Do you see that there is a difference between writing about hidden Windows functionality, and publishing decompiled Windows source code?

Sure, deompiling isn’t illegal, but the idea that you can just publish decompiled code because it isn’t commercial seems highly dubious to me. The repercussions on the software industry would be tremendous, if this were true, since proprietary software would essentially cease to exist.

The reason the Judge ruled in favor of Accolade is because Sega basically abused the copyright system to create a form of DRM (meaning that the system was designed such that in order to create a game for the Mega Drive without Sega’s license, Accolade had to violate Sega’s copyright). I don’t see how this applies to…

That sounds like it’s decompiled, not reverse-engineered, which, contrary to what the article states, is super illegal. It’s not that I personally care overly much, this is pretty cool regardless. But it seems weird to claim that this is legal, when it is very plainly not.

I’m so confused by this article. Did they reverse-engineer it, or did they decompile it? It sounds like they decompiled it, which, contrary to what the article states, it clearly illegal. But I’m actually not sure what exactly they did.

I have the exact opposite reaction. At every time in humanity’s history, there have been people who noticed the racism of their time, and called it out. “Oh well, people were just super racist back then” just never seems like a good argument. No, they weren’t. Some people were. Lovecraft was. But there were plenty of…

It ran fine on my PC, I just didn’t particularly enjoy playing it. The gameplay seemed pointlessly complex, the story is meandering, and I care for none of the characters. That’s all subjective, of course, but I think it shows that at least some middling reviews weren’t due to technical issues.

Let me just point out first that I’m using the word fraud colloquially, not in the legal sense. However, in the legal sense, something can be a fraud even if the fraud is publicized somewhere. In fact, something can be a fraud even if the victim willingly entered a contract that outlined the fraudulent behavior (i.e.…

This does feel like kind of an odd take. With games like BotW, New Horizons, Odyssey, Smash Ultimate, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Maker 2, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Metroid Dread, all the Pokémon, Mario + Rabbids, Fire Emblem, Splatoon 2, Astral Chain, and the new Mario Party, the Switch looks like it’ll end up…

I’m not sure if “janky” is entirely the correct way to describe these games. It’s just that we look at them and think of Street Fighter, and these games are nothing like SF. They’re closer to rock-paper-scissors with distance control. So nothing you’ve learned from playing SF applies in any way to playing these, even…

They shouldn’t have spending limits, they should be illegal. These things are essentially fraud designed specifically to exploit vulnerable people. They’re no better than a pickpocket who steals your watch when you don’t pay attention.

There are some people who have allergic reactions to vaccines, and there are people whose immune systems prevents vaccines from working (they can typically still be vaccinated, it just doesn’t do a whole lot).

Yeah. That’s the “we need to prevent the Democrats from turning the US into a dictatorship by installing Trump as our dictator” line of thought. Uhm... what? You really don’t care about any of the moral principles you pretend to uphold, do you? You only care about forcing your opinions on other people. “Freedom” is…

“We have news, this guy is leaving today” is clearly not something that was planned well in advance, and with a mutual understanding of how to handle this departure gracefully. Something is wrong here.

If you want to play a Paper Mario, do yourself a huge favor and play the Thousand-Year Door. Pick it up on eBay for legal reasons, and then play it on an emulator that scales the sprites at full resolution. It’s a great game, and the way the graphics work means that, in an emulator, it still looks pretty freaking…

I think Origami King might be a good game, I’m not sure. The problem is that I still measure every Paper Mario against Thousand-Year Door, and by that yardstick, Origami King is just a sad, sad experience. I played a few hours, hoping that it would get better, hoping that it would be even remotely close to the quality…

I’m not sure if I understand what you’re saying. The Wii was basically a perfect party toy for your TV. That’s what made it work so well as a console, and why I think no other current device is filling that hole (there’s not even a native version of Singstar for the PS5).

I think it’s because around 30% of Switch owners only use it as a handheld, so you’d be cutting off 30% of your audience by making a Wii-like game for the Switch. Also, things like the pointer functionality are basically missing on the Switch.

OTOH, there was the “I am rich” app on the iPhone, so it isn’t really *that* new of an idea.

I still remember picking one up at midnight, and then playing Tennis until the morning. Lots of parties at my place where people would come over to play boxing or bowling, Mario Kart, Wii Play, Super Monkey Ball, or Wario Ware against each other. Also lots of nights playing Metroid Prime, Okami, Zelda, and Mario…