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The creator of ChatGPT is named "Altman," as in "alternative to human" and he leads OpenAI, which is completely closed. His main opponent is the company Anthropic, meaning "human-centered" is led by "Amodei," as in "loves gods". Then there's "Gemini," meaning "two-faced," from a company that said that it will do no evil. Brilliant work as always Kojima!

@asksomeone_else @extradeadjcb yeah like what on earth are people smoking. even if they hated the NCR to the core, it's an ARMY ARRIVING JUST IN TIME TO SAVE THEM FROM DEATH CLAWS it's rage bait and working I guess.

@extradeadjcb you’re surprised that the freesiders would want a return to the conditions Vegas was in when the NCR was around? thats what you’re going with?

They can't tell stories because they can't allow themselves to think seriously about why anyone does anything "Surely liberal democracy would have a 110% approval rating in the wasteland, it must have collapsed for no reason" "Authoritarianism could only appeal to incompetent retard man-children, but they're also very dangerous for some reason"

@ShitpostRock really well thought out points however if I were about to mauled by death claws, I would also celebrate an army coming to rescue me

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@ottrTweets uh huh. it's also a lot FUCKING EASIER TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAN FEEL HOW IT FEELS TO PLAY

People hating on the look of this instead of the gameplay shows how aesthetic centered the average gamer is nowadays. Many don't want a good game, they just want a movie

@PaulTassi is the "we" here your followers? is it crazy to think the trend of people who decided to follow you have similar taste?

I’ve noticed a trend where “we,” most people reading this, think the Marathon aesthetic is great and one of its biggest assets, but outside it’s way more divisive than I would have imagined every time gameplay footage goes up

lmfao what who is this for are they gonna make another one and call it overwatch 2 again?

@GOGcom "The names John, John Halo. FOR SPARTA!"

I'm still not entirely sure which critics you are talking about. The ones where that is their career? if you mean them, gaming journalists, they are completely irrelevant in current year. If you mean internet mobs like what happened with Highguard, that's just not an animal anyone can control. I think it makes sense to listen to people who make sense. I know you would like to be more careful with your words, and that is commendable. But what you and all of Larian have right now are diehard fans. We care about the vision and the masterpieces you guys have been delivering for over a decade. Tweets aren't going to bring anything down. I personally like the vulnerability and the authenticity.

I really need to learn to weigh my words more carefully. I genuinely was trying to make a constructive argument but phrased it poorly. It's been bugging me so let me try again: My point wasn’t that I have an issue with criticism. My point was that it doesn’t need to be hurtful. Imho that creates alienation between people who have the same hobby and essentially all want the same thing: better games. Constructive criticism really has higher impact. I get that there's a lot of disappointment out there. Good games are being mutilated to turn them into money machines and that obviously causes a lot of frustration because it makes the games worse. I think I've been fairly vocal about my thoughts on that and will continue to rant against those responsible because they devalue something I care about deeply. But they were not the ones I was thinking of when writing my words. Instead I was thinking of those who truly care about their craft and want to continuously improve what they're making. I know many of them, and I’ve seen how hurtful packaging of criticism has affected them. Often, their reaction is to stop reading feedback altogether. Which is a pity because that means they stop engaging with their audience and lose all the good bits they could get from feedback. Not to say that their reaction isn't understandable. Continuing to engage after repeated written or verbal abuse requires growing a lot of callus on your soul. Some callus is fine. Too much, and you risk becoming desensitized. Personally, I got my first threats of violence in 2009, all because I was trying to make something fun and failed in that person's opinion. There’s been a long list of things thrown at me since. It kind of sucks, especially given that I got into making games because I enjoy seeing people have fun with what I worked on. It took me quite some time to learn how to deal with that. These days, I still read the hurtful comments, but I focus mainly on the constructive opinions. They're the ones that helped shape BG3's success. Speaking of opinions, I also wanted to mention that contrary to what's been written, I have a great deal of respect for game critics. Over the years, my job brought me in contact with many of them and I hope they felt that during the many chats we had. Respect doesn't mean agreement but I appreciate what they bring to the table. We have many ex-reviewers on our team. They are my first port of call whenever I work on something for too long and can't tell if it's good anymore. Often they will tell me that what I made was shit, but they'll phrase it such that it helps me understand why it was shit. That's invaluable. The same goes for some public reviews of our games. A few were genuinely formative and had a real impact because they pointed out things we were overlooking. I consider us lucky that those reviewers took the time to think through why something wasn't working because by listening to them, we avoided making the same mistake twice. So yes, I see great value in criticism and our development history should reflect that. It's the packaging I was trying to comment about. Didn't land as well as I'd intended so hopefully this helps.

