I wouldn’t say they’re strong supporters of communism per se, rather they’re attracted to the material trappings of communism. It’s red aesthetic fetishization.

Tankies aren’t monolithic, but the fact that so many of them idealize the modern-day imperialist government of Russia (and its right-wing ideology) indicates that they are either misguided or insincere in their stated beliefs. Opposition to the West is given more priority than actual leftism, even if it means endorsing fascism. Putin’s Russia represents the closest extant mirror to the idea of the USSR, if not its ideology, so it is idealized as its inheritor rather than its antithesis.

Similar is seen with China and its modern-day embrace of globalism and capital, despite still ostensibly having a communist government. It’s all about the aesthetics of the revolution, original intent be damned.

Live service games that become successful can make billions of dollars, so everyone is trying to be the next big one. Having a ton of concurrent live service projects is the “throw shit at a wall and see what sticks” strategy. They expect most to fail but hope that the 1 that succeeds makes up for it and then some.

Monthly fees optional. These days I’d assume the battle pass model is more common.

Cheese.

Sadly, most cheese does not enjoy me.

This video confirmed backwards compatibility

This is amazing comedy, if it wasn’t so sad. I almost feel bad for the confidently incorrect infantilized LLM.

So does Meta’s AI.

I also tried Microsoft’s Copilot, and surprisingly it gave me an accurate answer about checkers even after I asked a few different ways:

“With Tiktok and its propaganda out of the way, Americans will be forced to use a different app.”

Everyone flocks to RedNote

“Wait no not that one”

Either that, or this is some weird reverse psychology move to make the Republicans go “Wait, he doesn’t want it banned? Shit, now we do!”

TIL that you have to be communist to be anticapitalist. No ideology but MY ideology.

But how much do you really know about Driving Mode?

The all-consuming mission to look at boobies is essentially universal for all pubescent boys from about 12 all the way to the age of majority.

Not true. Some boys also want to look at dicks.

Trump will never be impeached by a Republican majority Congress.

Agreed. And while there are some days where my “I just want to walk as far as I can” instinct has me wishing for bigger game worlds, at the same time it can be a bad experience when the game tells you that you have to go somewhere and it’s either a slog to get there or you fast travel and skip the world entirely.

In any country they would be more likely to be thrown in a government-run prison, even in the US, but you’re right that a lot of countries will still not allow prisoners to engage in independent business ventures. Especially in the US where the government would rather use their prisoners for slave labor.

It’s like the Trolley Problem, though. If the death of one person might cause fewer other people to die, could it be justified?

Assuming a person eats ~1.8kg of food per day, that would be ~72 grams. Basing that math off of a number I had heard previously stating that adults eat anywhere from 3-5lbs of food daily.

Maybe it’d be better if people on Lemmy stuck to what they’re good at by posting memes and cat pictures and staying out of politics.

I definitely see your point. A good game is not just the tools that make it, but the vision to use them the right way.

People still love Fallout New Vegas, even though it was built on the same tools as Fallout 3 (and most other Bethesda games), but that’s because Obsidian were able to build a better game out of those tools than Bethesda could.

I know it’s cool to call out Bethesda for how buggy their engine is, but Starfield launched relatively bug-free. It’s the gameplay systems, story, and repetitive world design people had issues with. A better developer could probably make a better game out of Starfield’s tech.

Assuming people bother to read more than the headlines, or trust news to not put their own spin on things. The title of this post, and the BBC article it links to, are just “Arrests after Charles Darwin grave spray-painted”. It doesn’t even mention who or why until you get into the body of the article, which tragically few people will bother to do these days.

What US market share? Microsoft hasn’t been dominant in the US console market since the Xbox 360. They’ve been sitting deep in 3rd place since the Wii U was replaced by the Switch.