I can remember playing super mario bros (the OG one) on my console when i was a wee lad since then playing games never gave me any joy and felt like i was wasting time for nothing ....
I still play games, but I did definitely notice a change in the way I do play them.
When I was young, there was a magic to everything. Most of the things in life are pretty new to you when you’re young. There’s so much you don’t understand, so much new stuff to explore. I didn’t know that the guests in Rollercoaster Tycoon were just some simple algorithms, to me they seemed like people. People who’d enjoy all the crazy things I’d build. I didn’t know that the AI in Age of Empires was just a collection of some rules, to me they felt human-like.
Over time, especially because I’m a programmer, the magic got lost. I started understanding how these things worked. And because of that it started feeling pointless. Just something I do to waste my time and nothing else. The guests felt nothing, the AoE AI are just some if statements.
However, somehow I also kinda outgrew that phase again. After dealing with what could be called a “quarter life crisis” I’ve kind of found a more creative and open minded side of myself. One that doesn’t always try to resolve everything to cold hard facts. One that pretends that the guests in RCT have feelings, even if I damn well know that they don’t. I’ve started finding plenty of new games that filled me with wonder again, whether they are large games like Cyberpunk or Jedi Survivor, or smaller games like Celeste, Hades, or Cassette Beasts. Coincidentally I also stopped playing live service and competitive games mostly. There’s plenty of fun to be had beyond all the lootbox and battle pass grindfests.
Ridiculous. How can someone write “we value your privacy” and then share data with 807 partners. If I share anything with 8 people I pretty much consider it public information already, unless I have a very good reason to trust them. Sharing something with 807 companies is probably less private than taking all that data, putting it up on a billboard, and placing that billboard next to the busiest place in town.
There’s still some stuff going on, but it’s quite dead yeah. In the broader scope of RTS games you still have stuff like Age of Empires 4 and Beyond all Reason, both of which I find a lot of fun. But neither are really much like C&C. What is like C&C is Tempest Rising, which is currently under development. I played the demo and it did feel very C&C like, which is good, but time will tell how polished it will be on release.
Not a console player, but cool that the console crowd now also gets to enjoy these games. I don’t think I’ve ever finished any of the stories, but I sure had a great time exploring the worlds of Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat. Just walking around you somehow always managed to stumble into crazy encounters. The world felt so dynamic, with all the faction interactions and monsters. One big scary sandbox
You would expect Saudi to go all out and not let themselves be outdone on spectacle by Miami and Vegas, but this is more than even I expected. That turn one is straight out of Mario Kart.
Damn that elevated track does look futuristic. Very Wipeout-esque. I do wonder how they want to make sure that the cars don’t tumble down in case of an accident. And also how to retrieve cars that get stuck there somehow due to failures or crashes. I also hope they manage to fix their human rights issues before then, preferably sooner
When I started watching F1 I thought it was about cars and racing. But it’s really just a show about some of the richest people on earth failing desperately to control their own ego’s. It’s intriguing, all these interpersonal chess matches playing out. All this drama, and just to keep the drama going we have some cars driving some laps behind Max in a semi-random order every now and then.
I’ve always held the belief that music wasn’t better in the past, people just have survivorship bias. What are your genuine favorite albums of the last few years?...
It really feels like there are a lot of games being played here. I’d like to know whether the Google Drive documents are real. If they are, I feel no sympathy for Horner, he’s done. But at the same time it definitely feels like this was leaked to harm Horner, not to help the victim. I guess Jos is right about something: if this continues it will rip the team in half. Though he is definitely an important player in this game himself
This could be something that you bought for a higher price than what most people would guess based on the item, or it could be something you bought for a normal price that has gained significant value as time has gone on....
10 years ago or something I bought a collection album from an artist I liked. I just did it because I like collecting CDs and I liked his music, but it turns out that it was a limited edition and only 1000 were made, each one had a unique number on it. I’ve seen them go for a few hundred on discogs a few times. I don’t intend to sell mine though, it’s in a pretty used state because I didn’t really realize the value. I’d also rather have it than have a few hundred euro’s.
