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SaltySalamander
SaltySalamander @ SaltySalamander @fedia.io
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Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good: The gaming industry spent billions pursuing the idea that customers wanted realistic graphics. Did executives misread the market?

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  • How about a AAAA 20v20 open world multiplayer shooter (nobody is doing that!), SaaS (to keep'em coming back), with ultra realistic graphics (it'll be epically fun that way), a $100million budget (we'll outsource to save money), MTX so we can make tons of money (we get profit sharing right?), and we do it in 3 years (for work-life balance)

    I 100% believe most of these unrealistic expectations come from the execs. Decisions like these aren't made by art directors. They come from on high. Art directors and game directors aren't the ones making the monied decisions.

    • China Wrongfully Detains over 20 Tibetans and Beats Village Head to Death

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  • If only they'd stop doing so much bad shit.

    • GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”

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  • It 100% is how it works. Read that EULA next time you install one of those games via the installer you downloaded from gog.

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  • copyright*

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  • I didn't realize it was illegal to fish. I think you meant phishing.

    • Startup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it first

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  • I'm Australian so English isn't my first language

    So...what is your first language then?

    • ‘Murder Hornet’ Has Been Eradicated From the U.S., Officials Say

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  • God yes

    • Seagate launches 30/32TB capacity Exos M mechanical HDD (30/32TB capacity)

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  • So I'm guessing you don't really know what you're talking about.

    • Senior Democrat Gerry Connolly beats out AOC in key vote for top party post on Oversight panel

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  • No, you didn't.

    • 'Ontario is not having it': Trump reportedly set stage for Canada to cut off U.S. energy

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  • It's literally dead, and has been for a few years now.

    • How do you solve dynamic DNS?

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  • cloudflare + the dynamic dns plugin for opnsense.

    • Russia Tests Cutting Off Access to Global Web, and VPNs Can't Get Around It

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  • Where are all the "Russia is great!" shitposters at?

    Oh. Bummer.

    • Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to sign Covid stimulus checks as Trump did

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  • 3% per month. That's how those inflation numbers work.

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  • Sounds oh so familiar...

    • FBI offers $50,000 reward for information about gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

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  • $$$

    • Syracuse judge refuses to perform marriage for same-sex couple: ‘It was real weird’

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  • So hilariously wrong it hurts.

    • Syracuse judge refuses to perform marriage for same-sex couple: ‘It was real weird’

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  • Judges do perform weddings on their own time.

    No, they perform them during business hours.

    They are allowed to do them. It's not part if their day to day 10 to 4 job

    Yes, it actually is.

    • NZXT responds to damning Gamers Nexus video accusing it of running a "predatory, evil" rental scam

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  • Not only not profitable, but a massively money-losing venture. Hence why no corporation does this.

    • Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230

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  • Unless you want to permanently cover the punch-hole camera

    • Paulette Thompson Says Husband Received Threats 'Over Lack Of Coverage' Leading Up To Shooting

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  • Expect it to happen more often. I think we're entering that stage of civilization.