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While I hate seeing people get eviscerated over personal opinion, people have to realize that speaking your mind can have negative repercussions by now. You can say whatever you want in person, but putting something in writing online can be good or bad. Sometimes people write something that...

I agree. It seems to me that the overhead is staggering in the game development sector. So numbers aren't as big as they seem. The one that stuck out to me was that Insomniac games sold to Sony for $229m, but Spiderman 2 took $300m to make. So the whole studio was valued at less than a...

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Oooh, this is a lovely discussion. It is my opinion that trolling is a result of people not having any real world outlet, compounded by an unlimited lack of consequence, then multiplied again by an inability to have a spirited face to face conversation that is in opposition to theirs. There...

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I've heard plenty of stories about people getting caught up in these mechanics. I don't think it's the future of gaming though. I think it's more about developers cashing in on the lack of regulation. The gatcha and loot box mechanics are 100% unregulated gambling. The same triggers...

I don't know about you all, but the first movie sparked that sense of wonder that I hadn't felt since I was a kid reading Isaac Asimov, Peter Hamilton, and Neal Stephenson. The visuals were so stunningly alien and foreign to anything I had seen. Since then, I have been not so patiently waiting...

I don't know about all the NFT stuff, but a part of it sounds like it has practical promise. That's the part where mmo assets could have uniqueness and a "chain of custody" so to speak. Just imagine all the drama in the past about currency farmers, hackers, exploiters, and botters. Those...

So... why are we @Blind Owl 'ing? Well, when in rome... also, some owl pictures. Pre-covid owl: Post-covid owl:

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Rugby? I'm in America. We play our full contact sports with a modern equivalent to a full suit of armor. You know, so our sports players don't break a nail... Meanwhile, in Italy.... View: https://youtu.be/Fd5dNiXWGVY

Nooooooo! Quick, let's start a gofundme to revitalize the kickstarter game! lol

Watch, in 10 years, SOTS 16 will come out as some "found footage" Blaire Witch kind of thing. "The SOTS that was too dangerous to release"... I did see the new Manchester news, along with the projected employee count. CIG is over 1k now? That's nothing to scoff at. It beats alot of other...

It's been a while since I've been around. I had to step away for a bit. SC progress is too slow for me to sit and watch on a daily basis. I just don't have that kind of patience. So I got wrapped up in some other games for a few years and let SC sit on a virtual shelf and gather some dust...

I feel something should be said about confirmation bias and echo chambers. Never before in human history has this been so much of an issue and yet, I feel that far too few people give it the respect it deserves. It has unpresidented sway over public opinion, yet you never hear about it. More...

Yes, but where's the mad rush to buy out all the sea shells? Where are the online posted photos of people with piles of sea shells in the background? Where are the youtube videos showing fights over the last single package of sea shells in the store? It didn't predict that one now did it...

Same here. Once I tried VR in a wireless format, there was no going back. VR is just fine wired, but that cord is always on my mind when I'm playing games. This is particularly noticeable when I'm playing an active game like beat saber or superhot. The difference in immersion really can't be...

100% this. I've been looking into it off and on all day. I just found it ridiculous that they sold out so quick. I've experienced this kind of thing before with tickets, but not hardware. I didn't think I would be able to get a FE, but I thought I could at least get a EVGA, MSI, or some card...

Well, that was a joke... The "release" at 6am pst was pretty much non existent. The Nvidia site hiccuped, but I never saw anything other than "notify me". Best Buy sold out before anything could leave the cart. B&H as well as Newegg broke. Their sites became unresponsive for about 15...

It looks like Provantage.com has some listed. It's the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC and it's listed for $723.65. It does show "special order" and says that it could take 3-4 weeks for delivery, but it doesn't show sold out like the other Zotac cards they have listed. Looking around online and...