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@malcire I assumed the estrangement happened after the violence.

@icomma I agree our society is getting much better. Whether the effect of cancel culture as a mob-led response to remove a person's livelihood (and that of their children) should be seen as a better response than going through their normal court process where both sides have lawyers, and a judge mediates is one of the things I may have a different opinion on than a lot of social media.

He needs to face the legal consequences for what he's done, given all the evidence and extenuating circumstances (which of course doesn't mean excuses for his violence, but may mean excuses for having a meltdown). If there's a term in his contract as well, then so be it. But as not his lawyer or his friend, or someone who really knows any details, it's really not my business.

The fact that the judge says "words to the effect" means he didn't say those words. And still some people are mentioning he should have been tried for attempted murder. That isn't how the law works. Thank goodness.

@GannonBanned I did, but I'm sure we were on the same side. Liberal Christian Gamenerds.

@GannonBanned Hey, I thought we were frenonthesamepagemys? I totally get where you're coming from.

@GannonBanned Posts 6 and 11.

@GannonBanned Re kinky stuff, I think the point is that there is such a thing as consensual choking. Not hugely relevant to this story.

The headline is wrong. There is no such thing as being close to being sacked.

And now people are debating the ins and outs of a case they know nothing about. It’s awful but the guy’s entitled to a defence. We don’t know if he had a psychotic break and it doesn’t matter, as it’s none of our business.

Quoting the Mail, though, come on.

@Spider-Kev I think it is up to the company, but agree it is none of our business and is barely related to Nintendo.

Not news.

I don’t think it’s surprising in the least. Apple use to have the same terms with private iOS betas. And both companies are very controlling of their public image. Of course it didn’t make a difference with Apple and it won’t make a difference here.

Said it before but bears repeating, on my 100Mbps connection:
1) Stadia looks and plays great, but really hard to justify the cost of subscription compared to xbox gamepass.
2) xcloud doesn't always look that good (especially when compared to native XSX) but makes a good option to try games before downloading them.
3) Never seen a Switch cloud game that excited me at all. Loses the whole point of portability, and none of the games have the kind of infrastructure behind them that Microsoft of Google can offer.

There will be a bigger future for Cloud, no doubt, and I don't think Stadia will fold anytime soon, but it's not a portable option.

There is a demo available (one of the first games I played), but yes it's awesome. Even the labo 3d mode is kind of cool!

And much more content than appears at first glance. Big recommend.

@Tchunga That quote is not a quote. He didn't say "playing the game is" he said "it's" clearly referring to bad controls and puzzles that were not fun because of an artificial time constraint. I've not played the game as a friend of mine who's a much bigger gamer than I am, made essentially all the same criticisms.

@kkslider5552000 I believe that was wry humour?

@UltimateOtaku91 It's that you could have a skin with the number 56789 written down the leg. And people would want to buy that skin off you because you're so good at fornite. But of course they wouldn't because that's silly.

@icomma Don't worry, I know what NFTs are and how stupid they are, but that is how they were being marketted by games companies. Basically DLC tradeable on the blockchain.

@icomma That's basically the idea. But it would be a skin with something unique about it like a serial number or a bar code. Very silly.

@IGN_Commenter Please explain why this can't be done already without the carbon cost?

'People who "play to have fun" currently make up the majority of players.'

I mean, I don't know what to say to that.

Microtransactions are not the end of the world. You can play Fortnite for free, not spend a penny, and benefit from all the people who did, without it affecting your gameplay or chance of winning.

They way they're done in FIFA on the other hand is a scourge.

@SwissCheese of course it’s not necessary. They could just pay people with in game currency which would also have negligible cost to them. But why buy an in game skin, when you could buy an in game skin with a unique serial number that no one else has? /s

@Spiders but not new baseball cards. From what I remember that was a 90s bubble. And I was well into baseball cards in the 90s. Once people started collecting to invest their collections became worthless.

NFT value is a bubble. People are buying because they want to be able to sell. It’s not like real art (sorry) where someone might want to boast they own a Monet, or expect its value as a one of a kind masterpiece will rise. It’s stupid pictures of stupid monkeys. You only have to read Twitter for 5 mins to see the goofballs who can clearly not afford to waste £10000 on a jpeg talk about how they’re hiding it from their wife who ‘just wouldn’t understand’.

