Just random selection of games into arbitrary categories and pick the winner doesn't really chime with me.

In recent years, I haven't played a single nominated game in all but maybe one category. So voting it's definitely random for me because I'm a sucker and want the badge.

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I tried the demo once. Shortly after startup the display went black, the system froze, and the graphics card's fans whined like crazy. Even resetting the system didn't fix it, I had to forcefully power down the computer and boot it up again. That was a first in many many years for that to happen. Haven't dared to touch the game since then.

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Looks like the demo is worth a try. Though I'm really wondering why what looks like a simple game (and a demo at that) requires 5 GB of space. emoji

Quoting myself here. Checked it out again today, and the download was just shy of 300 MB now. What a change! Will try it out later.

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It seems painfully straight, in all senses of the word

It does have the LGBTQ+ tag. Just sayin'.

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Anyone else thinks it's ironic that the publisher's logo is a razor blade? Or is that dark humour already?

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Looks like the demo is worth a try. Though I'm really wondering why what looks like a simple game (and a demo at that) requires 5 GB of space. :unsure:

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> "passive experience to a more proactive and intelligent one"

Well, maybe that's kind of true for the browser, but the users? They will become more and more passive until they are reduced to bots keeping the AI agents busy. Yay.

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They should start selling special 18+ versions of their steam wallet cards in shops.

You could easily sell those underhandedly to minors. Sure, you could also give away your credit card information, but you'd be quite an idiot to do so.

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Bummer: when I read the title, I thought the game would be a cynical commentary on smartphone addiction where you are an app developer or something and have to use dark design patterns to keep people on their phones until they die from neglecting their bodily needs.

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That it was a christmas movie Cleveland was working on hasn't come up in what I've seen and read. Some sources I no found claim that is was part of learning how to make movies in the context of possible Subnautica movies. If it was not and, as Krafton claims, a "personal project" and he worked on that instead of doing his job (you can have personal projects in your own free time, of course), it would be kind of dumb to not expect consequences.

That said, even if Cleveland neglected his job, that makes one out of three. For the other two, I haven't found anything more substantial than general "neglecting their jobs". I find it a little hard to believe that all three of them turned into (or turned out to be) just greedy people while none of them had the awareness to say: "Guys, maybe we should actually make sure Subnautica 2 will be ready so we will get the bonus?"

But I'm open to outcome.

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