As with most AAA-games, the people that view entertainment as a mere tool for money extraction got involved.
Support developers that are actually passionate about entertainment. The ghouls that make games as a means of profit seeking (and who exploit the people who are passionate) can wither away.
In effect, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is becoming a referendum on what kind of justice system the country believes it has now and wants to have in the future
That made sense before rich people and foreign interests figured out how to use the same tools to get people to part with their money, to also vote against their self interest.
Democracy cannot prevail when people are so easily dupped by ads, fake news, unregulated influencers, and social media algorithms. Democracy assumes people are critical thinkers with the time, energy, and knowledge to filter information.
Right. Microsoft themselves just announced a feature to disable screenshoting some webpages in Edge, which is a complete 180 from recall.
I expect windows to be split into two tiers of products again: the free version that is paid for by ads/tracking/AI bloatware possibly even mandatory cloud connectivity, and an enterprise version with all off that off, but that is paid.
Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a “clown” and a "dictator "outside the former president’s trial....
Things aren’t looking good for me. I’m a few levels into Selaco, a new FPS out now on Steam, and I’m stuck behind a bar as a group of sci-fi soldiers unload their rifles and shotguns into my hiding spot. I’m also low on health. So yeah, a bad spot to be in. I take a deep breath and try something....
Triple AAA games are usually very polished. But polish doesn’t make games fun. Polish is important with accessibility, and it’s easy to see why accessibility is important for a big studio casting a wide net.
But fun? That comes from creativity and innovation. Big studios are averse to risk taking, and struggle to attract creative individuals, because the corporate culture seeks to stamp out individuality in the name of process and procedure.
So yeah, more evidence of this. My money is going to Indy devs who prioritize fun over polish. (But polish is good to have too).
You could make the same chart, in reverse about progressives hoping Trump will ever be held accountable for his many crimes.
A conviction is about as close as we have gotten, but it’s meaningless if there is no jail time served or some other meaningful penalty to prevent more criminality.
I’m pretty sure it’s accepted pretty universally that countries must accept citizens back. Reason being, if they don’t, the rejected person becomes another country’s problem, and that is bad for relations.
Netanyahu reportedly met this month with three foreign policy envoys working with former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump — who could yet win the election despite being convicted Thursday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case....
Left, right… These are meaningless labels when progressives / social democrats / libertarians have to join forces against authoritarian trash of any kind.
that government should have zero to do with marriage
Uhh… Marriage is a government affair before anything else. It’s a legal status, that comes with default clauses on a wide range of issues, from wills, property ownership, parental rights, taxes, power of attorney… All secular stuff. I think you mean to keep the church out of the government’s affairs?
Right? The concert is not the problem. The problem is who is paying for it/who is deserving of this (or any other) company benefit.
Though I guess there is an argument to be had that the performers are enabling class exploitation instead of standing in solidarity. Then again, it’s entirely plausible that the performers don’t know any of these details.
With ticket sales down and newly released movies hitting streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) services in record time, it’s not surprising that films are struggling to make it big in theaters. For comparison, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road grossed a whopping $45 million over a non-holiday opening weekend, which ultimately led to...
Maybe make something original for a change? We’re tired of these mega franchises. Where are the Princess Bride masterpieces, with actual soul and charm? Not looking for another formulaic cash grasp with a thin veneer of woke posturing (looking at you, Barbie).
We’ve got these things called “social media” that are built expressly for the purpose of influencing people to buy more stuff (literally in the name: influencers). And if it can get people to part with their money, you can be sure the same tools can be used to get people to vote against their own interests.
We thought the internet was a tool to spread democracy. We were wrong. The Internet is a tool used to undermine democracy, so long as people using the Internet are not strongly inoculated against organized interests, foreign, and domestic.
Admitting you were wrong is like really, really, really hard man. Takes a grown ass man to admit to one’s mistakes. But here we are, a bunch of manchildren and people who have drunk the cool aid and are beyond reasoning.
The noise complaints and landing safety issues are definitely a problem, but the cost savings potential and sustainability/safety effects of taking delivery trucks (or your car to the mall) off the road is a huge win.
I can see how noise and landing safety issues delivering to your property can really stall this. However, landing to an approved and managed community mailbox (or rooftop delivery zone in dense areas) might avoid some of those issues.
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...
Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems (arstechnica.com)
the company says that Recall will be opt-in by default, so users will need to decide to turn it on
Behind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game Flop (www.bloomberg.com)
Archive link in case the original link doesn’t work: archive.is/5mnQ4
If Elected, Donald Trump Would Face Few Hurdles to Prosecuting Rivals- The New York Times (Free Article) (www.nytimes.com)
In effect, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is becoming a referendum on what kind of justice system the country believes it has now and wants to have in the future
Trump Says Supreme Court Should Bail Him Out of Criminal Conviction (www.rollingstone.com)
The former president complained that his sentencing is set to take place days before the Republican National Convention...
Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare (www.lifewire.com)
Robert De Niro has award withdrawn after calling Donald Trump 'monster' outside trial (news.sky.com)
Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a “clown” and a "dictator "outside the former president’s trial....
Best day ever! (lemmy.world)
New FPS Built Using Doom Tech Is Better Than Most AAA Shooters (kotaku.com)
Things aren’t looking good for me. I’m a few levels into Selaco, a new FPS out now on Steam, and I’m stuck behind a bar as a group of sci-fi soldiers unload their rifles and shotguns into my hiding spot. I’m also low on health. So yeah, a bad spot to be in. I take a deep breath and try something....
JUST (lemmy.world)
[article] Opinion: Making housing more affordable means your home’s value is going to have to come down (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Non-paywall link: archive.is/fc2ci
Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries (www.newsweek.com)
Netanyahu and Putin are both waiting for Trump (www.washingtonpost.com)
Netanyahu reportedly met this month with three foreign policy envoys working with former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump — who could yet win the election despite being convicted Thursday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case....
How the GOP learned to hate divorce, again (www.motherjones.com)
Anti-Nazi resistance fighters in the Netherlands, WW2, 1944
"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millions (radarblog.substack.com)
6 Reasons So Many Movies Are Struggling At The Box Office In 2024 (screenrant.com)
With ticket sales down and newly released movies hitting streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) services in record time, it’s not surprising that films are struggling to make it big in theaters. For comparison, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road grossed a whopping $45 million over a non-holiday opening weekend, which ultimately led to...
[meme] WOKE transit vs PATRIOT transit (lemmy.world)
Me doing my part to portray car dependency as deeply unpatriotic. Which it kinda unironically is.
Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?
If so, then why?
TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS (www.bbc.com)
Manifest V2 phase-out begins (blog.chromium.org)
McDonald's: $18 Big Mac was 'exception' (www.newsnationnow.com)
McDonald’s is fighting back against viral tweets and media reports that it says have exaggerated its price increases....
Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones can fly even farther after FAA approval (www.cnbc.com)
AI models have favorite numbers, because they think they're people | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The level of engagement on Reddit these days
https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/179560d9-e33b-4e1e-83a9-7507868d46d4.png...
CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...