MagnificentSteiner
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- Comment on Stop Killing Games-backed California bill targeting online game shutdowns "isn't going to be an easy thing" to enforce, says the politician behind it 1 week ago:
Watch this video from the guy who started the Stop Killing Games movement. Then you can stop misrepresenting what they’re trying to do.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games-backed California bill targeting online game shutdowns "isn't going to be an easy thing" to enforce, says the politician behind it 1 week ago:
That doesn’t sound fair at all. I think for many games, considerations such as this potential law will demand would have to be included in the initial design and development. There are also the potential implications for licensing of middleware etc.
Again, you cannot be expected to comply with a law that doesn’t exist yet.
There may be a case for “live-service” games that it could apply as they could be considered to be under constant development. Most of those are either subscription or free to play though which would exclude them entirely as neither is a purchase of a perpetual license.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games-backed California bill targeting online game shutdowns "isn't going to be an easy thing" to enforce, says the politician behind it 1 week ago:
While it might not be easy for existing games…
I can’t see why they would try to include existing games. Laws are (almost?) never retroactive. How can you comply with a law if it doesn’t exist yet?
- Comment on Former Forza Horizon devs reveal Clutch, an open-world racer that blends classic battles for first place with the gadget-infused spectacle of action movie car chases 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing 3 weeks ago:
Where’s the “Epic deck” Tim? Oh that’s right, after 8 years you still can’t properly make a website for buying games.
Not to stand up for Valve directly here but just to make a point (because we all know companies are not our friends) - but hold on a moment, isn’t this the same CEO who forced over 1,000 people to look for work elsewhere after laying off a whole lot of people? Yes it is. Sweeney has also been quite vocal about support for generative AI, you know - that thing driving up prices of everything everywhere. So perhaps Sweeney is not exactly the best person to be throwing shade around like this.
Well said Liam.
- Comment on Here's a choose your own adventure RPG from a former Capcom dev who spent six years in a remote Japanese mountain village making it 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on World of Tanks: HEAT released free on Steam and works on Linux / SteamOS 3 weeks ago:
Seems like it’s going well lol
- Comment on How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart 4 weeks ago:
404 has a paywall and archive.is has a captcha.
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- Comment on Re-Logic celebrate 15 years of Terraria - 70 million sales, cross-play soon and more updates to come 4 weeks ago:
I’ve had 1200 hours over 8 years out of Terraria and I bought it for £3.49!
I’m sure I’ll add another 100 hours once 1.4.5 hits Tmodloader.
Truly one of the best games of all time IMO. They really deserve their 70 million sales.
- Comment on [Eurogamer] Forza Horizon 6 review 5 weeks ago:
The only mark against these setpieces are the Horizon hosts: influencer types characterised by endless, pointless babbling. Remember, though: you can turn off all NPC speech in the settings.
Thank fuck for that. I had to rename all the voice files to get them to shut up in FH4 as you could only turn the NPC volume to 1/10!
- Comment on "We will do better": Blizzard are sorry World of Warcraft's prop hunt patch launched with an X-ray vision exploit and plenty of other pesky bugs 1 month ago:
We will do better
I can’t believe anyone believes this anymore. They’ve been doing mea culpas and promising to be better for over 20 years.
- Comment on [Eurogamer] Pragmata review: Capcom's confidence peaks with a sci-fi shooter that dares you to like it or leave it 2 months ago:
I think i’ll leave it.
- Comment on Plex HTPC and Plex don't open on Plasma Bigscreen *but do* on Plasma (main session) 2 months ago:
Seconding the Rii remote. I have one with an air mouse, works just fine.
OP, Plasma Bigscreen hasn’t seen an update in a while (so much so it was dropped from Debian 13 for being not compatible with Plasma 6/Qt6 iirc). There are people working on it though so hopefully it’ll see a release soon.
- Comment on "There is a new narrative from haters," Off the Grid studio boss says of accusations Gunzilla haven't paid workers on time, claims full-timers' salaries "have never been delayed by more than a week" 2 months ago:
Today there is a new narrative from haters — that Gunzilla incorrectly laid off contractors or paid them with delays. Yes, we are optimising costs — like every company in gaming, crypto, and tech is doing right now. We have been doing this for over a year.
And yes, to not disrupt company operations, some payments may be scheduled in a way that works for the company’s cash flow — not always for everyone individually. That’s the reality of the world we live in. But to protect the interests of our players and our full-time official employees — whose salaries, over six years, have never been delayed by more than a week — we operate at a pace that ensures the company continues moving forward.
And of course, we honor every obligation. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. It’s also worth noting that one of the loudest voices — a contractor who finished working with us just a week ago — was repaid immediately.
What a massive piece of shit. Seems to be a prerequisite for making NFT/blockchain/crypto games though.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher Take-Two have seemingly laid off their head of AI and several of the department's staffers 2 months ago:
Maybe they tried to unionise?
- Comment on Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption 2 months ago:
It’s kind of ironic that quantum computers seem to exist and not exist at the same time.
- Comment on The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close 2 months ago:
Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers
I assume that’s in the same way that my chimney has long been vulnerable to Santa Claus.
- Comment on Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids 2 months ago:
I think that the person you replied to is suggesting that by arguing on the authorities terms (that it’s about kids) you’re legitimising them.
- Comment on New report claims Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio fired translator to replace them with AI and "save finances" 2 months ago:
Nah, AI is fucking sentient bro. Any day now it’ll magically start understanding context, tone and sarcasm etc
^/s^
- Comment on Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted after the Epic Games layoffs 2 months ago:
Thankfully I know a fit girl who’s really into game preservation and probably wouldn’t mind lending me a copy if I want to play it.
- Comment on Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says that while there are legit types of AI content on the platform, the company is considering Face ID and other passkey verification methods to ensure there's human behind 2 months ago:
I assume the why of this is because they need to prove to advertisers that the clicks come from real humans. That’s possibly also the motivation for Meta lobbying for age verification.
- Comment on EverQuest Legends is the 1999 MMO you know and love born again with more respect for your time 2 months ago:
Aye, I learned this the hard way after about 30k hours in various MMOs (but mostly WoW).
I’m 3 years clean now though!
- Comment on EverQuest Legends is the 1999 MMO you know and love born again with more respect for your time 2 months ago:
MMO
respect for your time
lmao
- Comment on OpenTTD devs clarify store changes with Transport Tycoon Deluxe re-release as Atari contribute server funding 2 months ago:
TLDR is they got in bed with Atari to the detriment of their users because Atari gave them money. But they’re still grateful for user donations lol.
They then tried to justify it by saying they owe everything to TTD and Chris Sawyer hoping that nobody will notice neither Chris Sawyer or anyone who developed TTD works for Atari (Atari in fact bought the rights from Chris Sawyer). Atari itself is of course just a hollow brand name that’s been passed around corporate entities to empty customer wallets based on nostalgia for over 25 years now.
- Comment on "People were just not ready for" Starfield, says game's composer as he talks "visionary" Todd Howard 2 months ago:
lol
lmao even
- Comment on Transport Tycoon Deluxe returns from Atari - now a requirement for OpenTTD via Steam and GOG 2 months ago:
If you want to use the graphics, sound and music from the original TTD in OpenTTD when you’ll need it.
- Comment on Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company 2 months ago:
Makes sense. Being an ISP doesn’t really fit with being an advertising company masquerading as a tech company.
- Comment on Transport Tycoon Deluxe returns from Atari - now a requirement for OpenTTD via Steam and GOG 3 months ago:
It sure would be a shame if people got OpenTTD from their website then pirated TTD.
I would never do anything like that though.
