'Art and science and procreation, that's about all life is good for:' Two former freeware developers are still trying to keep it weird in an era when companies 'sell games to people in 5-second clips' "These money people need numbers to know they will make their money back, which kind of conflicts with the nature of experimentation and trying to push the boundaries of the medium." #people #money #sell_games #money_back #freeware_developers #money_people #Art #clips' #procreation #companies
An Elite Dangerous player discovered a way to write new stories into the margins of the 12-year-old space sandbox, and now thousands are testing it How the nearly 9,000 players on the Distant Worlds 3 expedition are contributing to the birth of something new. #Elite #Distant_Worlds #Elite_Dangerous #space_sandbox #Dangerous_player #player_discovered #Worlds
Judging by the GPT-4o situation, game developers will have a big problem if they get serious about AI chatbot NPCs Balance patches that tweak guns and spells can enrage players. What if what you're re-balancing is their romantic partner? #big_problem #game_developers #NPCs_Balance #Balance_patches #enrage_players #chatbot_NPCs #tweak_guns
4-year-old locked in school overnight #school #overnight #school_overnight #locked
An FBI ‘Asset’ Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBI—and still allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-tainted pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death. #Asset’_Helped #Dark_Web #Helped_Run #Web_Site #Incognito_dark #Sold_Fentanyl-Laced #Fentanyl-Laced_Drugs
Arc Raiders' next update adds hurricanes, and players think the teaser is hiding a new Arc enemy too Also, beards. #Arc_Raiders' #update_adds #adds_hurricanes #Arc_enemy #beards
Sena UBT stakes claim to Rajya Sabha, council seats MVA can win #Rajya_Sabha #Sena_UBT #UBT_stakes #seats_MVA #council_seats
Bombay HC draws curtain on 1947 land dispute #land_dispute #draws_curtain #Bombay #land #dispute
Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US: 'We're not just going away on this' This whole thing is becoming a much bigger deal than anyone expected. #Killing_Games #European_Union #Stop_Killing #launching_NGOs #bigger_deal #Killing
Dutch defense secretary says 'you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone,' and I'm here to tell the Dutch defense secretary that this is a great opportunity to run Doom on a fighter jet I know there are probably bigger priorities, but come on. #run_Doom #Dutch #great_opportunity #Dutch_defense #defense_secretary #bigger_priorities #fighter_jet
TCL’s clever ‘SQD mini-LED’ TV tech has arrived in its first set, and we’ve measured it — here’s how it compares to RGB TVs and OLED This is impressive TV tech, but it still might be a middle-ground upgrade that’s destined to be lost. #tech #TCL #SQD_mini-LED’ #RGB_TVs #’ve_measured #middle-ground_upgrade #SQD
