Considering how Robin famously felt about his characterizations being re-used to sell merchandise, I think he would find the idea of a bot imitating his performances to be horrifying.

Sounds like one of them recording the other, presumably using third-party software, after both were interviewed by the FBI because they came under suspicion. So one of ‘em flipped early and started gathering evidence against the others.

This happens fairly often in criminal conspiracies.

Making karma actually worth anything is a terrible idea. If you make it worth even pennies, someone will seek to manipulate it.

My understanding is that Japanese companies, traditionally, are not very receptive to feedback from the floor.

 This is an all-new series, completely unrelated to Cyberpunk aside from sharing a writer. The new series is not cyberpunk in content or style, and in no way related to 2077.

If we’re crediting Johnson with anything, it’s an attempt to carry that idea forward, with Broom Boy and the idea that Rey’s parents were junk dealers who ditched her. The latter of which was then stomped on by Abrams with the whole Palpatine’s Granddaughter bit, though I suppose Broom Boy is still out there…

Is there much of a chance that a third party would pay to license REDengine, though? I mean, the reasons that CDPR are migrating to Unreal are equally applicable to smaller devs, and the license for that is very appealing.

What I would like to hope is that if they open the REDengine (even just providing better mod…

Broom Boy seems like he’d be an argument for natural ability, given that he’s using Force telekinesis and keeping it secret. But he is also an excellent argument against bloody damn bloodlines, which are a disgusting way of establishing a source of ability.

I don’t mind the idea that Not Everyone Has The Ability, but…

I’m actually okay with this... but I would sincerely hope that if they truly intend to sunset the engine, that they’ll open the tools up to modding community a bit more.

Every algorithm: “Engagement! This must be popular, let’s elevate it.”

The idea of building your booth in a way that it breaks up into 24 cloth posters that can be signed and sold is damn clever.

Cannot deny, they are a bit of peanut butter and chocolate. Snyder’s brand never fit the idealism which remains at the core of the DCU, but a lot of the old Wildstorm brands are steeped in 90's edge.

The numbers are staggering, but don’t conflate the total of her fanbase with the micropercentage that are off their damn trolleys.

The problem is that when you have 100 million fans, even if only .001% of them are banana-beans, that’s still 10,000 wacky wobblies.

Sweet, thank you!

I get the impression (from the article) that the point of that campaign wasn’t to actually have any effect on Colbert himself or the Colbert Report, but rather to highlight the potential mis-use of racist dialogue intended as a means of satirizing racists, as well as an overall take on hashtag…

Seems like some of this could be ameliorated by having the system cite sources for its answers. Asking “where did you get this answer” is a reasonable request.

I actually don’t recall this campaign. Wasn’t Colbert still doing the satirical take on conservative punditry at that time? 

“Another is that “company founders, board members, and lawyers” dislike intimidation tactics, and may ultimately prompt them to cancel the inclusion of an asked-for character who was previously planned to appear.”

This one needs to be emphasized, because I’ve seen this debate happen internally while working in both…

My only problem with the Deck is that my first one needed to be replaced, as it came with a dead battery (would not hold charge). But Valve was excellent about replacing it, and the new one has been great! The amount of time you can play off the plug is greatly dependent on the games (I can get maybe 2-3 hours of…

I also keep it wired to a big screen, and play with bluetooth Xbox controllers. It makes a surprisingly excellent living room console. Valve’s vision of the Steam Machine seems to have finally found its footing.

It sounds like it’s probably a damn good deal. I had to return my first Deck for a bad battery (Valve was quick to replace the entire unit, and the new one has been great), but other than that it was working fine. Once that component was swapped out, I reckon it went into this refurb program. I hope someone enjoys it.…