BrendanSinclair

BrendanSinclair, 5 months ago to random

This one was a lot of fun to write but also made me pretty angry over how obviously broken IP protection methods are, who's allowed to profit off piracy openly and who isn't.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/where-to-get-illegally-pirated-games-this-week-in-business

BrendanSinclair, 6 months ago to retrogaming

If I am elected president in 2024, I promise that we will go back to console add-ons that looked like they were eating the original console. This is my pledge to you. #retrogaming

BrendanSinclair, 6 months ago to random

Games journalism websites for sale to a good home.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/reedpop-seeks-buyer-for-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rockpapershotgun-and-more

BrendanSinclair, 6 months ago to random

First bit of This Week in Business is a fairly straight-forward retelling of one dev's horror story with Steam, followed by a section on how the people responsible for AI right now are manifestly unqualified for the job.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/be-thankful-this-didnt-happen-to-you-this-week-in-business

BrendanSinclair, 6 months ago to random

I hope every journalist writing a "Who is new OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear?" article reads this first.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/twitch-staff-call-the-company-out-on-sexual-assault-racism-more

BrendanSinclair, 6 months ago to random

In the market for a small dog ramp to help our old pup up a couple stairs and I cannot get over the Photoshop jobs on basically every dog ramp product out there.

Image of a bedside with a set of large gray cushioned dog stairs next to it and two dog images, one sitting on top and one at the base of the ramp. The dog sizes are too small to fit their surroundings. The dog standing at the base of the ramp is projecting a weird shadow blob on the ramp that does not really match the dog. Nothing looks right.
The back of a hatchback with a dog ramp hanging out the back. Everything is in a white void, the car has no wheels and casts a shadow on the void as if it's floating in space. A smaller, folded up version of the ramp sits off to the side. A dog "stands" on the bottom of the ramp but it's just a picture of a dog standing on flat ground that has been tilted to not quite line up with the ramp.

BrendanSinclair, 6 months ago to random

As if monitoring what people were reading on a story level wasn't damaging enough to the idea of ad-supported news, advertisers are increasingly afraid of their ads covering things people might have strong feelings about.

Can't see this going well for a news industry still largely beholden to advertisers for everything.

https://www.404media.co/advertisers-dont-want-sites-like-jezebel-to-exist/

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to retrogaming

Beat Mega Man 1 for the first time by abusing save states to a ridiculous degree, and even having lived through that era and seeing even less forgiving games, it remains stunning to me games were ever designed that hard intentionally. #retrogaming

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

Prediction: Avi Arad is going to cast Tom Holland as Link and everyone's going to lose their stuffing over it.

Also, he'll be fine. It'll be fine.

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

Best of luck to Aftermath, Remap, and other worker-owned journalism efforts. I have a ton of questions about how many groups of writers can make such things viable, and how they can make room for new or unknown talent without the name recognition/following to command a subscription on good faith, but we clearly need more alternatives to the corporate ad-driven model and these are encouraging steps in that direction

https://aftermath.site/welcome-to-aftermath

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

Bonus This Week in Business because Microsoft's crackdown on unlicensed Xbox peripherals looks like it will hurt a bunch of people who use accessibility devices to play games.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-has-control-issues-this-week-in-business

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

Atari better not Bandcamp this.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-to-acquire-digital-eclipse-in-20m-deal

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to retrogaming

Axelay still blows me away. #retrogaming

Axelay boss battle in a vertically scrolling level. The boss is a giant fire monster with a metal endoskeleton visible for m the waist up with large arms that grasp at the player's ship. A hole has been hit into its chest, exposing a green "heart" weakpoint.
Axelay vertically scrolling level showing the game's graphic effect to mimick the curvature of a planet.
Image of the ship from Axelay, as seen in the game's credits

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

I wonder if Twitter is gradually pivoting to a free-to-play whale-hunting model because at this point anyone willing to be a bluecheck is so susceptible to Musk's nonsense they can probably be pumped for hundreds of bucks more a month.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23935317/x-premium-basic-subscriptions-reply-boost-no-ads

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

Cursed email subject line of the day is a late arriving entry:

We're SO Back: Web3 Gaming

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

Cursed PR subject line of the day:

If the original DOOM had a hot sister, [game name] would be her

BrendanSinclair, 7 months ago to random

I like that the Wall Street Journal's latest coverage of the House speaker debacle does its best to let readers know who the least awful option is, and how little it takes to earn that title.