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umbrella, (edited ) do gaming w AI NPCs Have Potential, But Not The Kind Big Video Game Companies Want
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  • JackGreenEarth,
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    How much processing power is really necessary? I can run any 7B model pretty fast with my 1660 ti

    Toribor,
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    They’ll require a persistent online connection for cloud compute.

    VeganCheesecake,

    That seems bound to loose them money if they don’t charge a subscription.

    jkrtn,

    They’re salivating at the idea of making you pay a subscription for this.

    VeganCheesecake,

    Piracy is gonna get more interesting.

    Cracked, removed AI Server lock, bring your own API key, or host model of choice locally.

    Known Issues: If you use the OpenAI API, the NPCs will sometimes tell you that killing is against the ethics policy while shooting at you.

    CluelessDude,

    Imagine now NPCs in gaming being bound to always being online and a company can choose to turn the cloud computing off for the npcs making the game unplayable after like a year, can’t wait /s

    AceFuzzLord,

    Let’s not give them any ideas or they might actually do it!

    yogthos,
    @yogthos@lemmy.ml avatar

    Training the models initially is expensive, but running them can be done on commodity hardware nowadays.

    QubaXR, do games w Grown Adult Coward: 'I'm OK With Just Watching Alan Wake II' - Aftermath
    @QubaXR@lemmy.world avatar

    With no steam release I’m taking the same route. Love looking at remedy games, don’t enjoy playing them.

    terminhell, do gaming w Pretty Girl Horse Racing Game 'Uma Musume' Is Engrossing And Weird As Hell | Aftermath

    Don’t play it? Who cares? Ya it’s kinda weird, ill never play it or install it. That’s that, why try shaming people for stuff like this?

    theangriestbird,

    Did u read the article? Gita seems to be in love with the game, I wouldn’t say they were shaming it at all!

    terminhell,

    Misread the title - thought it said gross and weird

    onlooker, do gaming w Xbox Producer Recommends Laid Off Workers Should Use AI To 'Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss'
    @onlooker@lemmy.ml avatar

    Matt Turnbull doesn’t have a singular clue what LLMs do and what they should be used for. Except touching up your resume, I think that’s actually a good use for LLMs. However, he also suggested using it as a career coach and even a psychiatrist. That man is a raving lunatic.

    Samdell, do games w A Fond Farewell To Polygon, From The People Who Worked There - Aftermath

    Article’s text behind the login screen

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    NeuronautML, (edited ) do games w Freelance Video Game Journalists Are Propping Up The Industry, And Many Are Being Paid Dogshit In Return

    Who would’ve thought that an industry that disregarded and actively attacked and insulted their viewer/reader base, who gained a fame for 10/10ing all games under the sun and folding to the most miniscule of complaints from pressure groups would end up not having viewers/readers at all ? Not to mention hiring people who hate video games, can’t play them and/or plagiarize footage from youtube to showcase the game as journalists.

    Let me play the tiniest violin concerto for you guys. Now roll over and let youtubers take your industry.

    Kolanaki, do games w Freelance Video Game Journalists Are Propping Up The Industry, And Many Are Being Paid Dogshit In Return
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    Don’t regular game journalists also get paid dogshit?

    NeoToasty,

    As of Nov 6, 2024, the average annual pay for a Video Game Journalism in the United States is $123,552 a year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $59.40 an hour. This is the equivalent of $2,376/week or $10,296/month.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan, do games w PSA: Break Your New York Times Games Streak Today.
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    Oh… sure, okay, done! My streak will remain at 0.

    This was the easiest picket line not to cross.

    Chronographs,

    Yeah I lost all respect for them after it came out that their article on the October 7th attack was all bullshit

    darkkite, do gaming w With Ryujinx Gone, We Can't Trust Nintendo To Be Reasonable - Aftermath

    my theory is that this will harden the next generation of nintendo emulator devs to be more anonymous and uncontactable.

    i also suspect that nintendo has only delayed switch 2 emulation which is probably really close to switch 1 and can be trivially emulated relatively speaking.

    i do think they’re going to partner with denuvo though which with make piracy harder, but i think the switch will also be cracked.

    Didros, do gaming w Video Game Developers Are Leaving The Industry And Doing Something, Anything Else - Aftermath

    And there are millions of people lining up for jobs that suck that LITTLE to work at. That is how our world functions. It chews people up and spits them out.

    Funny how much we hear about it in the video game industry, but every school closure loses teachers. Every hospital lay off looses nurses. Every time capitalism grinds people into dust, those people are dust now.

    charleroi2, do gaming w Paradox Lays Off Entire Studio Before Its Game Was Even Released

    Tbf game looked like shit in their latest video. No way it would turn into something decent anyway

    SuperSaiyanSwag, do games w Sony's Neil Druckmann Interview Shows Why We Need Journalists

    It’s an unpopular opinion in most forums, but I love most gaming journalists. I prefer their podcasts and their articles and their opinions way more than any YouTuber/streamer. I just get more insightful and less bias information from them.

    Aielman15,
    @Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

    People should just stop thinking about gaming journalism as a monolith, and start thinking of it as any other job. Some people are capable of doing it and they show it, others are completely incapable of writing a decent article without resorting to snarky comments or biased opinions.

    A local website in my language employs a YTuber as a reviewer for reviews on games that he is a sponsor of on his channel, and those articles are laughable to say the least (I’m not going to name the games nor the person). But I’ve also read good articles on the same website, written by people who actually care about their job and have the skills to do it well.

    But for some reason, gamers keep parroting this awful opinion of gaming journalists being incapable of playing games or having opinions on things. No, it’s just that certain journalists are better than others. (And for god’s sake, people should stop using the Cuphead video as a talking point. It was not a true review, it was a joke video, ffs)

    anyhow2503,

    There’s a reason for the early rise in popularity of independent gaming reviewers and it isn’t the hard-hitting, honest quality of mainstream entertainment journalism at the time. With the advent of influencers though, it feels like everyone is just regurgitating the same pre-approved, publisher-friendly nonsense. I’m sure there are exceptions, but it feels more difficult today to find an honest review when every random internet personality is signing sponsorship contracts that require them to praise the game every 20 minutes.

    Cybersteel,
    @Cybersteel@lemmy.world avatar

    I’ve gone back to written content by some no named randos on forums or image boards.

    Boiglenoight, do games w Why People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Games

    I think this person means non partisan, because Metal Gear Solid is filled with political intrigue.

    bigkahuna1986, do gaming w Big Video Game Publishers Like Microsoft Are Paving Their Own Path To Irrelevance

    Of course they’ll manage to nearly destroy the video game industry before they finally quit.

    mrfriki,

    Even if the whole industry were to collapse tomorrow, we already have games enough for a lifetime of 24/7 gaming.

    haui_lemmy,

    If we only were allowed to do anything else than prepare for work (school), work and prepare for death (retirement for normal people).

    But obviously the people need cheap toys that break asap so they can buy new cheap toys and we need to produce, sell, transport and plan them.

    snooggums, do gaming w I Love That Dragon’s Dogma 2 Doesn’t Let Me Save Scum - Aftermath
    @snooggums@midwest.social avatar

    The author apparently doesn’t know that BG3 (and a lot of other games) has an honour mode that doesn’t allow save scumming, so people can choose to play the exact same way if they want to.

    Aurenkin,

    Yeah for these things I think having an option is best. I personally don’t play this way but I can see the appeal. I don’t really see the harm in letting people play how they want to play

    UndercoverUlrikHD,
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    Larian doesn’t lock your save files to an online server. You can jump into appdata and save scum manually even in honour mode.

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