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Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

Maybe he realized that he bit off more than he could chew and that he's not actually a gaming visionary in the first place, considering that he stumbled upon Minecraft while developing a completely unrelated base-building game, instead. Minecraft was an accidental success, and you can't recreate an accident.

Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

I dunno that the "Prime" name is that hard to get. If a couple of YouTubers can name their energy drink "Prime" and get away with it, then I imagine Microsoft wouldn't have much trouble using it.

Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

Sounds like he finally ran out of that Microsoft money.

Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

I don't think they can do much at all, actually. They're not allowed much wiggle room when it comes to being DMCA-compliant. They pretty much have to take every takedown request at face value, because DMCA requests are a legal process, and I imagine that any intervention on YouTube's side could be seen as arbitration. I doubt they could do much to interfere with an impersonator, since even a falsely-submitted DMCA complaint is still a legal request that has to be processed accordingly.

The DMCA needs to be gutted.

Nintendo can do something, though. They're the ones being impersonated, so they can actually take the guy to court.

Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

I stopped playing because the story's over. The storytelling was the main thing that kept me playing for the last few expansions, and with The Final Shape being the finale to the main story, I just don't have a reason to go back to it right now. The episodic content is way lower quality than anything Bungie's put out before, and I kind of regret buying the deluxe edition of TFS because of that, as I have no intention of finishing the episodes.

It is still sad to see, though. I made a lot of really good friends through Destiny 2 and have a lot of great memories of times spent playing. Even though I'm no longer playing, it still feels like a pretty big loss seeing the community begin to fade away.

Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

Agent 47 looks like he's seen some shit.

Chozo, 8 miesięcy temu

Must ship by: 2017 2020 2025 The heat death of the universe

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

It looks interesting, though it does feel a little slimy just how obvious they were about making sure all the sponsor logos were visible on screen. Like, it gave me Wayne's World flashbacks with how long they were holding on the logos, it almost felt like a parody.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

I was actually really excited by the pre-rendered cut scene that wasn't cel-shaded. I thought they were going to ditch the cartoony aesthetic and try moving the franchise in a different direction. But then it switched to in-game footage, and it looks indistinguishable from footage of any previous BL game. Something about the art direction just looks like it's stuck in 2012, and not in a fun way.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

Generally, I like cel shading. I think it's maybe the issue I have is more related to artistic choices; a lot of the designs are very chunky and low-detail. It still looks very distinctly, unmistakably like Borderlands, but it doesn't look like there's been any significant improvement since BL1. If you told me this was a DLC pack for the original 2009 game, I'd probably believe it.

The newer visuals in the cinematic had me thinking that maybe Gearbox is trying to do a soft reboot after how poorly the movie was received.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

They tried too hard to be a CoD/Siege clone without offering anything new. I'm surprised it ever launched in the first place.

It really feels like somebody at Ubisoft is intentionally trying to tank the whole company or something lately. They used to be such a competent studio, so much so that it's hard to believe that these major failures as of late are an accident.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

Sure, but pretty much nobody but Valve is using Source 2 for anything, though.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

Epic joke.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

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Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

"Monsters? They look like monsters to you?"

-Silent Hill 3

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

You don't say?

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

Okay, Asmongold.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

He's the one I've seen with the "if you ignore the thing

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

Well, the ADL has plenty of details about how and why Pepe is used as a hate symbol, but you already said "Fuck ADL", so I guess you're probably not going to be receptive to their explanation.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

So you didn't read it, got it.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

It does not. Currently, all it does is replace the "PS Remote Play" app you can put on your phone, which is basically just remote desktop for your PS5. Without a PS5, all you have with the Portal is a screen that doesn't do anything.

This update will allow it to stream games from Sony's servers, instead of from your own PS5. But it is still limited just to Sony's platform.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

Pepe was previously coopted by far-right groups. The usage has died down since the creator of the original comic began suing people, but there are still people who put Pepe in Trump hats and shit.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

Warframe is a bit similar to Destiny in that it's built around multiplayer, but most of the main content can be solo'd if you wanted. But that said, the Warframe community is still thriving, so it should be pretty easy to find a group to play with if you want to avoid the in-game matchmaking.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

Not sure why you got downvoted, you're absolutely right. While Nintendo is prolific in this subject, they're far from unique.

