[-] squirrel 3 points 1 day ago

No Jar Jar is safe from him.

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The US wants to manufacture chips again — but there’s a dark, overlooked history.

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NetEase's Overwatch-like has been a hit across PS5 and Steam

[-] squirrel 2 points 2 days ago

There may be a more specific term to it, but the only one I can think of is "gallery".

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Original photo by Daniel Jolivet

The origins of the castle are unknown. The oldest surviving records are from the 15th century when it was purchased by a local feudal family. The surviving buildings also date to the 15th century. The original fortifications (the walls and a moat) did not survive.

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The Trump Administration has banned Julianne Moore's 2007 children's book 'Freckleface Strawberry' from schools operated by the Department of Defense.

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What happens when two comics artists ‘meet on the page’ to explore the tragedies of the Israel-Gaza war? Art Spiegelman, best known for his Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust memoir Maus, and Joe Sacco, author of bestselling graphic reportage Palestine, grapple with the ongoing crisis

[-] squirrel 52 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's actually really simple. See... *unpacks a pile of books of advanced biology and genetics*

Although... *gets another pile of books about psychology and neurology*

And we have to consider... *drops another pile of books about sociology and anthropology*.

Pretty obvious, isn't it?

[-] squirrel 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I totally agree and it's a shame that the awesome games you mentioned are all indies most people probably never heard of. I was particularly amazed by "Haven" and it made me realize how rare such relationships are - not only in games, but in other media too. Two protagonists who are clearly in love, going on an adventure together and being sexy and flirtatious while at it. It should not be that rare, but somehow here we are...

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Recent bends by Disney related to a court battle and DEI programs that appear to appease President Donald Trump has been noticed within the company.

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Description: Photo of a Blahaj sitting opposite the photographer at an IKEA restaurant

[Photo is not mine, it's from user Lemonix1004 posted to Reddit's r/Blahaj]

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Johansson is speaking out about the “misuse” of AI.

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Photo by Père Igor

The first castle at Grignols was made of wood and was possibly first constructed in the 5th or 6th century. It was replaced by a new castle in the 10th century which was expanded over time. The oldest remaining parts date back to the 13th century. The castle was heavily damaged several times, particularly during France's religious civil war in the 16th century and fell into ruin after the French Revolution. In the early 20th century locals purchased the remains and restored some of the remaining buildings.

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“This is real. I'll have more to say soon,” wrote Jenny Blake Isabella.

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Mark Rosewater replies to problematic questions around Magic: The Gathering on his Tumblr blog

[-] squirrel 112 points 4 weeks ago

Chanel No.5 suffers from the problem that it was originally made over 100 years ago. While the scent of No.5 did not change much, lots and lots and lots of products that came later imitated the scent of the (at the time) prestigious No.5. So it's not necessarily a case of "No.5 smells like soap", rather than "soaps smell like No.5". And No.5 can't escape the position it founds itself in without becoming something else entirely.

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[-] squirrel 102 points 3 months ago

Telling people in danger that their attempts to save themselves are contemptible is nothing but cynical callousness.

[-] squirrel 118 points 8 months ago

A little long maybe, I assume it won't be long until it's just "likensub".

[-] squirrel 98 points 11 months ago

George Lucas introduced evil guys wearing SS uniforms who conduct genocide before the viewers' eyes and somehow people still pretend that Star Wars is apolitical.

[-] squirrel 133 points 1 year ago

Because there are lots of people in this thread who paint whales as "rich schmucks" who can afford to spend $48k without thinking twic. This is a myth that lots of the gaming industry itself loves to perpetuate, because it absolves them of taking responsibility for ruining lives.

Research has shown repeatedly that whales are much more likely to be people with mental health problems and/or gambling addicts. That Star Citizen isn't a freemium game with loot boxes makes it marginally better than - let's say - Genshin Impact, but offers like the bundle in the article is still predatory.

[-] squirrel 102 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are totally right, it's a shame that PC Gamer did not name a single woman.

One nitpick though: Two of the women named in the article, Rieko Kodama and Amy Hennig, did not create games for PC. Both were employed by console makers. Jen Zee being acknowledged is certainly deserved, but a there are many, many trailblazing women in PC gaming which should be highlighted: Roberta Williams (co-founder of Sierra Online), Brenda Romero (Wizardry series), Jade Raymond (Assassin's Creed producer) or Danielle Bunten Berry (M.U.L.E.), just to name a few.

Particularly the omission of Roberta Williams who has not only co-founded one of early gaming's most successful game dev studios and publishers, but also designed the long-running King's Quest series which transformed and defined the adventure game genre, is inexcusable. It does not get more influential in gaming than that.

[-] squirrel 106 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ars Technica has done an interview with Unity's Marc Whitten and Whitten's responses are very, very telling:

"It was not our intent to nickel-and-dime it, but it came across that way," he said. [...]
"A large part of the problem, Whitten said, was that Unity "didn't communicate effectively... There were areas where there was some confusion, and we could have done a better job." [...]
"That's on us," he continued. "We didn't do a good enough job... of delivering the information that would help people."

It shows how dishonest he still is: Of course, they wanted to nickel-and-dime everything. People were not "confused", they were outraged. No matter how much of a mess Unity's initial explanations of the details were, the core message was pretty clear: Unity was aiming to get as much money out of developers as it can and it did neither bother to iron out the details of the changes, nor assess the potential damage their plans could do.

Rumours from inside Unity said that their own employees warned management, but managment saw a chance to make money and plowed ahead.

And going by Whitten's statements, they still want to hide behind meaningless corpo-speak and the same people who got their business into this mess now claim that they have changed their ways.

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