Maybe I'm not cynical enough, but it's still deeply weird to me to see Disney receive a patent on pink slip racing/gambling with NFTs.
At least it's not genre discourse?
Can't believe this is how I learned Ryan Gosling was Young Hercules.
I just wish Bluesky would introduce a theoretical business model at some point so I know if it's something that might be here for the long term or if I should just give up all hope on this place now.
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Sung to the tune of "Personal Jesus"
I think it might have worked like movie release windows. PS5 was the theater, PC was the DVD release. But that really only works if you keep a steady flow of big new things people care about arriving in the theater.
Worth remembering Biden laid some groundwork for this with the TikTok ban: www.gamesindustry.biz/the-us-is-ba...
Sounds familiar but I don't think it was us, sorry. At least not in the 2005-2012 era when I was there
Some movies with a "Legacy" section on Wikipedia:
Jackass: The Movie
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Gigli
Howard the Duck
Son of the Mask
Best of luck with everything that comes next, Alex.
If I had a nickel for every AI story where lack of consent was a key part of the story, I would have... many nickels. Just so many nickels.
Amazing disconnect these days between the dismal job market in games (don't think I've ever seen it as bad as it's been the last couple years) and the actual business of games. Circana is projecting record U.S. spending on games in 2026. Lots and lots of money in games, just not for making games.
"Please stop rioting" is one of the best sentences I've ever read.
Is Tokyo Jungle on anything else yet? How could you throw it away?
It may be as much about gating off a "premium" version of the experience that can be charged separately for.
Just saw this AR patent that reminded me of Jason in The Good Place going through the museum asking Janet how much every piece of art was worth, and now that might get stuck in my head as the target audience for AR glasses.
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Is Sodor where Thomas the Tank Engine is set? It sounds like a Lord of the Rings place, and like, one of the bad ones.
That's awful, Mikhail, I'm sorry. Keep your chin up though, I'm confident you'll land on your feet. And from personal experience, I'll say that even if it's not where you had anticipated, it can still be a good thing in the long run.
Possibly relevant to your interests:
"Gaming for me is a religion and Haze is the shit!" said Jonathan Davis. "I had to come up with a track that can hit up that kind of rush I get from the game and I think we really rocked it!!"
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I think the incredible pain of discussing the systems and economies of these games to outsiders is a significant contributor to the lack of regulations and outrage around them.
This was funny to me, mainly that the check they used to test journos' ethical boundaries was a whopping $200.
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Love it when Context-Free Patent Art followers point out context/references/interpretations I had not considered. Today's was a good one.
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I don't think I'll ever come to terms with why we spell "rigour," but lose that "u" for "rigorous."
The thing I love most about K-dramas is how they let me escape to exotic foreign lands with unfamiliar problems.
