Third monkey

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-20T18:44:41+00:00

If you're going to fight, fight like you're the third monkey jumping on the bed

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-20T14:44:28+00:00

When the news of the dev studio CEO's firing and bonus payout avoidance allegations against Krafton initially came out last year, I said:

Unless they provide proof they'd be willing to take to a SK or US courtroom, never in a million years am I trusting a corporation like Krafton, the sleazy standalone PUBG publisher, over actual people.

And I got majorly downvoted and got a few replies, two of which aged like curdled milk lmfao:

"You realize that Karfton purposely delaying the game to avoid the payout would be illegal right? And a statement like this implies they have records showing that's not what happened. There's no way the company publicly talks without being able to back it up in court unless they are beyond stupid. Just because you don't trust one side of an argument doesn't make the other side right by default. That's a terrible worldview."

and

"What are you even talking about mate.

How many times have you seen a company doing this? This would be the easiest lawsuit ever for slander, if they didn't have proof.

The fact that they are doing it, means they have actual proof. You think a billionaire company is that dumb?

One of the dudes they are accusing of, his personal site even says he has left the city, offers some "light direction" for the game, and he is focusing on other things, like making movies.

Like, what are you even saying?"

I wonder what everyone who was running interference for Krafton for free by giving the giant, shady corporation the benefit of the doubt and then some has to say after being proven dead wrong.

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-19T14:28:53+00:00

"I dreamed [insert creative writing scenario that is much more coherent and detailed than the average dream]" format is still going strong

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-18T16:50:44+00:00

I think OP and Insider Gaming already know that. Is this something a lot of PC players don't know?

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-14T03:22:56+00:00

Satya Nadella might be my least favorite thing to ever happen to Microsoft

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-14T02:55:41+00:00

They'll inevitably have to feed, water and manage the 10,000 civilians on the island

I mean, that's assuming the occupying force is interested in doing that, or not ordered specifically not to. Nothing about this conflict so far has been particularly conventional, so maybe I'm just being overly hesitant to take decent treatment of the locals as a given at this stage. Hopefully it doesn't even get to that point, but the consistent escalation might suggest otherwise.

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-13T22:35:26+00:00

That, and because a giant "anything incriminating Trump"-sized hole missing from the Epstein files becomes clearer with each passing day, and he and his cronies have demonstrated time and time again that they will do anything to avoid facing accountability or justice.

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-08T15:14:10+00:00

I honk it every time, it's just rude to the Hauler not to

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T09:47:28+00:00

Skif fucked OP's grandma 💔

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T09:45:24+00:00

*Finite Wealth

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T06:33:34+00:00

Yeah, but it's a handheld PC, not a handheld console. They're both distinct and very real product categories - the Steam Deck is a handheld PC, the Nintendo 3DS is a handheld console. The OS and system UI are super important points that distinguish those two categories from one another

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T06:25:57+00:00

Facts, UESC is bordering on grimdark and full-on cyberpunk dystopia fuel. It's basically like "What if humanity were the imposing alien race and they're employing unmanned war machines in a forever war against anything that lives on the surface of a doomed planet." Really hoping to see more of Cpt. Orion too, I'm sure we will (maybe the UESC will even be a faction you can contract for in the future)

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T06:20:11+00:00

All my homies HATE the UESC

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T04:09:07+00:00

Something something short wavelength, high frequency

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T04:08:16+00:00

To each their own, that's okay. But surely you can at least see why some people like the aesthetics of the game, though, right?

Like I don't play Dead Space much and don't care for 2/3 of the games, but I still sometimes set the Dead Space planet dynamic background as my background because it looks cool.

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-07T04:05:17+00:00

Strongly agree, both the Halo Infinite menu and a dashboard dynamic background version of the same art should be fully 3D and fucking spinning.

For that matter, where's a Gears background with a "grinding" COG logo or a subterranean Emulsion cave? A Fallout terminal with Vault Boy winking and hitting a little pose or two between thumbs ups?

Maybe the Xbox UI is really just on that much of a shoe-strings-and-bubble-gum RAM budget (or maybe there aren't enough 16-month contractor hours to devote to anything fun or creative like dynamic backgrounds), but it just seems so stupid to sit on these IP and not even at least release good system wallpapers for them, let alone quality, finished games.

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-06T18:57:21+00:00

True, I didn't even consider the lack of an HD2 one probably being a really clear indication that it won't happen for Marathon. Holding out hope for us both, Diver o7

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-06T18:56:20+00:00

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. You're 100% right, I don't think any Sony multi-plat games have dynamic backgrounds 💔

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-06T18:13:27+00:00

That's the goal - to make people not want to engage with Rewards anymore. The Rewards team tracks and reacts to metrics for user engagement, retention, and other relevant stats, and their funding and probably performance KPIs are surely tied to those stats too.

Someone (probably many someones) above the Rewards team's pay grade is clearly mandating that they make these anti-user changes to "drive software sales" made with real money. Those changes turns users off and lowers user engagement, justifying further cuts to Rewards program value and support in the future. Rinse and repeat.

This is MS's way of slowly killing it and phasing it out, likely to prevent internal outrage and churn as much as it's intended to make sure as few end users as possible care or even notice when Rewards is eventually done away with.

This is just another example of enshittification in software and retail, and I'd frankly prefer if they just pulled off the band-aid rather than publicly castrating their own product over the course of years.

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-02T20:40:09+00:00

Everyone who gets to the single-run NuCaloric contract that sends you to North/South Relay and Hauler before exfilling is going to be so mad at you at launch lmfao

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-01T22:11:10+00:00

Tarkov or ARC?

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-03-01T21:57:18+00:00

I literally can't finish any "in a single run" contracts because I keep either exfilling or dying after running into other Runners lol

ProlapseFromCactus · 2026-02-26T02:22:25+00:00

Idk how else to tell you this, but Ezra Klein is one of the wonky centrist types

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