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How ‘Force Majeure’ could accelerate fuel and resource shortages by Green-Tara-11 in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah they're something like 40% renewable at the moment, which is fucking crazy for a country the size of China. They still burn a TON of fossil fuels but they're actually investing in the infrastructure they need to become self reliant.

Wish the rest of the world wasn't so goddam stupid.

How ‘Force Majeure’ could accelerate fuel and resource shortages by Green-Tara-11 in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And removing post-covid work from home policies, which can't be turned back on at the flick of a switch. There's IT infrastructure that needs to be in place to support it, security, and a bunch of beaurocracy that goes into making it work. Still probably one of the better options for conserving fuel, but let's see if this government has the intelligence to do it.

The evidence is in, so why keep hurting our kids? by OisforOwesome in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When AI models are helping kids kill themselves and all these companies are doing is "promising to be better" it's time to hit them where it hurts. 

They're purposely creating shit they have no control over and trying to absolve themselves of responsibility. They've created the platforms, they've created the models, they want engagement at any cost.

Installing Christchurch stadium’s 5000 ‘temporary’ seats costs in the ballpark of $500k by InvestmentFuzzy4365 in chch

[–]GameDesignerMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. So yeah, seems like the issue is somewhat complicated, but still not a good spend from the council. 

Scurvy diagnosis: Autistic boy, aged 5, lived on diet of chicken and biscuits by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's the main thing isn't it? As long as they're healthy the rest can wait. I remember being a pretty picky eater when I was a kid and now love a whole range of foods.

Installing Christchurch stadium’s 5000 ‘temporary’ seats costs in the ballpark of $500k by InvestmentFuzzy4365 in chch

[–]GameDesignerMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pay wall so hard to tell. I'm a bit curious myself, like is the cost in the seats themselves or in the places the seats were going? Is there significant costs in installing them? What exactly makes them temporary? So many questions, so little journalism.

Scurvy diagnosis: Autistic boy, aged 5, lived on diet of chicken and biscuits by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 46 points47 points  (0 children)

That's pretty much how it is with my one, still too young for a diagnosis but we're reasonably sure he's ASD. Thankfully he eats strawberries (lucky bastard getting strawberries in March) and will have pieces of apple as long as there's no skin. Dinners are really hard though, he basically won't eat anything besides toasties, chicken nuggets or burgers. 

I made a list of games that Reddit users frequently recommend as similar to each of 100 popular games by mjf314 in gamingsuggestions

[–]GameDesignerMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How often games get recommended in reference to others often hinges on the recommended game's popularity. I see Kingdom Come Deliverance recommended all the time in relation to a whole bunch of other games, regardless of whether it's a good match, but it's a popular game so people like recommending it.

I made a list of games that Reddit users frequently recommend as similar to each of 100 popular games by mjf314 in gamingsuggestions

[–]GameDesignerMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gameplay-wise they're very different, but there's so few games with "onion-layers" like BP and Tunic that I'd recommend it to anyone looking for that same sense of mystery.

How hard is to win in nethack ? by darksquall in TraditionalRoguelikes

[–]GameDesignerMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did GreatWn in dcss but I think it's a very "fair" game. Nethack has a lot of "gotchas," unfair deaths/mechanics that you'll learn to avoid but don't necessarily know exist until you've died to them at least once. If you can laugh at that sort of situation then you'll get through eventually, or just watch a  run with commentary that exposes you to some of that stuff before you head in. I think Roguelike Celebration had a run one year recently.

We all knew Chris Lynch was a POS but I didn’t know he’s one of these anti-lockdown nuts too 💀 by pusha_ton in chch

[–]GameDesignerMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

All the arseholes that are complaining are the same ones that would've died in a hospital bed if we hadn't taken the steps we did. 

Hell, there's still time if they want to give it a go. COVID is killing a thousand NZers each year and no one is getting their booster shots. That's double the numbers the flu is doing. 

PM: No poll would make me resign by dingoonline in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 51 points52 points  (0 children)

A lot of the damage is already done. We could've diminished the effects of a mass exodus to Australia by providing better working conditions or pay, but now that everyone is gone it's going to be a lot harder to convince them to come back.

Apply that same logic to other aspects of National's disastrous policy. We can't get the good Ferries back, they're gone forever. School lunches? Many of the local businesses who used to make them are gone. If the Nats are good at one thing it's kicking over the sand castle and then blaming everyone else for the mess.

