Everyone is whining about this requirement. Do you guys not have a hyperbolic time chamber to jump into? I’m already Super ChatGPT Plus God Mode.

I’m not going to write .Net, you can’t make me do it. I’m not going to write Python, you can’t make me do it.

Is your backend Node?!? Let’s go baby, I’m a full stack dev.

For a free piece of software it has no right being as good and as easy to use as it is.

A fucking sword.

I’ve had a Netflix subscription from before they even did streaming. I had the 4k plan, and even when I wasn’t watching much on there anymore, my kids would use it often. The price hikes just would not stop. Then they started moving into video games, and I started seeing headlines reading “Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations” - followed by more price hikes and ads being integrated. It started to feel like I was just funding their dumb business moves that I’m not ever going to benefit from.

So now I have a beautiful new NAS running Plex. Just accounting for the Netflix subscription price, I’ll break even in 2 years, and I’m using it for a lot more than just a media server.

• The Great Gundam Project
• Friends at the Table
• Get Played

I’ve watched so much mech anime this year…

Among my friend group it’s House of Leaves.

“Wow, it’s such an eerie unsettling journey. I really love it.” “you started it last year, did you finish it?” “well …”

I saw another lemmy user claim they had to take a 17 year break from it.

BG3 is the one I’m thinking of. Specifically, the issue was the Series S didn’t have enough RAM to allow them to do split-screen, a feature that has been notoriously difficult to implement. Even 343 had to throw the towel in on that one for Halo Infinite.

Though apparently, that position has changed, and now BG3 will be able to launch on Xbox without that feature.

Yeah, the comparison to what’s happened in the TV and Movie streaming space had occurred to me. Major studios burned down their existing businesses to try and jump into the streaming space, only to very quickly hit a hard cap on the possible number of subscribers.

Gaming is obviously a very different market, and apparently, console and PC gaming make less revenue than the Mobile/Freemium market, so maybe Microsoft sees it all as moot at this point.

Is it just me, or does the Xbox brand seem in a really bad place - outside of Gamepass - right now? Microsoft’s strategy of rotating contractors through its first-party development studios seems to have squandered a lot of talent. Games are being held back by the requirement that all features are available on the Series S.

It sort of feels like they’re so focused on the Gamepass revenue that they’ve just let their console business wither outside of that. I only have a PC and Switch this generation, but none of the games that have made me consider a console have been on Xbox.

Pro-tip: if a low-health enemy is close to escaping to call for help you can just throw Baldur’s Gate 3 at them for that last bit of damage!

Ass Orion, The Mighty Hunter… Of Ass.

Especially if you’re playing a class not covered by the default companions. My paladin has been awesome, smashing goblins with a Warhammer, and still able to talk her way through just about anything. Playing a wizard, rogue, or cleric feels like it would make it tough to justify bringing someone along.

Yeah - the interview touches on the lack of new F-Zero and, to a lesser degree, Star Fox games. Apparently, they just haven’t been a priority, there was a reference to games being canceled far into development, so I wonder if that happened as well.

I love the idea of Nintendo finding a good partner studio to bring a fresh take to F-Zero.

Yeah - I certainly don’t hold out a ton of hope - glad I got my Stadia money back though. Makes it hard to have a ton of hard feelings about the whole thing.