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Devs quit Skullgirls and Indivisible studio Lab Zero Games, issues with studio owner
25 Aug 2020 at 10:34 pm UTC Likes: 3
25 Aug 2020 at 10:34 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Sudo_haltStill, I'm against cance(r)l culture. The companies who have severed their ties should have waited for results of a court of law, and then taken action.I was with you until that last statement. The companies certainly should not have waited for results of a (years long that will likely never happen) court trial to decide who they do and don't want to work with. The worlds of public relations and business relationships are very often ones of guilty until exonerated. It's not fair, and not right, but it's how the world has always worked. Individuals and companies make such decisions all the time based on such soft things as reputation and reviews. It's only the speed and visibility of information now and our divided society that's given such things the name "cancel culture" and thus invited people to take polarized views of the situation. As with all such things, it's a nuanced situation. Are some people being treated unfairly and too quickly? Yes. Is power being given to people who historically would have been marginalized and ignored? Yes. The middle ground awaits...
Devs quit Skullgirls and Indivisible studio Lab Zero Games, issues with studio owner
25 Aug 2020 at 4:13 pm UTC Likes: 5
He also noted, for much the same reasons to say nothing of fears of blowback and reputational harm, false accusation, especially in the workplace, is also outrageously rare. While everyone in the industry has their favorite story or two about a fake this or a false that, the vast majority of accusations usually have some degree of truth behind them at some level.
25 Aug 2020 at 4:13 pm UTC Likes: 5
Quoting: ElectroDDI'll add to the skepticism bucket this small fact:Um, very simply and assuredly, no... My father spent almost his entire career in HR for large corporations dealing with issues such as these and legal actions are outrageously rare, even in situations that are 100% verified through investigative means (which, if it's high ranking people involved, these companies will do). It's outrageously time consuming and expensive and everyone involved is motivated to resolve these issues in a multitude of other ways.
There are no legal action against the guy from what we know.
And that's the typical signature of false accusation, even more so in Los Angeles. They have pretty good laws against Harassement. Why aren't there any legal action and only twitter bashing ?
He also noted, for much the same reasons to say nothing of fears of blowback and reputational harm, false accusation, especially in the workplace, is also outrageously rare. While everyone in the industry has their favorite story or two about a fake this or a false that, the vast majority of accusations usually have some degree of truth behind them at some level.
Stylized top-down rally racer 'art of rally' gets a flashy new trailer
20 Aug 2020 at 2:57 pm UTC
20 Aug 2020 at 2:57 pm UTC
This one is wishlisted! Looks terrific... With this plus Space Crew coming out there'll finally be something to tear me away from flight sims pretty soon...
The Bomber Crew team announced Space Crew and it's coming to Linux PC
13 Aug 2020 at 5:12 pm UTC
13 Aug 2020 at 5:12 pm UTC
I loved Bomber Crew, and this looks terrific! Coming next month!?
System76 are teasing their own brand Keyboard again
4 Aug 2020 at 5:05 pm UTC
4 Aug 2020 at 5:05 pm UTC
Hoping there will be both wired options...
VKD3D-Proton is the new official Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer for Proton
7 Jul 2020 at 2:23 am UTC
I'm now old enough to have heard the death of desktop gaming pronounced for a few decades, and always wrong. I just heard last week a well known "tech analyst" (cough, cough) declare that, this time, desktop gaming's days were really numbered because... ready for this? Because of Apple now developing its own silicon and, with it, Apple is going to slay the mobile gaming market. Because those mobile games will run across the Apple mobile, tablet, and desktop ecosystem, that will translate into Apple gaming dominance wrestled away from MS because, this time, Apple is serious about gaming. Really!!! I almost rolled my eyes out of my head. Give me an f-ing break... Hahahahaha....
