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Don't worry, Brandon Sanderson isn't that old yet.

That's "None of the above" (or rather, a japanese trying to say that). She's the most popular in Japan instead of Jill.

Because "consultants" insist that females must be like them, and don't care about the customers.

Rowe is the reason the Progression Fantasy subreddit has a pride flag icon. He started with the usual pride month flag, then said he'd extend it by a month anytime someone complained. Two years later...

In case you don't know, Shirtaloon is the pen name on web, Travis Deverell is the name on amazon. Same aussie. Among the suggestions already made: Dungeon Crawler Carl (DCC) is very good, I concur. Dark Humor at every corner (Matt Dinniman loves dark settings). Still ongoing, the series hasn't...

AHAHAHAH https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-misses-first-iss-docking-attempt

It's been a while. Why you make me itch...

And it looks like Starliner is still Stayliner...

It was the case; except this (the flooding of the Mediterranean) happened around 6 million years ago. Way too long to affect human civilization. Heck, at the time, the future human species was only splitting up with the future chimpanzee branch.

"Their" in there is referring to Epic's own bandwidth.

Not quite, but the Japanese see your perfumed water, and raise you the toilet with foam to prevent noise. (the video is in french, but you can still admire the invention in action)

I'm pretty sure the Japanese have that. Paging @Chysamere !

It's still theoretically illegal, meaning if some AI system notices, the account will be locked. Do not underestimate the capacity of modern AI/dataminers to notice stuff like that.

(includes also tweaks to remove all the trash and google trying to guess what you really meant instead searching what you typed) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/

I have the regret to inform you gentlemen, but... Boeing.

FTFY.

Ranting about Gilgamesh is always good. I assume it's Utnapishtim shenanigans (if he's about the bible and the flood).

Rule 34 is all-inevitable.

And it is reflected in the time spent. Expansion hit MMORPG X, people do the quest lines in 10-15-20h, done, and then spend the next six months doing something else that is totally separate from that questing experience. That's true even for story-focused games like FF14. The MSQ is done by the...

Crystal Dynamics (formerly one-third of Embracer Group) needs money!

He did two years as a missionary for the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, so yes, he's very much into it.

Looks like Albion Online, I think?

Frank Dikötter's trilogy, certainly: The Tragedy of Liberation (the conquest of China by the PLC) Mao's Great Famine (the Great Leap Forward insanity) The Cultural Revolution (as it says) That's the most in-depth work I've found about the Mao era. Dikötter has also lots more about modern...

Romans claim to be descended from Troy.

AoC is "play to crush", right? Player-built cities, with other players being able to raid them? I give it two years tops before it has to close due to lack of players.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/

A clone is basically a twin brother/sister, just born later. Now, copy errors do accumulate over time; each person is born with about 50 differences that aren't in the starting DNA of their parents. That sounds a lot, but you have 4 billion bases, 50 errors over 4 billions is peanuts, unless...

There are plenty of MMOs. Almost all made in Asia; they launch, their population crash two weeks later and they close after two to three years. Most of the time, they don't even bother with a worldwide launch.

Oh, it's not fun and interesting though. Most F2P/Gacha games today simply create a problem, and then sell you the solution. And it usually works. If I were to transition WoW into a F2P game, I would have you be able to complete only 5 daily quests, with one additional unlocking every hour...

Yes?

Also: https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/30/nexon-is-publishing-overgeared-themed-project-t-mmorpg-for-pc-and-mobile/

Trading was nerfed between press release and early access, I think. Some of the streamers had tens of thousands of regional wealth from trade extremely quickly, producing planks (entirely renewable) and importing everything instead of producing it. There is a reason there is an entire...

I think he speak extreeeemly briefly of it in there:

Yea, he was stuck in a direction he didn't like with Dawn of the Void, so he decided to cut it short and wrap it up. He also has Skadi's Saga, which was a fantasy viking series that didn't get much traction, so I don't think he finished it, and the most recent one is Thrones of the Fallen...

The solution to that one is small markets. Forget the 25 stall market: create small markets with a dozen stalls only, and add new markets only when it starts getting full. For the remote stall workers, there's no solution except temporarily removing the family from their work place (if they're...

Yea, that series is now in the DNF list (Do Not Follow). The author has lost its plot...

As a reminder: this is a one-dev game. There are a few more working on graphics and animations, but don't expect fast progress, even with Hooded Horse behind it now.

Note that it is extremely early access. More than 2/3rd of the tech tree isn't there, there is one map, localization is missing all over the place. But it's extremely fun to walk around in your village, notably when the men just come back from bandit hunting and all head back to work or home...

No handholding at all. Find out, slap your face, restart.