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"Amateurs talk about opportunities, but Professionals study about automation"

I was watching Bellular late yesterday, and he reminded us that basically, Sony is <100B$ market cap, while Microsoft is >1.6T$. They might not have the cash at hand, but they probably could. Then, they announce that they keep both console lineup, but anyone developing a game for one has to...

Eh. Once you see how much money a shitty thing like Angry Birds or Candy Crush made, you're left to wonder how you could ever miss that.

Jason's take on it (and also from the thread):

At this point, increases in resolution are only compensating for crappy AA. 4k is already close to retina resolution at close range, meaning your retina can't resolve individual pixels already. 8k on a 30" display is over what's needed. At television range? 4k is already way over what's needed...

There is also a very limited set of cosmetic transmogs that are not limited, if I remember right.

Can't beat the gaming master race.

Akhane. Elder Scrolls. Even Fallout. That is enough to get you salivating. Heck, they look like they have the first insane VR rpg, and they can snipe a PS5 exclusive (Starfield, whatever this RPG ends up being).

Got the ebooks AND the trade paperbacks, sir.

Need to wait for newer CPUs anyway.

Some special challenges (not just the standard starts, but interesting situations/challenges):

Preorders Sep. 22.

Everyone's chasing that elusive Great Filter. (and yes, finding any non-Earthborne form of life IN our own solar system ends up pretty bad news)

The inorganic chemistry ("industrial production") doesn't seem that exotic too. Some phosphate inorganic compound, lots of heat (Venus, LOL), and a catalytic which is apparently the part that's "missing" for Venus. So my guess is that there's another, slightly more harder, inorganic pathway that...

There's all kind of mechanic abuse possible. One is the "One Emperor" strategy. Principle: The normal levy/stat system means that your vassals domains yield a puny 1.6% of the levies, and 0.1% of the cash if you're Emperor because they filter over several layers of vassals. Meanwhile, if you...

Remember when everyone was excited about some "possible biosignature" in martian soil?

And mandatory Facebook account. Given that Facebook refuses to unlock my old account unless I send them a picture ID, not going to happen. Like, ever.

Specially when you realize this is basically an indie studio production. Granted, most of the guys come out of major chinese game studios, but still. The game you saw in their first gameplay trailer there was apparently made by about 30 people. THIRTY.

Weak. The previous opening had THREE. (the antics on the openings are always funny)

Not going to happen. They would have to demonstrate irreparable harm, which might be the case if Epic's existence was tied to that product (that is, if Fortnite missing on App Store would lead Epic to bankruptcy. Which of course isn't the case, or they wouldn't have done the Apple trolling). As...

In fact, that's exactly what happened with the Google Playstore issue. Fortnite used to be an external APK you had to install from Epic's site. Then, they moved to the Playstore to increase the number of downloads. And now, they want it both ways. Which is why I want their suit against Apple to...

Fun decision: if you can secure the comely/etc trait, you unlock the Strengthen Bloodline decision which makes your dynasty into uber(wo)men: Modifiers - CK3 Wiki

I'll probably try my hand at being the Mongol Empire before there's a Mongol Empire. It's probably going to end up gloriously. Either figuratively or not.

And that's the final point. Anyone wanting to purchase the studio or invest in it is going to look for any of those four items: IP - there's none whatsoever worth mentioning. Brad WAS the IP of the studio; his name was what might have interested people. Emphasis on "might". Product - there's...

This is Musk time. He counts in martian years (of 687 days).

Jason vs low-mana Earth secret societies is promising great stuff.

Even if they don't land at the Musk space base, they'll launch from Musk's spacepad: https://www.masten.aero/blog/spacex

Yea. When they announced that SLS would cost 30% more, my first reaction was "Are they putting it on the Apple Store?"

Stirling said it was an homage to the original.

Welcome to historical Ireland.

Comes out on Kindle October 2nd. The new cover is absolutely... appropriate. A bit too much, at times.

For funsies, Sir Nigel Loring and Sam Aylward are major characters in the Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling. Pretty much the entire cast is there (John Hordle, Alleyne, ...)

Getting ready for next year's Adventures in Forgotten Realms AD&D pack?

The author did a bit of a fake-out earlier

I'm assuming "doesn't give a fuck about mounts, cosmetics or achievements"? Then no. Even the invasions will give you gear that will be replaced as soon as you've finished levelling or maybe even before 60, which I assume will take about 10 to 15 hours.

There's 2011 ES4 that's a bit larger and might pass closer than 2018VP1, but the error margin doesn't let him intersect Earth's position. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_ES4#2020

All those slightly unbalanced stuff is why most people remember vividly stuff from EQ, and very little from WoW. I do remember an Agnarr raid in BoT where we wiped down to two people, probably from some stupid shit. I managed to get combat rezed while our MT was kiting Agnarr around his circular...