I think some game developers think like this too, that’s why they try to turn their games into movies, either directly or by making their games more “cinematic”.
It’s Avi Arad and he was producer of all Spider-Man movies starting with Spider-Man 2 all the way to the Spider-Verse movies, so quite a lot of bad movies, but also some good ones. I wonder why they didn’t put Morbius in that list.
It’s a good example for how inflation isn’t something constant that affects everything equally. Game development costs are mostly wages, if wages stay below inflation then development costs stay below inflation unless teams get larger, and especially game development is known for paying rather low wages.
I suppose it exists, but I don’t think it’s actually that common. Only saw some electric storage heaters in older apartments in my city. Maybe it’s common in other cities
No, it’s not wild or pretty funny. The author says that if energy prices are negative then there’s no incentive to build up more generation capacity and more incentive for storage capacity. If the government still wants more generation capacity then it has to provide incentives i.e. subsidies.
No, it’s pure profit for energy intensive industrial/commercial consumers as they get paid for using energy. The producers have to decide to either lose money by paying someone to use the energy or lose money by idling their power plants as upkeep still costs money.
Fridays For Future still exists, and they still protest against coal power, demanding earlier shutdowns. Last Generation protested against fossil fuel usage, but nobody cared because they glued themselves to roads and apparently that offended too many. And then there were some others, Extinction Rebellion,…
Activision wasn’t just a studio, it was a huge publisher with several studios, that’s why they needed approval from competition regulators. I doubt they will stop buying studios over this in the short-term.
No, it’s going down. There was a sharp decline in 2019, in 2020 it was even lower due to the pandemic and then went up again to the level of around 2019. 2022 was a little worse because of lower gas consumption due to the war in Ukraine, gas was partially replaced with coal. The last nuclear power plants were shut down in April 2023, yet 2023 also saw lower coal consumption than even in 2020, which strongly suggests that nuclear isn’t replaced by coal.
Well, if we look at nuclear and gas we can also see that nuclear wasn’t replaced by gas in Germany. Gas and nuclear have very different purposes in the grid, on can be spun up almost on demand the other can’t. Anyway, at least in Germany there is no nuclear power anymore so arguing that something else should be phased out first is pointless, and saying that nuclear was replaced by coal or gas is spreading fakenews.
Playing Cyberpunk 2077, it’s sometimes a little unintuitive. You’re thrown into a world that doesn’t explain anything about what’s going on and is filled with so much stuff, but in general a really good game.
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Why is everyone assuming that the death star would use it’s superlaser (apparently that’s what it’s called) against the borg cube? The superlaser has a very low fire rate and I doubt it’s good in combat against any small moving target, and to the death star that’s what a borg cube is. The general armament of a death star seems completely useless against a borg cube because it would adapt to the regular turbo lasers almost immediately.
I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite....
I’m not so sure about it being a safe bet. There have been a few good adaptations, but in general I’m very cautious and expect the worst because there has just been so much more garbage that completely ignored everything that made the games great.
What? Do you mean that the shows would require prior knowledge of the source if the showrunners didn’t ignore it? Doubt it. I mean a book is a book and a game is a game and not a film or tv show, some changes are expected in the adaptation because it wouldn’t work otherwise. But there’s a difference to just ignoring stuff, can still make it low barrier for people who don’t know the source.
It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play?
Wind tunnel experiments (lemmy.world)
The First Borderlands Movie Clip Looks Like An SNL Skit (kotaku.com)
Today, during IGN Live, we got our first real look at the Borderlands movie, and folks, I’m not sure this is going to be very good....
Embracer Boss Mulls Increasing the Price of Video Games Beyond $70 (www.ign.com)
Soap operas are able to keep a coherent storyline though (lemmy.world)
I’m sorry to anyone I gave shit to about the writing or about it being the Michael Burnham Whining Hour. Y’all were right....
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory (markets.businessinsider.com)
Arrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 days (www.pcgamer.com)
Neil Druckmann Teases Next Naughty Dog Game: 'It Could Redefine Mainstream Perceptions Of Gaming' (www.gameinformer.com)
We are Boring. You will be assimilated or something. Resistance is futile, but whatever. (lemmy.world)
EA boss thinks ads in triple-A games would be 'meaningful' growth driver (www.gamedeveloper.com)
What could help triple-A games get even bigger right now? According to EA CEO Andrew Wilson, the answer lies in ads....
Climate protesters try to break into Tesla's Germany factory, multiple people arrested (www.cnbc.com)
Xbox president: Studio closures will ensure 'business is healthy for the long term' (www.gamedeveloper.com)
rollin' coal (yiffit.net)
Draw your own conculsions (lemmy.world)
Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?
It has been a while since the last one. So…...
Scotty! We need more power!! (i.imgflip.com)
Star Wars Outlaws' Jabba the Hutt Mission Locked Behind Season Pass (www.ign.com)
I can think of a hundred bigger crimes (sopuli.xyz)
Alt Text: post that says dripping testosterone levels in men since 1980s is the biggest crime of the century.
Who would win: Borg Cube or Death Star? (aussie.zone)
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Lemmy is growing and they are coming (lemmy.world)
Are there any things in Linux that need to be started over from scratch?
I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite....
Guys will meet him and just say "hell yeah!" (lemmy.world)
Just finished binging the Fallout show, would recommend (lemmy.world)
My phone is not for phone calls (lemmy.world)
Could have been a text every time
This is a Test (lemmy.world)
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x01 "Red Directive" and 5x02 "Under the Twin Moons"
"Red Directive"...
Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI (futurism.com)
Duolingo is very much on the Enshittification path, seems like they fired a number of translators and have the rest just proofreading AI....