

Itās different in that itās now just one click away. The harder it is to do the less it would be abused.
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Itās different in that itās now just one click away. The harder it is to do the less it would be abused.


Journalists love using AI as a source because itās a creative way of using the passive voice which sounds more neutral. Instead of attributing an action to a person like āElon Muskās Website Used for Generating CSAMā historically theyād use something passive, impersonal and vague like āVulgar Pictures Are Being Generated On Xā, but if youāre relatively informed you read past the phrasing and picture how Musk is accountable. Now journalists can use the active voice so it appears more tangible but pin in on AI to sound neutral and hold nobody accountable, which serves the status quo.


Indie games arenāt made in a vacuum then shipped off to publishers. Publishers help with playtesting, QA, translating, certification, and in many cases even marketing in the middle of development. Even by your definition itās not as clear cut as you think.


So you would call Half Life 2 and Alyx indie games? But any game published by Devolver Digital like Loop Hero or Gato Roboto arenāt indie despite having tiny budgets and tiny teams?
Thatās kind of a ridiculous definition. It makes way more sense to include criterias like team size and budget, however vague they are.


Iām colorblind so if my poop ever looked bloody I probably wouldnāt be able to tell. So thatās one use for a toilet camera I guess.


It just sounds like Italian B movie nonsense for the sake of being shocking. Not a hill Iād die on defending.


I think heās committing to the libertarian bit by doing this and keeping community notes. He truly only cares about himself.


Those are great because they donāt change the nature of the game. You just adjust the difficulty of the self-imposed challenge. Itās still essentially the same experience. If you ruin the game for yourself by setting it too easy thatās on you.
When people say stuff like āI just want to explore Elden Ringā, thatās like watching behind-the-scenes content or looking at a concept art book of a movie without watching the movie. It can be enjoyable but itās not a complete experience, youāre missing the original context entirely. I wish people realized that.


COVID fucked my tastebuds and ruined the taste of oranges for me. The price and boycotts certainly donāt help, but I wonder if my experience is a common thing.


Anyone remember Master X Master? It was a MOBA that had WASD controls as its only option, even had a jump (though it was mostly useless), it felt so much more intuitive than spamming click. I donāt think thatāll get me to try LoL again though.


Games arenāt developed in a silo, for example XDefiant shares its engine with The Division and probably back-end services with most other Ubisoft games, so releasing its code could expose vulnerabilities to be exploited in games that are still running. They could still be forced to release a closed source server application though.
Yeah I find that open world games are only as good as their sandbox capabilities.


If it forces people to stop financially supporting Musk it might actually be a net positive for the environment.


Thatās wrong, since speculative investment and money laundering are so intertwined with the pricing of art.


You can tuck wired headphones under your shirt if itās a problem, I still do that if I only have wired earbuds on me. Also Bluetooth headphones add a bit of lag which I find noticeable when playing games.


This was a great read. Itās so sad and maddening.
Level Artists are game devs too


There was a DDoS but itās a separate attack from what I read
Quebec also has a disproportionate amount of successful games for similar circumstances. Video game salaries are pretty well subsidized (although it was originally only meant to encourage Ubisoft to open a studio then other companies joined or got created so they kept it). The current government is threatening that though. Thatās on top of socialized healthcare, low electricity cost, and the Canadian Media Fund but those all apply to the rest of Canada as well.
Quick list on top of my head: Indies: Outlast, Dead by Daylight, The Messenger, Spiritfarer, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Fez⦠AAA: Deus Ex, R6 Siege, For Honor, some of the better Assassinās Creed and Farcry, Batman Arkham Origins
Ok but thatās just how the bird sounds in real life, thatās like saying cicada noises from Evangelion a haunting you through anime. imo a better example is the very specific and compressed bird sound in Ocarina of Time that can be heard in Glover and many other media.