“Look out ‘cause they are onto you
They’ll cut you open, crawl inside and you’ll be lost forever
Don’t try to run ‘cause you’re the chosen one
Your world is gone, no turning back
No way out!”

Yep, most likely trying to undercut other donation services and trying to legitimise itself more and more as the ‘official’ and better way to support streamers. I don’t think it’s doing it for streamer’s benefit though, and even if they were, things like patreon put better focus and power in the streamer’s hands in…

Basically it’s a cost analysis problem. Similar to the auto industry. If we make part x work as expected for 10 years it costs $10. If we make it to fail in 4 years it costs $3. See Ford Pinto for example.

If your organization is anything like mine, yes, making them work the help desk would be appropriate punishment. Some would consider it cruel and unusual though.

Disproportionately it hits race but it affects all poor people first, then all the rest of the people later. Its not a racist policy its a classist and wealth/power policy. They wont be immediately affected by the negatives and they will certainly experience the upsides in the short term, and so wealth and power will…

I find it weird to say something looks like Minecraft, because Minecraft doesn’t have a unique art style at all.

Cube world :-(

I know this is just a $10 game, but I wish there was a physical release of this. I’d happy pay more to have this on a physical cart.

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny...’” - Isaac Asimov

I’m in love with Jim Sterling’s duality of having some of the most banal, bizarre, and crude humor out there while also having one of the sharpest, most insightful minds analyzing the gaming industry right now. It is good that he won.

You aren’t wrong... Higher ups get their bonus by reducing costs. They reduce costs by laying off.

That statement is missing a couple instances of ‘innovative’, ‘disrupt’, and ‘engagement’, but with a few tweaks I think that kid will be ready for his SXSW speech.

There are two major issues I had with it.

This was great. You know why? Because, for all of 2 minutes, I wasn’t thinking about the next four years.

As a software designer I am always inspired by stories like this, as long as it works it doesn’t have to be beautiful in the background, what the user don’t know, won’t hurt them.