What agenda is that referencing? I’m out of the loop.

That’s no bird, that’s a blimp.

The latest steam survey says 2.08% use Linux.

That’s more than 2%, I bet you feel pretty ridiculous now!

Not to brag, but my mom let me have her old palm pilot from work.

Guess I was pretty cool when I peaked 20 years ago.

I get that they’re successful, and it’d be fantastic if this became the trend. But Battlefield and Call of Duty sell consistently with much less development effort and a lot lower risk of flopping.

It looks like Call of Duty is typically 3 year development cycles, and one took only 1.5 years. Baldur’s Gate took 6 years.

Oooh. Thanks for that, makes more sense now.

There’s a reason everyone needs to be vaccinated.

But I don’t expect you to read that because if you wanted to understand reality, you would have already.

What do you use for tiling? I’ve been curious about this setup, but the software setup sounds like a pain compared to 2 monitors.

Full version

Edit: from XKCD

It’s not really clear whether the variance scales linearly with weight. We only know 1 data point. It could be bracketed for different weight groups.

Best:

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Against the Storm
• Dave the Diver
• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - I usually hate tactical strategy games, but this one’s good. The quicksave/reload feature makes it pretty fun to experiment and goof around.
• Dead Cells (I’m behind)
• Grounded
• Tears of the Kingdom

Mediocre

• Dredge - It was a unique experience, but I never really understood the fear/consequences despite fully finishing it.
• Armored Core 6 - The balance in this series always ruins them, even though I try to love them every time. Being forced into a specific build takes the fun out of customization.

I guess I avoided the worst games this year!

Did Remnant 2 feel more unique than Remnant 1? I tried the 1st and fell off in the 2nd world because it all felt too similar with a handful of enemies and procedural chunks. Reluctant to try the 2nd if it’s got the same lack of variety.

What did you not like about Returnal? I haven’t looked into it much beyond the trailer, but was considering trying it out.

How did Remnant 2 compare to Remnant 1 for you if you played both? I started Remnant 1 just before the 2nd release, and I really liked the concept but everything felt too generic and started to get old really quickly. I think the biggest issue was the procedural generation made everything too similar. The worlds all felt the same with only a few enemy types.

It definitely doesn’t work like that.

Even 20 layers of that stuff is still like using wax paper to schmear melted chocolate.

“No style” hits hard. Hadn’t they done enough damage already?

Yeah voting on content has nothing to do with quality and everything to do with feelings.

People just vote for their side of any discussion, regardless of validity.

Oh yeah Worth A Buy has popped up for me a few times for indie games, and he seemed like he was straight to the point.

I got a Total Biscuit vibe too. I miss that guy.

$3.10 minimum wage in 1980. Equivalent to ~$11.50 per hour today, higher than today’s minimum wage.