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Conodolences on your loss. I hope you're feeling better now healthwise too.

Watched Oppenheimer today and liked it. I don't know if it was too long but there were parts of it I could care less for. RDJ is stellar in it as well as the movie starts to wind towards the end.

For me Rise of the Ronin may be the one I am most interested in from that lot. As for Metal Gear, no Kojima = don't care for what they put out. The joke is that imo that's the best one of the entire lot they are redoing.

October cant come soon enough.

I think airing the decision-making process would make it easier for viewers to understand what is actually going on and how the VAR team comes to the conclusions they do. Will it be perfect on day 1? No. But it will get better over time.

Oh I was definitely interested on PC but I can't find anything I'd really want to play yet. When Starfield comes out I might give it a crack again. I originally wanted it for Killer Instinct but that has gone to the wayside now haha.

I do like GamePass and I think its the best online gaming invention ever since it covers such a wide spectrum of gamers and their individual tastes. That said I still am on the fence about getting an XBox just because I can't see the benefit at the moment. Will wait to see how Starfield pans out because I like the idea I am just not a 100% sure they're there technically yet.

I did watch the presentation and liked what I saw. I am just curious how it all pans out now. This is definitely a step in the right direction but im going to sit this one out like I almost did with Cyberpunk to see what month ONE offers.

One of the worst things ever invented by Software Engineer is the Patch. It allows devs to be super complacent because hey we can catch it later. It's very rare you see a polished AAA title and very few studios are notoriously good at it. Surprise that none of them work with Microsoft or Sony lol. What's even more odd is tht with the amount of money these projects have thrown at them the bugs should never be in core parts of the game but they are.

Its not that. They moved the release dates a few times and I will definitely take a crack at it when it comes out but they've had to cut a few corners to make it work right and that worries me a bit. The reason why is that with something as ambitious as this if the devs are talking about cutting corners you know they've got a lot of things that won't work right in the first few months.

Diablo 4 is quite the game I have to say. I had to think a few times before getting it because its Blizzard but I figure why not and now I have played three days straight haha.

XBox had a very nice demo have to say. I could care less about Starfield based on what I am hearing but the XBox demo showed that Microsoft is willing to spend again in the right direction.

The amount of money this guy is going to make from the Apple deal, the Adidas deal when he goes there and potential purchase deals outshines what KSA were offering him to move. Barcelona weren't even on the map with any of these fiscal benefits so it makes sense he went there. His father runs the finances anyways and this is too big of a cash cow to ignore.

I can see why they are doing this. I mean Capcom did it to SF and now Netherealm is doing it for MK. I feel they've dropped the ball substantially over the years with their combat system while other companies have expanded the horizon for more balanced gameplay leading to a far better experience in the 1v1 arena of gaming. Still, it will be interesting to see what they put out. I feel like it will be the same engine that they used with MK11 and some cleaner sprites. What is also interesting is that there is a new Killer Instinct in the making and it's from Bandai-Namco. Shame Microsoft isn't on-board their version of KI is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best online matchup games of the last decade (top 3 easily).

Its downloaded, I just cant be arsed because Tears of the Kingdom is eating up all my gaming time. I will play it over the weekend assuming I get far in the Zelda game first.

I think it all boils down to two things that made it easy for me to choose not to get one in the end. 1. How much mobile gaming do you really need and if you can't get it on a phone then a Steam Deck might be an optimal choice. E.g. playing Doom on the move or some other platformer/FPS because most other games really have some kind of mobile variant 2. How much time do I spend on Steam and how many games do I get with easy accessibility. This is where I made my decision really. A Switch offers me far better mobility games-wise and games are built for it whereas a Steam Deck is more of an add-on. I think this will change over time but for now its a nice handheld for certain game types and that's just not good enough for me to warrant adding it to my console set.

Ragnarok or the first one in this new series?

EU seeks input on making tech companies pay for ISPs’ network upgrades | Ars Technica So let me understand this right, the EU wants Google, etc. to pay for network upgrades to telcos and the telcos who continue to charge customers can take that money + the money this would potentially push into their coffers to do what exactly? Is there really such a big burden on the network upgrade vs the cost to the consumer out there? Genuinely curious to hear from the EU folks on here.

How many of the Switch owners on here actually game more with it docked than not?

US DOJ Preps Antitrust Suit to Block Adobe’s $20 Billion Figma Deal - Bloomberg Apparently the DOJ is also looking into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision as well because it could be deemed as anti-trust for the amount paid. I honestly can't see how. The Adobe one, however, was a huge slap in the face of the design industry because they came along and tried to shut down an avenue completely. I wonder how many designers have now paid into the Adobe ecosystem only to realize that Figma might not be a part of the deal anymore.

Valve lured 40,000 Dota cheaters into a trap before banning them in one day | PC Gamer 40k users banned for cheating. I like this. Dota has been relatively clean over the years and the way they caught them is the right thing to do.

This is the only reason I posted it here. the comments section tries to give explanations about how the AI was poor with fingers or teeth but I dont buy that.

Viral Instagram photographer has a confession: His photos are AI-generated | Ars Technica My my