I was worried Subnautica 2 would be just a sloppy cashgrab, but seeing that dev-vlog with the awkward devs describing their work actually gave me hope that they’re actually putting some soul in this game.

Of course it is. Textbook enshittification: first be good to your users, then to your providers, then fuck both and rake in the cash.

I think the initiative just ran out of steam. I remember seeeing it everywhere for the first month or so, and then nothing, and it plateaued around where it is now. Maybe the vast majority of EU gamers just can’t be arsed to read and sign a petition like this. I mean most can’t even vote with their wallet when a shit game releases. And of course it’s fun to blame thor/pirateguy for this ( and they probably did have their share of fault ) but in the end it looks like 500k is the amount of gamers that actually give a fuck about the state of things.

A few large sets, amounting around 12000 bricks, or a random assortment of up to 20000 bricks if acquired in bulk ( or like a bathtub of bricks if acquired second-hand )

Used to hear that spacex has been successful in spite of his meddling, not because of it.

I do wonder if he started taking the reins with Starship, because it sure seems to be giving them a really hard time.

This is fascinating - on the one hand yeah, it’s a tragedy to have the same life expectancy after a friggin century of modern medicine, but on the other, the US life expectancy was already way ahead even in 1900. In Eastern Europe we only started seeing US’s southern states’ 1900 numbers in the 80s and 90s.

It’s probably a good time for any farmer to get off john deere either way.

These days they fancy themselves an AI and data-driven solutions company rather than an equipment manufacturer: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/03/15/the-amazing-ways-john-deere-uses-ai-and-machine-vision-to-help-feed-10-billion-people/

To me that means they want to go the way of HP, enshittifying everything they have.

Lack of innovation: checked. Locking users into their ecosystem: checked. Chasing only shareholder value : checked.

The only thing diferentianting them from Apple now is the pricing, which hasn’t reached outrageous levels ( yet ).

I used to respect them for doing their own thing - sometimes winning, sometimes losing, but in the end still innovating. Apparently not the case anymore.

Narrator: It wasn’t.

At the very least the entity that bought it will not rely on donations and revenue from upgraded download speeds, so it will definitely enshittify further to some degree.

The problem is not capitalism, it’s really us expecting shit to be free and rewarding good development and maintenance effort with thoughts and prayers.

Holy shit - Septerra Core. That is a name I haven’t heard in a looong time. Glad to see it still exists

Yeah! To Haboobs!

How is this news? This was literally an electoral point of his. Besides, it’s the same position other nato members are taking, albeit hidden behind the “territorial integrity” excuse.

The actual news may be that, sadly, Poland these days is sliding into christian nationalism, just like the US.

Of course it is. It’s invasive by design. The “recent tweaks” were because of backlash, but now that’s died down

Deliver At All Costs - fun game, but I swear the plot is just an excuse to feature those wonderful destruction mechanics.

Robocop - Actually not bad! I haven"t seen or played anything Robocop related in 30ish years, but I’ll be damned if this game doesn’t make you feel exactly like him ( for better or worse )

Pacific Drive - finally managed to finish this one after starting and abandoning it twice because it’s just terrifying to me. ( I just had to start it again after reading Roadside Picnic and thinking “hey, this reads familiar” ). It’s still terrifying, but absolutely great game.

Now I’m playing Kingdoms&Castles and Starbound again to calm the fuck down.

Propaganda or not, I really hope poland does not soften their anti-russian attitude, else we’ll be proper fucked in eastern europe

On the plus side, at least he’s just as rusophobic and willing to arm-up as the other candidates, right? Right?

Fuckin’ finally. This could actually help people trying to run fortnites and apexes and whatnot on steam decks.

Yeah, I was rounding things a bit. Great year for gaming

And some non-GOG gems, to continue this trend:

Elite: Dangeous - best space-sim out there, no other comes close. Also one of the few live-service games with a great community around it.

Anno 2205 - Seem by many as the black sheep in the anno series, it’s still a great game with a fantastic future vibe.

Craft the world ( hey, it’s also on gog ) - dwarf fortress like game

Civilization: Beyond Earth - Firaxis’ attempt at a contemporary Alpha Centauri, based on the Civ 5 engine. Great game in itself, with some great ideas. Also gets a lot of hate for some reason.

Planetbase ( also on gog ) - Great space-colony builder

Incompetent incumbent administration + russian propaganda + a lot of angry angry people after the cancelling of the first set of elections.