So . . . Deus Ex re-remastered?

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Quoting: LoudTechieEven the large AAA games are anything, but dead.

I think when people say that, what they actually mean is they suck now. They are in some sense aesthetically or creatively or spiritually dead compared to the way they used to be in the good old days, is the idea. This is a much trickier question because it's hard to argue taste. I have no opinion on it since I don't play AAA games because they're never in the genres of games I play.

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Not only is the historical record inspiring, but dead people are less able to sue small game studios

That was hilarious . . . and chillingly accurate.

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Quoting: BoldosSo, if I understand it correctly: People/users do not like AI stuff in games? :huh:

They also appear to be iffy about people concealing and then blatantly lying about it when called out.

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That's the current moment for you--even when you get to watch people you don't like fighting, whichever of them wins, we lose.

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Can't say I have much sympathy. Doesn't matter what you think of AI, if your response to being accused of Z is to post up something saying OK, I've stopped doing Z in a video that does Z, you are asking for whatever you get.

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Quoting: scaineI'm not saying we should scrap discrimination laws, but I'm very glad that common sense won out here. Let's just say that if I was forced into making a cake for an asshole bigot, that bigot probably wouldn't enjoy the cake I made...

I don't think "bigot" is a protected category in most human rights laws. So I'm not sure I'd say it's an exact parallel.

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Alternatively, face the fury of the Fishmen in . . . Gilled Wars!

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Quoting: scaineThis reminds me of that ridiculous situation where a gay activist asked a bakery for a "support gay marriage" cake and the bakery refused. And the gay activist got up in arms about this, and it went to court! Madness. Sure, the bakery are bigoted scum, but they're a private firm, and they get to be bigoted about the cakes they sell. Thankfully the courts agreed [External Link]. But in summary, if I was selling pizzas and someone came in asked me to make a pizza in the shape of (insert something offensive here), I'd throw them the fuck out of my pizza parlour. My house, my rules.

Hrm. I have a bit of a problem with that perspective. So, if someone has a bakery and they do wedding cakes, it's OK for them to refuse to do the wedding cake if it's for the wedding of two gay people. What if it's for the wedding of two black people? Or, two black people wanting to be served at a diner? I think the US had a whole big movement about that kind of thing, what was it called, "civil rights"? What if it's for the wedding of two Christian people? I'm an atheist, I'd be happy to refuse to serve evangelists, except I believe they have rights. Basically, your position takes us back to Jim Crow, except against whoever a lot of people can be persuaded to be prejudiced against. There should be limits to the rights of businesspeople to run their businesses the way they want. They're not allowed to commit fraud, they're not allowed to put poison in their cakes, and they shouldn't be allowed to poison society either.

Also consider: How does your instinctive reaction shift if, instead of simply refusing to serve (group you don't like), merchants were to start charging different prices to groups they don't like? The product costs twice as much if you're gay, or black, or muslim. That OK?

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Quoting: PhiladelphusProton to Lepton? What kind of particle physics-themed naming is that?? Well, I suppose Electron was already taken. And it's probably too late to rename Proton to Baryon…touché, Valve.

Well, I admit it's a strange direction to go, but the name is kind of charming.

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