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  1. Comment on The 100 games that taught me game design in ~games

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    Great list, thanks! Though most of the games on his list are modern, like from the last 15ish years and like he said it's his personal "meaningless" list but your games are interesting too.

    Great list, thanks!

    Though most of the games on his list are modern, like from the last 15ish years and like he said it's his personal "meaningless" list but your games are interesting too.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on The 100 games that taught me game design in ~games

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    What games do you think he missed in terms of game design?

    What games do you think he missed in terms of game design?

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  3. Comment on The 100 games that taught me game design in ~games

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    I'd put it in exactly that category. It may introduce you to new games but there wasn't really anything new for me (though it really was just a background video, so I might've missed some). Partly...

    I'd put it in exactly that category. It may introduce you to new games but there wasn't really anything new for me (though it really was just a background video, so I might've missed some). Partly that might be just because I've followed the channel for a long time so repeat topics were obviously familiar to me.

    For someone totally new to game design this video is great! Though maybe a bit intimidating since it's a long video but in chunks it's fine and full of stuff without fluff. And it's probably useful for someone in the midst of designing game mechanics as a refresher -- maybe, I'm not a game designer so idk.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Fabio and the Goose (collab videos with Adam Savage and SlowMoGuys in comments) in ~arts

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    Bobby is a brilliant storyteller. I appreciate the amount of ideas, little twists and turns in the story that move this video forward like a train full steam. And he's funny.

    Bobby is a brilliant storyteller. I appreciate the amount of ideas, little twists and turns in the story that move this video forward like a train full steam. And he's funny.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    I've begun to label them noise or offtopic but tried to limit that to cases where I haven't participated in the thread.

    I've begun to label them noise or offtopic but tried to limit that to cases where I haven't participated in the thread.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    At its core yes but if you describe a person as a contrarian it usually means they just like to argue a lot and arguing for its own sake is exhausting. Add to that the fact that online discourse...

    At its core yes but if you describe a person as a contrarian it usually means they just like to argue a lot and arguing for its own sake is exhausting. Add to that the fact that online discourse is pretty blunt and unemphatic which can translate the comments antagonizing even if the commenter doesn't intend them to be, they just weren't really aware of the fact they were coming off as a bit off an ass.

    9 votes

  7. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    Interesting, I haven't really noticed that. Other than of course people are going to comment more often if they disagree because they have more to say than plain "I agree". What I have noticed...

    Interesting, I haven't really noticed that. Other than of course people are going to comment more often if they disagree because they have more to say than plain "I agree".

    What I have noticed though is an increase in Reddit-like snappy, short comments that have a little attitude and sarcastic tone but don't add much to the topic at hand.

    17 votes

  8. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

  9. Comment on Megalopolis | Teaser trailer in ~movies

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    This seems like my kind of weirdo scifi but man does it also look visually disjointed and somewhat lacking in scope (that I assume it's going for). It's like a mix of low and high budget.

    This seems like my kind of weirdo scifi but man does it also look visually disjointed and somewhat lacking in scope (that I assume it's going for). It's like a mix of low and high budget.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Outdoor time is good for your kids' eyesight. Here's why. in ~health

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    It's been a while since I listened to a podcast about this topic that's about right. Afaik the basic point was that that "exercise" is also most effective right after staring something close for a...

    It's been a while since I listened to a podcast about this topic that's about right. Afaik the basic point was that that "exercise" is also most effective right after staring something close for a while.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO in ~games

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    It's an interesting thought experiment isn't it? Let's take Dragon Age as an example. Single player fantasy RPG. What kind of advertising could thematically fit there? Nothing, unless you go...

    It's an interesting thought experiment isn't it? Let's take Dragon Age as an example. Single player fantasy RPG. What kind of advertising could thematically fit there? Nothing, unless you go really meta with something like a magical portal to our world and use that as an excuse to spam ads somewhere in the UI or in-game world. Maybe you could put some text or lightly illustrated notifications onto a notification board. But even that seems suuper scummy and in the way.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO in ~games

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    It's probably just natural to explore different revenue streams. Though, I'm not sure anyone's gotten rich with their in-app advertising? Even mobile games are always about the whales. So I'm not...

