I mean, that’s all skins have been anyway. Originally you’d just upload a texture and do whatever you wanted. Then you could do the same with the models.
Then someone got the genius idea to make you pay for the privilege…

I can confirm my canines are still intact. That’s about it.

I bring swag from my previous employers to whatever employer I am currently at :)
Let them know how much I care about company spirit.

Could probably use a Bible from the way things are. Doubt they actually ever open those.

But can you shoot it down?

Hey! I recognize some of those Monster Musume girls! That’s some pretty harmless, wholesome ecchi stuff.

Somebody didn’t watch Terminator 2

“Another fals positive? Woops! Whatever shall we do?”

Brigador is amazing! The flavor text is so good I went out of my way to purchase it all (in game money, but still). Even better, it gives you hints of powerful combos to try out, amongst the many many possible combinations. It’s a fantastic blend of Mechwarrior, with Syndicate graphics, with a brilliant soundtrack. Such a gem!

If you enjoy zombi bashing but don’t care for all the depressive atmosphere of Dying Light, but would rather kick some ass, I would recommend Dead Island (1 or 2). The close combat fighting is visceral and fun and while the story has some real drama at times, it’s generally upbeat.

Seriously, I’ve had Dying Light for years not every time I get too brought down by the overall vibe and constantly feeling so weak. Whereas DI had me shredding a tear at least once but you kick ass throughout.

Would be interesting to see how they distinguish “personal consumption” and “transformative” consumption.

The AI did quite literally what any human educating themselves would have done : reading entire libraries to improve themselves. Then make money from it. So if little Timmy pirates 3DS Max or Photoshop to get a job, it’s fine yeah? Or a student trying to read their course without paying hundreds of dollars?

But wait, when Timmy reads a single virtual book, it’s thievery? It’s the loss of a sale? So how many sales were lost through all those virtual books stolen from paying customers by the AI?

They gotta decide one way or another at some point and stop taking the piss.

Also I wonder if the AI can actually remember the entire content of each book they read though. Or any. And if they do, then can that actually be proof, for each individual book thus regurgitated, that the copyright has been unfairly used since a full reproduction (or close enough as to fool a reader?) would be now available.

That’s gonna be some interesting jurisprudence.

With the hours I’ve spent flying my drone in Ghost Recon : Wildlands, I’m 0% surprised at the games skills IRL, nor their effectiveness on the battlefield. I’m just mighty curious at how easily spotted they are compared to the video game ones.

Only slightly related, but it’s hilarious to hear my surgeon wife being told to start practising her gamepad handling skills on video games so she can better operate using the robot. Well, sweetheart, let me show you what more than thirty years of practice look like! :,D

But on the other hand, a huge company like Ubisoft not promoting their product is usually seen as a lack of faith in their product. So it’s a vicious circle of promotion.

Also you could argue that these days, with the oversaturation of good games, you absolutely need to remind your Tik Tok generation players that you exist. Constantly.

Both are shitty reasons, but I think they are real factors nonetheless.

I keep telling my wife the auto functions in my A3 are like having a horse. Including the odd “oh I’m gonna brake for no reason because I got spooked, now”.
I fucking love it!

That’s an interesting and reasonable take.
I’m actually surprised you are not down voted to oblivion!

Video games have given me the false hope that we can just send an elite team of ghost assassins to erase the target from existence, but apparently that’s way too costly :( All that training on Ghost Recon wasted…

Oh, the IDF style of surgical precision bombing. How apt.

I’m right there with you on that one. For years I’ve dreamt about a post-apo game where you rebuild and look forward to the future, instead of wallowing in misery and barely getting by.
I think a 4X game, or better, something like a Heroes of Might & Magic might be the right scale to do it, but so far nobody seems to have seen the niche waiting to be filled. I dream of filling it myself but I simply don’t have the energy for a project that scale. I’m no ConcernedApe or Tarn Adams, ha !

I read some really racist xit yesterday on here, under the pretense of “my historical accuracy is so offended!”
It was almost hilarious, like a really average greentext on 4chan.
So I guess that’s nice to see such rabid reaction. And just for that I appreciate the game being there and not bending over.

Minus the theatre it looks like they’d live China and their streams where people send comments while watching soaps together.