 23 1 day ago:
Ain’t that the truth. I’ve worked in games for about 15 years and almost every job I’ve had has been because I knew someone at that company already.
Not saying regular applications without a referral never work, but the odds against you are astronomical.
- Comment on Anon is 23 1 day ago:
I don’t envy anyone trying to break into the games industry right now - you graduated at exactly the time all the investment left, layoffs hit, and jobs dried up.
It’s hard enough trying to find positions right now if you have years of experience, let alone as a fresh grad with none.
- Comment on Why do Britain get to send three teams to the World Cup? 1 week ago:
This is it exactly: the UK is made up of separate nations, and each nation is allowed to be separately represented.
Another example is the Faroe Islands, which is part of the kingdom of Denmark but has their own World Cup team.
- Comment on Why do elevator's have that Kenny G like music? Why not something with a little beat to it? 2 weeks ago:
It’s all thanks to the Muzak company and studies in the 50s/60s that suggested bland music made people work better.
There’s an article on it here to get started.
- Comment on Jamaican man who has lived in UK for 26 years facing deportation 3 weeks ago:
Seems like a bot
- Comment on Fingies 3 weeks ago:
Testicular torsion might be a closer comparison. Sometimes it just happens.
- Comment on Bob Vylan to sue BBC for defamation over Glastonbury coverage 3 weeks ago:
It’s possible to support the BBC as a cultural institution without agreeing with every decision made by its current leadership. Those aren’t conflicting values. In fact I’d argue that holding both those thoughts simultaneously is the only way to seek institutional change, as opposed to the nuance-hating ‘burn it all down’ crowd.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
A rare inverse example of Poe’s law in action!
- Comment on How are you liking the Star Fox 64 remake? 4 weeks ago:
So far I’ve played the first level and not gone back yet. Not the game’s fault; it’s just been a stressful couple of weeks at work and I’ve not been in the mood to get into something new.
Not a particularly useful perspective, but there we are.
- Comment on GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch 5 weeks ago:
Sadly, I predict a repeat of this classic:
- Comment on GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch 5 weeks ago:
To play devil’s advocate: physical disc releases are a security nightmare.
Pirate groups pay big money to get access to disc images before release so they can have a crack ready on day 1, and leakers would love to get early access so they can drip feed information for social media cred. The bounty for an early iso of GTA VI would be astronomical.
I do however agree that releasing a ‘physical edition’ that’s just a code in a box is a waste of everyone’s time and money, not to mention materials destined for landfill.
- Comment on GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch 5 weeks ago:
They found out with GTA V and RDR2…
Not to be pedantic, but Rockstar have always staggered their PC ports all the way back to GTA III. Their strategy is literally 25+ years old at this point and I don’t see it changing.
- Comment on Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. 1 month ago:
Well yeah, sort of. Phil Spencer got replaced.
- Comment on Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. 1 month ago:
If they close Double Fine I’ll… well, I won’t be surprised, but I’ll be sad.
- Comment on [Demo] Star Trek: Warp on Steam 1 month ago:
A card battler? What is this, 2016?
(FWIW I think it’s good to take more swings with the IP, but I don’t think this will pan out.)
- Comment on A&E patients with non-urgent ailments may be told to come back later under NHS plans 1 month ago:
Good! If it’s not urgent why are they clogging up A&E?
- Comment on Xbox pulls Gears video featuring a PS5 logo, 24 hours after announcing it as an exclusive 1 month ago:
A devkit with that version is absolutely gonna show up on eBay at some point in the next 20 years.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
What if I told you that remasters aren’t solely or even mainly targeted at existing fans of the game who, yes, may be familiar with community mods and source ports?
They’re also - perhaps primarily - for people who are otherwise interested in playing the game but don’t want to piss about with extra downloads, patches, and config files. Especially on console.
- Comment on Fable is delayed to Feb 2027 | via Wario64 1 month ago:
And sometimes they lay off all the developers, too!
- Comment on UK experiences ‘tropical night’ after hottest ever May day 2 months ago:
Our loft got so hot during the day it set off the heat alarm up there. Absolutely nuts.
- Comment on Enterprise being able to terraforming planets. 2 months ago:
TOS used a completely different warp scale with no upper maximum, hence the higher numbers in use.
When they made TNG they redesigned the scale to be exponential, with warp 10 being the upper limit because at that point the object has infinite velocity and exists everywhere simultaneously.
- Comment on If you managed to create batteries that can last for a century, will charging be redundant? 2 months ago:
I did not! I actually had one back in the day and never had battery issues, but pretty funny to hear it was a common complaint.
(Still, I think the broader point stands.)
- Comment on If you managed to create batteries that can last for a century, will charging be redundant? 2 months ago:
Given the pace of technological progress, I doubt a phone bought today will be all that useful (except as a retro novelty) in 25 years time, let alone 100.
- Comment on UK judge’s decision not to jail boys for rape like a ‘rock in my face’, says victim, 16 2 months ago:
the second 15-year-old had an IQ in the “bottom 1% of his contemporaries”
‘My client is too stupid to go to prison, your honour.’
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Idiots misinterpret thing.
This isn’t news; it’s barely-disguised rage bait designed to make you angry.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Did you actually read the article or are you just kneejerk griping based on the title?
It’s a quote from an individual developer talking about their experiences during Bungie’s layoffs, hence the reference to ‘unrealistic constraints’, but for some reason you seem to be taking it as an opportunity to air your grievances with the overall creative direction?
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 2 months ago:
Two reasons:
- Active multiplayer: Yes this is kind of a chicken and egg situation, but people who play online multiplayer want to play the version of the game with the largest community of active players.
- Roster updates: If you’re a fan of a sports team, you probably want to play using their current active roster. Yes, fan updates are sometimes available for older titles but the latest release will have everything included with face scans etc.
- Comment on UK Government told to 'urgently intervene' as flotilla activists kidnapped by Israel 2 months ago:
Article is paywalled.
- Comment on Sorry, bit of a UK-related rant, following this post I saw on Re**it 2 months ago:
I don’t know the specifics, but something about doing the school run either creates or attracts some of the worst drivers I’ve ever seen in my life. Literally zero awareness or concern for others, including sudden stops, driving in slippers, mounting the pavement, blocking access, failing to indicate, and a general disregard for safety.
If you regularly have to drive during commuting hours, there’s a genuine and striking difference between term time and school holidays.
- Comment on UK Ranked Second-Worst Place in Western Europe for LGBTI+ Rights 2 months ago:
Yes, I is intersex.
There are a few variants that add or replace various letters; sometimes it’s a personal preference, sometimes it’s an age thing, sometimes it’s a deliberate exclusion.
The generally accepted ‘catch-all’ is LGBTQIA+, but ultimately it comes down to the individual. One person can never speak for such a broad community.
Whether you consider queer a slur or not is also a personal matter. Anecdotally, I see a lot of people happy to use it to self-identify, but it does have a hurtful history that others can’t separate it from.