    It's probably just natural to explore different revenue streams. Though, I'm not sure anyone's gotten rich with their in-app advertising? Even mobile games are always about the whales. So I'm not sure how viable 'good' advertising could be. There's probably not that many Super Bowl level million dollar advertising deals and they'll just end up accepting anyone to their ad platform which probably will turn it to shit unless well excecuted.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO in ~games

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    I'm interested in seeing if they're able to be 'thoughtful' at all when placing ads. The only unintrusive ways I can come up with are in-world advertising and in-game items in the way of Fortnite...

    I'm interested in seeing if they're able to be 'thoughtful' at all when placing ads. The only unintrusive ways I can come up with are in-world advertising and in-game items in the way of Fortnite etc.

    Having your pause menu plastered with advertisements will always be obstructive but obviously it's a possibility that people get used to them. But in my opinion that's just super cheap and ineffective (because it's almost hostile towards the player) compared to more natural ways to surface brands.

    12 votes

  16. Comment on Warner Bros. to release new ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ in 2026, Peter Jackson to produce and Andy Serkis to direct in ~movies

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    I don't think they can afford to throw stones after the Hobbit movies. It's probably just a way to say "it's going to be good, trust us".

    I don't think they can afford to throw stones after the Hobbit movies. It's probably just a way to say "it's going to be good, trust us".

    12 votes

  17. Comment on Sony backed down from the PSN requirement to play Helldivers 2. How will this change how the community reacts to game changes? in ~games

  18. Comment on Nintendo pre-announces a Switch 2 announcement is coming… eventually in ~games

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    Yeah, I realized that my comment read as if I meant summer this year, when I meant the next. I guess you didn't catch my edit. Why I don't think (like you don't seem to either) it won't be this...

    Yeah, I realized that my comment read as if I meant summer this year, when I meant the next. I guess you didn't catch my edit.

    Why I don't think (like you don't seem to either) it won't be this year, is that I don't believe they have games ready for the launch. It's not like Switch's release was stacked though I suppose there's a new Mario in the pipeline, as well as Smash and Mario Kart.

    Now that I think about it, it's been ages since those series had new entries so they might aim for a fall release after all? Weren't there rumors that the system was ready but they had manufacturing problems? So maybe Christmas rush makes sense after all?

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Nintendo pre-announces a Switch 2 announcement is coming… eventually in ~games

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    I'd expect the system to hit the shelves during summer at the latest. It gives them time to get the enthusiasts out of the way before Christmas sales and anyway as soon as that announcement makes...

    Nintendo President Shinto Furukawa shared on social media that "we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year," which ends on March 31, 2025.

    I'd expect the system to hit the shelves during summer at the latest. It gives them time to get the enthusiasts out of the way before Christmas sales and anyway as soon as that announcement makes "Switch 2" official, it'll start cannibalizing the sales of Switch.

    Edit. Summer next year, I mean. But what do I know, I'm less sure with my guess now that I realized summer's not even here yet.

    12 votes

  20. Comment on Sony backed down from the PSN requirement to play Helldivers 2. How will this change how the community reacts to game changes? in ~games

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    Afaik, it was stated somewhere on the Steam page (in a small but not invisible print) that they'll be requiring PSN accounts in the future. That being said, what a dumb ass move to release the...

    (removing the PSN requirement temporarily without stating it was temporary)

    Afaik, it was stated somewhere on the Steam page (in a small but not invisible print) that they'll be requiring PSN accounts in the future.

    That being said, what a dumb ass move to release the game in unsupported countries. Also dumb to bait and switch the account requirement, they should've pushed the release if it was that important.

    A smarter move would've been to offer some incentives to link your PSN account voluntarily, like an item or maybe monthly payment of in-game currency. They still should do that and probably give a little little to everyone as an apology.

    22 votes