You don’t really with physical these days either, at least not with video games. Lots of games require online services to play then and become bricked when the servers are shut down.

And then most of the time, a disk doesn’t even have the game on it. It’s essentially just a download license for you to download the actual game digitally. It’s all an ownership scam.

It really warms my heart to see unions coming back strong.

It’s not just contrast though. It’s weather effects, particle effects, details in textures on the roads, buildings, and other objects.

Camera effects are better, animations are more dynamic, lighting is way more contrasty, but tasteful. There’s also much more detail in distant buildings, making the world feel much bigger than it is.

Rocksteady did a killer job with the Arkham games and the suicide squad game is just not even close.

I personally like Argon a lot.

Radon kinda looks like a fancy Comic Sans

I pay for YouTube and I think people need to stop complaining so much about ads if they’re not willing to support the infrastructure or the creators they likely watch hours and hours of content from.

I also think Google is charging too much and should decouple music from videos, but that’s another subject.

This is a dumb take. Being behind a paywall means it’s not controlled by Google and its ad network.

Are these webpages and people just supposed to work for free?

What annoys me most is that you’ll get that product carousel at the top of sponsored products that aren’t what you want, then 3 or 4 results of sponsored links, then maybe you get the actual thing in the 5th real result.

It’s a really bad search experience.

Yeah, and a person could make something in the style of someone else. And it would only be copyright infringement if the work does not meaningfully change the original and give credit to the original artist.

How is this any different?

I’d bet my left nut that games like Resident Evil aren’t why mobile gaming makes so much money. It’s those ridiculous F2P gem and city building games that have so many opportunities to buy coins that people get addicted.

I don’t see why this would be harmful to them. At the least, I could see that console sales drop for the next year while people wait for the refresh, but otherwise there shouldn’t be any consumer impact.

Although, the main thing they’re probably upset about is that people know their desire to buy Nintendo, which is a really bad look. I doubt that would get past anti-trust lawsuits anyway.

"AI taking over creativity? Seriously? This whole AI hype is just killing the soul of art and expression. Yeah, sure, it can mimic famous artists or churn out music, but it’s like a robot trying to dance - technically perfect but utterly devoid of soul.

Remember when art was about the struggle, the human experience, and raw emotion? Now it’s all about algorithms and data. We’re trading the genuine human touch for artificial perfection, and it’s a tragedy.

And don’t even get me started on those algorithms that personalize everything for us. They’ve turned the internet into an echo chamber where we’re only fed what we already like. How are we supposed to discover new and groundbreaking ideas when AI keeps us in this cozy little bubble?

Sure, AI can assist in some creative tasks, but we’re at risk of losing the very essence of creativity in the process. We need to keep our creative skills sharp, not let AI do all the heavy lifting. Let’s remember that art and creativity are about the human experience, not just the end product."

—ChatGPT, Just Now, Prompt: “Write a criticism of AI taking over creativity in the style of a Reddit comment”

I wish news outlets would just refuse to call it X and continue to call it Twitter. They’re giving the stupid idea legitimacy and Musk doesn’t need or deserve that.

No, they’re owned by Vox Media who is owned by Comcast.

Edit: Comcast/NBCUniversal just has investments in Vox, they’re not owners.