the one I will make in 2–54 years’ time

you absolutely can. one might even say that’s the purpose of suing - to establish what is provably true

Why would you hire a writer that hates writing?

Why are you making a narrative video game without a writer?

If you’re making just a Candy Crush or a PacMan or a Space Invaders that doesn’t need plot or environmental storytelling why do you need these narrative, story-driven pieces of prose?

None of the justifications make any real world sense to me.

But also, a good friend of mine makes props and set dressings for TV shows (he helped build Vecna’s world in Stranger Things for example) and they are frequently building stuff just like you say.

But that’s the fun of writing is thinking up stuff like that? AI in that case is solving the problem of being creative and leaving the boring stuff up to humans?!

I’m learning Godot cuz I had an idea for a game and thought it’d be a fun project. Started off trying to use AI to learn and got in such a muddle I deleted everything and started using guides. Even old, out of date ones are easier to learn from and don’t cause massive errors.

There’s really no excuse to use AI. It’s much quicker to type “This vase is empty” than ask ai to write a description of an empty vase. As in its quicker than even writing the prompt.

To be more generous, if you don’t have a legal team on your editorial staff in your section, just don’t mention the politics of billionaires.

Musk et al the 1%ers have lawyers on retainer whose only job is to litigate every mention of their name.

Depends, but generally what people do is “nearshoring” or “friendshoring” where they send things through a different country that has lower rates - i.e. if you can ship it directly from India but it costs too much on tarrifs, ship it from India to Mexico and drive it over the border to get a lower rate.

not the same person but i work in TLSC - variously, yes, in general people are doing feast and famine to import when tariffs get paused, and don’t when they’re not

I think it’s the arm covers. Reminder to read top right to bottom left, so the final shot is the dude’s eyes

it’s a copypasta meme from 2020ish

"Energy constantly flows through the crystal. You're not fighting with a simple blade as much as you are directing a current of power." ―Sabine Wren and Kanan Jarrus on the Darksaber, Rebels: s3e15 Trials of the Dark Saber

I’m sure there are other references, too, but for it to be a power current it needs to flow to and from a terminus. See also the Tagge Protoblade in which the energy circles around a metal core (internally referred to as the corn dog lightsaber) instead of being a sword

another note on the light Saber blade: it’s actually a long spinning loop like a narrow ‘0’ or the eye of a needle, which is why it doesn’t disconnect

if I wanted to only play half my games at twice the price for only a few years on hardware i can’t upgrade with fewer functions and content due to exclusivity, I would buy a console

Perhaps Thor is Pozzo.

well of course not, they all have sports cars etc etc

Studies suggest this is an extreme minority, and stories like yours - while yours might be true (and be fair to me here, we’re just two usernames, we don’t know each other’s motives and biases), it’s often used to push reasons to defund homeless shelters and criminalize being poor.

Even if you have seen a homeless person (or imposter) do something wrong, it might be worth considering that being homeless is very difficult and often caused by pre-existing medical conditions or institutionalized discrimination.

it’s gambling for children is why. While I can choose to not buy the MTX inside a game, children and some young adults are more vulnerable to psychologically manipulative dark patterns that have been designed to mimic addiction as closely as possible.

then don’t make single player games (or sections of games) require a server.

NaN naan Jeremy that’s insane

they’ll probably deport the baby