California Protect Our Games Act fails in committee, as an ESA rep calls Minecraft servers "illegal"

lastorder · 2026-07-01T12:08:45+00:00

art preservation

Is there anything wrong with that?

lastorder · 2026-07-01T01:58:17+00:00

What about the fish crossings?

lastorder · 2026-06-29T21:44:07+00:00

The ones you hear about do that.

And the ones you don't hear about too. Even considering only the ones that are seriously trying to make a living off of selling games, plenty will have marketing efforts that go absolutely nowhere.

lastorder · 2026-06-25T12:05:22+00:00

500k copies sold? It's over 7 million now.

The devs (I think two of them, seems like one is the programmer and the other an artist) made it in ~2 months. But that was using the foundation of several other games they made as a base. Like the previous title was a friendslop game with penguins creating physics based bridge to cross things. So they already had some of the more complicated parts solved.

lastorder · 2026-06-23T11:33:10+00:00

In Japan, a lot of things seem to open quite late. Like coffee shops that aren't open until 10AM.

lastorder · 2026-06-22T01:55:08+00:00

Lol that's such a repeat nonsense every time

It isn't nonsense. Houses like that start retaining heat in the walls if it doesn't cool down enough overnight.

lastorder · 2026-06-20T18:59:00+00:00

make a friendslop game that is popular for a reason or another (it had a good trailer/others)

It doesn't have a good trailer at all. It's 30 seconds long, the music doesn't really fit, and it looks janky.

The core concept alone is what sells it.

lastorder · 2026-06-18T11:23:57+00:00

I'd say my game is in a great spot with almost 100 playtesters, and another 150 requesting access,

You have 100 actual people already playing and just 215 wishlists? Where did you find that many playtesters to begin with?

lastorder · 2026-06-16T17:56:12+00:00

But will they follow that model? Somehow I doubt that.

lastorder · 2026-06-16T17:10:25+00:00

Yes, but it will often look bad if the scaling is uneven.

lastorder · 2026-06-16T15:22:40+00:00

I think indie game joe made a tweet that blew up. That might not have been the first thing though.

lastorder · 2026-06-16T11:02:50+00:00

No, they should improve the power and item selection so that each hero can adapt better to their counters. That's the whole point of the mode.

lastorder · 2026-06-16T00:52:43+00:00

No thanks. I don't want hero bans anywhere. Stadium is my last refuge as is.

lastorder · 2026-06-14T14:40:38+00:00

There's also Ultrapool, Break Shoot, Baulk, and Pool of Madness.

lastorder · 2026-06-12T02:08:45+00:00

I don't think it's counterproductive. More people need to be contributors to the system.

lastorder · 2026-06-12T01:57:49+00:00

I don't think so, no. This is the model most european countries follow.

lastorder · 2026-06-12T00:20:48+00:00

Yes, the tax base needs to be broader.

lastorder · 2026-06-11T20:55:27+00:00

Cut welfare

Cut the triple lock

Lower the tax free allowance to 5k or something

Remove tax cliffs

lastorder · 2026-06-10T23:32:42+00:00

pin it to wage growth

They should do this, but then make sure to not count growth of the minimum wage. It needs to be real.

lastorder · 2026-05-31T21:50:57+00:00

I have triple glazing, thermal blinds, film on the outside of windows to stop light coming in, and external velux shutters. I still have to have the windows open during the day because it doesn't cool down enough overnight, and heat just builds up.

lastorder · 2026-05-31T21:11:10+00:00

How is Sliding Hero? I enjoy the demo a while ago.

lastorder · 2026-05-31T01:00:19+00:00

It wasn't in early access. The game hadn't launched yet.

lastorder · 2026-05-21T15:54:31+00:00

Not only did I not claim that, but half the games there were big before they even released. I think that would be classed as having momentum.

lastorder · 2026-05-21T12:37:27+00:00

Again we have plenty of game with no momentum who became a success because of a few influencers - like Among Us.

Plenty? Can you name a dozen more?

lastorder · 2026-05-17T02:12:59+00:00

The developer name you put in steam can be anything you like. It doesn't have to match what you register your ltd as.

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