The idea that contrarianism is somehow interaction is similar.

I’ve frequently had people start replies with “I strongly disagree” and then proceed to say the same thing as my comment back at me.

Some people are just fighting a war in their own head.

That’s probably because Google are deliberately nerfing your viewing because you are using an ad blocker.

They tell you as much in the little pop up.

Aside from the visual cues. The context is clearly bullshit too.

It’s your assertion that “Devs don’t implement these sort of things because they would rather spend their time on things that make their game different” that I disagree with.

That’s just not how it is. Serious thoughts goes into the mundane stuff. The UI, especially.

Ok, but you understand that even at a reasonably low level “plugins” exist for core functionality.

Libraries within code exist to make certain tasks standardised and easy to implement. Game engines abstract common requirements like level loading, control schemes, camera movement…

The point I’m repeatedly making is that these things already exist, and if a designer chooses to implement them one way or another, then I suspect they have a reason to.

No one sets out to make a half-assed game. Even the jank out there was probably a better idea at one point. But often that comes from hubris, not from a lack of “plugins”.

Again, I used to do this as a job. I was pretty mediocre, but I did get to work with some amazing talent… And I think they’d back me up on this. Creating cm games isn’t about standardisation, it is often about exploration. It is an art form as much as it is a technical process.

However, I highly recommend you give it a go yourself. GODOT is a great engine with a ton of functionality and plug ins as well as tutorials. Spend a week making a very simple game with very simple controls. Do the thing and report back. I promise I’ll play it and I’ll celebrate it with you.

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I disagree, rather strongly.

The evolution of gameplay comes from the diversity of design.

This occasionally enables games, of varying quality, to break with orthodoxy and to create new paradigms.

The two stick control method we use for FPS, for example, only happened because someone broke with convention when designing Alien Resurrection for the PS1.

It was absolutely planned at the time, but soon became the standard.

My point is that you don’t know what needs to be improved until the alternatives appear.

So no, inventory should not confirm to a standard. It should be entirely driven by the aspirations of the designer and the needs of the game.

There will be times when games don’t get it right, much like in biological evolution, there are mistakes and dead ends, but the only thing you really want to avoid is a monoculture.

Who the hell are you? The hung jury?

Think you just described a game engine like Godot or Armory.

Ultimately that’s what you are describing there with such a free-form framework. The tools to make anything.

Even at a higher level engines like RPG maker and twine exist within genres.

And that isn’t a mod, so much as a game.

But going back to mods…

And why should that end up with a common look and feel? People have been modding the look and feel of games since the 90s.

Credentials: I made mods and maps in the 90s and commercial games in the 2000s.

Hanged.

Hung… Might mean something else.

I have seen this phenomenon across the world and across social classes.

Gen X and elder millennials tended towards the left as they aged.

But I do wonder if the consequence, to keep the weird equilibrium is that the younger generations are becoming far more fascist.

There was that other rule that supposed successive generations would become more liberal, but we are witnessing a reversal of that to puritan values, misogyny and nationalism.

You know he is a cameo in all of his films, right?

Imagine pretending to be a journalist and asking… grok for comments on a news story.

Lovely work.

Yeah, it sort of is.

There are ways to avoid it, or be excused. If you are self employed and have made work commitments, if you are moving house… You can request an exemption.

I sat as a juror in Scotland (which is slightly different) last year.

You mentioned pay. That’s not strictly true. You can get expenses, provided your workplace isn’t covering your wage. You can also claim travel expenses.

There’s a maximum of around £65 per day.

Aside from all that, I highly recommend it. Some people complain, but I found it a fascinating insight into how the law operates and how justice is navigated. Besides, it really did feel like a civic duty, being part of something bigger as a community.

This picture makes them look like the worst 90s rap group.

Fringe.

Not for everyone, but if it is for you, you’ll adore it.

Hey, outside view from those of us in Europe… Just get on with getting the Orange Man out, please.

You’ll get far further dealing with the Democrats once that’s happened.

But until that point, just concentrate on getting the actual genocidal fascist gone.

Yeah, it’s now my mission to steal his AI girlfriend pet, and then we’ll see whether he truly thinks she’s sentient and can make up her own mind.

That’s how we get these techbros to drop this shit, we start outplaying them for the affections of the “sentient females” they think they are creating.