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Caeden
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Why the fuck do people hate their customers? Then again, I’ve worked in plastics that were partially recycled and joked I made plastic for women with hairy armpits.
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INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS
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Reminds me of Spec Ops the Line
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Vorph
Silver Baronet of the Realm
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Because we allowed serious mental illness to become a badge of honor instead of something to hide at all costs to avoid becoming unemployable.
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Bandwagon
Kolohe
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I actually have a lot of clients who's businesses or approaches i don't agree with. Tribes, land trusts, cities requiring dei stuff or pushing eminent domain, etc.
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Penance
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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Difference is you provide a service. Being a game designer is more akin to being an artist. The attitude you take with the people that consume your art reflect much more on you then somebody providing a service.
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Control
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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Some games are certainly generating their content using them, but they don't want to tell anyone that.
Captain Suave
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
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If you're talking about in-game dynamic content, the answer is cost. Tokens in high volume are expensive. Also, the tech is moving so fast that the feature set is borderline unstable over the timeline of game development.
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Ukerric
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damn. after the "we are doomed" video. a backlash sparked they hit the 1million signatures.
Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold
The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.petition.parliament.uk
We don't have a ton of EU people, so pushing this heavy here didn't have a point.. but still just a reminder if you are in the EU. go sign. 1m isn't really enough as invalid voters might need to be culled.
I signed this very early.
spronk
FPS noob
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Control
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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damn. after the "we are doomed" video. a backlash sparked they hit the 1million signatures.
Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold
The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.
We don't have a ton of EU people, so pushing this heavy here didn't have a point.. but still just a reminder if you are in the EU. go sign. 1m isn't really enough as invalid voters might need to be culled.
I understand the impetus, but asking the EU for additional regulations feels like inviting a vampire into your house.
I was mostly unaware of the specifics but read through a giant reddit thread about it yesterday and decided that no one discussing it had any idea of the specifics either.
So here's the ask from the petition. Feel free to point out if I'm misunderstanding.
Either software, pixels, and db entries are property or they aren't. If they aren't, then this doesn't appear to apply. If the EU decides that they are, doesn't that essentially upend the entire software industry and the concept of licenses? It make make sense in concept, but it would mean a massive shift in how modern games are made (and software too, unless they don't mind being super inconsistent).
