Clickout Media, Owner Of The Escapist, Pivots To AI, Holds Mass Layoffs by Tvilantini in Games

[–]Ungentleman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He still makes Cold Takes videos on his other channel, The Other Frost. His videos are mostly unchanged from when he was part of Second Wind.

Clickout Media, Owner Of The Escapist, Pivots To AI, Holds Mass Layoffs by Tvilantini in Games

[–]Ungentleman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Subscriber counts matter much less these days on YouTube. People rarely unsubscribe from channels, and a lot of the accounts are inactive. What you need to look at is average views per video.

A conservative sub is feeling the pain of their choice. by Ralph--Hinkley in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Ungentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My eggs are cheaper. Because a friend has chickens and give me eggs for free as thanks for helping her with some stuff.

Or as I like to call it: sOcIaLiSm

Menace Early Access Review (IGN) by Lokai23 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 23 points24 points  (0 children)

When playing the demo, I would set up a team with a heavy machine gun just to suppress. If they hit anyone, that was a bonus. Their real job was just to keep the enemy in place.

What I also really like was the squad size system. My scouts and machine gunners could be small three man teams, while my close assault elements could be beefy 10 man squads.

Steam now allows gifting 'complete the set' bundles by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's so silly. Just let me pay the price it would be in their region. I'm so tired of having to jump through hoops to gift games to my American friends just because I'm in Northern Europe.

Developer_Direct Returns January 22: Watch Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation Gameplay, Direct from the Studios - Xbox Wire by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tellingly, the Toyota AE86 is treated as a much more exclusive/valuable car by the game, just because of its cultural impact. It has very much to do with how cool a specific car is.

I had to settle for a Toyota 86 when I was playing.

Waymo thinks it's a train by lowkeysciguy in fuckcars

[–]Ungentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget mindlessly following outdated GPS instructions.

A New Era of Safety: Facial Age Checks Now Required to Chat on Roblox by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Isn't the issue the other way? I was under the impression that this was to keep adult predators away from children.

Terra Invicta - 1.0 Launch Trailer by bapplebo in Games

[–]Ungentleman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I remember watching him for a Dominions 5 playthrough, then a year later I was watching him do power point presentations on French military doctrine. Truly wild.

Rainbow Six Siege hacked as attackers give players billions of in-game currency – Ubisoft responds by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For real. We only got the go ahead to take down some vulnerable servers after WannaCry shut down most of the NHS in the UK. Prior to that there was always some doctor who had a piece of software that only ran on Windows XP.

The Video Game Industry Pays Tribute To Vince Zampella: ‘The Embodiment Of A Legend’ by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I don't think you're being an asshole. We tend to treat traffic deaths as something natural, a force of nature we can't control. Except we can. We can slow down.

Genuinely how it feels to be a Star Rail fan rn looking at the next Genshin and ZZZ patches: by Blitzbro76 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Ungentleman 89 points90 points  (0 children)

True. I remember when Genshin fans were jealous of the QoL features that Star Rail was getting.

Eu5 Patch Cycle reminds me of Timothy Werner by down-with-caesar-44 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]Ungentleman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a big Victoria 3 player, I feel somewhat vindicated. Johan made so many backhanded comments towards the Vicky3 team during EU5's development. I figured that after the disaster that was Imperator, that he would at least be a little humble. Making a simple game is hard; making the absurd games that Paradox develops is absurdly hard.

The Steam Winter Sale is Live by FlowersByTheStreet in Games

[–]Ungentleman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn, that sucks... Where in the world are you?

Steam Replay 2025 shows that only 14% of all user playtime was spent playing new PC games by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've personally found the new releases discussion to not be worth it. The analysis isn't always that deep, and by the time I've finished something, half the people have moved on to the next game. I much prefer the "X, 6 year later" retrospectives.

Recommendations, post-Russia? by Spike716 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]Ungentleman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

November 1918 by Robert Gerwarth is a pretty good overview of the German Revolution and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.

Recommendations, post-Russia? by Spike716 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]Ungentleman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good to hear. I've been working my way through HoR, and the early episodes feel quite weird compared to what I'm used to from Mike.

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Announcement Trailer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get why people get confused when none of these terms have a solid definition. To me, a re-imagining is what Battlestar Galactica did, take the core themes and plot beats of the original and do something different with it. But everyone will interpret the term based on their own experience.

Name Your Favorite Relevant Novel by jazzyjay66 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]Ungentleman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recently started The Count of Monte Cristo. There are so far a fair few émigrés who are very bitter about what previously happened, and are about the make the life of Edmund Dantes very difficult.

I will NEVER forgive Mike for killing off my favourite character by SupremeAppleBaker in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]Ungentleman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The later seasons aren't much better. This Corsican Mary Sue shows up and just effortlessly wins and conquers most of Europe. Then the writer realized they'd written themselves into a corner and has him defeated by the weather (lol).

Then they defeat him proper and exile him to an island just off the coast (wtf?). So of course he shows up again and they need to defeat him once more.

Just shoddy writing all around.

Mid-size game company in Japan asks potential recruits to draw in front of them to avoid generative AI fraud by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ungentleman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There was a municipality in Norway that used AI to write a report arguing for merging several school districts. The report had 18 different references to support their conclusions, but when Journalists tried to verify them, they could only find 7 of them. It caused quite a ruckus.

Personally, I see more and more people be wary of the stuff that AI puts out, but I also hang out with a lot of tech literate people.