What you’re asking for is a “cheat options+”, which is very different. Every game has debug features, but remember that developers know the inner workings of the game and often need to intentionally break things quite badly, to test out error handling and other logic. This is not meant for casual players to access,…

The fragile egos on display in that discord are something else. Even if a company is trying to “inject diversity,” as they say, why is this a bad thing? Historically we’ve not been very good at that. If we can bring diverse representation into our games such that they better reflect the diverse reality of the…

That’s not what I said. Of course it did bother me, once I learned what it was. The argument is mostly that it can be hard to recognize without the necessary context, especially if the moderators are overworked and in a hurry.

I was trying to have a discussion about the challenges of moderation at scale. Everyone is jumping on my ignorance instead, ignoring the point I was actually trying to make. (Y’all are explaining it quite well, fwiw. I am up to date now, thank you.)

Everyone here also seems to assume I’m somehow defending these images? I’m... not? Just trying to shed some light on how the moderation team may have missed them at first glance. Epic’s (updated) response makes it clear the company as a whole doesn’t think the situation is okay.

Sure, they’re well known in America, due to the cultural history of [gestures vaguely]. But the younger generation (myself included) are often ignorant of the details because we grew up after those stereotypes were plastered all over everything. If Spanish golfers can commit the gaffe during a press conference, then…

I suspect part of the issue is that if you hadn’t explained some of these offensive stereotypes to me just now, I wouldn’t have even spotted them in the mix. Today I learned that fried chicken is somehow offensive, in certain contexts? (???) I mean, sure, maybe that’s offensive to a subculture, but is it bad enough to…

Fahrenheit continues to be perfect for weather specifically, which is why we cling to it:

0F - “It’s really cold outside”
100F - “It’s really hot outside”

For all other temperature work, I agree. We ought to switch to Kelvin so that everyone is just slightly irritated all the time.

I was actually *born* in ‘88, so you’ll have to forgive me here... but I don’t particular care what neo-nazi bullshit has decided that a normal-ass number is now a problem. No, I am refusing to give these ignorant fools the respect of acknowledging some fake invented symbol in any way. Ignore those trolls and move on.

This is just my subjective opinion, but when I see characters in western games, it’s usually pretty easy to point at a facial feature or a bone structure and go, “ah, yes, a consenting adult.” In Japanese media, the same character is drawn with enormous anime eyes and absurdly perfect skin, and they look quite a bit…

I mean, regardless of your thoughts on either side of the conflict, restreaming war footage at all is a bad look, and reacting to it for entertainment value pushes that low even lower. It’s not the reactions themselves, just the... like... total lack of respect for the death and destruction on display.

Nooooo, don’t do it! Don’t spend your precious purple coins on 1ups. Keep about 300 or so stocked for badges and wonder seeds, and spend the rest on Standees. Purple coins are *much* slower to farm late game, and you’ll need a whole heck of a bunch of them to round out your standee collection if you’re going for all 6…

Plot twist: it’s actually Yuzu, running on the Steam Deck

Don’t worry, the frog of shame has them covered:

A lot of the controversy around mods for previous Bethesda games was paid mods that included freely shared (but not freely licensed) content from other mods. That, obviously, is a morally dubious circumstance, and I think there’s some animosity in the community regarding payments in general as a result.

The reason is almost certainly a practical one: Red is **Mario’s** interface color, and they usually like to have a single obvious color for each playable character in these games so players can reliably tell themselves apart in the HUD and menus and such.

I’m cautiously optimistic for this, as the bridge requirement suggests these things might be able to be rigged to work offline without a cloud connection. For me, “security” and “access to the internet” don’t go in the same sentence when it comes to smart devices, but the Hue series has a pretty good track record with…

Hell, even as a gay man, my guy friends are notably off limits. It’s not rocket science; unless you out yourself to me and make very clear advances, it’s platonic. That’s the default and it’s absolutely okay XD

I continue to be irritated that non-disparagement clauses are a thing. They’re becoming increasingly common in employment contracts. Seems like basic first amendment protections ought to apply?

If, upon further examination, you find that your rocks are somewhat lacking, may I recommend the delightful mod Schlongs of Skyrim.

(For reasons that will rapidly become apparent, I’ll refrain from any screenshots. Simply picture the Kotaku Fish in your mind’s eye.)