Videogame design patents are famously known for being a net positive for the industry.
Just look at how well other developers iterated on the Nemesis system from Shadow of Mordor after it was released, and how that created an explosion of creativity centered on player driven reactive systems.

I’m really tempted to read the memoir, but it’s going to be so difficult not to be taken out of the whole thing by the polished prose of whoever the ghostwriter is. To go back and forth between the book saying “The disappointments in my romantic life were just one part of how isolated I became,” and then flipping over…

This is what an an subset of tech companies effectively are trying to be - banks without any regulation.

while I’m more than 100% certain FTX did all kinds of criminal fraud, isn’t that description above just the basic description of the entire banking industry? Banks use their deposits to invest (while keeping X% as cash on hand mandated by regulation).

I don’t get how a victim revealing SA on her own timeline is a terrible person.

I think a lot of the (understandable) knee jerk opposition people have to calls to defund or abolish the police has to do with the misapprehension that police exist to protect individuals or that they are part of the mechanism for serving justice. Protection and justice are not what the police are for, no matter what…

You can get a 2 pack of 6 foot Anker C to C cables for like twelve bucks, why would you want to pay more for a shorter cable that doesn’t even have any strain relief?

You can get a 2 pack of 6 foot Anker C to C cables for like twelve bucks, why would you want to pay more for a…

right? all the character creations in the world and he makes a bald humie with a weak beard.

I can’t stand your Andrew Tate-looking motherfracking character.

all of them! Term limits.

It’s just a sign of the times. Trade shows are dead or dying across most industries. I work in a different industry that used to have a handful of marquee trade shows every year. They still exist, but they are all shells of their former selves. While the public days of such shows are what appealed to the consumers,…

If you’re gonna use that pic for the article, you might want to start with the guy’s condition rather than close with it. At the very least, caption the photo that the guy survived.

Keeping child abuse quiet for 3 years “for the sake of the children” what the entire fuck? 

This is absolutely my take on most games these days. I’m generally fine with it in Baldur’s Gate because I know I can pick at that off and on for a few months and constantly have story or side content to encounter and engage with but with Bethesda games they don’t (usually) feel as packed full of stuff that isn’t just…

The rules say people arent allowed to do this, so when they do this they are cheating.

I had the exact same thought. B unit stuff is there to maximize efficiency.

The whole problem with this trend, which started with Amazon’s buy-now, is that you’re supposed to be able to patent the *how*, not the *what*. For example, if you invent a new drug that, say, cures a specific form of cancer, that doesn’t disallow other drug makers from making drugs to treat that particular form of…

not sure if it’s just me but **Buy Steam gift card:** popping up over and over in the review is weird. 

I’m thoroughly enjoying the game (still in Act 1, I’ve been busy, NO SPOILERS), but I’m noticing how Larian’s history with the Divinity games is causing some unusual friction here.

Star trek is one of the few franchises that is explicitly more stuck in the past than Star Wars. We’re on our 3rd live action Kirk/Spock/Uhura/Pike.