When I signed up for Lemmy, I didn’t know about some wars that existed between instances, and when I chose lemmy.ml I thought, “Why not?”. Tbh, dont think too much about instances....
I mean, after basically every second comment I saw from hexbear was tankie nonsense I definitely started judging them differently. They’re extremists who seem to want to turn everything into a debate. So I made sure to block them. Most instances are fine though, and are indeed not that different than the brand of pants someone wears: not something I really care about.
How does this work for the modern world though? Many of the people who make the financial decisions for the company that I work for are also normal people with a normal income. Their job is to maximize profit for the company under certain constraints, but it’s not like they directly get that money for themselves. The image of the proletariat working ungodly hours in dangerous factories while a few rich fat capitalists claim all the money is often quite far from reality in my experience, apart from the ultra-rich CEOs like Musk and Bezos. And I don’t disagree that we should regulate the income disparity or anything, I just think that these classes don’t really make that much sense anymore
I don’t buy them anymore, same with candy and most other snacks. I know what happens once that stuff enters the house: I eat it all in a few days. The easiest place to stop this is in the supermarket when I consider buying the stuff.
This grass is tripping me out. There’s weird patterns in it, something is off. Might have to do with the noise that is used as input for these AI models. There are blobs of colour that are connected in a way that wouldn’t happen in normal grass
Oh absolutely. It’s quite impressive that we can generate so many decent quality images of jeanified things this quickly. I’ve played around quite a bit with generative models during my data science degree and I’m very interested in the ways they get things wrong. It’s interesting to see how our brains sometimes pick up very subtle patterns like this.
People who almost never games anymore what happened ?
I can remember playing super mario bros (the OG one) on my console when i was a wee lad since then playing games never gave me any joy and felt like i was wasting time for nothing ....
are you a rule? (lemmy.ca)
This shouldn’t be normalised (i.postimg.cc)
Outlook got updated on my iPhone last night and now they want me to agree to having my data shared with 807 partners....
Command & Conquer™ The Ultimate Collection now available on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy - Launch Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview 2024 (www.youtube.com)
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Saudi Arabia unveils AI renders of their plans for the Qiddiya track (www.motorsport.com)
You would expect Saudi to go all out and not let themselves be outdone on spectacle by Miami and Vegas, but this is more than even I expected. That turn one is straight out of Mario Kart.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem: FIA president allegedly told officials not to certify Las Vegas GP (www.bbc.com)
What are your favorite albums from the 2020s?
I’ve always held the belief that music wasn’t better in the past, people just have survivorship bias. What are your genuine favorite albums of the last few years?...
"The Left" (midwest.social)
Max’s contract with Red Bull is void if Helmut Marko retires or leaves Red Bull. Marko notes he “will not stand in the way of Max” (f1-insider.com)
What item do you own that has an unexpectedly high value?
This could be something that you bought for a higher price than what most people would guess based on the item, or it could be something you bought for a normal price that has gained significant value as time has gone on....
Yuki divedomb lockup on Daniel after the checkered flag/ on in lap (imgur.com)
Meteos rule (leminal.space)
2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread
# ROUND 1: 🇧🇭 Bahrain...
Pope Francis: ‘Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology’ (www.catholicnewsagency.com)
So... I'm being judge because the instance I choose?
When I signed up for Lemmy, I didn’t know about some wars that existed between instances, and when I chose lemmy.ml I thought, “Why not?”. Tbh, dont think too much about instances....
One in the same (lemmy.world)
Bacon Lettuce Tomato I guess (lemmy.world)
How many cookies do you typically eat?
NOTE: All I had were 5 cookies just now. I was just wondering: not trying to eat them all.
Jeans (sh.itjust.works)
Jym (lemmy.world)
Hope I'm not too late to beat this dead jorse (sh.itjust.works)