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  • Epic have come a long way from Epic MegaGames, and it isn’t always a fairytale story I suppose.

    Someone here on Lemmy highlighted that quite nicely when Valve dropped their Half Life documentary. Valve embraces their past. They cherish it. They still maintain their old games to honor their success.

    Epic on the other hand completely wiped old Unreal titles from the relevant stores and don’t give a fuck about supporting any of them. Which is a shame. Also I admire the tech behind of modern Unreal engines, so there are still geniuses at work who are likely passionate. Too bad they essentially only ride the Fortnite train outside their engine development.






  • True, you will need 10 to 20 seconds setup each time. But the video quality is really impressive. And another upside: you can be damn sure that no one watches you without you knowing, because you have to setup the cam each time and it doesn’t just sit there. But I guess that’s only a minor advantage.

    I put up a specific mount to quickly put the smartphone in place and have a dedicated charger cable right beside it I just need to attach real quick. If I used my iPhone, I could probably make use of the MagSafe mechanism to mount and charge in one go. (I think there are also MagSafe compatible cases for other phones, so that might be something to think about in general.)






  • aksdb@feddit.detoMemes@lemmy.mlYeah, well...
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    5 months ago

    That is - IMO - what critical thinking is meant to be … thinking about alternative explanations and evaluating their viability or probability.

    Unfortunately a lot of people use the term “critical thinking” as just another way to rationalize why they are against something, without actually weighing the options.



  • aksdb@feddit.detoich_iel@feddit.deich 🫡iel
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    5 months ago

    Landwirtschaft und selbstständig? Sind das da nicht fast ausschließlich kleine bis große Betriebe? Von denen kenn ich’s dann wiederum, dass man sich dort die Überstunden anrechnen lässt und dann im Winter abbummelt.








  • I would consider Todd Howard to be part of development (since he directs the creative and narrative angle, from what I understand).

    He defended bad performance with “get better hardware”. He defended criticism of the content with “you play the game wrong”.

    Both are bullshit “excuses”. The first one was even debunked by modders who showed that there was potential for optimization. And modders are far more limited than engine devs. The game doesn’t look ugly, but there are far better looking games with more scene complexity out there that run better.

    And “you play it wrong” is bullshit because if enough people play it wrong to have an effect on the rating of the game, then the game is badly designed. Part of game design is making sure the game explains itself or subtly pulls players in the right direction. Either they failed with that, or there simply is no clear direction. But that’s not the players fault.