AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor

@AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the problem with many modern AAA games. They lack innovation. Since they only look to maximize profits, they stick to reliable formulas that are known to be profitable.

  This is the reason why I only play indies nowadays. How many AAA studios have new ideas? Sure, we see, every now and then, a new game that really feels new, but they are rare. Meanwhile, the indie sphere cooks new things constantly. Sure, not all are pretty or good or polished, but at least they try new things!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNN Freaks Out Over Elon Musk Changing His Name On X To “Harry Bölz”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Rules for thee, not for me. Or something.

  You can’t expect them to be coherent or logical or anything; they voted for trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a free speech Lemmy instance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, that xkcd is relevant because that’s exactly what free speech means. Your government won’t arrest you for saying stuff, but for the same reason you are free to speak, we are free to act within law against you.

  And there is no law forbiding people from boycotting or unhosting or simply not listening to what you say.

  You are free to speak, we are free to listen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a free speech Lemmy instance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So you are a racist. Got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a free speech Lemmy instance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You are not going to find “free speech” instances federated with everyone, because what you are looking for is an instance allowing bigotry and racism, things that most of lemmy don’t like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone still thiking those assholes are “free speech warriors” is an idiot who deserves whatever happens to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director thinks GTA 6 might have the "clout" to normalise a $100 price tag⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh well, looks like it’ll be another gaming gen in which I will buy zero AAA games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨South Korea | 'I got rape threats over claims I put a feminist symbol in a video game'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit like Japan.

  Their technology might be more advanced than ours, but their society is stuck in the middle age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was talking today about this with a couple of colleagues.

  In my field (industrial programming) there’s a real fear that we’re going to be substituted by AI. And… I think it’s probably going to happen. And it’s going to be reaaaaaally fun: because things will go like this:

  one day, my boss will realize that chatgpt can make a program for a machine in 10 minutes instead of 2 weeks. And with zero knowledge about programming, he will fire me.

  Then, chatgpt will create his next software for a machine, and he will start making money like crazy because he cut the costs to a fraction and reduced shipping times to almost zero.

  And things will go nicely. But one day, the machine that works under the software chatgpt made, will injure or worse, kill a person. And my boss will then learn the hard way that chatgpt can’t be held responsible for that death and him, being the only one left, will be charged for that death.

  Soon after that, he will start looking for new positions again, either as “software advisors” who check the code before it’s shipped so he can discharge the responsibility on them, or as programmers to do what they were doing some months ago, but this time, for more money, given the precedents.