Very aware of him and his attacks on other emulator authors (remember VirtualJaguar?) but was not aware of him being a transphobe. Is there somewhere I can read about that that you're aware of?

Also, if you make any honest attempt at constructive criticism on his articles, he just blocks you regardless.

It was also created long long before developers had these predatory business models, where it basically shielded the industry from having goverment oversight on violence in games back in the 90s and such.

ESRB's been around for over 20 years before lootboxes, my guy.

Yes, as I mentioned in my comment.

MK2 onwards did indeed have blood.

I wouldn't say self-regulation has "literally never worked once in history", but yes, not often. I would point to the ESRB as an example of self-regulation working in the games industry and being a positive for both the industry itself avoiding government regulation and for players. There are other examples too, but yes, they would be rare wins in general.

That's funny. I think you fail to realize how big Ticketmaster is. They own most of the venues these shows sell tickets for, so... it's a much bigger problem and is going to require government intervention.

20 year industry vet here. When I started, it was in a company that was hiring nothing but people that have never worked in games before (and they did not tell us this, like some bad reality show). Of the ~200+ people I worked with there when I started, I would very generously estimate maybe only 10-15 of us still in the industry. To be fair, conditions in the industry have gotten a lot better since most of those people left it. The days of doing 80+ hours a week are long gone for most of us as far as I can tell.

It's really all about loving who you are working with. Even if you hate the project or the hours, just enjoying being around the right people makes a huge difference. Writing that is making me realize just how many of my favorite people and closest friends are now elsewhere and damn, I miss them.

Exactly why I replaced the headline when posting here to avoid that.

Sad it's not releasing in North America.

Bring back the Atari Games/Tengen NES version, you cowards!

Ubisoft Connect is supposed to update itself when first launched. Which games specifically are you referring to with broken versions?

On Windows?

I've just kind of been learning how to just... not be tempted to respond to people like that. I think using Redlib - the privacy frontend for Reddit - has conditioned me to stop because it has no direct way to comment on issues or anything like that, so I've been less tempted to get into online slapfights with people that aren't worth the time.

I gave it a shot. I had to stop watching it after maybe four episodes. Not because it was bad or any sort of qualitative reason, but I just found that world in the show is so diametrically opposed to my way of thinking... and really didn't enjoy being in it, so I had to tap out. It's possible you might enjoy the show though so I would say at least give it a shot.

It's my first time hearing of it too. Had no idea it was sought after in any way, thought it would be interesting for others.

I wasn't aware that we needed to adhere to the academic sense here on fedi.

Exo's been working on these packs for-EVER. He's done so much for the preservation of DOS games over the years.

There's very little reason to buy this when Best Buy is selling the ROG Ally X for $200 cheaper with bigger battery, better performance, better screen, better support, etc... But will say I'm glad to see Ayaneo making it into Best Buy at all. Just... needed to be a year earlier.