[–] 19 points 11 hours ago

Ah yes, the three biggest problems in the world right now. AI's profitability, Elon Musk, and NVIDIA.

No surprises all three of these are toy and treat adjacent, which is naturally of extreme concern to these jokesters.

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago*

    The jump in the technology on display with San Andreas was pretty crazy, though. Shit was released like, two years after Vice City, which itself was only a year after GTA 3. Vice City and GTA 3 look very cozy together and are extremely similar in scope. Vice CIty has 'expansion pack' vibes to it. San Andreas is 4 times larger, has double the amount of vehicles, and several entirely new subsystems like the player stats and the gang wars etc etc

    San Andreas, next to Vice City, looks like it's from a different generation, almost. Compare to the discourse around 6, and a lot of people are saying it looks a whole lot like 5.

    Oh and an edit after posting, San Andreas was made by a grand total of 80 dudes whereas GTA VI is estimated to involve over 6,000 hands.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 8 points 14 hours ago (12 children)

    I know, intellectually, we're living through an unprecedented shift in intellectual labor with AI. But also, it is genuinely a video game modding golden age, christ.

    between this and fallout 3+NV+4 I'll have all my dream projects available soon

  • source
  • [–] 8 points 6 days ago

    Yeah I think I agree with a lot of this too. Talking aliens in general is just a fun thought exercise and I trend towards a more boring 'based on the available data' read. It also makes me hopeful to think the solidarity I feel with mankind could extend even further.

    My read on the Fermi paradox is also similarly noncommittal. I think it adds some texture to discussing the unknown but I agree there's nothing actually tangible there.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  •  

    Developer ZA/UM says it’s actually for TikTok users.

    “We intend to captivate the TikTok user with quick hits of compelling story, art, and audio, ultimately creating an all new, deeply engaging form of entertainment,” ZA/UM head Denis Havel said in a news release (via IGN).

    let's gooooo I can't wait for the subway surfer in-app purchase DLC. no i'm not kidding, the store page marks it as having in-app purchases. something something capital subsuming something.

     

    I love Telltale and Telltale-adjacent games. Those narrative games where you sit back and choose dialogue options and action choices instead of actively playing.

    I think a lot of those types of games miss that you have to tell a really good story for any of that to work.

    Star Trek: Resurgence looks pretty good, but did anyone here play it? Is it actually good? Or is it Star Trek-flavored slop?

     

    I just finished the Jakarta Method and it left me genuinely dismayed. Not like, astounded with how horrible it all was (I knew it was going to be horrible), but more, it made me put the book down and sit with my feelings of dismay. A little bit nauseous, unsettled, feeling a loss of hope for a lot of ideals I hold.

    What a horrible period of history, in a century absolutely full of horrible periods.

    view more: next ›