FF7 has mods for better characters models, better backgrounds and FULLY VOICED CHARACTERS. Yeah all caps because it’s that insane modders voiced the entire game from main characters to random fillers in town and are now working on FF9.

The voice mod is called Echo S but they’re all available through the 7th heaven launcher and work great on steam deck.

How much of that is because they use so many contractors instead of employees these days? They already did that because the contractors are easier to fire and charts like this encourage more of it.

What on earth is that website? Animations blocking the text and music playing in the background makes it feel like some old geocities sight.

Yeah it doesn’t break down into noise but it’s still nonsense. If the Iron Man one is a good example then it’s still janky.

I don’t even trust Id.me. If the government needs to securely identify someone they should be setting it up themselves instead of us trusting some random company that used to provide coupons to soldiers.

Tesla is also the one caught intentionally destroying that evidence when FSD was at fault.

That’s amazing. I never knew they fit something like that on the N64.

Sorry if I took it the wrong way. I can see some common ground in Steam vs others and Apple vs others since both focused on the user experience against really poor competition in that area, though Apple has a helluva stronger walled garden.

I do think fanboying a for profit company is silly, but a lot of this is also driven by hate for Epic’s CEO. Epic’s just another business that wants to make money and that alone isn’t the reason people keep backing Steam on these threads. People shit on them because their CEO is an asshole who spends a lot of time bitching about other storefronts while their own still sucks 7 years after release despite the company raking in billions. Guy tries to act like he’s some underdog despite Unreal engine having a greater stranglehold over game development.

Epic doesn’t do a single thing that doesn’t directly result in profits. Features are only added off they can derive income from them. Lawsuits are filed so they can take a larger percentage of profits. Even his twitter posts are mainly about him getting a larger cut, when he isn’t defending AI child porn.

Valve is very old school in their ‘keep improving your offering and it will work out’ way. Usually companies like that get bought out and their name run into the ground. It sadly happens in all industries, from Samsonite luggage to BioWare games and even service companies.

Apple directly makes money off iOS apps and in most of the world you can only buy via their store. On the other hand, I can and do buy games from GoG and run them just fine on my Steam deck and can still benefit from proton.

The only reason I buy most of my games from Steam is they make things even easier than buying from GoG.

Epic makes tons of money off licensing Unreal to developers and have since before their store was a thing.

Proton makes direct zero profit, though it does make Steam the best store for anyone on Linux.

Why on earth would it hurt the studios? Graphic fidelity hasn’t increased since the new consoles came out over 5 years ago.

Consumers not upgrading hardware would if anything save them money by reducing expectations they outdo their previous games.

Why on earth would it hurt the studios? Graphic fidelity hasn’t increased since the new consoles came out over 5 years ago.

Consumers not upgrading hardware would if anything save them money by reducing expectations they outdo their previous games.

Where did you go skiing that it required training, licenses or insurance? I’ve never heard of any of that being required.

In fact I’ve spoken to insurance agents that specifically will not insure heavy skiers because of their increased risk.

Kinda ignored that part about the skateboards since they can get going just as fast downhill.

The reason I’m against the licensing is that ebikes are a great way for teenagers to get around town if you’re in an area that’s bike friendly. The hardware is already going to cap the assistance at 20mph, but it makes going up hills or extremely windy days a heckuva lot easier and then they aren’t stuck at home waiting for a ride.

It’s heavy and requires me to pedal it. The only way I break 20mph, something doable on flat ground on a normal bike, is by starting on a good hill.

You can do the same on a skateboard or skis. Going to require licensing and insurance for those too?

You seem to be confusing class 1 and 3 e-bikes with electric motorcycles.

Most ebikes sold now are least in the 2000 watt range and they exceed the minimum power of the current laws on gas engines.

Where the heck are you finding those? Mine is 850w and it’s a heavy duty ebike that can carry 2-3 people. The ones at the local shop look like they’re under 500w. If someone’s putting a 2000w motor in one and trying to pass it off as a bike, then they’re breaking laws that already exist.

Plenty of offers come through Linkedin if you do consulting or contract work. Most of the jobs or contracts I’ve had over the past decade came through there.

It really is amazing how stupid those “vents” are. Why the hell would I care about moving smoke from directly above the stove to blowing against my ceiling?

The replacement is the same height as the twin towers.