I believe it would violate Japanese law, which has strict laws against modifying hardware and software. I.E. Game modding is Illegal in Japan in most cases IIRC.

They have definitely brought that back from legends. You can see one in the latest Ahsoka trailer

I mean the only TTRPG full campaign book I’ve completed took a year to play through (Dungeon of the Mad Mage) and the other one I’m playing now has taken us 2 years and we’re still going (Curse of Strahd)

To me, Generative AI is meant to be a tool for anyone to use to improve their workflow or make the process simpler. Not only that, but it lowers the barrier to entry for people (like me) that aren’t as artistically inclined yet still have things we want to express about our experiences. To imply that the risk to…

The tools that are used for CGI, Photoshop, and even software tools are also trained on data. The companies producing that software is gathering data on how its used to improve the process for the users. A lot of times the “permission” you are talking about is implicit just by using the software. For example, an…

You’re implying that there is only one way for someone to feel connected with a creation or that humanity can only be generated by my hand painting. That also implies that anyone that doesn’t have the skill set to put what they are feeling down on paper using words/paint/marker/pencil or through music/song - then…

I still don’t see how that is any different than an artist that uses other artist’s work to build on their own work. This whole copyright thing is only a couple hundred years old - can you imagine how much progress would be held back in what we now call STEM and Medical if copyright (in its current form). Most of the…

While I understand your sentiment, it’s unrealistic that the Emperor’s plan was completely perfect - it’s always been a part of his characterization that while the Emperor generally was good at thinking of almost every angle of a problem and a master manipulator, his belief in his own infallibility was part of his…

Luke was still the last hope for the jedi. Of those that survived the purge, most of those that remained on the Jedi path died by the end of the OT. The remaining survivors like Ahsoka, Grogu, Cal, and this new character Baylon all turned their backs on continuing/reestablishing the Order. Yes, some of their…

Or we could read the reddit post that the Apollo dev posted where they got some questions answered by Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12ram0f/had_a_few_calls_with_reddit_today_about_the

As noted, the price is not to make money, but instead to cover costs:

Let’s be real, most people probably don’t care all that much beyond the first day or two. If they did, then things like this would eventually affect the bottom line.

It’s likely similar to what a ton of other services are doing to combat things like OpenAI building massive data sets off their data. Lots of companies have been upping their API costs since ChatGPT and GPT 4.0 came out to combat OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, etc using their data to take users from their sites.

I mean, I don’t agree with the practice, but a vast majority of advancements throughout history wouldn’t have happened or been as ubiquitous if the modern copyright and patent system existed.

Except of all the “big name” board gaming publishers on Crowdfunding, Mythic is the only one I’ve known of to do this regularly (and multiple times)

Have you tried Halo recently on SteamOS on the deck? From my understanding they recently patched the MCC and added EAC support for multiplayer. Not sure when the last Proton or Halo: Infinite update for the deck was

That’s exactly what they should be doing. Download only what’s needed and download more if the user enables the extra textures OR create separate Steam/Origin/EGS library entries for each (2K, 4K, 8K) and for God’s sake Valve/EA/Epic - create a way to programatically allow your clients to not require devs to re-upload…

One - memory is relatively cheap, but that’s different from storage (I made the same mistake when I was first getting into PCs), but storage is also relatively cheap. That said, needing nearly 1/3 of a TB of storage is still not realistic or cheap for the average PC gamer (or console gamer).  I mean, this game simply…

I’m not going to switch back to console, I like being able to buy my games one time and play them even after I upgrade to new hardware without buying them again. I already have to have a powerful PC to do my work and open source contributions. And there are a lot of games that I enjoy that simply aren’t on consoles at…

Like Steam for Linux before it, Steam Deck/SteamOS as a handheld experience is driving Microsoft to create a Controller-based experience for things like the Ally. The bigger issue I see long term is that the Steam Deck provides a way to play older games through Steam Input and the TrackPads. The “competing” devices…

I don’t think you’re an idiot at all. It’s what you are used to. For some games, though, there is simply no way to provide the experience they want to provide with just standard controller support, though. Even PC-only games I play that add controller support, it’s generally still in addition to either a KB/M for…