I used to. But with the major redesign a few years ago it ran so badly and needed system resources enough to make it noticeable that it was open. So I got in the habit of just shutting to down and never using it for anything but to launch the game. I shifted all chat and game purchasing and game discovery to other platforms. Cest la vie.

"AI Disclosure: AI Assisted Code, Graphics, Sounds, Text" ... so.. everything. 🙄

Always check your public library. The ones in m area have these which cost you nothing to use because they are supported as public services.

Always support public libraries.

“The average American buys more than one new piece of clothing per week. If that matches your shopping habits, in a span of five years you have purchased more than 320 pieces of clothing.”

Who the fuck is buying multiple pieces of clothing every week? I don’t know anyone that does that. I feel like buys-ridiculous-amounts-of-clothing George is an outlier and shouldn’t be counted.

It’s an earring that’s lost its stone. Looks like the kind used for mall piercing places.

Oh man I hope they do it as a gritty live action grim dark retcon origin story that entirely explains Herobrine’s past starring Jared Leto as Herobrine and shows his face and eye color. /s

We're seeing the rise of push back against AI gen stuff... https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/827650/indie-developers-gen-ai-nexon-arc-raiders

Doubling down on the glazing of the ai bubble is pretty on brand for him. In before "tim sues steam for spurious claims against ai" or some other bullshit.

Sidenote: IsThereAnyDeal.com has the steam ai declarations as part of the quick reference section on game pages now. https://mastodon.social/@isthereanydeal/115606686918493913

Nebula. It’s a video streaming service that is ad free and directly supports the creators.

https://nebula.tv/

IIRC GOG is actually partnered with HeroicLauncher... so.. it's semi official to use that... and better UX.

Yeah... "off" is the direction they can fuck with that nonsense...

Maybe that new senior dev they're trying to hire to... "Actively use and promote AI-assisted development tools to increase team efficiency and code quality" will fix it.

Skyrim is a first person action adventure game with RPG elements. Baldurs gate is a much more traditional fantasy RPG which I a focused on tactics and D&D core rules and character stories where action stakes a back seat. So it sounds more like you enjoy the action and immersion of Skyrim than the “RPG” side of it.

BG3 is really a love letter to the people that liked the original games and wanted more depth to the systems to try to capture the tabletop experience a little more. Since you described it as “clunky” I’m guessing that the slower tactical aspect is what you’re bouncing off of.

https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986

Some do, but because of the prevalence of automatic coffee machines and microwaves there isn't as much of a need outside specialty coffee drinkers.

The argument about speed and convenience doesn't work in the US because of the outlet voltage as well. The 110-120v outlets don't provide the same level of power to kettles so they can't heat up as quickly. If you have a microwave it's just as fast or faster.

You just need to maintain a relationship between Time And Relative Dimension In Space. 🟦

A “spectator”, specifically. A lesser beholder.

Linus vs lie-nus

You should always check with the IP owner first aside... this does seem like an uncharacteristic move from valve. Like... black mesa existed as a mod for a while... crickets. They remade it in a new engine... crickets. They put it on sale on steam... and valve endorsed it. afaik they never asked permission... but even if they did it's weird to have a team doing a fully 3rd party remake of a core game and being fully endorsed by the company.

But here you have someone well known, doing a skin essentially... that only works on the valve product... and valve has issue with THAT? odd.

There isn't a single one of my favorite games made by ubi... and ubisoft is half the reason for that.