Ganondorf

This is why comments are so useful. I was already on the fence about viewing a site named futurism and your comment made sure I will avoid it moving forward.

Happy to see them refer to the game as “complex”, something the New series lacked over time with redundant sequels. I’m looking forward to this one.

Thanks - I’ll check out that channel. Appreciate it.

Are there recommended ones? Steam Deck gets a lot of the spotlight and it’s hard to trust many of the “review” sites anymore, especially with so many sites abusing SEO.

These days I primarily play games that are Nintendo IP (Nintendo’s couch co-op output is unrivaled and my partner and I play Nintendo games together often) or Sony exclusives (quality output is top-notch). I on-and-off look at Steam and have never been overwhelmingly impressed by the catalog of indie devs and am generally turned off by the over-saturation of lower-end pixel art prevalent in many indie titles. Sure, every so often something like Celeste or Hades comes along, but it’s somewhat rare for me to be taken by indie games. An immediate example of an indie game I’m playing with a friend right now, Children of Morta, the pixel art design makes it incredibly hard to see what is going on.

I’m also not willing to shell out $1000+ for a PC and accessories that I don’t want nor do I have space for that. The Steam Deck has my attention, but the screen is too low quality for me to pay that much for it; I already lived through that with the Switch. I barely played the Switch handheld and only traveled with it twice. If the Steam Deck has a V2 with a better screen, I’d consider it, but I’d still rather have a tv connected setup as those are way more comfortable to play than a handheld.

Everyone’s got preferences and mine are Sony/Nintendo consoles, a preference I’ve come to over many years and attempts at other things. It just sucks that shit has gotten so expensive again.

I skipped the PS4 gen to take a break and focus on other aspects of my life that needed attention, but was surprised at prices when I jumped back in. With how expensive gaming has gotten ($70 games, even more expensive consoles, required online payments to fully utilize systems/games, time investment to actually find a console before scalpers) I don’t know what my future in gaming looks like.

I have a former best friend who still somehow finds a way to fanboy over Musk, despite the excessive information about him and actions he’s taken. All very public and easy to find information, yet never swayed the guy’s opinion and the last time we talked about it he was still fanboying. It really should have been a warning sign of things to come with that friendship. Truly, only mentally and emotionally inept losers are still on Musk’s side and the former friend’s the only person I know who still has a favorable opinion of Musk.

No one should. It’s an unproven technology we are using as a crutch instead of going after the real culprits faster.

I’m sure Google will be really careful about how the future content of Youtube is approved.

JK - That won’t make them money.

That sort of cash grab is to be expected of Rockstar

Curious how/if this will influence the recently released report saying EV batteries are performing better than expected when it comes to longevity.

I’m tired of hearing about him too but unfortunately Tesla and Twitter are high profile companies. When they are in the news, he is unfortunately associated.

I’m less concerned about the rebranding and more concerned about people shrugging their shoulders that one man is so rich he was able to buy one of the most influential communication companies of the century and crater it because it hurt his feelings, now allowing hate speech to run rampant on the site, but he still has so much cash to burn.

Agreed

they’re the only ones still currently pushing mainstream VR tech forwards

The cost of the Apple headset is insane. I’m really curious to see how well it sells, but Apple product sales are always hard to predict.