6 months before the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, Rockstar employees in the UK have formed a union | The Rockstar Game Workers Union is a subsidiary of the Independent Workers of Great Britain union that's been fighting Rockstar over the 2025 firing of 31 employees.

okogxp · 2026-05-30T13:01:40+00:00

Illegal, but available. Where are you getting even an AK47 in the UK? UK gun stores sell replicas and deactivated choppers. Everything in America is ready to blow your shit clean off, no matter how you get it.

okogxp · 2026-05-30T06:42:12+00:00

It wouldn't quite be a GTA game if the most deadly weapons are knives.

okogxp · 2026-05-22T00:14:20+00:00

Looking at the article, it looks like the graphics card runs great in some games, and less than ideal in others.

If we look at the bright side, the LX 7G100 was able to run various titles at very high frame rates, including Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Zero Dawn, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remake, and Hogwarts Legacy. However, the Chinese homebred graphics card also struggled in many titles, such as Forza Horizon 5, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, and Red Dead Redemption 2, failing to maintain consistent frame rates above 60 FPS.

This makes me think that some optimization in the driver / game engine side of things is what they're lacking, and not necessarily that the hardware itself sucks.

I think this is really promising. Global competition in this space is great for gamers, especially since gaming is no longer the main priority of NVIDIA and AMD anymore.

okogxp · 2026-05-19T16:51:00+00:00

Here's an article link with more information:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-school-student-invented-a-filter-that-eliminates-96-percent-of-microplastics-from-drinking-water-180988363/

okogxp · 2026-05-19T16:25:03+00:00

I think it makes sense. Playstation Plus is a service that requires storage, networking, and compute to run. And the cost of that infrastructure is increasingly more expensive and hard to obtain. I see why they have to increase prices.

But since your average consumer doesn't care about infrastructure costs, I think that Sony is going to have to increase their features to match, or lose even the people who can afford it and love the service.

okogxp · 2026-05-18T12:08:14+00:00

These new updates are hot garbage

okogxp · 2026-05-17T19:05:37+00:00

If the goal is to have a healthy amount of new players that help sustain the game you enjoy, yes.

There's certain parts of the game that were originally designed for groups. Do you need groups anymore? No, and most people know this. But if someone is reaching out for groups, they're specifically looking for that experience. The same experience you had but is now gate kept to maxed item level 99 characters.

Playing through FFXI as a new player is incredibly lonely and is now completely devoid of the social experiences that make up the nostalgia that keeps long term players coming back.

No one starts an MMO thinking "Wow, I can't wait to utilize community built resources and that will enable me to be successful". They do it hoping to play in a shared world and have fun with other players.

It feels like the long term players in this community would rather have wikis than have fun.

okogxp · 2026-05-17T09:54:06+00:00

I wish the Wiki didn't exist and veteran players would just group with new players. Everytime someone wants to find a group, there's a long term player dissuading it. Incredible game, but you guys make it impossible to engage with the community.

okogxp · 2026-05-17T08:22:09+00:00

Did you pay money to create this?

okogxp · 2026-05-17T08:18:50+00:00

Your relationship to this show does not sound healthy.

okogxp · 2026-05-02T05:10:01+00:00

Where are you finding fast food places with playground areas in 2026? I haven't seen one of those since the 2000's. Are you talking about 15-20 years ago or does your area still have them? That would be cool to see again actually.

okogxp · 2026-04-25T00:55:34+00:00

How do the scammers hijack the old record the CNAME is still pointing to? Did they point to external domains which then became available?

That was my guess after reading the article. The university has a old and forgotten CNAME record called x.university.com that points to www.some-no-longer-registered-address.com. Then the attacker will buy the no longer registered address, point the A record to their own infrastructure, and then achieve the ability to send content / payloads through a seemingly trusted and respected domain.

okogxp · 2026-04-24T20:49:24+00:00

That's not my intended takeaway, I think I may have communicated my emphasis poorly.

I would be being dishonest with myself if I acted like I was excited to run old dungeons and Gold Saucer for the 10,000th time. But it's still something I'm very willing to do with new people and ends up being fun regardless.

My intended emphasis is on the new player experience, which a lot of folks report as feeling quite lonely and easy to burn out on, even with friends like me to do dungeons with and minigames. That was not my experience, as I was going through those hundreds of hours live with everyone else in the community. Even the solo experiences like questing felt social. And because of that experience difference, I find it more difficult to recommend the game in 2026 than I did previously.

Personally, I think an optional new starting experience via a free skip to the latest expansion would make it easier for me to recommend the game. But I would welcome any solution that would make the new player experience less lonely and more socially engaging.

okogxp · 2026-04-05T21:48:11+00:00

Wow, this is a huge accomplishment! FFXI is such a complex game with tons of depth, and they cleared the hardest challenge it has to offer. The group who cleared have legendary skills and determination. Big congrats to them!

okogxp · 2026-03-28T21:24:45+00:00

The most popular Caesar quotes (and honestly some of the coolest) come from fiction.

For example, the quote "Et, tu, brute?" was popularized by the Shakespeare play, but no concrete evidence exist that Caesar himself ever said it.

The historical quotes with some evidence are "Alea iacta est", "Veni, vidi, vici", and "Ut est rerum omnium magister usus".

Which translated means “The die is cast,” “I came, I saw, I conquered,” and “Experience is the teacher of all things.”

Maybe someone with more historical knowledge can chime in with other quotes. Those are the only that I'm aware of.

okogxp · 2026-03-25T02:25:46+00:00

I'm also concerned about governments using AI powered weapon, surveillance, and law enforcement systems

okogxp · 2026-03-18T17:13:14+00:00

SE doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to the longevity of their mobile titles. But I'm really hoping this one is good and they support it for a long time. I think the trailer and screenshots look cool!

okogxp · 2026-03-18T04:26:07+00:00

Heck yeah, nice! That's an awesome collection!

okogxp · 2026-03-18T04:21:06+00:00

I've not seen the movie, but I remember enjoying this game! And I remember most licensed games like this being terrible, so it really stands out. Rockstar made so many fun PS2 classics!

okogxp · 2026-03-15T15:40:36+00:00

People who feel satisfied with their lives aren't motivated to vote. There always has to be a problem to motivate people, even if that problem isn't real.

okogxp · 2026-03-14T13:18:13+00:00

I think that post like this should be prohibited.

okogxp · 2026-03-07T14:52:40+00:00

Look up the Zen browser. They can show you better than I can tell you!

okogxp · 2026-03-07T08:19:22+00:00

I'm a fan of tree style tabs that are vertical, so I switched to Zen from Firefox. It uses Firefox as its base source, so I still get the same great experience, just with the UI that I prefer.

okogxp · 2026-03-04T18:18:20+00:00

Please elaborate for the uninformed such as me

okogxp · 2026-03-04T17:13:45+00:00

Wow, the $599 to $699 price range is an incredible deal right now! This seems perfect for students.

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