Again, as I say on all such posts, I think we're in a huge moment of transition in gaming and I still believe that, fast forward 20 or so years, a lot (not all) of mainstream gaming will be cloud based and there will be a dwindling list of AAA titles to d/l to metal that will cost ever more money to support their development to a dwindling on-metal market. Google wants Chromebooks to be able to game through Stadia or Steam. Nvidia wants cloud gaming. MS seems to realize that a cloud based X-Box service is their gaming future. Does DX12 have any role in such a service?
Linux will be fine as long as:
- All these cloud based options run on Linux
- As long as Linux becomes the defacto easy option to play the last 50+ years (by 2040) of computing's past gaming...
7 Jul 2020 at 2:23 am UTC
Quoting: Purple Library GuySo it looks to me like, contrary to many claims about the death of PC gaming, what those graphs show is massive growth in gaming on general purpose desktop/laptop computers, with Linux growth within that initially strong but slower than the whole PC gaming platform, and more recently holding its own.....Great post. I didn't quote everything, but you make some important points.
All in all, the stats lately are weird.
I'm now old enough to have heard the death of desktop gaming pronounced for a few decades, and always wrong. I just heard last week a well known "tech analyst" (cough, cough) declare that, this time, desktop gaming's days were really numbered because... ready for this? Because of Apple now developing its own silicon and, with it, Apple is going to slay the mobile gaming market. Because those mobile games will run across the Apple mobile, tablet, and desktop ecosystem, that will translate into Apple gaming dominance wrestled away from MS because, this time, Apple is serious about gaming. Really!!! I almost rolled my eyes out of my head. Give me an f-ing break... Hahahahaha....
Again, as I say on all such posts, I think we're in a huge moment of transition in gaming and I still believe that, fast forward 20 or so years, a lot (not all) of mainstream gaming will be cloud based and there will be a dwindling list of AAA titles to d/l to metal that will cost ever more money to support their development to a dwindling on-metal market. Google wants Chromebooks to be able to game through Stadia or Steam. Nvidia wants cloud gaming. MS seems to realize that a cloud based X-Box service is their gaming future. Does DX12 have any role in such a service?
Linux will be fine as long as:
- All these cloud based options run on Linux
- As long as Linux becomes the defacto easy option to play the last 50+ years (by 2040) of computing's past gaming...
The Linux market share appears to continue rising with Ubuntu winning
2 Jul 2020 at 6:43 pm UTC Likes: 6
2 Jul 2020 at 6:43 pm UTC Likes: 6
I bet LTT is responsible for a lot of the Steam uptick. Why in general, though?
No idea, but I have one theory, and it's an expansion of what's been happening in my family. In the last two years, my sister and parents have separately called me and said, "hey, I need I new computer, what should I do?" I bought them each units and installed Linux and said, "Here, use this, call me with questions or problems." That replaced two iMacs. My wife and kids Chromebooks died (or they killed them) and I replaced both with laptops with Linux. None of these people care that they're using Linux. As long as they can load Firefox, Steam, and/or their apps as expected, no worries, no questions asked. And Linux is plug and play enough now that no one questions it.
So my theory is that Linux is now muggle friendly enough that we enthusiasts are spreading it amongst friends and family. So my family went from one person to 7 people using Linux daily. If enough people do that, it shows up in stats... We should all have a goal of turning 1-2 people per year to Linux.
No idea, but I have one theory, and it's an expansion of what's been happening in my family. In the last two years, my sister and parents have separately called me and said, "hey, I need I new computer, what should I do?" I bought them each units and installed Linux and said, "Here, use this, call me with questions or problems." That replaced two iMacs. My wife and kids Chromebooks died (or they killed them) and I replaced both with laptops with Linux. None of these people care that they're using Linux. As long as they can load Firefox, Steam, and/or their apps as expected, no worries, no questions asked. And Linux is plug and play enough now that no one questions it.
So my theory is that Linux is now muggle friendly enough that we enthusiasts are spreading it amongst friends and family. So my family went from one person to 7 people using Linux daily. If enough people do that, it shows up in stats... We should all have a goal of turning 1-2 people per year to Linux.
