Xbox is just a subscription rental business at this point, Microsoft doesn’t seem interested in gaming outside of that.

Ah yes, the Microsoft Dreamcast controller.

Valve isn’t getting acquired any time soon. They’re a small-ish group that basically gets 30% of nearly every PC game sold. They’re private, so finances aren’t published, but I have a hunch they have a healthy amount of cash on hand to do whatever the fuck they want for decades, and they might in fact be closer to the size of those mega corps.

Considering he helped create Windows while working at Microsoft, and allegedly left due to the direction it was going, yes.

Sounds like Tuesday in Los Angeles…

Look, I code websites and apps and I know nothing about game dev. I dabble. But I don’t see any reason why an informed indie dev or studio would choose Unity over Godot at this point after what they tried to pull a few years ago.

Unreal is a different beast, but the versatility of Godot has been proven at this point and is on full display in this showcase, and from my uneducated standpoint seems to hold its own vs Unity’s offerings.

Pokémon Let’s Go [Eevee / Pikachu] can be played with a single joycon vertical in one hand. They designed it to be played with their Pokéball controller, accidentally making it super accessible.

Running the version that boots into big picture with a Radeon card has been fantastic, however the Nvidia desktop version has left a sour taste in my mouth.

And here I am still very happy with my $350 steam deck purchase and 2tb ssd upgrade. 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, don’t buy an HP. Love my Brother laser printer though.

I drive a Kia EV6, and love it. Kia pushes like 2 OTAs per year for updates and small bug fixes, but hasn’t rolled out any new features. They have a premium connectivity package, but nothing but remote bells and whistles are behind it.

I use my phone for the infotainment via CarPlay.

My phone acts like a phone, and my car acts like a car.

Now, the reason I have an EV6? I was a happy Chevy Bolt owner looking for a newer vehicle and was eyeing the Equinox EV. I noped out as soon as they announced the Google partnership and decided to remove CarPlay and BYOD as a feature.

The two things that will turn me off from a future purchase is lack of CarPlay, or paywalled “hardware” upgrades, like performance tweaks or locking out something installed like heated seats. Nope.

I can wait to play this on PC. I’m due for a dread replay though, perhaps after I complete Silksong.

There was a prime 3? After reading your post, I recall 1 and 2. 3 escapes me, although I must have completed it…

I have to disagree. Honestly, I have no issue with any multiplayer game taking basic anti-cheat measures, a few people causing chaos on the weekend can ruin a game for a bunch of kids.

But, there’s a difference between common sense anti cheat, and kernel level observation and manipulation.

Now that’s one fit girl.

Honest question, but on a technical level isn’t discord basically IRC with some bells, whistles, emojis, and a some WebRTC Logic wrapped in electron with a large marketing budget? Throw in some cloud storage and a CDN for images. What am I missing? I’m not saying it’s “easy”, but I’m curious what it would take to build a solid streamlined FOSS alternative built on combining existing technologies.

Edit: I’m not familiar with the ecosystem… is the issue with existing FOSS bad UI and complicated onboarding? Missing features? Or is it simply a critical mass issue?