Chozo, 9 miesięcy temu

How many of those developers are also hardware manufacturers, though? Because that's what we're talking about.

The Big Three all do this.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

They're usually put in the game's credits. The promotional material is part of the game even if it isn't on the disc, it isn't some separate project that exists in a vacuum.

The author says "think about it", but clearly he didn't.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

I wonder if it's a licensing thing. I know a few of these games had heavy use of licensed music, like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxy. At least, the original versions did, I'm not sure if that's the case for the Steam ports.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

Probably a pessimistic take, but I don't expect this to have any discernable impact on sales, or any other effects that would discourage publishers from these practices. The average user doesn't care about or understand how these things work; they'll see an anti-cheat warning on the store page and think "Okay, tell the colonel I'll be on my best behavior then" and continue to buy the game.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

I used to work with a guy who had thrown away upwards of $10,000 at this game. The last time it came up, he told me he had spent over $8,000, and that was several years ago and he didn't seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. When I asked him what he got for that money, he showed me the one ship he has. He had one ship. The rest were still in development and wouldn't even be released for years.

He spent more than some cars cost, for a handful of digital space ships, 90% of which aren't even finished. I have no idea how to reason with people who do this sort of thing.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

I'd honestly love to see them try a different take on Diablo. It won't happen since Blizzard is all about live service games these days, but I'd love to see a single-player, traditional RPG version of Diablo. Imagine if Larian got the rights to make a Diablo game.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm kinda surprised that there hasn't already been a Skyrim mod that does exactly this.

Chozo, 10 miesięcy temu

From what I've seen, the SH2 remake looks really good. Honestly, it's a fine starting point if you want to get into the series as SH1 is pretty inconsequential to the rest of the games, so you can definitely just skip it and not really miss out on much.

I really hope that Bloober gets the greenlight to continue remaking the rest of the series. I'd love to see a modernized SH3.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

I loved Control so much, I'm glad to see that Remedy's still expanding on that universe.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

His subreddit is in full cope mode and losing its collective shit right now. People acting like Hasan set him up or something. Like... no, Hasan tried to save Asmon's racist ass and give him a way out of the controversy, and instead of taking the help he decided to double-down on his bullshit.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Nintendo has never been against emulation. They've only been against people playing without paying.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

They've just recently nuked on the Switch emulator.

Because it was being used for piracy. As in, had support in the emulator's code for unreleased games. Nintendo rarely goes after emulator devs that don't use their code.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Nintendo's been openly emulating their own games since about that time. IIRC, the SNES Virtual Console on the Wii had code from SNES9X in it.

The distinction (which seems nobody cares about) is that Nintendo's going after copyright infringers. If your emulator doesn't use any of Nintendo's code, they ain't doing shit about it; they're just gonna steal it, if anything.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Yuzu supported unreleased games. To do that required using Nintendo's code, and getting that code through unauthorized channels. Nintendo's code may not have been distributed through Yuzu, but it was used in a way that was not permitted in order to engineer a way to circumvent the copy protection of those games. That was how Nintendo was able to go after them.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Because the distinction is important. Why do you think Yuzu was shut down but PJ64 still exists?

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

PJ64 emulates a long gone platform they don't care about anymore.

No. PJ64 was around when Nintendo was still actively making money on N64 titles.

PJ64 never got shut down because they made sure to always keep their project legal. Nintendo could never do shit to them, and it's been over 20 years now.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

That, and when Nintendo's code is used in some way to develop the project. Japan has very strict laws on reverse engineering any software, which Nintendo is always set to capitalize on.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

I'm not defending Nintendo, dude. I'm explaining how they're able to shut down emulators. It's possible to make legal emulators, and Nintendo won't touch them.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Right, but Yuzu did, tho. That's how Nintendo shut them down. Yuzu overstepped and handed Nintendo their own noose. They probably would've been just fine if they hadn't given out builds with those tools built-in.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

You sure do seen to love a company that hates you.

If you saw any of what I wrote as a defense of Nintendo, then you're not reading.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Isn't this only because it's soon to be legally required in California? I don't think they're doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

gg ez

-Me, with a KD of 3/13

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

It's not about the data, it's about the IP.

Chozo, 11 miesięcy temu

Yeah, the price wasn't exactly the issue.