Star Labs reveal their new Linux-powered Star LabTop Mk IV
12 Jun 2020 at 5:59 pm UTC
12 Jun 2020 at 5:59 pm UTC
Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere actually are monitors that do this [External Link], no?Quoting: iiariI actually wish I had a screen for my desktop that I could flip sideways (ie upright) and have the picture follow like on a phone.Quoting: CatKiller16:10 means that my next laptop when it's time to upgrade will be a Dell. I hope other manufacturers can move away from 16:9 as well.I agree that I'm done with 16:9 on laptops. I've had two 3:2 screen laptops, previously a 2015 Pixel Chromebook and currently a Huawei Matebook X Pro, and I seriously can never go back to 16:9 after these experiences. Using a 16:9 feels like squinting now. 3:2 is soooo much better for text productivity on the laptop form, especially for my workflow.
There were suggestions about 2 years ago that Lenovo was going to start doing 3:2 screens, and I don't know what happened to that. An X1 Carbon with a 3:2 screen and Linux would be perfection for me...
Star Labs reveal their new Linux-powered Star LabTop Mk IV
12 Jun 2020 at 2:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
There were suggestions about 2 years ago that Lenovo was going to start doing 3:2 screens, and I don't know what happened to that. An X1 Carbon with a 3:2 screen and Linux would be perfection for me...
12 Jun 2020 at 2:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: CatKiller16:10 means that my next laptop when it's time to upgrade will be a Dell. I hope other manufacturers can move away from 16:9 as well.I agree that I'm done with 16:9 on laptops. I've had two 3:2 screen laptops, previously a 2015 Pixel Chromebook and currently a Huawei Matebook X Pro, and I seriously can never go back to 16:9 after these experiences. Using a 16:9 feels like squinting now. 3:2 is soooo much better for text productivity on the laptop form, especially for my workflow.
There were suggestions about 2 years ago that Lenovo was going to start doing 3:2 screens, and I don't know what happened to that. An X1 Carbon with a 3:2 screen and Linux would be perfection for me...
What are you clicking on this weekend? Come tell us
7 Jun 2020 at 4:52 am UTC
7 Jun 2020 at 4:52 am UTC
As an "essential" worker, Covid has really taken a bite into my gaming time, especially with kids and spouse now present around me 100% of the time. So my gaming is in "maintenance" mode. Where I can, I'm playing:
X-Plane 11: Testing the updated (and super buggy) Ultra Weather XP add-on in Linux (and in Windows, BTW).
Battlefront Bad Company 2: Via Proton, Still my favorite BF thus far. It's always bugged me that I never got good at sniping in that game, and now Im finally (and satisfyingly) passable...
FTL: I occasionally go back to this since I'm a space and sci-fi person, and because I think I should like it, but I can never escape the feeling like I'm playing a gigantic spreadsheet, and that if I lose, it's because I don't have the encyclopedic knowledge of the races, parts, and ships that's necessary to plug into the Sheets/Excel battle to win... Is "Bomber Crew" more fun? Where's my Battlecruiser 3000 remake for the 2020's, but fun?
X-Plane 11: Testing the updated (and super buggy) Ultra Weather XP add-on in Linux (and in Windows, BTW).
Battlefront Bad Company 2: Via Proton, Still my favorite BF thus far. It's always bugged me that I never got good at sniping in that game, and now Im finally (and satisfyingly) passable...
FTL: I occasionally go back to this since I'm a space and sci-fi person, and because I think I should like it, but I can never escape the feeling like I'm playing a gigantic spreadsheet, and that if I lose, it's because I don't have the encyclopedic knowledge of the races, parts, and ships that's necessary to plug into the Sheets/Excel battle to win... Is "Bomber Crew" more fun? Where's my Battlecruiser 3000 remake for the 2020's, but fun?