Haha the name. Sorry had to say it.

Max Payne "I was too tired to go on." or "I was afraid to go on."

Game over screens too like Arkham City with the villain mocking Batman. System Shock with the hopeless death animation. Sometimes the deaths can get elaborate and repetitive though like some horror games.

Everyone working a desk job with a computer in a physical office space together is just about as practical as a large group meeting where one or two people speak with no input from others.

Some people may need to be in an office/meeting sometimes but most do not usually and it's a waste of time for the employee and a waste of money for the company. Just my opinion. ;)

It's also basically a pay cut and a huge loss of benefits. What does Rockstar have to say about that?

The article also links to another interesting article that begins by summarizing the disadvantages some employees experienced when the initial switch to working from home happened.

1. Balancing work and kids at home;
2. Finding space for a home office and learning new tools;
3. Workdays at home alone;
4. The line between work and life blurred.

Number 1 & 2 should not be an issue for most people now. Number 3 & 4 are personal and should not be used as an excuse to implement a company wide policy on everybody.

What does this say to the employee who disagrees with the company return to office "culture"? It says to them they aren''t welcome here. Imagine turning on your computer and being locked out. That's what happened during the Twitter X Corp takeover.

Was looking forward to this one.

Arguably the DRM is only worth it for the first month or so after launch. Once the sales start dropping it's pointless. It's annoying to the consumer either way though.

Looks interesting. Terraria has been on my list but this looks even more interesting. Thanks for sharing. My wishlist is sooo long. Lol

I level grinded so much in the first. Getting loot was so fun.

Cool trailer. This game looks right up my alley.

Maybe people are playing less games than a few years ago?

The tech industry is eating itself. I think NVIDIA is making out ok though, AI has created jobs for them for now.

This is so cool. An oldie but goodie is back! Glad they figured a way to separate the copyright from the trademark. So many good titles get lost in limbo over ownership.

Haven't played FFVIII since it was released back in 1998. From what I can remember I really liked it. Seemed to have a more mature story than most games at the time.

Sam and Max Hit the Road is a great adventure game. I played it recently for the first time. Recommended.

Back when Ambrosia made Mac ports. DEFCON was cool.

Wow is that an original psx? I remember GT. One of the few multi disc racing/sim games. Some of the best graphics the original PlayStation had to offer. 👍

Hmm I think you're right, I might have confused GT1 with GT2. Both great games though.

Maybe let players form taxi teams and get into fights with rival ride hailing companies? Lol Could be entertaining.

100 simultaneous players seems like a lot for a game designed to be played in short bursts?

Absolutely loved STALKER. Heart of Chornobyl comes out this year.

Two words, nuclear meltdown. Seriously though, city building games do still exist, although often the gameplay is part of a wider genre like 4X, kinda like stealth mechanics in action adventure games.

I see News in the Mastodon app v2.3.0 on Google Play. It's under the Search button - News tab.

It says they are the news stories getting talked about on Mastodon. But it looks like links to articles from news outlets rather than a trending page?