The story for this game is pretty fun and memorable. It’s a shame the gameplay itself is lacking, there’s way too much going on and there’s not a great gameplay loop. The open world bits are pretty bad, but were required to unlock useful spells and things for the battles. The battles were ok, but could have benefitted from more focus on making the transition smoother between modes.

4chan was a place you could see child porn on any given day and it was still active. That doesn’t just happen without the government being ok with it.

Not terribly surprising, it was understood that at a minimum 4chan was working with the FBI a decade ago. It’s also entirely likely they weren’t hacked and the leak is fake as well.

Sliced bread was the best thing since Betty White

Each game has their own little quirks and focuses. From what I remember sc3000 is best to start in a corner. You only get half the pollution from buildings on the edge, which is pretty big in the early game. You also get easier access to trade partners which is a good source of income later. Public transportation is also important, and very expensive, so you need to aggressively maintain a strong budget surplus to keep expanding.

There’s also some magic numbers to know as you get more familiar with the game. Airports, farms, ports, and subways all have sizes you need to keep in mind when planning.

Thunderstorms on test days are always more fun.

It probably will. Given the modest spec bump and the high even for Nintendo hostility to switch emulation, it’s probably trivial to support switch 2 as well.

All companies are tech companies, those that aren’t will be replaced by those that are. It’s been a common theme for a decade. I don’t really care that some venture capitalists lost their easy button to decide where to throw money for massive returns. Investing is supposed to require diligence.

It’s my second store, but it’s still a distant second to steam.

Diablo, dragon age, dynasty warriors/Hyrule warriors, monster hunter, the older lord of the rings games, vermintide 2.

The lab leak theory was dismissed because there was a lot of powerful people that didn’t want any serious investigation into it. China was 100% against the lab leak theory. Fauci and the CDC were also against the lab leak theory as he was directly responsible for funding gain of function research in the most likely lab, which had been widely criticised as extremely risky research.

It also makes an incredible conspiracy theory because it’s essentially impossible to prove either way at this point.

The problem is a second launcher or library is a pain in the ass for a user. I already avoid GoG unless it’s massively cheaper, and there’s the no drm benefits there. I’m not even interested in free games on epic.

Epic is the latest example that’s trying. EA gave up that fight years ago, and probably had better shot than Epic ever will.

Most the article makes no sense, but the Mac stuff is really weird. This 18 year old YouTube video is still accurate about the Mac part. https://youtu.be/2B-ekl_cEWk?si=xWJ43QEO48O9t2oY

An article that could have discussed some actual problems with steam, but instead focused on non-issues like epic having a garbage store.

Retreating to PC makes sense, because PC won the console war.

For a billionaire spending $1 million is roughly equivalent to a normal person spending $100. It sounds like a lot of money because it is, but they have an even more absurd amount of money.

It’s all about weight when going to space. It’s one of the basic parts of rocket science. If you want to send 1 pound into space, you need to add gas to cover that weight, and the weight of the gas you add. Eventually you reach a point where the combined weight of the gas is more than the thrust it provides and you can’t add more. Solar is light, a few hours of no power isn’t a big deal over months or years of operation time, if you are confident things will come back on when there’s light again.

That doesn’t really change much. Lemmy is worse of an echo chamber of anything.

The cheat weapons from mercenaries. The portable air strike was a great way to kill an entire screen and yourself if you weren’t careful. The street sweeper was aptly named.