Feydaikin @ Faydaikin @beehaw.org

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For most of us, it's too late for that.

"Pigs" = Cops, right?

Yes, but I'm talking about in this day and age. There are no Hint Books or Hotlines anymore. So we fall back on ye olde walkthroughs, as without them, the games are close to impossible.

A bunch of old Sierra games. Like the Space Quest series.

Great games, but unforgiving. Having a walkthrough on hand is a must as a few sections are close to impossible without one

As physical mediums CD and Mini-disc were the most practical. But I do enjoy the rituals of Vinyl. Dusting them off before playing them and such.

Mp3 wins overall thou, simply by the amount of music I can have on me at any time.

I doubt any of the devs working on it really wants to.

This game's existence seems very ordered from the higher-ups. The model seems in tune with that estimate.

Seeing my city at the top just kinda makes me sad. Not that it's not a nice place to live, but it does make me worry about everywhere else.

I'm pretty much against exclusivity as a whole.

I'd prefer if corporations competed with better tech and services.

It doesn't cost them any more. They already paid an estimate of sales.

All you're doing is telling them is that they've got your attention.

The Devs take a pay for timed exclusivity and this helps development.

This is only in the case of Indie Devs. And again, only if the deal is struck before the game is done. For any studio tied to a publisher, it's just money up front for the publisher.

Plus, I remember the stories some Devs told of how egs tried to strong-arm them into going exclusive. Didn't score them any bonus points in my book.

But as I said, everyone has they're own principles.

Yeah, but what EGS is doing isn't competition.

If they had stuck with being a cheaper alternativ for Indie Devs and maybe followed it up with even more favorable deals for using their Engine and being on their platform, I wouldn't have had a problem with them. It would have been a good strategy to compete with Valve.

Like GOG did with retro games. Tapping into something Valve didn't focus on.

But they didn't. It all came down to a shitty attempt at Storefront Exclusivity. And that isn't competition, that is just removing customer choice.

We all have our own principles.

Yeh, but It's still EGS... So, do we care? Are.. are we caring about this?

So... like everywhere else on the internet?

When I see titles like: "How Women Are Conquering Metal" I'm happy that I can usually find a quote in the article like this: "I just did what I love. I'm a metalhead. I never really thought it was such a big deal. Yes, I'm a woman, but I'm a metalhead; I think music is above it all."

Metal as a whole has, in my experience, always been a welcoming scene. No one is "conquering" anything, because all are welcome. And yes, like most other genres of music, motions in popularity happens.

I don't get the medias need to make everything into a competition between people.

I also found the first book hard to put down once I got started. I'm hoping that trend continues with the other two books.

It was quite different from what I usually read, but highly engaging.

Yes, the second book in the series "The Jesus Incident" is very Dune-esq. I'd recommend that one above the others.

Edit: There's four books! I forgot about "The Lazarus Effect"

Frank Herberts 'WorShip' saga is one of my personal favorites after Dune. Although the first book in the series, 'Destination: Void' is a hard slow burn.

All the 4 books can be read as individuel stories, but just give a "bigger picture" if read as a series.

There's also something to be said about some of the more 'Classic' Sci-Fi books, like: 'Starship Troopers', Do Androids Dream...' and '2001'.

'Annihilation' is another really good book. I haven't read the sequels yet, so I can't speak on those.

'The Void' trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton is another series that might interest you. It's sci-fi with a hard 'S' if remember correctly.

I guess "Use your stupid" can be applied the same way "Use your smarts" is.

Like if 'Your Smarts' refers to rationale or deductive skills, 'Your Stupid' could refer to the lack thereof.

Booted the old Warframe and Path of Exile accounts back up. It's been a hot minute.

Those two old games are still fantastic. And they just keep getting bigger! There's always new content coming out.

I'm also trying out a new build in Baldurs Gate 3, which is always fun.