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  1. Ukerric

    The Last of Us

    The scores on metacritic seem... very believable.
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    Twitch.tv

    Which will be censored, because the algorithm didn't notice the special sponsorship. Shit, remember that Sony's DMCA took down... the TLOU2 trailer on Sony's official Playstation account!
  3. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Until it gets delayed to 2022. Because it's the James Webb curse. Overruns and delays.
  4. Ukerric

    Twitch.tv

    If the Song of Ice and Fire fell into the public domain, we might see an ending.
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    Twitch.tv

    That's what the patent system is. If it's good for invention of the practical form, why not for inventions of the cultural form? (as an aside, "practical" should have big scary quotes - a vast majority of patents are either obvious stuff or slight rehashing of existing ones. The pharma industry...
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    Twitch.tv

    Redhat is a subsidiary/trademark of IBM.
  7. Ukerric

    The Last of Us

    Fun bit: apparently, ultra-progressive Kotaku ended with "no score given" from their review.
  8. Ukerric

    VR Gaming - Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, HTC Vive

    Plus, it doesn't really work. Your legs might be pumping, but your inner ear notices you aren't actually moving. Sounds like an additional conflicting signal sent to your brain and motion sickness inducing.
  9. Ukerric

    2 years later... the almost sad state of MMOs in the new era

    Money. Given the amount of money necessary these days to produce a quality expansive game, nobody is going to go the MMO route. Any game with significant investment to produce a good quality, you will have transaction filled instanced lobby games, which means there's no need of a great open...
  10. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Warning: Book 4 goes into a different direction, with new bad, and end... with a massive WTF cliffhanger. I'm slightly disappointed with the current arc. It feels like the author has lost a bit of his impetus, and is trying to pump out power, showering Jason and team with OP stuff and the like...
  11. Ukerric

    New World

    So, you liked the original BFA loot where you needed to run until you get the right titanforge, with the good suffix and a socket. Right.
  12. Ukerric

    Phantasy Star Online 2

    I don't understand why you're making "ships" if you are making a lobby MMO with everything instanced...
  13. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    We're starting to reach peak greed. Flipping one photoshop layer for another, and calling it a new collector version.
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    New World

    Uh? All the description reminded me of a D3-type gear system more than an EQ one.
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    2 years later... the almost sad state of MMOs in the new era

    Mostly. There's a handful of other western-style MMOs, but everything outside of those 3 is dead. I was watching a video from MMObyte who basically explained that Rift was dead - you queue for instant adventures that shower you with XP without having to learn anything about your class, level to...
  16. Ukerric

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Can we inhale the fumes at least, if it's vapor?
  17. Ukerric

    Phantasy Star Online 2

    This is a summary of mess: TL;DW: "No biggie, we'll fix that in 10 days. It's not a pressing issue after all if you can't play, it's F2P LOL."
  18. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    2 months initially, possibly extended to 4.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Only 90M$ per seat. "What? It's the entire launch cost, and you have four seats!" "Well, looks like it's the standard price"
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Aaaand it's open!
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    The Astronomy Thread

    KSP2 is looking good.
  22. Ukerric

    Minecraft

    Jeracraft is godly good.
  23. Ukerric

    Star Citizen Online - The search for more money

    Okay, so, just the "permanents" on offer gets you $2980 in virtual ships. okay.gif
  24. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    And... it's a scrub... See you on Saturday!
  25. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    They're just talking about COVID right now!
  26. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    Any set based on Teferi is probably fucked beyond repair :)
  27. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Yea, imagine going out of the way to get Boeing to shape up their bid, failing... and getting fired over that.
  28. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    The bit about hating world building now makes sense. Because if there's something that really needs worldbuilding, it's SF or fantasy.
  29. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Blizzard loves its random. Even when they remove the random, they have to add it back again somehow.
  30. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    I've said once that he'll be the Howard Hugues of the 21st. The right combination of wealthy, technical-savvy, goal-obsessed... and the touch of crazy that makes you into a legend rather than a famous individual.
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    What did you just read?

    For a fraction of a second, I thought I had, but it turns out that I was mixing with M. John Harrison. (which I do not recommend. Read the first book of the Kefahuchi Tract trilogy, and it was enough for me)
  32. Ukerric

    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-sale-dates/
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    MTG thread

    I was watching Rudy when he opened the box, and it was immediately "wait, is this an uncommon???" Which it was. I think everyone focused on "Death Corona", and in their mind, it was obviously going to be a mythic card or something.
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    The Old World - new civ-type game

    Yup. Forget to have enough military, get your ass handed to you. The common tech/econ development plans needs to make room for military or you suddenly lose in half a decade. The multi-order move each year makes shit drop on you brutally (and make having hidden scouts parked in places and not...
  35. Ukerric

    Do you know first hand anyone who has been proven to test positive for Covid-19?

    Dunbar disagrees. 150, maybe. 200, they're not people, they're abstract humans. (the way you have "bob from HR" vs "the HR guys")
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    "Some reason" meaning people don't do PvP.
  37. Ukerric

    Do you know first hand anyone who has been proven to test positive for Covid-19?

    Not going to happen, unfortunately. Oh, there will be some noises, then it will be back to business as usual, because the cost to society isn't incalculable, and companies will do it and revert back to the old ways.
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    Do you know first hand anyone who has been proven to test positive for Covid-19?

    Colleague of mine, 51. Dude still isn't out of the hospital (but got out of ICU and into a normal "covid" sector).
  39. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    That was done literally the first day ZG opened on Classic. https://www.wowhead.com/news=312097/world-first-5-high-priest-impossible-hakkar-kill