This guy unfortunately and unironically exists and likely has more power than anybody on the fediverse.

Unchecked consumer-grade RF signals that are broadcast in every direction are insecure??

Color me shocked!

I haven’t really been following it or him (I don’t really even know much, other than the gist of not wanting games to disappear when devs decide it’s too expensive to keep the servers). What did he do? Because normally he gives pretty good takes.

Maybe SE should set aside a smaller team to make FF games that are turn based? Just the zealots and the necessary people. Sure it would splinter the company essentially, but I’d rather them be splintered and still make games that I want to play, then be cohesive and be all animations and bad.

Personally, due to the roots of FF, I think the core team should be turn-based, and the spin-off titles can be non-turn-based.

Edit: (Fuck. What am I even arguing against… I don’t even give a shit if they’re turn-based or not, I just want them to be fun again and not shitty.)

12 was turn based. But bad. Those were bad changes. FF somehow started going in the wrong direction with that game.

I don’t think anybody hates real-time combat. That feels like a strawman.

I think when it comes down to it though, there are huge demographics in the gaming community that are underserved and craving something that the industry has turned its back on because of loud people hating on turn-based combat.

Expedition 33’s success is simply a validation to the gamers left waiting, and to the developers that indicates that not all gamers hate turn-based combat, and maybe it isn’t an age thing.

In a different perspective, though, I hate the executives and studios who rely on others to lead, and I see it as spineless. If you were a developer afraid to make what you thought was fun because you thought you couldn’t maximize your sales around a combat system (cough cough square enix cough), you’re chicken shit.

the bullshit never stops, does it

Sounds like fascism to me.

Can’t find an emoji holding its side and laughing. Just pretend.

Woah. Haven’t seen one of those for like 25 years. I used to bring one to LAN parties.

That’s capitalism, babyyyyyyy

Indie games are great and all, but everybody I know is still waiting for great AAA games again that we can play together.

“You must be this gay to use this bridge.”

chef’s kiss

Tyvm

What is peertube?

Money?

Sustainability?

Privacy?

Purpose?

Benefits?

App?

Concise, go.

Woah. Things were different, at least 12 years ago.

I use noscript and VERY MUCH do not allow as much stuff as possible, by default, and don’t allow anything if I don’t want to or feel like it. I have been doing so since forever because of literal constant bullshit.

Age verification in a porn database is odd to me, from a privacy point of view AND a massive undertaking for the porn company. And then there’s the puritan culture of wanting to block teenagers from watching porn? Seems a very anti-French thing to me, but I’m also pretty ignorant of actual French culture. I assumed French culture would be like, once you have the urges, you’ll go seeking, and if you need to look at the internet in the safety of your own bedroom, is better than unexpected pregnancies to satisfy urges.

What’s the deal with all of this, anyway? What are the arguments here?

Authoritarians have embraced internet culture somehow.

I’m curious how they got Gen Z so curtailed.

How do you know it’s just boys? Seems an odd assumption, considering the nature of omission of information with this.