This is just depressing to hear, and it’s exactly DeSantis and the GOP’s goal. Write vaguely defined laws that are so arbitrary that you could make the case for anything falling under them, wait for people to censor themselves, and go after anyone who doesn’t. We saw it with the Don’t Say Gay law, and we’re seeing it…

I mean, what are they supposed to do? Risk someone suing? I don’t think a con, even a larger one like Megaplex, has the time, money, and resources to fight off a lawsuit.

Oh, it probably will affect anime cons. Since the wording of the law is so vague, I’d be worried that any con that simply hosts 18+ panels/events, even with an ID check, would be targeted under this. Hell, even just the presence of cosplayers in a sexy or gender-nonconforming outfit could be qualified as an “adult…

Wait, so if Fullbright isn’t producing Open Roads anymore, then who is?

Hey, why the heck not. On one hand, if it ain’t broke then don’t fix it. On the other, it’s not like it’s a drastic change.

Oh, so it’s just an annoying teenager being a little shit and he’s somehow gotten a platform for it, okay.

This is like some mediocre FPS made in the mid-2000s by a team with bigger dreams than skill, time or money... except they obviously did have money, judging by the celebs in it. I kinda love that it’s so behind the times, but I probably wouldn’t actually play it.

Update: They banned the Nazis.”Display of swastikas, the nazi salute or other glorification of nazism is prohibited, even for “roleplay” purposes.” (from https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Server_Operator_Rules)

Nope. Even a cheap mansion couldn’t tempt me to live in a state where my rights as a queer person are being actively stripped away.

I heard the news about LH being sold and was waiting for the other shoe to drop, it’s good to hear that it’s mostly good news! It’s awesome to hear the staff is staying unionized too. I’m sure the move off of Kinja will be a bit rocky technical-wise, but I’m already appreciating the lack of slideshows. Here’s to a…

Of course they did. Have we forgotten Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? Looks like they jumped right to Extinguish.

Squenix is making money hand over fist with FFXIV, even during a mid-patch lull, and then they plan to piss it away on crypto shit. If they invested that cash back into marketing for their more niche but great games like Octopath 2 or Harvestella, maybe they wouldn’t have so many “disappointments” on their hands.

As long as yall don’t touch the “Latest” tab, I’m fine.

I’m betting they won’t. I read a bit of Quartz here and there pre-G/O acquisition and I don’t recall there being comments back then. Also considering it’s G/O’s Serious Business Things For Serious Business People site, someone posting something that Serious Business Types don’t like in the comments may ruin their…

Assholes. They’re assholes. Trying to cheat the system by using an AI that’s trained on an indeterminately large number of stories written by actual humans? That’s asshole behavior, if you ask me. I also think it’s gonna get worse before it gets better--maybe in a year or two’s time, AI stuff will be corralled or…

I wish that this is what every game dev working on a live service game would do. If they’ve got the cash to keep the lights on, then do it; if they don’t, release dedicated server code so others can keep it running for you. It’s really sad that we aren’t seeing community servers officially supported, that’s what’s…

I don’t play TF2 that often, but it largely seems to play the same as it ever was. The bot crisis is largely resolved, the playerbase is pretty active, casual matchmaking kinda sucks, the usual.

As Soldier once said: “Good news! We are not dying! WE ARE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER!”

A few people in the grays are calling me mentally ill, I don’t get it. I *am* mentally ill, but what does that have to do with my thoughts on a video game? Does my mental illness mean my takes on video games are invalid?

I’m trying so hard not to judge people for playing this shitty wizard game, but the more I hear about it, the worse it sounds. Setting aside JKR’s awful dehumanization of trans people like me (which really can’t be set aside, but I’m doing it for the sake of argument), it’s a buggy mess with like 2 enemies, heaps of…