Scientist Jim Wild has traveled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of Lancaster.
Black holes the size of an atom that contain the mass of an asteroid may fly through the inner solar system about once a decade, scientists say. Theoretically created just after the big bang, these examples of so-called primordial black holes could explain the missing dark matter thought to dominate our universe. And if they...
Would a regular asteroid be able to wobble the earth as described in this article? Or is it just black holes that should do so?
I seem to remember reading that primordial black holes weren’t yet a proven phenomenon and I have trouble imagining them myself. Wouldn’t they have hawking radiation too which we would be able to detect?
PirateSoftware was a blizzard dev, is a current dev, and is just basically lobbying against change. I don’t believe he’s being genuine in his arguments and is misrepresenting the cause or hasn’t understood it. It was possible to make games that didn’t stop working once a server shut down and it still is.
Being given a server binary isn’t a licensing issue unless you make it one. And because publishers and studios sign shitty contracts, doesn’t make it right, nor the only way to do business. If he wants to do business that way, do that shit in the US, but if something meaningful happens in the EU, then don’t sell your games there. Simple as…
it turns out the PS VR2’s Sense Controllers are very flakey when it comes to Bluetooth connectivity. Even though I have the required Bluetooth adapter built into my PC, constant connection losses meant that I couldn’t even make it past the headset’s initial setup process on PC.
Bluetooth has always been a bad experience for me. The connection will always randomly drop. Sometimes I’ll hold the two connected devices right next to each other or lay one on top of the other and the connection will still drop.
Any device that requires bluetooth is an immediate nope for me and life has been easier since.
Why don’t we have anything better? I’d even accept WiFi (802.11) connections over bluetooth. Sure, they aren’t as energy efficient (right?), but at least they are stable.
Our shareholders can’t buy another private jet to pollute the environment, so fuck off. Jake, you can stay though. You’ve been promoted to hold every job with a 5% raise.
No wonder I never played anything on Roblox - it’s for kids. I feel like parents have a lot of blame to shoulder in this case too. They should be preparing their kids for these situations, but seemingly thousands fail.
Weird. I don’t see anything at all. Maybe a mod could set an image related to gaming? A PC, console, or something? !piracy has a supercool script that generates a new image every week using AI from a generated sentence. Would be cool to have something like that too!
If it is, there are AI site likes www.craiyon.com that allow generating images manually and uploading them manually. Maybe you could use that to make a banner and icon. If not, you could also pick something yourself (if you already have something in mind), or ask the community to share suggestions in a pinned post and the most liked on after a given timeframe (a week?) is picked. It could be a monthly / bi-monthly / quarterly / semestrial / yearly thing 🙂
The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....
What about all the movies with guns? It’s much more normal to see a movie about someone getting shot or otherwise killed than see even a titty, much less any genitalia. I’d argue that many more people watch media than play games, if that’s the logic they’re going for.
Their frustration is completely misdirected also because it’s friggin’ Texas! What do you need to get a gun in that state? A pulse?
Edit: the dude was 18, how did he even get a gun? You need to be at least 21 to have one. How did he even get an semi-automatic weapon? The fuck?
The Ars article is definitely better than the gamesindustry.biz one. Patent trolls for sure.
Also, what the fuck is that patent? They are describing a multi-cast over unicast, which is basically a for loop over the participants. Friggin ridiculous.
A lot of the negative reviews were tied to the very buggy state the game released in. I’ve heard rumors that Obsidian asked for more QA time but was forced by the publisher to rush it to release. Given that Obsidian had a bounty reward if they hit a certain Metacritic score and they missed it by one point, I’m inclined to believe that rumor.
Thanks, that’s what stuck with me and I hadn’t checked since. I’ll give a go. Thanks.
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I’m reading is that it’s a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors’ pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
People that don’t know of this (or don’t care) will indiscriminately buy their products. To unseat them it would require a handheld that targets the same market and a killer game for that handheld.
It’s an open world game series with 4 games. It’s been so long since I played them, I barely remember what happened and where it’s canon or not. So, I’m practically in the same boat 🙂
'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show (phys.org) angielski
Scientist Jim Wild has traveled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of Lancaster.
Dark Matter Black Holes Could Fly through the Solar System Once a Decade (www.scientificamerican.com) angielski
Black holes the size of an atom that contain the mass of an asteroid may fly through the inner solar system about once a decade, scientists say. Theoretically created just after the big bang, these examples of so-called primordial black holes could explain the missing dark matter thought to dominate our universe. And if they...
It's disappointing when game companies place it at the bottom of the priority list (lemmy.world) angielski
Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars (phys.org)
cross-posted from: rss.ponder.cat/post/16484
#StopKillingGames update: Finland just passed the threshold. angielski
The initiative is at more than 20% of the 1 million signatures necessary....
Getting PSVR2 working on PC isn't as easy as it should be (www.eurogamer.net)
Using small black holes to detect big black holes (phys.org) angielski
A small games manifesto (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Indie Game Publisher Humble Games Reportedly Lays Off All Staff (www.gamespot.com) angielski
Roblox’s Pedophile Problem (archive.ph) angielski
Analyst: Windows on Arm is not ready for the complexities of the PC gaming landscape (www.gamedeveloper.com) angielski
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17371614
What's up with the icon of this community? (fedia.io) angielski
What does it have to do with gaming? Or is there bug with my instance?...
Diddy Kong has forbidden knowledge. (lemmy.world) angielski
What an incredible step in human explorati- (lemmy.world) angielski
Microsoft announces a disc-less Xbox Series X console in white (www.theverge.com)
The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....
GameStop Set to Jump as Keith Gill Post Shows $116 Million Bet (www.bloomberg.com) angielski
Without paywall: archive.ph/1Ff97
Families of Uvalde victims sue Activision, say Call of Duty is 'the most prolific and effective marketer of assault weapons in the United States' (www.gamedeveloper.com) angielski
Do we have someone on our side in the committee? O.o (StopKillingGames UK petition) (lemmy.zip)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071www.stopkillinggames.com
Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms (kotaku.com) angielski
Game publishers want to end preservation. But we have a chance to stop them. (youtu.be) angielski
Help take action against publishers destroying your games: stopkillinggames.com...
Activision to pay $23.4m for patent infringement (www.gamesindustry.biz)
No notes. It's perfect. (lemmy.world) angielski
Can somebody explain why game makers don't start their own companies together? angielski
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I’m reading is that it’s a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors’ pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Government Response - Petition: Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state (petition.parliament.uk)
tl;dr: we will do nothing about it...
Kerbal Space Program fans react with anger over Intercept Games closure, and you know what that means: Review bombing on Steam (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Nintendo Goes After 8,535 Switch Emulator Backups In Mass Takedown (kotaku.com) angielski
Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content (kotaku.com) angielski
Just finished binging the Fallout show, would recommend (lemmy.world)