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Paradachshund

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  • What is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?

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  • While there were some truly awful moments in the last season of game of thrones, danaerys' arc was not one of them. Her going nuts was hinted at from the beginning and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

  • What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for?

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  • Never played it.

  • What is this generations Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, Tupac, or Rage against the machine?

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  • I'd say based on his last 3 songs he is now fully political. I mean we'll see what he does next, but Hind's Hall 1 and 2, and Fucked Up are all super political and powerful songs.

  • What is this generations Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, Tupac, or Rage against the machine?

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  • I'm too old to say what anything this generation is, but look up "fucked up" by Macklemore. Came out at the start of the year and it's the most rage against the machine esque thing I've heard in years. Got me riled up.

    Edit: I see you literally called him out in the post, so this is old news to you I'm sure. I'll leave it for others to find!

  • What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for?

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  • Is there much depth to that? I've found in the past they keep adding new systems, and each new one has exactly the same issue of being another thing that's not super deep. And by deep I mean full of surprises and things to learn, not you can technically do it for a long time.

  • What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for?

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  • I've tried to get into it periodically. I like aspects of it, but it's also very bland in some ways I find. Like there are infinite cool planets to discover, but the resources are more or less the same on each and across the whole thing. There's so much to see, but so little meat on the bones I guess?

    I need a bit more pulling me forward than what that game gives you I think. The phrase "wide as an ocean, shallow as a puddle" has been my experience with it unfortunately. I know a lot of people like it these days, though.

  • What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for?

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  • GTA. I'm a SciFi and fantasy guy so it just doesn't do anything for me.

  • Why exactly does AI-generated comic/cartoon/2D art look so off-putting?

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  • So in my opinion ai gen images are basically the opposite experience of looking at good art.

    A good piece of art has loads of details and nuances that came from the artist's taste and vision. The longer you look at it the more there is to appreciate. You keep finding new details you missed as you study it.

    Ai gens are the opposite. They look fine and competent at a cursory glance, but the longer you look the less meaning you find, and the more defects you discover. Personally I believe this is why they feel so wrong to look at for any length of time.

  • What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for?

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  • Evergreen trees. I know they're a big deal to people who visit but I grew up around them and think they're kind of boring.

  • Have you gotten a response after asking why you weren't hired?

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  • It doesn't hurt to ask, though I think generally phrasing it as "I would appreciate any feedback on my application" is going to get more real responses than asking for a reason you weren't hired.

  • Baldur's Gate 3 dev says AAA is "perversely fascinated" by indie games, because those devs still understand how to make good ideas that aren't reliant on data

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  • I love the data callout so much. I wish I remember the article I read this in, but there was a researcher who said we're living in an age of data-driven stupidity and that's stuck with me ever since.

    It's not that data is bad in all cases, but data aggregation is inherently reducing fidelity of detail in the process. When you're approaching human-centric issues, such as making something fun and meaningful, data really can't help you that much. You've boiled the messy human elements, the elements most crucial to a powerful result, out of the conversation.

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  • Having something suggest networking opportunities doesn't sound like the worst, but only if it was suggestions in their own section of the app (and not bombarding you with notifications about it either). This implementation is truly god awful and I can't believe anyone thought this was a good idea.

  • We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them

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  • It comes from a good place. Make things have more quality of life. Makes things feel smooth and responsive. Don't make things obtuse and confusing.

    The problem is that while some friction kind of sucks (I don't think many would want clunky movement or controls), lots of experiences get thrown out with the bathwater when this goes too far.

    My philosophy is that friction needs to be seen as a tool. It does something to the experience, and it needs to be considered whether removing it will improve the experience, and if so, what is being lost in the process?

  • We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them

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  • Yep, exactly. That's the good use of lack of friction. The philosophy I have is just that it shouldn't be seen as always good no matter what. It changes the experience to remove friction, so any decision to do so should be thoughtfully done with the experience in mind.

  • We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them

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  • Hear hear! This is such a plague on games and media right now. I don't blame developers that much, because lack of friction is super commonly taught in game design courses, and it's not always bad. It can be done waaaay too much though.

  • Your gaming SSD could fail if you install this Windows 11 update, say reports

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  • I just came here to see if anyone could explain what a gaming SSD was lmao

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  • There's a plethora of valid ways to compare apples and oranges

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  • I've always taken it to imply that at a certain number of differences, the comparison isn't useful anymore, not that there are no avenues of comparison at all.

  • If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs?

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  • I'm of the same opinion that AI won't be able to adequately replace many jobs, but only in the long term. In the short term I think it's going to be a bit of a bloodbath with a lot of companies drinking the kool aid until they realize it's not working.