thatKamGuy @ thatKamGuy @sh.itjust.works

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Echoing everyone else’s sentiments in saying thank you for the write-up - we really don’t get enough Tas-specific news here, even just across the strait!

What do you think is the likelihood of Labor winning a majority/minority Government as a result of a potential snap election?

That explains the YouTube short from the ABC? which came across my feed earlier today.

Their coverage is woeful as always, is there a succinct summary of what’s happening for those of us outside Tasmania?

We can only hope, and to add Putin’s name to that list.

Based AF Symmetry: Poland 🇵🇱 and Indonesia 🇮🇩

Welcome! I just picked it because it sounded funny, but it turns out to be a really cool instance. 😎

Please, please, please don’t be a micro-transaction laden download only title! 🤞🏻

I loved the PSP versions growing up, and this series holds a special place in my heart. I really hope they do it justice..

Consider this an opportunity to take the money you could have put towards buying this game, and instead use it to purchase stock in Konami.

Not only as an investor will you have the ability to voice your concerns during meetings, if enough gamers were to do this - they could eventually wrestle controls of the company away from those that seek to monetise every single goddamn thing, while shitting on the creatives that created the work they are now trying to leech off of.

Oh, totally! 🙄

I have a feeling I’m going to have a LOT of (unpaid, as I’m on salary) overtime in the next three weeks as a result!

Am meant to transfer to a new department at work next week, but the new team didn’t initiate the transfer correctly - so my old role couldn’t be backfilled..

..now there’s a fight brewing over when I should actually transition. It’s good to be wanted, but I feel like a kid who’s divorcing parents are fighting for custody!

Any recent restaurants that stand-out as worth mentioning?

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.

An absolute masterpiece in terms of blending and transitioning between live action and animation; plus the whole Disney/Warner Bros character crossovers.. just 👌🏼

Bonus Points for the Undertaker’s (uncredited?) cameo appearance: ^{you’re a dead man, Ramsey!}

…oh, and extra credit for birthing the “I wAs FrOzEn ToDaY!!” meme too!

Just got home from the gym, and going to head back for another session in the morning - all because I’m stubborn and want to prove the wife wrong..

..she definitely knows how to push my buttons, heaven help me if she ever decides to use those powers for evil! 😅

The in-laws are heading back overseas in a month, so we are going to lose their babysitting services shortly, so I’m trying to get in as much exercise as I can!

Any tips to stay on track and motivated to work out from home once they leave?

I don’t want the current iteration of EA to succeed; but I do want them to return to form and help* nurture quality releases of Command and Conquer, Mass Effect, Dead Space, Burn Out, Need for Speed, Road Rash, Theme X, Sim City and about a dozen other dormant (or mismanaged) franchises.

Could I get similar experiences from other publishers and developers? Absolutely — but I’d much rather we as gamers have a broader choice in the future of our hobby, rather than continually whittling down our options as quality developers get swallowed up and spat out by the current industrial machine.

Fuck me, that’s somehow creepier than it has any right to be.

I mean, if you are enterprising enough you can strip the car down, sell the stainless steel to a scrap yard; sell the interior, wheels and windshield to a salvage yard; and repurpose the batteries for an overkill off-grid home system!

Realistically yes, you are correct.

I’m sure we all (at least those old enough) to remember that Boycott Modern Warfare II Steam group screenshot.

Idealistically, imagine that for every release - instead of giving EA that $80 dollars, 10% of gamers put that money towards a share instead.

So that would work out to be ~$200m in lost upfront sales, and up to $540m in lost recurring spend (microtransactions, battle passes etc.).

That would only be enough for gamers to own 0.5% of the company after the first year, but keeping this up for multiple years could have a downward pressure on EA’s stock price long-term as they miss their financial forecasts - increasing gamer’s buying power on shares.

Within a few years, these “Gamers United” would begin to have sufficient stake to influence board decisions (for the better).

The best part being that, the entire time, EA would continue to pay dividends to them (currently at a rate of ~$3.10 per share, per year), while they still technically own that money - almost like a corporate savings account.

*Edit: out of the three companies I randomly picked, Ubisoft would actually be the softest target - as their market cap is only $1.38b, so gamers would only need to acquire ~$700m of shares to wrestle control of the company!

I really wish gamers could unite in a way that they buy out sufficient ownership stakes in these terrible publishers that they force them to treat development studios better, and not push out half-finished slop filled to the brim with predatory monetisation.

EA, Konami, Ubisoft would all be ripe for a renaissance if that were to pass.

I’m going to hold out for Cyberpunk 2222, personally.