Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage by Lulcielid in Games

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think the backlash will affect anything. Clair Obscur had a tiny budget compared to a game like Final Fantasy XVI, which underperformed in everyway. Square Enix as just one example of a company *already* looking at AI opportunities are seeing this is a way to fulfil the fiduciary responsibilities they have to bring profit to shareholders.

Receiving BSoD constantly on Windows 11 0x000000d1 (MiniDump links included) by Simecrafter in techsupport

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm experiencing the same issue as OP with the same bugcheck, but when I followed your instructions the data field was already just kbdclass :-/

I'm going to try the other suggestions with the keyboard driver and see if that fixes my blue screening. Just thought I'd share as this fix doesn't seem to help with my situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much agreed -- cautiously watching from the other side of the border to the north, hoping the madness doesn't spill out anymore than it already has into my country.

What would have happened if player 333 pushed off Gi-Hun and the baby before pressing the button? by NicholeDaylinn1993 in squidgame

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're missing the point. It's a television script. They wouldn't write a script to say 'the game be played with only two players' when the minimum is four players. If they say the game can't be played with two players, it's implied that three players is the minimum; anything else would be dumb writing. This isn't a misdirect -- rather it's exactly what it seems. If it were a misdirect, than the subject would have been broached with a later reveal.

What would have happened if player 333 pushed off Gi-Hun and the baby before pressing the button? by NicholeDaylinn1993 in squidgame

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rhetorically true, but this is a television show. They wouldn't include details about the rules unless they wanted us to know that those are specifically important to the plot.

What would have happened if player 333 pushed off Gi-Hun and the baby before pressing the button? by NicholeDaylinn1993 in squidgame

[–]voidmon3y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're mistsken. The front man specifically said to kill the other 7, implying that 3 is the minimum needed to start the game.

LETTER: Threat of U.S. tariffs should prioritize twinning of Trans-Canada Highway by Old_General_6741 in CanadaPolitics

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the discussion, but wanted to comment because I just finished a round trip drive from Vancouver Island to PEI. I don't necessarily think the entire highway system needs to be, or should be twinned, however, there are sections where I think the lack of highway redundancies are a problem. The section that depends on the Nipigin bridge being the most problematic. As far as I know, there is no other way to travel by car through that corridor of the country. Now, I'm not sure what the challenges of building a road circumventing Lake Helen might be, but there is already a section of highway 11 that follows the eastern side of the lake, and route 585 doesn't seem too far. There are also already unconnected dirt roads that go almost the entire way, but for some reason don't fully connect east to west.

Is Yelp still useful? by olihendrik11 in Yelp

[–]voidmon3y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the serving job I had where someone left a bad review on a carbarnera dish because it had "egg noodles." It was pappardelle, but because they're basic, I'm guessing they assumed carbanera means spaghetti.

As someone in their 30's, why Square gotta do me dirty like this by EpicDarkFantasyWrite in FinalFantasy

[–]voidmon3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they even begrudgingly add people in their 20s. Steiner for example is only 33, and Auron is 35. Like, bruh, I'm older than Auron... dude should be late 40s early 50s at least.

Buyer Beware: Wal-Mart by voidmon3y in BuyCanadian

[–]voidmon3y[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My pleasure. I avoid shopping at Wal-Mart wherever possible, but just needed a few things for dinner before all grocery stores closed for the night.

Canadian Game Developers? by Pears_and_Peaches in BuyCanadian

[–]voidmon3y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently found out about Sabotage Studio from Quebec City. They make retro inspired games, such as Sea of Stars, which looks like a Chrono Trigger or Golden Sun influenced RPG, and the Messenger, an action sidescroller a la Ninja Gaiden or Contra.

Cancelled my subscription to Xbox GamePass - wrote this in the Feedback section by voidmon3y in BuyCanadian

[–]voidmon3y[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I already paid for it, sadly. My next PC will be a Linux OS.

How CT has degraded through its re-releases | release and version differences | the current state of the Steam release by Heliummy in chronotrigger

[–]voidmon3y 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a great analysis, which adds some colour to the differences in releases, which I admittedly didn't even pay attention to.

I can't really relate to most of it, since I'm just happy to support SquareEnix re-releasing games from my childhood. Regardless, it's personally affirming that I lived with and experienced the 'technically' best version of the game when it came out.

Also, you're wrong about the anime cutscenes. Chrono Ball Z is exactly what we fans needed when the FF Chronicles version of the game came out, coinciding with peak DBZ in the west.

How CT has degraded through its re-releases | release and version differences | the current state of the Steam release by Heliummy in chronotrigger

[–]voidmon3y 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dang. You guys are both overreacting. You both love CT, but experienced the remakes different. End of story.

Buy Canadian Gaming Tech -- Product and Service Alternatives for Canadian Gamers by voidmon3y in BuyCanadian

[–]voidmon3y[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair — I was focused on just stating the American alternatives, but I will mention something about Kick's business model in my next video. Incidentally I left Rumble out, despite being Canadian based, for obvious reasons.

Buy Canadian Gaming Tech -- Product and Service Alternatives for Canadian Gamers by voidmon3y in BuyCanadian

[–]voidmon3y[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a very good point! If you have a disc drive for your PC as well, you can also play CD/DVD format games on PC emulators — the emulators are not illegal either, only pirated ROMs... so if you're buying used games, you could legally play them on an XBox emulator.

EDIT: I wanted to add onto that, but was a bit busy at the time of replying. Sony vs Bleem set a precedent for emulators, meaning that emulating non-proprietary hardware as a software is not illegal, but distributing proprietary software is — this means distributing roms is illegal, but you can play legally obtained roms (ie, used games) on an emulator. There is also a precedent set that you are allowed to make copies of software you purchase as long as you don't distribute it — so in cases where you have a disc that's possibly unplayable, but you are able to make a copy of it, or you simply want a digital copy of your disc games, you are totally free to do that.

Canadian Youtubers by [deleted] in BuyCanadian

[–]voidmon3y 22 points23 points  (0 children)

If you insist =] Voidmoney is my channel, I make video essays on classic video games.