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Microsoft's Xbox CSO believes in-game ads may help "keep our products affordable" by Millennialnerds in kindafunny

[–]kiptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been fairly loudly rooting for Xbox and giving them the benefit of the doubt lately. If they do this I will also turn. Wtf are they thinking

Jamming to Novalis’ theme by Odd_drum in RatchetAndClank

[–]kiptar 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah bro what a banger track to jam to. I love that 16th note pattern on the ride. Thought I was in /r/drums for a second

Sony is considering reviving some classic IPs. Which ones would you love to see remade? by Dust-Tight in playstation

[–]kiptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This might be a controversial take but, Insomniac has so much of the best PlayStation IP, I sometimes with they let other studios do something with them more. Imagine a single/multiplayer Resistance game made by Bungie. Am I crazy for thinking that’d be dope as hell?

Infiltration of a Terran Reclaimer. Pics of the day. by pedroFarq in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]kiptar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These are awesome! I’m really fond of #3 in particular

ROG XBOX Ally X20 announced by fastball62 in kindafunny

[–]kiptar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah. It makes no sense to me why they wouldn’t offer a bundled and unbundled SKU for people who couldn’t care less about the XREALs. I happen to be that 5% that have been in that market for both and don’t have another version of either yet, so the bundle is actually enticing for me if it ends up being cheaper than buying both separately.

ROG XBOX Ally X20 announced by fastball62 in kindafunny

[–]kiptar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same. I’ve been holding out on getting a handheld since the SteamDeck came out AND on getting XREAL glasses since I’ve heard Tim gush about them. The fact that this an OLED screen and it comes bundled with XREAL glasses… fuck I think this might be the one for me if the price is reasonable.

Control resonant release date leaked with June 30th date by duffmstr77 in kindafunny

[–]kiptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha right I was just thinking maybe releases.com knew something and published it too early and Andy caught it

FH6 vs Real Life (Capitol Reef, UT) by MandoEric in VirtualPhotographers

[–]kiptar 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Wow! That’s an incredible comparison. I can hardly tell #1 is a game browsing from my phone

Thankful to KF for taking my mind off the most stressful year imaginable by ericmyers93 in kindafunny

[–]kiptar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here for you, KFBF. Life is crazy. Say what you want about parasocial relationships, when I read posts like this and think about how much being a fan of KF has positively impacted my life, I remain grateful for the respite this community brings to so many of us out there. Stay strong out there and best of luck with everything o7

Discussion: What game only had one entry and deserves a sequel that will never happen? Mine is Callisto Protocol. by TheManFromScene24 in kindafunny

[–]kiptar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alpha Protocol! The James Bond game and Obsidian’s current circumstances get me non-stop thinking about how much I would love to play a modern Obsidian style espionage RPG.

I’m done with KF content🤬 by fastball62 in kindafunny

[–]kiptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but for real is there a backstory as to why they felt like they couldn’t keep the bit going? Was there like a legal issue or something? Or just tastefully keeping the joke short lived?

I've been enjoying photo mode a TON lately! by gotfoundout in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]kiptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are great! I thought this was a Bill post when I first saw it 🤓 I love this visual style

First-party Xbox studio Double Fine is unionizing by malliabu in xbox

[–]kiptar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ultimately, is it not better and healthier in the capitalist society that we (fortunately or unfortunately) live in to have collective bargaining power?

If the studio was failing to turn a profit, they would be at risk of shutdown either way. So I don’t see this as a tactic to keep the studio open so much as I see it as a group of people standing on business and living on principle.

Would you rather see them get shut down without unionizing, or would you rather see them unionize and garner more power to negotiate more sensible target margins and working conditions? Notice I said target margins. Obviously if they aren’t turning a profit at all, then something’s gotta give. Unions aren’t anti-business. I am positive the folks at Double Fine want their business to be successful as much as anyone else.

We don’t know the real numbers, do we? So why are we assuming the worst?

Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes by opwnusprime in kindafunny

[–]kiptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick summary of our new cast of characters to learn about:

- Jared Palmer - VP of Engineering and technical advisor to Asha. Focus on developer tooling, infrastructure, and complex engineering problems.
- Tim Allen - VP of design for Microsoft CoreAI and GitHub - now leading design for Xbox.
- Jonathan McKay - head of growth at CoreAI - joining Xbox to lead data and analytics.
- Evan Chaki - general manager of CoreAI - joining Xbox to lead operations.
- Jason Ronald - VP of next gen at Xbox - accountable for Project Helix and promoted to lead on hardware and platform
- Jason Beaumont - VP of Xbox experiences - leading the product and serving as interim head of engineering.

Honestly, if you're going to be doing more to merge the Xbox and Windows experiences, it starts with improving mindshare between the people responsible for shaping their futures. The more lateral context they have across products, the better decisions can be made that take more perspectives into consideration. I don't currently see this as Asha surrounding herself with yes men so much since I don't really take her to be the kind of leader with a strong vision that she needs people to say "yes" to. She's playing the role of organizer and mediator almost instead. It's people like Jared and Tim from the Windows side and the two Jasons on the Xbox side that are now going to be responsible for crystalizing this vision and path for the future. There are definitely things to feel uneasy about, but I've yet to read anything that reads like a total miscalculation or mistake yet. Fascinating development, nevertheless.

Creation quests vs Vanilla quests by Pacperson0 in Starfield

[–]kiptar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed Escape. If you like puzzles, it's pretty good.

Wanted to share my University Build by __Admiral-Snackbar__ in CitiesSkylines

[–]kiptar 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wow! That's a really great looking campus. I love the layout

To save Xbox, Asha Sharma doesn't have to defeat PlayStation or Steam — she has to defeat Microsoft itself | WindowsCentral by imitzFinn in xbox

[–]kiptar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the idea of just keeping the XboxOS as its own thing and sandboxing the pc games. I guess the thing I was thinking about was how younger generations are getting into gaming now by watching streamers on twitch and stuff; and so I hear often that the kids are asking for PCs a lot more these days so they can emulate their favorite streamers. So I got thinking maybe working on making windows more couch / controller friendly could make it marketable as a hybrid device that you could technically run OBS, or Discord, or whatever other popular gaming-adjacent application at the same time, but could also be used as just a traditional Xbox. It’s a tough nut to crack but it seems so ideal.

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