I feel like the point is being missed that a big corporation is asking people to contribute to the work that THEY own and instead of paying them with money, they are paying them with pretend items that cost (next to) nothing to disseminate.

The market for NFTs is like the market for commemorative plastic cups. When people start collecting them as ‘an investment’ they no longer have scarcity or value. Not that a digital item could ever really be scarce.

My wife would like to say, having never heard Zion before, the only issue was him being in a video with Alex who has the 'sexiest warmest voice on the internet'.

Humph.

@Deviant-Dork Hi Zion, could you try having a different voice?

I guess you get some credit that this isn't the typical "accusing a woman of having vocal fry" that used to go around.

It's always fun when (edit: some people on) both sides of the argument don't understand how law works.

Hint: if anyone thought I was pro-piracy, court-made injunctions are not a slippery slope to censorship. Both sides need some nuance here.

IP piracy is not stealing a Ferrari (nor is stealing a loaf of bread). And all codified law is human-made (not infallible).

On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with a process in the law that stops people from accessing illegal things, as futile as it may be.

@atryue But bread, yachts and intellectual property from now and 40 years ago are all EXACTLY THE SAME!

@StarPoint This argument is totally futile. The sides are entrenched. And he's come out with 'stealing bread is a crime'.

Finally someone on Javert's side.

LOCK UP THE BREAD THIEVES!

@sanderev if you’re not paying the developer why is it somehow better to pay the reseller on eBay?

@Xiovanni nah mate, Nintendo’s injunction does that. Combined with a vpn though, shows how useless it is. I’m sure most of us would not pirate switch games though.

Offering is not the same as selling. I’m guessing not many of these actually sell.

Jail time for price gouging on non-essential items!? How would that be to anyone’s benefit?

I’m unreasonably excited about this.

@nocdaes don’t know if you mean on Switch, but you can play Halo on cloud.

I try not to come out with strong opinions but cloud versions for switch need to stop.

If you want to play these games spend the £20 on a Stadia Pro. You will have a better experience and you will have a 4K chromecast which is very useful.

Anyone know if any changes were made to emulation? I don’t remember any real issues except the fog being weird in Zelda.

Good news, the DLC has just gone live in the UK and yes it works with the physical game.

I feel like 'definitive edition' is maybe a title that can't be applied until after release.

If they'd called it 'Grand Theft Auto 3: Still Getting There' there'd be a lot more goodwill.

October 22? If the world still even exists...

@UmbreonsPapa Well everything does eventually. It just means that someone in 400 years time doesn't have the right to earn royalties because their great grandfather once did something.

On the other hand I don't think this has anything to do with source code, which is essentially what this article is about, and which may well not exist anymore.

Came here to say the same, $10,000 is nothing for a task like this. Maybe from a youtuber, but if this was an employer I doubt you'd be earning minimum wage...

@johnvboy I am experiencing it vicariously, as I have no interior design skills. Wife LOVES it.

Good times! Good times…

In all honesty these are not a million miles off those bizarre tech articles you find when you google 'latest ios update'.

I'm guessing Human King Kong is just a hairy man?

@DumbElder my mistake I thought you had initially written something that you later wrote in another comment.

@burninmylight I try to do the same except where the ads are so resource hungry or intrusive that they actually ruin the viewing experience. NintendoLife’s are actually ok…

@Gwynbleidd well I’m fairly sure he edited his post but it’s not like I take screenshots (and I could be wrong).

Nothing is free, but this is free as in free beer and no one loses out by viewing ads or him getting money off affiliate links.

The point is does it cost you anything to use, and it doesn’t. Sites like Facebook do profit off your data. This site is a tool that the guy wanted to use for himself and obviously had ads to cover his time and server costs. And there’s three options to avoid personalised ads. So there’s absolutely nothing to point out to anyone happy that the site is free.

Anyway, the good thing about the obvious? You don’t have to state it.

And people think Animal Crossing was unfinished…

@DumbElder sounds like defamation but by all means, dig in. Thanks for not answering my questions. Buh bye.

Keith Harris!? (Yes, I know). Anyway this seems to be a recurring thing. Maybe Supergiant games could explain to the big firms how it’s done? Or charge for the knowledge by all means!

@DumbElder were you being factually pedantic for fun or did you think you were enlightening him to the realities of capitalism?

A lot of people reading your comment would think you were saying he was selling your information on game purchases / wish lists etc.