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    How Dreams Tren update was inspired by a childhood spent playing with trains – live today

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    PS5 beta rolls out today with new accessibility and audio options, social features, and UI enhancements

  • Gaming @kbin.social
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    Former Riot, Blizzard Devs Reveal Teaser For Competitive Shooter Inspired By Anime And Comics

  • Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

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  • There are people who would be okay if it were Sony making the acquisition, but I want to believe that most people who are against it feel that no large company should be allowed to buy another large company.

    It’s like, does no one remember what Microsoft did in the 90s? They were literally forbidding PC manufacturers from not selling any systems that didn’t include windows.

    This deal is bad. It rewards shitty individuals and shitty companies, and hurts consumers and employees. This deal will be a calendar marker of when the gaming industry started to fall. Like when Disney bought Marvel and LucasArts.

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    Sonic The Hedgehog Co-Creator Yuji Naka Gets Suspended Prison Sentence For Insider Trading

    www.gameinformer.com /news/2023/07/07/sonic-the-hedgehog-co-creator-yuji-naka-gets-suspended-prison-sentence-for-insider

  • Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off | Hacker News

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  • I used Joplin for a while but found that it was a bit too clunky. Also, yes it does store the notes locally, but they weren’t in a plain text format. My notes were fragmented across different files.

    I switched to Obsidian after that and will never switch back. Yes, people make Obsidian complicated, but it’s honestly only as complex as you make it.

    For me, all it does is text and sync. All the files are stored locally in complete markdown format. That way I can read them in any program that can process text. My personal workspace syncs to an S3 compatible service, while work synced to Google Drive.

    I loved Joplin and felt so conflicted when I found Obsidian. But now I would recommend it over Joplin any day.

  • For those who grew up without DLCs and microtransactions and games went unchanged after launch. How has the adjustment been to current day monetization and game updates?

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  • I remember the first time I came in contact with DLC, coincidentally it was my first Steam game: Supreme Commander 2.

    My first thought was: “What the fuck is this? Why isn’t this in the game?”. Later on, when DLC were getting more substantial, my thoughts changed to; ”Are they just rebranding Expansion Packs?”.

    As other people noted, I don’t care about cosmetics. Even for Dota 2, which I’ve put over a thousand hours in and have played it 10 years, I just sell them on the marketplace to fund my next summer sale. The only time I buy stuff is when I want to support the game’s development.

    My gaming time is too limited to worry about battle passes and shit like that. I just wanna click heads and farm creeps.

    Edit: the one thing that does bum me out though is that back before item shops and shit, skins and unlocks used to mean something. Like, you’d see some dude in your Halo 3 lobby with a dope-ass helmet and you knew that he earned that from getting a Killtacular with only deagle headshots. Now it’s just, dude’s level 150. He must’ve swiped for the ultimate edition, XP boosters, or has too much free time.

  • Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor

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  • What if Zuck comes out of his lizard hole and utters the word:

    FEDIVERSE.

    to proclaim that Meta, formally known as Facebook, is now changing their name to Fedi.

  • Blizzard Releases Episode 1 Of Genesis, A New Overwatch 2 Anime Series

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    Blizzard Releases Episode 1 Of Genesis, A New Overwatch 2 Anime Series

    www.gameinformer.com /news/2023/07/06/blizzard-releases-episode-1-of-genesis-a-new-overwatch-2-miniseries

  • How do social media companies like twitter or youtube not run out of space for posts?

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  • Yeah this seems false. SD cards are unreliable, hard to keep track of, and don’t actually store that much data for the price. I do think they use tapes though to store long term, low traffic data.

  • Who killed Google Reader?

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  • I use Feeder for everything. Blogs, websites, (formerly) subreddits, and YouTube channels. RSS for YouTube is bigly clutch. My feed is chronological, not filled with random crap, and ad free.

  • Twitter content now behind login wall?

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  • I just tried to access it and I get redirection errors. I guess they didn’t account for integration testing during their most recent sprint.

  • What are you Watching? (July 2023)

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  • I just finished my annual rewatch of Battlestar Galactica. Right now I’m going through Caprica.

  • Space Opera?

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  • For shows, Battlestar Galactica is always great. I just started watching Caprica and loving it so far. It might not be an “opera”, but it does so much to fill out the Battlestar Galactica universe.

    I also just started reading The Expanse series and would definitely recommend it, even for someone like me who’s not an avid reader.

  • National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers

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  • This is why I subscribe to the NYT and in a way Minnmax (for games journalism). If you can afford it, news (no matter what sector) is too important not to pay for.

  • FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal

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  • Sony isn’t just a gaming company though. They sell all kinds of home electronics and cameras. They also have their entire film and music divisions, not to mention their banking any insurance subsidiaries. Nintendo is the only platform holder that is just a gaming company.

  • FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal

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  • You make a good point about the blow to creative freedom. Exclusivity doesn’t seem to correlate with innovation anymore (sans Nintendo). Even if you look at Sony, with its massive lead in quality first-party exclusives, the majority are gritty narrative third-person action games. They are easy to market because they have a compelling story, are mechanically simple to appeal to a wider audience, and are relatively short to lower the commitment.

    Consolidation will kill creativity in the long term. Just look at the post-Disney MCU/Star Wars film industry. Games will surely follow, given the way things are headed.

    Edit:Disclaimer - Just my opinion and I play on PlayStation/Nintendo/PC.

  • FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal

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  • Crazy idea, but maybe we just shouldn’t allow big ass companies to buy other big ass companies.

  • FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal

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  • Discord plans to let creators sell downloadable products

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  • For real though. I already have an app that does everything, my lovely #FireFox ❤️

  • Discord plans to let creators sell downloadable products

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  • With the way things are headed, #Discord might actually become a viable competitor to platforms like #Twitch.

  • How do you think about Snap?

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  • I only use it for my #Nextcloud instance. #Snap does make it easy to upgrade or rollback and configure. That said I wouldn’t use it for anything else and would probably use the #docker image next time.

  • Why did people used to hate Fortnite so much?

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  • Dude the no build mode is literally the only reason I play it now. I can actually fight with someone whiteout them becoming a 50 story tall skyscraper.