I got about 150 hours worth before most of the guns were unlocked. Pretty happy with that. There was no new patches, seasons or any other junk to deal with
I work for a fortune 500. We had a “the customers are not going to be pleased” change get pushed to us, and a lot of internal backlash/pushback prevented it from happening.
A competitor then did the thing we stopped, and got reamed by the public hard enough to set the standard of “your a dumbass if you even think about this”.
It becomes a pain vs gain problem. How hard do you make it, also balancing the inconvenience.
You could easily force users to enter a one time code via email every 3 months (or more or less time). This would be hard to automate and if you changed it up even more so.
Whistleblower (lemmy.world)
Hmmm
Passionate (sh.itjust.works)
Charging stations are failing to keep up with the EV boom | Once, America had 7 EVs for every public charger. Now, there are over 20 seeking to plug in at each charging station. (wapo.st)
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‘RANDOM FLUFF #59’ [OC] (a little ‘expectations vs reality’) (feddit.nl)
Yet another random thing I felt like addressing. ☝😮
Factorio Friday Facts #411 - All about asteroids (factorio.com)
‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Starring Adam Sandler Officially Ordered by Netflix (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Archive.org link...
Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Aurora visible tonight from Ottawa (lemmy.ca)
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)
Warner Bros. to Release First New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ in 2026, Peter Jackson to Produce and Andy Serkis to Direct (variety.com)
In today's earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson says he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team and it will be a "tremendous live service." (twitter.com)
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What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year?
I’m getting close to the bottom of my backlog on a few podcasts, so I’m looking to get something new in there....
I Want Better Games With Worse Graphics And I'm Not Kidding - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Helldivers: Internal discussions are ongoing about the mandatory linking change. The response from our dev team has been pretty universally negative and we're looking for better options.
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Samurai Jack (2001 - 2004). Cartoon Network heydays! (i.redd.it)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/2835483...
Account linking between steam and PlayStation is now mandatory (store.steampowered.com)
Bonza staff queue at Centrelink for emergency payments as airline administrators confirm April wages will not be paid (www.abc.net.au)
Anon wants to buy a game (sh.itjust.works)
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
I know nothing about Helldivers. AMA.
And if you disagree with any of my answers, you’re just wrong.
YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked (arstechnica.com)
I lost my mouse a couple times and bought an exact replacement, then found the old one. You can see the evolution of the logo (lemmy.world)