Coelacanth

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 7 hours ago

That's great, because my first read of that adage was definitely the interpretation "don't listen to user feedback". But then again I don't work in game dev. Or QA. Also I'm autistic.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 2 days ago

Sometimes I think about whether I should do a month long platforming bootcamp or something, there is such huge swath of great games I am cut off from by both struggling with and struggling to enjoy platforming. Both MIO: Memories In Orbit and REPLACED that released this year look phenomenal but... yeah. Platforming.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ah, it's by the My Friend Pedro guy? That makes a lot of sense. I'm probably never going to touch a game that proudly extols itself as a precision platformer, but the gameplay looks great and tight if you're into that sort of thing!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There is simply no way to comply with the law under this ruling.

In such a world, the only options are to ignore it, shut down EU operations, or geoblock the EU entirely. I assume most platforms will simply ignore it—and hope that enforcement will be selective enough that they won’t face the full force of this ruling. But that’s a hell of a way to run the internet, where companies just cross their fingers and hope they don’t get picked for an enforcement action that could destroy them.

There’s a reason why the basic simplicity of Section 230 makes sense. It says “the person who creates the content that violates the law is responsible for it.” As soon as you open things up to say the companies that provide the tools for those who create the content can be liable, you’re opening up a can of worms that will create a huge mess in the long run.

That long run has arrived in the EU, and with it, quite the mess

We're all fucked I guess.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 5 days ago (11 children)

So they just killed federated social media? Or am I misreading this whole thing? Sounds to me like they killed it.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 6 days ago

Oh fuck me I managed to exorcise Dota from my memory like the cancerous tumor it is. Yeah that might be my most played game overall actually, across Dota 1&2.

Not that I'm suggesting you starting to play again is a bad decision or anything. I'm sure you'll have a great time.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I would think probably Diablo 2 over the course of my childhood, although it's hard to tell. It might be EVE Online, I was very much into that for a few years between 2010-2015 or so. And it's not exactly a game you play casually, or at least I didn't. Over the last decade it's probably been Football Manager. 17 is the iteration I have the most hours in but I probably have a thousand hours combined across multiple editions across the last ten years.

EDIT: I actually managed to exorcise Dota from my memory, probably because of all the accumulated misery it has accrued. Yeah, that's the one. Easily the most hours combined over Dota 1&2.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 41 points 1 week ago

"You're a good man, Arthur Morgan"

Meanwhile the good man in question has a kill count that would qualify for genocide according to most international standards.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 week ago

I didn't realise it was out!? God damn it my backlog is already a behemoth. I didn't play the demo because I didn't want to be spoiled but I loved the reveal trailer song and from what I've heard everyone who played it during next fest couldn't stop gushing about it and talking about potential GOTY. So I'm very keen to try it.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 week ago

Has to be STALKER Anomaly for me.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I am so completely torn on this game. On the one hand I suck at platformers and don't much enjoy them and also from reviews it seems this game can be pretty fucking hard at times with some extremely precise timings.

On the other hand the game looks like an absolute work of art that I am craving to experience.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 weeks ago

True gamers make do with a single mouse button. Mac is the ultimate platform.

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nu/post/8606907

Amazing interview in 3 parts with one of not only the prominent writers behind the game, but one of the co-creators of the setting through years of tabletop sessions and world building. Amazing insights into the game, the development and the lore - an absolute must watch for anyone obsessed with Disco Elysium.

Part 2

Part 3

 

This one has Argo Tuulik and Lenval Brown involved, which lends some serious credibility to the project in my eyes. Tuulik was one of the prominent writers of Disco Elysium, as well as one of the settings' co-creators as one of the players in Kurvitz's tabletop RPG sessions.

 

Most if not all of these clips were already in the developer deep dive, but this is a shorter more digestible video - without the distraction of voice overs.

It's so cool seeing all these familiar locations in their new visual splendour.

 

Good hunting, Stalker.

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