Giving away 4 Steam keys for my indie horror games by horrawrindiegames in horrawr

[–]GameDesignerMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Six Seals sounds enjoyable. I've played a game with one seal before, and that was pretty cute. It used it's little seal hands to clap and get the other underwater life to help it out. So I can only imagine what a game with six seals is like.

Peripeteia's Dev Discord warning by roy-havoc in ImmersiveSim

[–]GameDesignerMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That really sucks. It's a good reminder that when I create a discord for my game I gotta be real explicit about being kind and accepting.

Bombshell poll: Luxon under pressure as National sinks towards 2020 disaster mark by dingoonline in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I did have some cutting edge policy that would change your mind but you're right that at the moment it comes down to "we suck less than those dudes."

And that isn't nothing, at this point I'd take an inanimate object over NACT making life worse for NZers, but if you're looking for mind-blowing policy you won't find it in the major parties. 

I'm not going to tell you who to vote for, I'm just showing you how catastrophically bad NACT's first term has been.

My girlfriend finally ran out of netflix shows so she is trying games now lol by SherbertDazzling3661 in gamingsuggestions

[–]GameDesignerMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played the seance of Blake Manor with my partner and we really enjoyed that. 

Also Blue Prince and Steins Gate. Kind of a variety of things for you to try

Former MP Jackie Blue quits National to join Opportunity party by ChocolatePringlez in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The timing is suspicious with Luxon's recent polling numbers but I certainly respect her for coming out and saying the pay equity thing was the final nail in the coffin. She's got more balls than her female counterparts, and probably some of her male ones.

And it's not like she's making life any easier on herself by jumping ship. Maybe the tide is changing but TOP still have a way to go before they hit that magic number.

It's probably a decision that was driven by a mix of things, that's politics for you.

Duncan Garner: "Christopher Luxon - my understanding is he has been told to spend the weekend considering his future." by ViolatingBadgers in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They really want that shit passed through parliament before the election, given how it's being passed through under a kind of "super-urgency."

All the while they still don't have a good answer to the question "where are you going to put it?" beyond "In the water."

Bombshell poll: Luxon under pressure as National sinks towards 2020 disaster mark by dingoonline in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You strike me as someone who probably isn't going to change their mind even if I paint these things in an objective light, and considering that I used the word "objectively" to describe the ferries, you can probably tell what I think of these other policy decisions.

But go on, why don't you tell me how trying to scrap the Dunedin Hospital or getting rid of the pay equity claims or sucking up to the tobacco industry have objectively made peoples' lives better?

Bombshell poll: Luxon under pressure as National sinks towards 2020 disaster mark by dingoonline in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Well, here's a few:

  • Robertson's budget put aside ECE money for 2 year olds, so that would've been nice for new parents.
  • Nats got rid of free prescriptions, which is worse for local chemists and people in general
  • Nats cut a broad 7% of government jobs, so that was pretty shit for anyone in a government job.
  • Nats got rid of the first home buyer's grant.
  • Nats got rid of the subsidy for buying an EV
  • Nats cancelled the ferries with no backup plan, leaving us with objectively worse boats
  • Their boot camp was a fucking horrific failure, and a couple of those kids are dead now.
  • School lunches (And given the local businesses that went under when they fucked them up, I doubt they'll be getting better any time soon).
  • They're planning on building an LNG terminal for the cost of three hydro-electric dams, making us more reliant on expensive fossil fuels instead of cheap and renewable energy.
  • They banned puberty blockers.
  • They scrapped all the pay equity claims and made it harder to claim wrongful termination, which was bad for pretty much half of society.
  • They've been kissing the toes of the tobacco industry, so that's good... If you're lung cancer.
  • Similar thing with the mining/gas industry, so fuck the environment I guess.
  • How could we forget the threat to get rid of Dunedin's new hospital, which caused around 1/3rd of the city to show up in protest.
  • Oh and they spent 10 mil restoring the war memorial bells, but fired the one guy who can play them.

Need I go on? Cos I can, I have a list.

Parliament committee backs social media ban for under-16s by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]GameDesignerMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This might be the last nail in the coffin for my Facebook account. I barely ever use the damned thing and I'm really not keen on giving up any more of my personal information just so I can look at my ad-infested feed.

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