Pons_Aelius

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Profil ze zdalnego serwera może być niekompletny. Zobacz więcej na oryginalnej instancji.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

Dr Strangelove could be backstory for a post-apocalyptic society.

It would work for anything from A Canticle for Leibowitz to the Fallout games.

Pons_Aelius,

Very efficient.

What is the next "grown up game" now that Minecraft only goes for children? angielski

When Minecraft came out, it was hard to understand, not that good looking and only really catered to nerd gamers. There was no recipe book, no cute animals, no lush caves to explore, just an unforgiving Day-Night cycle and few, very creepy caves....

Pons_Aelius,

Its about the fact that minecraft isnt as fun as it used to be (to you)

It sounds more like you have changed, rather than minecraft.

That is normal. People's tastes change.

What do you think are currently games that are not focused on children and have great potential?

That is such an open ended question as to be impossible to really answer well.

You have stated you no longer enjoy minecraft but not what you do like playing. So again, quite hard to make a recommendation.

Do you want building sims? Tropico or Cities: Skylines.

Other than that, I have no idea what to recommend.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

That make sense?

Yes, it does.

It sounds like the discovery of the mechanics was more rewarding for you as making progress and winning.

I‘m probably just fed up with being the oddball all the time.

Don't be. It is the oddballs of the world that are actually the agents of change.

Having read this I would suggest you have a look at Kerbal space program. On the surface it is a fairly simple game but the mechanics of actual space flight are very complex.

A good XKCD about Kerbal.

Pons_Aelius,

I am very comfortable with never owning a ubisoft game ever again.

Pons_Aelius,

Looks like the child wants to create.

Buy a shit load of cheap paper and let them have an outlet for their creativity.

Pons_Aelius,

Also in a few years/decades when you see the drawings it will bring back a flood of memories of when the kid was little.

Pons_Aelius,

Place paper on play station...

Pons_Aelius,

Is it really that surprising?

20 years ago The Hot coffee scandal was massive.

Allowing fully clothed humping in a game where you could beat and rob sex workers (and just kill random people) was seen as a massive scandal.

Pons_Aelius,

I stopped playing games on mobile as I have more than enough to play on pc and ps.

Also I hate the free to play skinner box model that took over the mobile industry.

Pons_Aelius,

Semi relevant XKCD

Pons_Aelius,

I know I shouldn't be surprised with US labour practises but how they fuck is a company allowed to not pay severance when doing layoffs?

Pons_Aelius,

They didn't fix the VR induced nausea. They moved to a mixed reality headset. You still see the room you are in as well as the game.

The question I then have to ask is: Why strap this to your head?

Pons_Aelius,

You mean the Authoritarian State Capitalist country of China?

They are as communist as the DPRK is democratic...in name only.

Pons_Aelius,

a blockchain-based business sim

Sorry Pete but blockchain is so 2020. Everyone knows AI is the new hotness in tech buzzwords.

"Ownership and creativity take center stage as you get the chance to build and manage your business on your very own land!"

What happens if/when the servers your business is located on are switched off?

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

The blockchain does not contain the assets he is talking about. it is just a ledger saying who owns the assets.

If the place the blockchain ledger points to no longer exists, the ledger is useless.

Same with NFT's, they are digital receipts that point to a web address, If the web address closes down, the NFT is useless.

Not sure you understand what you are talking about there bubs.

Pons_Aelius,

exit stage left

Heavens to Murgatroyd!

Pons_Aelius,

I would say, being even more pedantic, that the game uses a blockchain (which is just a different type of database) to record in game digital asset ownership. This game could have been made with a normal db taking that roll and would probably run no differently.

He is mentioning and using a blockchain over a normal db for no other reason that it probably helped to secure funding in 2017 as it was a massive tech buzzword at the time.

Pons_Aelius,

The person who stated this a while ago deleted their comment so the reply may not have made sense:

The blockchain does not contain the digital assets. it is just a ledger saying who owns the assets.

If the place the blockchain ledger points to no longer exists, the ledger is useless.

Same with NFT's, they are digital receipts that point to a web address, If the web address closes down, the NFT is useless.

For a real world analogy.

A deed (blockchain ledger) proves you own a house (digital asset stored on the game server). If the house burns down (game server is switched off), the deed still exists but it is useless as the asset it describes no longer does.

Pons_Aelius,

Now compare the inflation adjusted cost of a Model T to a Corolla.

Then compare the inflation adjusted cost of a Model T IBM series 1 PC to a Corolla modern PC.

etc.

etc

etc.

Pons_Aelius,

Is their trust broken forever or is there any chance for redemption?

Not while the current management is in place and that will not change, so the first one.

Pons_Aelius,

Unity Technologies went public back in late 2020.

The creators/venture capital funders got their payday and the MBA's are now in charge as the company must keep increasing profit every quarter...forever.

They cannot/will not change course now.

Pons_Aelius,

Part of the settlement requirements should be that Epic has to contact every account that is eligible to inform them of this.

Otherwise, as with so many suits and class actions like this, most will never know they are entitled to compensation.

Pons_Aelius,

It is closer to $7 per account, still not a massive amount but...

If you don't get it, someone must get the $245M.

The law firm will happily accept it as admin fees instead.

Pons_Aelius,

I don't bother with an app. I have found that FF with ublock works best for me on Android.

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Pons_Aelius,

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Pons_Aelius, (edited )

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Pons_Aelius,

Well, if I am going to migrate...

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