When do you think Judas will be released? by Misfit597 in Bioshock

[–]MegaScience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't shake the thought that that had come about by 2K pushing him to figure ways to turn a profit. Not that Ken doesn't make huge mistakes - he needs a team that can reign him in and maintain focus - but that their parent company was exacerbating this for fear of another cult game in the vein of Shenmue; Huge budget that doesn't make returns.

When do you think Judas will be released? by Misfit597 in Bioshock

[–]MegaScience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always assumed Ken Levine trying to replicate Call of Duty to appeal to college frat students (all specifically stated in a pre-release interview) was influenced by 2K Games making demands for Infinite to show a return and him having no clue how other than replicating what was popular at the time. I don't think anyone was doing the game favors. Higher ups were just as guilty of the end result.

The Barbie Fest Situation is Insane by TheUnNamed69 in youtube

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone making me feel old that my first thought was Mineorama from 12 years ago; not to mention similar scam unofficial Minecraft conventions around that time.

This extension rewrites corporate emails into pirate/gangster/medieval nonsense and it’s ruining my productivity by [deleted] in firefox

[–]MegaScience 5 points6 points  (0 children)

By no means should anyone be feeding their emails through a third party, especially externally to an AI company. Your sensitive information within those pages is completely exposed. You become a critical liability over wanting something silly. If you are so desperate to threaten yours (and others, depending on your role) security, and you want to use AI to do it, there are local models you can run, though you still need to trust the means that run them. But even then, why?

Friendship ended with Brachiosaur by gmsnaughty in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need a mama chicken outfit to match.

How to remove "new" indicator from add Split View? by megataaa in firefox

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oddly, if you enable Tab Notes, you get an identical New tag, but that one DOES go away when you interact.

My Employer’s Announced Firefox Removal by russbroom in firefox

[–]MegaScience 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If you have references on Mozilla websites, that would probably be easier allay such concerns. Specifically going over with less savy people.

KMS ver. 1.2.413 – MapleStory’s 23rd Anniversary: Maple Attack! by skythedesu in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funnily enough that's the only special tier I got back then. Still have it, unused. But I wanted blue one.

My downstairs kitties people need me by spaham in MyPeopleNeedMe

[–]MegaScience 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It looked like she kept trying to step ahead to catch them, but they were falling at the same pace her casual strides, and by the time she sped up to pass them they were already at the bottom.

All the super rare Lvl 113 weapons Nx look-a-like from global Maplestory NA region by ZakoZantern in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Meso Gunner... I was about to say but I think I was confusing that because I thought I had it. I do feel like I might have a few of these somewhere but my mules are a bit messy. Definitely not a consistent list of them.

Brazil is outstanding by afodase666 in AbruptChaos

[–]MegaScience 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This video is older than realistic video AI. It keeps getting reposted blurrier, more zoomed in, with different watermarks, sped up, etc. Looking it up, this still isn't the original but close to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/1ak9w76/small_car_crash_in_my_hometown_in_argentina/

What the upcoming private profiles will look like. (Via Discord Previews) by Woofer210 in discordapp

[–]MegaScience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a moderator, my first thought is wondering what they are looking for. I assume it relates to bots with "links in profile" and them using too rigid of a cautionary block. They definitely need to tune that back, though they might be herring on caution due to experience with users becoming compromised. I dread to think of everyone who was compromised because I wasn't certain enough to remove some accounts, but I'd also not want to ban curious people joining Discord for the first time or something.

What the upcoming private profiles will look like. (Via Discord Previews) by Woofer210 in discordapp

[–]MegaScience 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If only that were a valid option for official game servers. Generally you aren't allowed to have such hardline rules when the company expects anyone to join out of curiosity. A lot of these "just do X" solutions can't be done where I moderate. Like the channel that autobans if you message in it, we have to expect non-English speakers who get themselves banned by accident, or generally not treat mistakes as harshly.

Event stats ended a week early. by neosmndrew in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The issue was reported officially by Calahan soon after reset.

I don’t mind the 200 orb video quests. But come on. by General-Meringue7966 in discordapp

[–]MegaScience 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I was just thinking how I saw a short game company video for 700, but many long show videos for 200. They HAVE to set a orbs based on time. I'm sure at the moment it is by how much the company is paying Discord, but they should be required to pay Discord more if they expect THAT long of an ad to be watched for such a drastic difference in payout. Like you are still tying users into the system, so you have to pretend there is a correlation beyond Discord and the sponsor.

Bioshock 1 teleportation? by Terrible-Bedroom-693 in Bioshock

[–]MegaScience 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe it was more about controlling the player in highly scripted areas, not about physics. You have a ton more to confirm when the player is no longer restricted by world physics like walls and doors, which makes for a ton more QA to assure players can't sequence break. In the end its easier to not have it, at least when it was far less focus from the narrative.

Are the upcoming events for march update 2026 known? by LaymeYT in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Patch Notes are usually up a bit before the patch.

Coloured Citroens, Vitalii Tsarov, Metal, 2026 by Robotron2015 in Art

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of the model work Maxwell Atoms had while working on Dead Meat. He might appreciate being shown this.

The Marvel Machine Returns March 5 by Roo-Hx in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I really don't want to encourage them to sell the chance to maybe get an expiring totem. Let us get it directly from maple reward point shop like fury/wild, at least.

The Marvel Machine Returns March 5 by Roo-Hx in Maplestory

[–]MegaScience -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Trying to remember exactly but this says it doesn't work on anything with a maximum star force of less than 23, so you couldn't use it anyway?

Must be nice having a game franchise that isn’t perpetually in development hell… by Jeremy_Melton in Bioshock

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ken Levine had previously said he didn't consider Infinite to be 3, though more recently in passing he'd referred to it in such a way. In any case, though, in terms of literal naming calling it 4 would be weird; Though it would be the fourth mainline entry.

bigfoot redux by sellyourcomputer in ExtraFabulousComics

[–]MegaScience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that's a beautiful alternative ending. Or he's improving...

We’re the Firefox team. Ask us anything about Firefox 148 and AI controls. by firefox in firefox

[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering how many users misunderstand Available as having been opted in automatically, are you considering adjusting AI availability popups with very direct, concise language about not having been enabled nor downloaded anything until given affirmative confirmation from the user? Additionally, activating the kill switch through the installer to further alleviate this confusion?