From what I have been told by people who have actually worked for such companies (so from a knowledgeable source but I can’t personally verify), it’s not as much to do with copyright law as building precedent for court arguments. For example, with the WoW private servers, it was explained that allowing third parties…
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How do these people figure that a flat Earth surrounded by an insurmountable ice wall, a tiny sun and moon rotating overhead like a baby’s mobile, and covered by a dome of gasses is more scientifically plausible than the Earth being an orb with most phenomena being explained by gravity pulling everything towards the…
As has previously been pointed out in regards to WoW private servers, companies need to protect their IP even for the small stuff, because if they don’t, it sets a bad precedent that makes it harder for them to fight the bigger stuff in court. It sucks, but that’s how it pans out.
The narrative element is what it adds. It is dense with character development, dialogue and worldbuilding, something you don’t really see in most roguelikes. That’s what I was referring to.
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MvC Infinite is one of the great game development tragedies of our time, not the least of which is the fact that it’s got some of the best gameplay of the franchise. But whoof, the presentation, the poorly conceived and executed story mode, the botched roster: it’s almost like the game was set up to be a failure.
Theoretically, yes, finding common ground with one’s political opponents is an important aspect of democracy. Our current problem is that the Republican party and its base of voters have demonstrated that they have absolutely zero interest in maintaining a system of democracy and instead just want power, personal…
If they win, god willing, the country might not go as far forward as I desperately think we need to, but it will stop suicidally racing backwards on so many things.
This is why MMOs really need to move away from the “arbitrary power stat on gear” design philosophy and more towards gear as strictly playstyle defining and cosmetic. Warframe is a good example of this (not to beat the Warframe/Destiny dead horse, it’s just a good example), in that new gear that periodically…
A classic lesson from strategy games: if you’re spending more resources on your defenses than on the infrastructure and economy those defenses are protecting, you’re in a losing situation. What’s even better is that the Pentagon realizes this and wants Congress to stop giving them so much money, but the Republicans…
Yeah, the Kubrow loyalty thing is a relic from when the system was first introduced and intended as a more in-depth, Tamagotchi-like system, where you had this really powerful, versatile companion you could bring into missions with you, but in exchange you had to diligently take care of it; it wouldn’t just dislike…
“Gosh, if you care so much about your party and have to yell at some random dude who broke in, it’s stupid. You can’t just eat around it? It’s your fault you didn’t buy more locks for your back door. Why are you so easily offended?”
What, young? Interested in actually helping the working classes? Not corrupted by corporate donors? Hm, you’re right, totally unelectable.
AOC is a goddamned national treasure. Unabashedly progressive, kicked moderate ass in her elections, calls Republicans on their bullshit, skillfully claps back when they try to attack her, and she somehow successfully managed to merge political awareness with Twitch in a way that didn’t feel forced or scripted? In my…
Really, the only thing with this I’m unhappy about is just the fact that the Republican party has demonstrated they do not deserve a seat at the table, willing to abandon all principle and all obligations to their constituents in order to side with their party and their donors. I won’t say they’re completely without…
Thankfully, I’ve never lost any save files that were super important or were simply due to moving to a new system without backwards compatibility, but I do remember an instance where I had to redo a ton of work, twice.
Oh, I’m certainly not saying protest isn’t true engagement...only that it can’t be our only form of engagement. Far too many believe that voting is “meaningless” and “the system is irrepairably broken”, but it’s their disengagement from the system that allowed it to break it in the first place and keeps it from being…
In 4-12 years we’ll be back to the right and nothing will have changed.
I don’t think I’m paranoid or anything when I say that the love-fest between the center and the right is a greater threat to positive, compassionate change than one might think at a glance.