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Quoting: neolithI am torn... on the one hand I really enjoy Vampire Survivors, but on the other hand I really dislike card mechanics in computer games. What to do? 😆

. . . Go play Vampire Survivors again?

I still haven't gotten all the achievements. 😭

I'll return to it once I've kicked all the Mongols off of Tsushima. 😄

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Oh, wow, Terra Nova – that's a game I haven't thought abouut in a long time! I remember being thrilled by seeing the texture-mapped terrain and being equally disappointed by how slow the gameplay and the engine were on my 486.

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The top-down perspective reminds me of the old DOS game Siege [External Link] from the early 90s. Good memories! 😊 I still have a CD with it, I think... somewhere...

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I am torn... on the one hand I really enjoy Vampire Survivors, but on the other hand I really dislike card mechanics in computer games. What to do? 😆

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Neat! I like that they are implementing new things and a big picture mode is a good idea.

Quoting: hardpenguinNice look but the interface seems tiny compared to the screen size. Definitely not optimized for ten foot aka big TV screen couch gaming.

That was my first thought, too. I'd say they are barely large enough for a big computer screen. I am hoping for a size slider.

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Quoting: GerarderloperBe cool if they updated and also made it like some future horror war instead. To give people something truly new rather then just a reskin with better UI....

I have not played the game (yet), but isn't the whole point of it to mirror what war looks like for those affected by it and not make it some made up fantasy?

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Quoting: hardpenguinYou would ban an actively harmful and violent person out of your bar, football pitch, or book club, wouldn't you? This is the same.

I don't think it is the same. This is akin to trying to get Olympia to make sure their typewriters are not used to write an extremist manifesto - which is arguably also a lot harder to do than kicking an unwanted person out of a bar.
Any means of communication can be used to communicate bad things.

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This smells like people not understanding how things work.

We've seen numerous media reports about grooming taking place on all four of these platforms...

Well, yeah... different kinds of media outlets publicize all kind of reports. That doesn't mean they are good reports and it doesn't mean what they report has to be true. I've seen reports that claim that all gamers are just waiting to run amok or that aliens have visited.
Why are people in the government relying on random media reports? Didn't they think to check for themselves?

... as well as terrorist and violent extremist-themed gameplay.

By that definition that does include Counterstrike. Are we at that point again? I feel like we've been there ~25 years ago.

... as well as far right groups recreating fascist imagery in Minecraft.

This might come as a surprise, but you can also do that stuff in Photoshop. I don't like it but that doesn't mean that Adobe should be forced to take action. I am not a Minecraft player, but aren't the worlds selfhosted?
Also, how do you expect MS to limit this kind of creativity in a game that allows for creativity in the first place? It's already impossible to make people not say unwanted things in simple text-chat, how the heck is that supposed to work in Minecraft?

Media reports have also pointed to games in Fortnite gamifying the horrific events...

I am also not a Fortnite player. Does that game have a sandbox mode?

... while Steam is reportedly a hub for a number of extreme-right communities

Reportedly? Didn't they care to check for themselves? I feel whenever you are trying to pass a law, you should not rely on hearsay.

Now don't get me wrong, I am all for not having kids run into extremists and predators online – but I have no idea how Australia's eSafety agency imagines this is going to work in detail. Or perhaps they just don't.

edit: fixed some typos

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Quoting: ScottCarammellon one hand, I love Framework and I REALLY want to get one of their laptops when I can afford to.

on the other hand. $1200. base price without RAM or storage. they're not exactly making it easy

My thoughts exactly... They produce nice hardware, but that laptop with the RAM and SSD I need easily puts it higher than what I payed for my computer. That's just not gonna happen, I cannot mindlessly throw away that kind of money.

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Newly playable:

• Gothic 1 Classic

Awesome!

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