@ShitpostRock It made sense in the show everyone calm down

People on the left are too quick to blanket all "slurs" together as the same exact kind of slur, but there are different categories of slurs that function quite differently and get their power from different areas. I never really see any "anti-slur" people engage with this. When you call something "gay" or you use a racial/homophobic/transphobic etc...slur at someone, the reason why the slur is insulting is because you are implying that belonging to any of the underlying group is in itself a disgraceful or disgusting thing. Calling something "retarded" is a bit different because...well, "retardation" is an inherently, definitionally, bad thing. To "retard" literally means to slow or delay something, and medically we use it to describe something that is developmentally abnormal and delayed. Calling something "retarded" is akin to calling something "cancerous", both of them "work" as slurs because they refer to things that are just inherently bad things. Whether or not you want to view "retard" as an acceptable slur or not is fine, but it is incredibly shallow when "retard" is put up as a slur alongside other slurs that refer to people's sexuality or race and use those as platforms to insult or demean others.

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@Bindedshadow @Rahll @kiwitalkz 100%, this is why you won't see the posts calling this out replied to.

@Rahll @kiwitalkz This, all these engagement bait posts do the same things, just generalize the entire community as though two people having differing opinions is just one person being contradictory like they have no nuance but then tell others to have nuance. It's all on purpose for clicks.

Gamers demands on how games are made are super unrealistic Get mad when devs crunch to get a game out faster, yet you get super mad when games are delayed Get mad when devs use AI in certain aspects of development to speed up how games are made but say that games take too long to make. You can’t have it both ways, it’s just not how the industry works.

@00yisan @Vara_Dark thankfully I don't think all this yapping is going to hurt sandfall, larian or anyone making some of the best games ever. most people just want good games and the sales will keep reflecting that.

@Vara_Dark why dont people just play games instead of purity testing everything and everyone? this shitstorm happens because gaming activist/journalist reports everything but the games.

So over the past few days... - Larian's statement about AI use has caused outrage. Jason Schrier also admitted to leaving out context. - Ex-Larian dev claims SA and "fascists" worked at the company. They admitted to wanting them fired due to conflicting political opinions. - Sandfall Interactive's use of AI placeholder images (that were replaced right after release) have been brought back up. TheGamer claims Clair Obscur's GOTY sweep is now being "called into question" over AI usage. - Lords of the Fallen's CEO was attacked over answering a fans question, saying "yes" there will be attractive female characters. Paul Tassi's campaign against him failed. RIGHT after Indies/AA's dominate The Game Awards? Surely this isn't coordinated 🤡

@patrician_tv This is the type of game director I'm interested in. Take a stand for you and your people, your process. If the next game sucks, that will be when I 'turn' on them. Currently, I see no reason to be upset with them whatsoever.

I like that he's crashing out like he's an influencer, but hundreds of people are depending on him to continue living

@CAndreiCosmin @RodWaffleBurger @Comrade_Waluigi that's how the website works. how exactly are people going to suffer from a cunty tweet? it seems like they are going to suffer for the game their bosses made them make. maybe be mad at them.

@RodWaffleBurger @Comrade_Waluigi Yeah, and I was just having empathy for the people who will suffer in the future because of their general cunty behaviour. My heart goes out to them. Btw, funny thing, my reply was not to you, why did you feel compelled to respond?

please do us a favor and file for chapter 11 in advance

“Santa Claus is real.” “No, he’s not.” “Yes he is, I've seen him.” “You've seen him?” “Yes.” “You've seen a sleigh with eight tiny reindeer that's crewed by the elves, and captained by a man so jolly that Heaven itself sent him back down?” “No.” “No.” “But I have seen a sleigh with reindeer.” “Oh, and no sleigh that's not crewed by the elves and captained by a man so jolly that Heaven itself sent him back down could possibly have reindeer, therefore couldn't possibly be any other sleigh than Santa’s. Is that what you're telling me?” “No.” “Like I said, there's no real Santa that can deliver the presents.”

everytime this video comes across my timeline i end up watching it like seven times

@Galidrum @JusJakeMeOff @theburntpeanut @RobertsSpaceInd i don't think you could get anyone who isn't already into Star Citizen to care about this distinction. The very idea that there IS 40,000 dollars worth of anything to buy is off putting to say the very least. It's a video game, that just straight up should not be a thing loool

@JusJakeMeOff @theburntpeanut @RobertsSpaceInd That is a pack that contains every single ship in the game…. That is not the same as a single 40k ship like her referenced lol

For those who don’t know who this is. He is easily one of the top streamers performance wise in the space right now! @theburntpeanut This is exactly the kind of problem that @RobertsSpaceInd needs to learn to fix. You CANNOT have a top top streamer pulling 80k concurrent viewers bashing your game because they have seen just the headlines, and the headlines look awful. Yes, he is mistaken, but frankly it doesn’t matter. What he said is a common sentiment and feeling amongst mainstream media and until that feeling is gone, SC will basically never go mainstream consistently

@therealportz Did you get it

Idk. I really like half life. But I don't have a VR set. I can't imagine getting one just for this. Maybe someday.