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Psythik, (edited ) do games w CD Projekt Red devs are forming a Polish games industry union after a wave of layoffs earlier this year

Aren’t layoffs the norm for the games industry? You hire a bunch of people to make your new AAA title. A few years later, the game is out and the bugs are fixed, and now you don’t need all these employees anymore. Rinse and repeat when you’re ready to make the next AAA title.

Not defending the practice, but developers shouldn’t be surprised when they’re laid off after the company deems that they’re no longer needed.

SheeEttin, do gaming w Baldurs Gate 3 (That's crazy commitment.)

Honestly, blacksmithing isn’t that hard. And the video in the article looks like it was cold sheet steel work over a form and a few rivets, so a few hours’ work for a beginner. Even basic forge work is something you can learn in an afternoon.

demonsword,
@demonsword@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly, blacksmithing isn’t that hard

it’s well beyond the reach of most people, specially considering the price of the tooling alone

SheeEttin, (edited )

For cold work, you need a hammer and some hard object. That’s it. Anvil, swage block, piece of rail, random scrap steel, or even a hard rock. That’s it. It’s really not expensive at all, unless you’re buying a whole bunch of brand new unnecessary stuff.

I started out with a rail-anvil I bought for $67, a few hammers and peens for $40, tongs for $20, and a forge for $140. That was more than enough to get started. If you live somewhere that that’s a lot of money, you probably also have a guy in the area who does similar work and has extra tools, and your biggest expense will be fuel for hot work.

demonsword,
@demonsword@lemmy.world avatar

We live in a world where hundreds of millions of people are literally starving, dude.

SheeEttin,

Someone should gift them all copies of Baldur’s Gate 3 so that they too can experience the premier sound design in the latest installment from Wizards of the Coast® Dungeons & Dragons™.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

We're on a forum to talk about video games, where the entry price is about the same as what that person just listed out.

BnjmnBanks,
@BnjmnBanks@lemmy.world avatar

For me, I don’t care how easy or difficult it is. To me, it’s about them doing it. I don’t remember hearing about other sound designers actually learning the skill to help his creativity with the sound design. Everyone can get online and learn to code, do graphic design, and even study to be a lawyer. Not everyone does. That’s what I mean in terms of commitment. I think it’s dope.

NOT_RICK, do games w Team17 hit by redundancies - UK firm latest to suffer layoffs
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve been wondering what’s going on over there. Ghost Town Games have been radio silent about Overcooked for quite a bit now. I hope the issues are just limited to their publisher

Donger, do games w As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner

GTA 6 getting delayed

NigelFrobisher, do games w As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner

If this delays Silksong again I’m taking the rest of the afternoon off in protest.

Tibert,

The metroidvania games where saved by hollow knight. And now there are so many good options, even recent releases (some. May not have the tag).

Get yourself something else in the meantime.

mindbleach,

Metroidvania Month on itch.io ended a couple weeks back.

Noite_Etion, do games w Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's leads have some conflicting opinions on the term JRPG
@Noite_Etion@lemmy.world avatar

he doesn’t like it as when it first started to be used it felt like it was “a discriminatory term.” It’s an understandable point of contention, as while the genre is quite popular now, go back a couple of decades you’d find plenty of people being rude about the games just because they were Japanese.

Didn’t square back in the day make “dumbed down” versions of their games for the west, because they assumed we were all too dumb to play them correctly (Looking at you FF4 easy mode). I get his point but that was discrimination too.

doleo, do games w A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission

For what it’s worth, I am one of these people. I’d already watched a couple of streamers play random sidequests, but when I saw the early game I just couldn’t stomach playing any further.

circuitfarmer, do games w Starfield gets low-spec PC mod for those gaming on potatoes
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Sad that the article focused on this particular mod. It’s aimed at textures for low-end systems, yes, but there are 2-3 others that are aimed at systems across the board and use stock textures with simple config file changes. They’re all tweaks with options that are in the game but unavailable on the menu, and they do vastly improve performance without a drop in quality.

A better headline could have been “Modders fix in days what Bethesda didn’t do with years”.

atlasraven31, do games w Having sex in Starfield is OP

Skyrim had the same thing “lover’s embrace.” It is not new.

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

It’s a Bethesda classic that’s also in Fallout.
Breaking news: Bethesda game made by Bethesda has classic Bethesda mechanics from pervious Bethesda games also made, you might be surprised to hear, by Bethesda employees.

Fuck this AI sharticle

bitsplease, do gaming w Starfield topped 230,000 concurrent players on Steam, and it’s not officially out yet

Concurrent players on launch is really only a metric of hype - from what I’ve seen so far in discussions, the game itself is shaping up to be a pretty big let down

wolfshadowheart,
@wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

Kinda seems like people hating just to hate. It's a Bethesda game in space, albiet with slightly more menu travel.

It's a fine game. I wouldn't say it's a let down unless you're expecting fully fledged landing and docking systems. I've actually been pleasantly surprised.

essellburns,

Hype inevitably produces that feeling of let down for some people.

Gorejelly, do gaming w PlayStation Project Q leak offers a very rough look at the handheld in action
@Gorejelly@kbin.social avatar

Why couldn't this device have been the one to have "360" in the name? It would have worked (for once!).

"Why do they call it the PieceShyt360? Because you throw it away and it boomerangs right back to you!"

Seriously, though, how am I going to catch the Joker with this thing?

For reals: looks like it has bad ergonomics, the software (just stock Android?) looked to be performing poorly in that one video, it will be super overpriced probably, and we don't know how locked down it will be. If it is cheap and we have play store services, it might be an ok emulation device?

malchior, do gaming w Alan Wake 2 sales figures are letting Remedy feel confident about Control 2 - even if the game hasn't made any profit yet

Yeah waiting for a steam sale.

woah135, do gaming w Alan Wake 2 sales figures are letting Remedy feel confident about Control 2 - even if the game hasn't made any profit yet

I’d love to pay full price for a physical version of this game if they would release one. Weakening physical sales will only increase the power held by the digital storefronts.

all-knight-party, do gaming w Highly anticipated indie Sims 4 rival Paralives sets early access release window for 2025
@all-knight-party@kbin.run avatar

Stating that all future content and expansions will be free even outside of early access is a powerful idea. I'm not sure how it'll pan out for them financially, but as long as the core game is good and runs well I think that the incredible wall of paid content in the Sims and that immediate feeling of "I'm not getting the whole thing" when considering only buying the base game is definitely something that's basically stopped me from moving on from Sims 3.

Why go to 4 if I have a content robust game already, and getting a similar amount of content there would cost a small fortune? If a well playing competitor arrives with one base game price and a promise that future content comes free, I think that could be a real foot in the door for this genre.

umbrella, do gaming w Netflix might add in-app purchases and ads to its games no one plays
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

told ya

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