Science and expert opinion should be respected, “your own research” is usually worthless, Black Lives Matter, Taiwan is a country, Love is Love, and Trans Rights are Human Rights.
No nazis or tankies, thanks.
My last game got cancelled because 2 players couldn’t manage to show up consistently and I am STILL upset about it. I showed up! I even brought snacks.
Now I think I’m going to have to either run one myself or go back to desperately searching for a decent group.
Tea. Just make tea. You’ve effectively ruled out almost everything else.
“Lots of Cunts” it is.
“Know who should make big decisions about running our software company? Finance lizards, obviously!”
Pretty sure that’s these people, right?
https://i.imgur.com/hVeDn48.png
Edit: Actually this guy signed onto Unity in 2014 Unity was still privately held. It went public in September of 2020. Unity’s founder, David Helgason is still on their board and served as some sort of Senior Executive whatever position at Unity. Dude still has a 4% share of their stock.
So anyway, probably this David Helgason character who hired him. And/or whoever else (including Riccitiello!?) who was on the board at the time.
The relationship between CEOs and boards of directors is so fucked up and incestuous…
In any case and in retrospect, Johnny boy was 100% hired to cue them for up for the eventual IPO and boy did he ever. It’s amazing how fast companies go down hill when they become publicly traded.
He’s breathtaking.
Lol, one of the two options listed is what I’m using. Need to find something with support for fantasy stuff and if possible, alternative hacking rules. Hamish who wrote it mentioned he wasn’t super happy with how it turned out.
I love that setting, but those mechanics. Ooof. Way too heavy. I actually meant the genre not the system. In reality I’ve been running The Sprawl but I’m looking for a narrative forward cyberpunk game that can accommodate urban fantasy.
The way this CEO operates is absolutely worthy of condemnation and viewing him through the lens of unfeeling cosmic horror is, if anything, a nicer take. But it’s fair to say that people operating at that level of wealth have become detached from and profoundly alien to normal folk.
I don’t think you’re parsing this comic fairly or engaging with its content by labeling it “edgelord violence or insults.”
Pretty much ALL of Hbomb’s substantive examples from the video are from CTRL-ALT-DEL which is like … the worst example imaginable. There’s screenshots of PA’s art, but beyond the one dumb gag about “stake me bro” he never really gets into PA’s writing. ODD, THAT. Because if you actually read Jerry Holkin’s posts, you’ll find a level of writing that puts the lie to the notion that these are idiots making cheap, derivative work. Setting aside the fact that they’ve been doing this so long that they basically defined the genre.
And as an aside, really Harris, web comic artists as targets? You’ve done it, you’ve achieved the epitome of punching down. These and other extremely sane takes from the guy that brought you an almost 2 hour long video on the goddamn Roblox “oof” sound effect.
CEO as cosmic horror is a concept with legs. This’ll spice up my next cyberpunk campaign.
They just clamp on the edge of your desk and you move them out of the way.
It’s mostly marketing and a built in mic. Ever since I got a mic on an arm and good headphones though, that’s all I want to use.
“Polished razor dildo” isn’t just a turn of phrase, it’s a full 720.
Thank you! The strength of video games as a medium is interactivity. If it doesn’t enhance my ability to exist and act in a virtual space it’s essentially worthless to me. I want better physics, better AI, and more interesting mechanics, not better anti-aliasing and effects that mistake eyeballs for camera lenses.
I just … stopped playing it halfway through. It’s what the game seemed to want, so that’s what I gave it. It didn’t hurt that the mechanics were bad and it wasn’t actually any fun to play.
There’s just so much manipulation inherent in the game that its commentary feels cheap for me. It’s like setting out a box of knives for your kids to play with and then scolding them when they do. Hey, asshole, you set up the box and put it out there. What did you expect?
It would be so much more meaningful if the player actually had choices within the game. As it was, I decided to go play something fun.
This is solid advice. The importance of setting and enforcing boundaries cannot be overstated, particularly when things are emotionally charged.
I’ve made it very clear that I won’t talk with my parents about politics. Mom can’t help taking the odd pot shot, but I just deflect or ignore it. I don’t engage anymore because there is zero benefit to engaging.
We talk about the things we can talk about and let the rest go. If that becomes not enough for them or they can’t respect boundaries, we scale back contact until they do.
Always give your boss as little information as possible. They aren’t entitled to it and are much more likely to use it against you.
I say that as a manager. It’s just good practice. If the manager doesn’t know exactly why you’re taking the day off, they can’t be held accountable for it either.
PC is short for personal computer, which includes both laptop and desktop form factors.
But to answer the question, I generally prefer a desktop because you can upgrade them and work on them more easily.
That’s a referral to a series of specialists and probably an MRI or two at minimum. Cancer is a deeply shitty way to die, go talk to your doctor ASAP.