Exactly. The reason it’s “bad” that “so many” jedi survived the purge is not because it makes Yoda a liar. It’s because it’s BAD STORYTELLING. Luke is important because he was the last hope of the jedi. There were no more. Ben and Yoda couldn’t beat Darth Vader, or the Emperor. But this LAST HOPE could be not only…

Hell yeah!

I personally find it ironic that people were MOST concerned about companies using AI art to rip off artists and - at least in what I’m seeing - the first volleys seem to be bad actor “artists” that are trying to rip off companies looking for artists.

Given Konami’s history, I hope this thing fucking bombs. Fuck Konami.

I think my official opinion here is that a company should only condone someone selling a mod if that company, themselves, would feel comfortable putting that quality of work and service on sale.

Remind us why it shouldn’t be?

I’ve seen the other two before, so I’ll let others work them out in the comments; but I haven’t seen the fish one before, so I’m proposing an answer to that below.

Once again, a stunt that favors capitalists - which he is and fully supports - rather than values the people whom it purports to benefit.

I think when this kid realizes that no matter how smart he thinks he is, or how incompatible with “society” that he tries to be, he will be ground down and forced to live within it, just like the rest of us, he’s gonna be pretty likely to eat a bullet. 27 seems to be the magic age when that clicks for these types. I…

Yeah. It’s always a bummer, but when those kinds of personalities leave, things are going to have to change.

I have to say, personally, the departure of Raph Colantonio feels like the elephant in the room with Arkane. Everything that has been produced that he didn’t have creative input on seems pretty lacking. I was never the biggest fan of his artistic aspirations (I dislike both Prey and the Dishonored series), but it…

No, the “nope” is certain that the Ally, at any realistic price point, won’t be “major competition” for the Steam Deck, because they won’t sell at a loss. That’s just how consumer purchasing trends work. For whatever reason, being able to hit that low price point matters; YES, even if ‘nobody’ buys that low price…

Yep. And, weirdly, it doesn’t change anything. Nobody would be buying a Steam Deck, at all, if there wasn’t a $400 option. It would have been pitched, and then been made fun of as being too expensive; it would have been released and all the pricing memes would do the rounds while Valve was trying to patch those early…

 I suppose we’ll see. I’m not afraid to predict that the Ally won’t make a dent in Steam sales. Not on any price point. There’s a community effect and it’s in Valve’s favor here. Both in platform and in public conscious. My “only gamer, not a PC gamer” boss has and is super-amped for the Steam Deck. He’s completely…

I don’t think anyone’s overlooking any of that. I think even if we consider those factors (and their corollaries, such as how you can run everything you listed on a Steam Deck, if you want), the price point is too high for it to be a real competitor for the Steam Deck. Gamers get in their feels about it, but the fact…

From the headline:

Nope. Gabe understood that the price HAS to be sub-$500, and would only really move product if the price was sub-$400. I couldn’t tell you why these are the trends, but I’ve seen the analytics. Consoles are king in gaming because they’re a locked-in platform with guaranteed working games, and they’re a single-purchase…

neither abk nor microsoft have unionized. offices have unionized. teams have unionized. but the vast majority of labor at both microsoft and abk are not unionized. even the fucking raven union wont be ‘recognized’ until ‘after the merger’. just look at the abk workers alliance website.

“can’t specify” isn’t the same as “not specifying”. you had a chance at reasonable conversation and elected otherwise. if they really wanted better working conditions, they’d unionize. i have zero sympathy for workadays waiting for scraps from daddy capitalists.