Steam never demanded exclusives, those publishers decided to be exclusive to Steam. Personally, I wind up boycotting those platforms by default, because exclusivity raises a barrier to playing the games I want to play. With the amount of games available, even that level of extra effort winds up not being worth it.

Eh, I’m simply no longer interested. As someone who probably would have picked up the game at some point, they raised the barrier to entry enough for me to not even bother. And if you think about it, that’s the real cost here. Not the people who are completely outraged (there’s a large faction that will generate…

It’s worth pointing out that this is generally only true about older Clancy novels. Earlier novels, like Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger, actually express different viewpoints. Clear and Present Danger, in particular, is about the abuse of political power. Its only when the focus shifted from the…

Photoshop is available for a fairly reasonable subscription now at $30/month. If you go for the $50/month option, you also get EVERYTHING ELSE Adobe does.

FFXI still sees continuing, if small, updates.

The actual goal is something similar to the LG rolling display, a phone that can roll and unroll, not just bend. Think of this as a proof of concept.

Except that there are a wide range of other drawing tablets available. My wife received a Pnboo 21" drawing tablet with pretty phenomenal color for Christmas, and it worked right out of the box, pressure sensitivity and all, for $400. So far, we haven’t found any issues with it. It even came with an extra stylus, a…

But they totally should, just like how Volkswagen should shut down thanks to their own Nazi associations!

Solo was definitely fun, but it’s also pretty obvious that it was rushed out the door after the production troubles it experienced. There are excellent setpieces and good action, even some decent storytelling in places, but it’s more Star Wars movie than heist movie (to its detriment), the scenes don’t chain together…

Ah, a post where an Oglaf cartoon may be inappropriately appropriate!

For me, the greatest sin of Episode Eight is just that the ending felt... final. Like it was the end of the series, rather than the middle entry. I think that’s something that will be difficult to overcome for the next entry.

You forgot Twitch and Discord.

Companies are going to push marketing. It’s how people are informed that new products are available. That part is inevitable. Paying people to talk on their behalf in a personal manner is far more harmless than billboards and other advertising.

So, you prefer annoying popup ads, popover movies, interruptions in streaming video, and ever encroaching and obnoxious television advertising. Got it.

You might want to tweak that title a bit.

All three accusations were publicized via “Patheos.” Patheos is a “faith and spirituality discussion” website.

While I’m not sure that I’d count Chucky and the Good Guys doll as separate references, I do appreciate the ref to Batteries Not Included.

I don’t think this is that hard of a nut to crack. Have Bond be so exceptional an agent that there’s a special training program now to produce new Bond-style agents, ruthless and charming killers and spies, with the name Bond (not the full name, just Bond) as a title. You could then easily have a different actor or…

Just treat it as another example of why complaining about old engines is generally pretty silly. Between designer creativity and engine upgrades, you can push one to do some pretty amazing things.