As somebody who considers themselves the target audience.

Seeing the territories in 2D in literal 3D space at time index 0:40 is beyond quirky or a idiosyncrasy -- it's a hangup for me.



I mean. Star Trek has been dead to me for a while now.. especially after the "ActionMan" movies painted Picard as a psychopathic killer instead of a wise diplomat sage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8hTAuX-CGs [External Link]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7WDZWhMHBI&t=31m35s [External Link]

I blame Rick Berman for this.

Star Trek has been action schlock for a while now.

I guess AI/Neural Networks are our only hope or restoring it to its pristine original form about showing moral conundrums and navigating ethically complex situations objectively.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpider

Quoting: ElectricPrism

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderGo Team Penguin!!!....... [External Link]

I have one for you too ;P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0jbHCZ4I6U [External Link]

What the F....... Did I just watch???.........
Thats been added to the meme database as well........

:whistle: Italian Spiderman is ambushed by two of his arch-nemesis Captain Maximus' female evil henchmen while riding a surfboard. Beaten to his knees by aquatic batons, under duress Italian Spiderman blows on his Magic Conch Shell and cries out in Spanish "I summon penguiniiiiiiiii", after-which a swarm of what appears to be gentoo penguins amass. In the next scene by way of literal poor production value and expert comedy the gentoo penguins are transformed into dozens of small plastic penguins who are thrown in a an endless stream at the female henchmen granting Italian Spiderman relief and deliverance from his ambushers.

;P That was a fun write -- someday I'm going to have to have AI upscale the video or make Lunix Gamer memes out of it.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderGo Team Penguin!!!....... [External Link]

I have one for you too ;P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0jbHCZ4I6U [External Link]

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I see Denuvo DRM and I close my wallet and pass.

There are Thousands of games I can buy and I already own hundreds.

Good on them for testing that virus trash.

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I've heard claims that this game may be the best RPG ever made, and my friends who beat all the old Final Fantasy games sound like they are starting to concur.

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I wonder if they would be willing to publish their source if they are quitting.

If I had to guess based on current events and their veiled response I would guess interfamily death & illness have shaken enough of them up to take a toll.

Hats off to them for their work, and condolences for whatever hardships they are navigating.

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I was going to buy Resident Evil 4 ... until I learned it had Denuvo (A single player game with DRM WTF)

Hey, they don't want my $59.99 -- that's their loss.

Thankfully, so far, Denuvo hasn't actually caused all that many issues for Linux desktop and Steam Deck gamers, since games protected by it work in Proton.

In the interest of negotiation and fairness I usually am willing to walk back my standards some. But not this time. I'm tired of "buying" things and "not owning them" and I'm tired of being a lawful customer only to get punished with DRM by hostile companies.

If they want to Play the DRM Game out of paranoia -- that's fine -- I will simply spend my money other places.

And that's why I've been buying gift copies of Baldur's Gate 3 -- we simply can't let this hellscape become the new normal. We deserve better than this. A good game will last decades. A bad game is sophistry and bad forever.

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Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: ElectricPrismIf I was a publisher, my respect for EG would have just dropped -- nobody can stay in business working for free.

Fortnite and Tencent can provide a lot of money. And EG saves a lot of money by relying on Steam for features – like Epic exclusive games with a Forum on Steam.

And it's not really completely free. It's a loss leader.

Yeah about that ...

The CCP government recently siphoned all the money out of Tencent (6m-1y) (Which they can do because corporations in china are part of the government by law.)

Again, the problem with paying nothing for something -- is that it creates disparity -- or actual modern day slavery.

Disparity occurs when deals are not fair. Ethically, really bad things happen when one party wins too much at the other's expense. (In this case my empathy is with the foreign workers and employees who just want a living wage.)

Edit: This is really just communism 101 -- drop prices to attempt to drive competition out of business, power companies, baby formula / whatever -- and then once you have a monopoly raise prices to unfair levels. The idea of the state subsidizing failure also comes to mind -- like when a company makes airplanes that have aeronautic defects that cause them to crash -- and the state shows up to pay to keep the company in business when they are on a collision course with bankruptcy.

Anything that is not worthy of staying in business -- and can be destroyed -- should be destroyed. The big players shouldn't be subsidized to continue to fail creating abusive relationships with customers and employees. If they can't make it -- survival of the fittest -- tough luck, they will be replaced with more worthy businesses.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyExclusivity in itself is a cost to developers. A really significant one when it means you're only releasing on a little also-ran store and not on Steam where the people who will actually buy your game are.

Bingo. The adage come to mind -- cutting off your nose to spite your face.

It's like a 6 year old -- you offer them 2 choices -- they can get 6 money (dimes and quarters) or only 1/2 of a $20 bill.

Children will think the 6 money is more, when it's not even comparable.

Quoting: Purple Library GuySure, you get to release on Steam in 6 months, but first, you may have lost a certain momentum by then, you'll have to try to rebuild your "releasing the game" buzz from scratch and you may fail--and worse, some people will be aware of your exclusive and be annoyed about it

To go along with that thought, there are games on EG that people don't even know exist -- like Kingdom Hearts 3.

And to go along with consumer pshycology, once something is no longer a fad, and someone has waited 6 months or 1 year -- what's the difference between waiting even longer for a sale?

Final Fantasy VII signed a exclusivity deal and I think I bought a copy in the bargain bin a extra 6-months or 12-months out.

The 2nd chapter -- still haven't bought. I'll probably wait for it go to on sale again 50-75% off in a year or two.

Same goes for things with Denuvo, DRM, or EAC -- Yeah, no, I don't need to feed the beasts -- why would I pay for something that is not guaranteed to work and comes with no warranty?

There's a lot of fish in the game sea.

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I NEVER do business with people who propose a BAD DEAL.

Especially a BAD DEAL for THEM.

Oh you'll paint my house for $500? -- yeah sorry, no.

If I was a publisher, my respect for EG would have just dropped -- nobody can stay in business working for free.

And who wants to deal with resentful angry "I did it for free" vibes -- the money is exchanged as a assurance that the person will shut the fuck up and do their job providing you with value.

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