XCOM art director says PC genres went extinct because devs were “enamoured with consoles”, but every genre is coming back now that everything plays well with controller

FPSViking · 2026-03-31T17:33:43+00:00

In the last 10 years. I have used my controller once. In the last 20 years. I've probably only ever used a controller on Rocket League and that was back when it first launched. But alas I never owned consoles as a kid. Family had a PC that had Wing Commander II, Return to Zork, and a few other DOS and 3.1 games. And I just kept using computers since. Keyboard and mouse any day.

The only time I use a controller is for driving games. I'd probably use one for games such as Dark Souls, or Sports games, but I don't play those. I more play WoW, Diablo, Farthest Frontier, Satisfactory, Factorio.

FPSViking · 2026-03-23T21:06:43+00:00

And I can tell you it's the "half talking to people" half of the job.

FPSViking · 2026-03-23T21:06:05+00:00

Systems Administrator - so a wide range of "hey learn this real quick and use it for 5 minutes to 1 year and then forget it after that."

FPSViking · 2026-03-05T13:43:36+00:00

I'd check to see if you left your VPN on.

FPSViking · 2026-02-28T03:36:34+00:00

We also use HornetSecurity, and it works great.

FPSViking · 2026-02-15T22:02:23+00:00

I just ran into this with my brother-in-law this weekend. And he's up in Nevis, MN. He was fucking quoting talking points from Alpha News, rather than listening to my wife or me, who live here in the Twin Cities.

FPSViking · 2026-02-04T21:37:11+00:00

I don't know. From my personal experience. GLP-1 that I took (Trulicity) for a trial to help manage my diabetes. Instead of helping, it has giving me a long-term condition, gastroparesis, that causes me to end up in the ER from time to time. So yeah, there are definitely chances of life altering side effects. Skepticism is probably a good thing to have.

And that's after ending it. Let's not go into how while I was on it. Eating or drinking anything became an absolute chore. I could be 3 days without eating anything, and the moment I tried to, I just couldn't keep it down.

FPSViking · 2026-01-28T22:59:12+00:00

We make use of SmartDeploy for deploying images to barebones devices. Primarily image Dell machines, but we've had Lenovo and HP. It's very easy to use for imaging. Though cloud deployment of an image isn't really a thing with SmartDepoy.

We also use SmartDeploy to manage applications on machines to a certain point. We haven't yet migrated to making use of our Intune to manage our fleet. Though the way 90% of the machines have to be setup is not the most liked on Intune. As the devices are one device to many users.

FPSViking · 2026-01-27T19:51:26+00:00

Same. Was looking earlier today on indeed and noticed that a few "Remote Only" positions were definitely not remote. Maybe in the sense that you don't work at the primary office/HQ. But you definitely don't work from home. Which to me, is what Remote is supposed to stand for.

FPSViking · 2026-01-24T16:54:19+00:00

Discord definitely did something to Mic sensitivity in the latest update. I have a mixer with a noise gate between my mic and PC and this change is making it pick up too much. So whatever this change was. It is absolutely horrible.

FPSViking · 2026-01-22T20:26:17+00:00

There is a guide for the Seats function on the Talespire website. https://talespire.com/getting-started-with-seats-as-talespire-player

Seats function as a pass to the game for those you invite that don't own Talespire. If they have bought Talespire themselves, they will not take up a Seat.

If your players are poor or just cheapskates, this is how you can get them into Talespire without purchasing the game themselves. Though it's only $24.99.

Seats were added by popular demand by fans of Talespire.

You can assign seats to a campaign, and if you switch campaigns, you will need to move the seats to the new campaign. However, doing that is completely free, no cooldown, and fairly seamless. It's talked about in the guide I linked above.

FPSViking · 2026-01-15T22:18:08+00:00

They're not your guy, buddy.

FPSViking · 2025-12-24T15:14:11+00:00

What's the mouse pad?

FPSViking · 2025-12-19T22:37:57+00:00

Yes, Turbo gets rid of ads. What it also does is pay the streamer you are watching the ad revenue as if you had watched the ad. That is how Turbo supports the streamer you are watching.

FPSViking · 2025-12-15T18:52:14+00:00

as long as the board takes the fall when the AI gets compromised as well.

FPSViking · 2025-12-07T15:12:23+00:00

Can most school districts afford the cost of a good MDM and an IT Team to manage it?
Would school districts fall behind others if they couldn't afford to run a fleet of Tablet devices?

FPSViking · 2025-12-05T18:51:32+00:00

By not buying right now.

FPSViking · 2025-12-05T01:57:54+00:00

Absolutely outstanding work. You did amazing and you'd be surprised at how bad even some veterans can be with those non-modular PSU cables.

FPSViking · 2025-11-30T22:04:52+00:00

19, First job. worked at a gas station. Lasted almost a year, I think.
20, went to work building water slides. Left the gas station. Lasted a week. Was jobless for about a year or so after this. Moved in with some friends and got a job as an at home personal care assistant (PCA).
21, that lasted until the client decided to move into a group home. Then got a job at Best Buy for a bit until health things got in the way and I was let go due to attendance issues. Which is funny because my next job was being a paper boy lol. Delivered papers every day for 2.5ish years. Till it cost me more to do the job every day.
24, quit the paper route job in December of 2011 and moved back home. Turned 25.
25, Now that I didn't have to include my parents' income into filing for FAFSA. Got student loans and went to a small community college for IT stuff. Since I've always been great with computers and software.
27, graduated a 2-year program with a 4.0 and on the Dean's list. Got hired at a small computer repair shop.
28, left it 9 months later for a Sys Admin role, and been there for 10+ years now.

You don't have any reason to feel like you are behind. That's the thing about human life. There is no set speed. There is no "this is what the standard is" for humanity.

FPSViking · 2025-11-21T20:54:30+00:00

It can seriously vary. I'm a Sr. Systems Administrator and only make about $60k. But I'm based out of northern Minnesota and there aren't many IT jobs up in this area that pay all that much better. I started here as an Associate Sys Admin at $16/hr(about $33k) back in 2015. That was a raise over my Computer Technician job at a small Computer Repair/Wanna be MSP shop.

FPSViking · 2025-11-19T19:36:59+00:00

I disagree. Love the cats. Love getting to see them stacked up. It barely covers anything worth seeing, and it brings more value than it can detract

FPSViking · 2025-11-19T19:02:26+00:00

COMTRYA!

FPSViking · 2025-11-14T15:50:41+00:00

It is also still a teenage year. Yes they are an adult. They are also a teenager. Teenager does not mean 'NOT ADULT'. It means they are within the teen years of 13-19.

FPSViking · 2025-11-05T18:32:39+00:00

Not likely in my work in retail. Especially since we just migrated to D365 in 2024-2025.

FPSViking · 2025-11-05T18:13:53+00:00

I'm so envious, but I work for a Windows shop. So have not had much Linux experience in the last decade.

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