xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

The inventor of the first helicopter, Igor Sikorsky, in the Sikorsky H-5 helicopter, 1945.

"Indie game @SoulashGame is being review bombed on steam because the creator doesn’t want to change the game to support same sex relations.

the creator @ArturSmiarowski said, “It's being repainted as me being against LGBTQ, but I'm not, I took my stance against forced inclusivity in games."

https://x.com/Grummz/status/1827839474816225301

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399160/Soulash_2/
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@RTP@fosstodon.org
People are rushing in to nit-pick that telegram isn't a secure messager (it isn't) and that it's filled with spam/junk (it is) but there's an important truth to what you're saying.

E2EE isn't an end to itself, it's a means to privacy outside third-party control. The EU (and many other governments) have made it explicitly clear they view any and all communications they can't monitor control or shut down are a problem.

You don't have to like Telegram or durov to see this as a troubling sign within a broader pattern that is only hard to see when ones wishes not to see.

@beardalaxy @Mr_NutterButter Once you beat the main story, there's a permanent change done that I enjoy seeing in video games. There's the whole process of getting Tiptron, and there's some extra flavor text to some of Tippi's tattles like with Francis. The entire world of Chapter 6 is no longer a blank void and also has some interesting stuff there. This kind of backtracking based on the game's story is what I'd like to see more of for any game with ending choice Option A.
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@berkberkman @Mr_NutterButter I'm asking for my game's development. In that context, the New Game Plus would mean you can start from scratch with your character and party build, and make different choices along the story to see new scenes play out. Those would be the two main things you'd get out of it. The fact you get to keep your level and are given gear obtainable only by beating the game would essentially just make a second playthrough easier if you wanted to see absolutely everything.

For option A, it would be for finishing up anything you missed and there is the potential to get different endings without having to replay the entire game. You might not be able to get every ending from that point, depending on how much you've already done, but you can change it quite a bit. There are some secrets to hunt for too that might be easier if you're going back to before the ending instead of starting a new game. Though, if you're taking a different route with your new game, you might find things you wouldn't have thought of otherwise!

The game is about 25 hours long for an average playthrough. I did about 2/3 of the raw content in my first full one and it clocked in at about 27 hours. Personally, I would probably want to be kicked back out to the overworld instead of starting a new game with beefy characters, but I'm not really one to play games twice very often anyway so I wanted to get some other perspectives.

@beardalaxy I have mixed feelings with both, but if there's a special bonus/true/secret ending for either one, I'd go with Option A for the sake of finishing those necessary side tasks that I might've missed. Option B is fine only if there's a significant spin done to the gameplay and the story. Otherwise, replaying the whole long campaign all over again would just be mundane for me.

If you're playing an open world RPG, which one of these would you prefer happens once you beat the game?

A) You're able to go back to before the ending and continue playing in the state the game world was in before finishing the game.

B) You're able to carry over your party level when you start a New Game.

In both scenarios, you get some extra gear for beating the game.

Would love to hear thoughts on this!

>anti-government punk game
>look inside
>EU-funded DEI-propaganda game

@skykiss

Unlike the Russian-owned #Telegram, the US government-sponsored #Tor network has never been involved in anything illegal

https://www.torproject.org/about/supporters/

Super Mario World... but it's for MSX2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8PtH-Ws87Y
@get @coolboymew

Pavel Durov, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram was arrested at the Bourget airport outside of Paris Saturday evening, according to TF1 TV, citing an unnamed source.
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/08/billionaire-telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france-war-on-free-speech-escalates.html

I read The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle (1957)

A fast and fun sci-fi mystery about a fuckin' cloud from fuckin' outer space. Excellent pacing, not too long. A page turner. Nothing too crazy, but in the context of 1957 it seems very modern.

Fun fact the author was a steady state theorist and disses big bang theory in the book.

With an unprecedented levels of monetary expansion and debt levels somewhere beyond nosebleed elevations, policy-makers and central bankers are trapped. Price controls invariably presage decline (& tyranny). #inflation #PriceControl
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/08/it-hasnt-worked-once-so-why-would-a-politician-go-all-in-on-price-controls-now.html

Just finished Metroid Prime 1 for the first time (Wii version).
I first played this game on the Gamecube when I was about 13. I could never get past the Omega Pirate.
Good game. I think it's admirable that despite the change to a first person shooter presentation it's still very unmistakably a Metroid game.
Finishing a game you couldn't finish as a kid is a very uniquely fulfilling experience, I don't have that many left at this point, so it's becoming an increasingly rare one for me...

A new large-scale study from renowned scientists at the prestigious University of Oxford has just confirmed that myocarditis and pericarditis only appear in children and adolescents after Covid vaccination and not after infection from the virus.

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/new-oxford-study-shows-only-the-kids

This week we visited Le Redoutable (former nuclear submarine), and inside was this very cute computer-looking thing, with pdp11-like switches.

Thing is, trying to ddg it didn't yield anything, the manufacturer itself (Sintra ?) doesn't even have a wikipedia page, let alone for this specific model.

Does this ring any bells with anyone here? Especially with French retrocomputing nerd?

cc @caro @nononymous