One thing he said, which stuck with me like a serrated blade through the chest, was that the most unrealistic thing about his game is how everyone comes together to combat the disease.

Cisco webex, zoom, google’s duo/hangout, Apple facetime, amazon and facebook’s whatever...

There are PLENTY of alternatives. Microsoft buying Discord is hardly a reason for antitrust to kick in.

... oh man, that took a dark turn.

I want to throw more stars at this.

Although I generally don’t enjoy watching people play video games, I find this “commitment to a bit” AND the audience playing along to be amazing. It reminds me of how some YouTubers have those Alternate Reality Games/Shows, except instead of the show giving instructions to the audience for “how to play at home”, the…

Jiminy Glick... now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time.

You don’t need much training or tech or talent to sit in front of a webcam and bullshit.

There is indeed an exhausting amount of work involved with streaming, the least of which is “be entertaining all the time”... I couldn’t do it. I absolutely accept there is genuine labor in being an Internet personality, including all of the technical labor to deliver an entertaining experience, with high risk and…

Miko is very much NOT a v-tuber.

I view universal basic income as a bigger enabler of people wanting to pursue dreams like being a YouTube star. Frankly, a shortage of medical professionals is more likely caused by the fact that it’s no longer seen as quite the profession that is “worth the effort” (as described by other middle aged friends who are…

I’m sure this ain’t for everyone... obvious big risk, but it could pay off. It’s not a life that I would choose, but I can’t really begrudge somebody if they can make such a life work out for them.

if we all scream at cloud loud enough, cloud will go away.

I sense there’s a mindset that comes with this. I admit that I haven’t always had that kind of mindset. However, some number of years ago, when Kickstarter and Indiegogo started showing up in my FB feeds, I realized that the Internet really had helped democratize a lot things in general. Lots and lots of…

I’m approaching 44, and yeah... I think your RealWorld/RoadRules comparison is quite apt.

I don’t do the Twitch. I subscribe to some YouTube stuff. I’m generally not into things that vibe “reality TV”...

However I remain thrilled that entertainment production becomes more and more democratized. I fundamentally like…

I don’t watch Twitch regularly. I have never really understood the appeal. However, I accept that I don’t need to. This remains true for CodeMiko. There’s an audience here, and people should be mostly free to enjoy what they enjoy.

But this article is interesting to me because of the technology and production. I…

I can see how reducing from 30,000 to 436 is a narrowing of scope. It will be interesting to see how Valve complies or appeals this ruling. From a legal perspective, they would have to prove that the question being asked of them isn’t a question that is easy for them to answer.

Yeah... I mean the worst that can happen from casting that net is being told “no” and so much awesome can come your way if somebody was dumb enough to respond with a “yes”...

How the fuck can the court force a completely separate company with no connection to either corporations implicated in the lawsuit to produce confidential information and use hours of labor for them to prove a point.

short version: It can be very fun, but you’ll need to define “fun”, play the missions/activities that are fun, and probably skip the rest.

This is how the series soft-reboots Blood Money.