[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

They all quit, so presumably they'll attempt to establish themselves as a new publisher. I am.very much hoping for an announcement of that soon. If Annapurna, the parent company, was trying to blend their agencies, it'll be interesting to see if they can maintain the quality of their productions.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lotta good stuff there, but two things in response:

First, I'm not so sure that people being comfortable with the idea of men being the abuser in most intimate partner violence situations is all that shocking. There is a long history of sexism, including systemic sexism, from men against women, dating back to Hammurabi's Code. I think there's a bit of an earned reputation there unfortunately.

Second, I would very much not lump self-defense into the category of domestic violence, as that equates the survivor's attempts to protect themselves as similar or equal to a pattern of intensely destructive behaviors meant to gain power and control over them. The two are not remotely equal, and whether "mutually abusive" relationships even exist is still debated because of the dynamics of abusers and abusive tactics.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Or Paragon even. That game was so fun back in the day before it got killed. If anyone can make something that fun again, it's probably Valve.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Is it here in the post? I've looked all over and can't find mention of that. There's the video of the author clearing it, but that doesn't imply that all levels are beatable.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The sword of Damocles hung only by a single hair.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not sure that's really true what you're saying about single player FPS games being mostly competitive or that it's a bad idea. See: Doom, Metro, Ghostwire, Dying Light, System Shock, people seem stoked for Space Marine, etc.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You didn't read the article you're replying to, did you? Biden tried to forgive student debt for all Americans; SCOTUS shot it down. That was around the middle of last year, and Biden has been having to eke out student loan forgiveness in whatever ways he can since then. I don't know that Americans are gonna see student loan debt forgiveness or any other serious and free social support on the scale you want until there is a reckoning with the English Poor Law mentality.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Hopping into this conversation to say: that person is right; I'm not downvoting you because "rich people bad". I'm downvoting you because you aren't engaging in this discussion to share ideas and understand the other person. Your approach in this discussion is very much one of shutting down thinking that opposes yours. That doesn't get a dialog going; it ends it. You can do with that as you like, but I thought I'd speak up for myself so you don't mischaracterize my downvote.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

How would they even break up Steam? Separate their software and hardware development from the store? Can't imagine that making any real impact on their practices.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Dunno if this is what you mean, but you can definitely set another browser as default. Any context menus will change too: "Open with Firefox", or w/e you're using.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Yes, and there should be no grace in this world for changing your mind or thinking better of a decision.

view more: ‹ prev next ›

flamingarms

0 post score
0 comment score
joined 2 years ago