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@axelhander what is your basis for saying the union is garbage? How much experience do you have dealing with them as a non member talent, member, casting director, agent, or production company?

@Edu23XWiiU As a SAG-AFTRA member myself, as well as a former casting director, and therefore someone who has dealt with them from multiple angles, i can tell you the union is not perfect but they are absolutely doing the right thing here.

The union (as all unions) exists to protect the interests of all its members. If it lets this kind of AI nonsense slide, it will set a precedent that leaves thousands of actors (the VAST majority of whom are NOT wealthy, including myself, and many of whom are straight up poor) vulnerable to the theft and free reign, largely uncompensated and non-negotiable use of our likenesses and performances, which are literally the way we make our living. And of course are integral to our identities as human beings.

If the companies trying to capitalize on this kind of AI use have their way, and I work on one of their projects, they may be able to make my face and voice do whatever they want, without me having any control or additional compensation. If that doesn't sound insanely sinister and terrifying to you, even if you are not an actor or model, I don't know what else to tell you. What could they make my face and voice do with impunity? What is AI Darth Vader already doing?

You could say, "well then don't work on those projects." But: (1) a major point here is that the production company changed the terms of the agreement after it was already signed. I actually have already appeared on a couple of Disney subsidiary projects, so theoretically the union losing this fight could put me in this very dangerous situation, despite me having done these projects on agreements that had no word about AI.

And (2), the vast majority of union actors book only a small handful of projects per year, so it's not like we have a realistic option to decline a project, especially a major one like with Disney.

If SAG AFTRA wins this fight, though, then that's a huge step towards protecting our rights as talent and honestly as human beings. It may help set a precedent that further protects people (not just pro talent) from the unauthorized use of their likenesses for all sorts of nasty stuff.

In addition, whenever a union member (or someone acting on their behalf) tries to take money in a way that violates SAG agreements or policies, this undermines the protections the union offers us, and is essentially scab behavior that harms the union, its members (again, most of whom are poor), and the talent industry at large.

Whenever a non gaming entity makes waves in the gaming space, the tendency among the gaming community is to speak on it with much more authority than their understanding of the situation should afford. Please try to be conscious of this.

Fortnite is one of the worst things that has happened to gaming culture

Now it is perfect

I've never been interested in this game but I've half a mind to just buy this to reward these folks for doing the right thing here

Would it have been that much more expensive to at least load SOME assets and stuff onto the card so there doesn't have to be so much data stored on the sd? Idk how this stuff works but it just feels like there should have been SOME kind of compromise

I will be his friend.

@MK73DS Might just be a matter of Nintendo having much more powerful legal resources and taking the lead on this as a result

On one hand, hoping the leaker doesn't get caught because they will absolutely receive a massive punishment way disproportionate to the harm they've caused society. Whoever it is doesn't deserve to be destitute or in jail and those are real possibilities. (EDIT i forgot the leak of employee personal info. Nvm screw this leaker, they do deserve heavy punishment.)

OTOH, leaking Nintendo secrets is one of the riskiest things you can do without the aid of a deadly weapon, so it's hard for me to be very empathetic the way it's tough for me to feel bad about illegal street racers wrecking their cars. Also, this stuff isn't just harming corporate profits--there are hundreds of real artists working on these projects, and for any of their work in progress not intended for public consumption to be leaked is a huge downer. Artists spend a lot of time on ideas that don't work to arrive at ideas that do, and if they're worried about the public finding out about the former, they may he a lot less likely to take big risks during their process. Especially interesting here as people constantly criticize Game Freak for playing it safe with their new games.

Whatever writer was responsible for that Typhlosion craziness probably had zero intention of that version of things ever seeing the light of day outside of internal meetings, or even their own computer. Perhaps they were just trying to experiment with the wildest ideas possible, just to see what they can come up with on the way to something more ready for the public.

Now if only someone would do this with real estate developers in the US

The Switch was constantly criticized for being very underpowered, even taking into account its focus on portability. It seems Nintendo is taking those criticisms into account while beefing up the specs. The cost of the system is not really shocking with that in account.

$80 games is a bit of a bridge too far. Even if it's economically justifiable from the manufacturing end, on my end as a consumer, especially as the American economy tanks, I just won't be able to afford many games at all.

And, the game key cards are truly reprehensible and indefensible.

And analog triggers would have been nice.

@Baker1000 apparently it does though

@nocdaes i mean by definition a lot of us don't.

Lack of analog L/R is a bummer.

@MTMike87 my thoughts exactly

I understand it's fun to complain about some of the slop this service dishes out but these are major, very high quality games. A bit niche to be sure but I'm very impressed that they chose to bring these to the service.

@IceClimbersMain ooh which one is that? That's hilarious

@Vyacheslav333 idk how profitable hunters was but i feel like it's possible publishers plan on their f2p trash being disposable. Get in, get ppl to spend exorbitant amounts of cash on cosmetics that don't cost ***** to develop, then shut the servers down and get out. Idk maybe I'm wrong

You know what i just realized? Pictochat will never die as long as functional DSes exist. Because it's not an online service. We can keep the spirit alive

@UltimateOtaku91 this is all baseless speculation

But does it gallop

Japan's edges out NA, i don't like that NA's circle touches the bottom of the box and the background of the Japan one works a bit better

Why the hell does Netflix own game studios anyway?

Everything is terrible

Why would you hope it's not cross gen? The more the merrier, not everyone will be able to pick up a switch 2 at launch. It turned out fine for BOTW.

Also, i don't think the graphical style of Mario Kart is one that benefits from visual fidelity significantly greater than what we see here.

So, seven. They have seven games

I would find this plausible except it's the US government saying it so it seems all but guaranteed to be complete bs.

Notch is a trash bag. Relegating mention of that to a single note at the end of the article about "controversial comments" is kind of irresponsible reporting imo.

It is a ruff in which the tiny body is housed

Sigh. So the Secret Level episode, like all of them, was just a glorified trailer.

Man that show was a disappointment

These look like they're intended to be squeezed directly into mouth

@dustinprewitt they probably will eventually

I loved the spider boss. The real issue with this game was the ammo system. I can't think of an actually compelling reason to incorporate it aside from adding more upgrades in the form of capacity increases. It just felt limiting.

The New Tetris plz

@Gerald sadly not this one, the other yakuza games have lots of sega arcade games within. The only playable things at the arcade are the UFO catcher and photo booth.

The other minigames are great though, the bowling, billiards, and darts are all pretty deep and fun

I'm playing it for the first time and I'm getting the feeling the reviewer missed the point. It's all a very unique and bizarre package, the soap operatic crime drama stuff being told in long cut scenes and separated by completely cartoonish superhuman fight scenes and clearly intentionally aggravating fetch quests (finding the pocket tissues when you're looking for a mourning band is kind of a hilarious f* you to the player) and bizarre side quests amd minigames are all part of the deal.

It's a weird game, and the frustrating elements aren't accidental, for better or for worse.

I do like the difficulty spikes as well. Fights with random goons are not difficult at all, so the strategic depth of the combat really comes out in the more difficult sequences, especially at high difficulty.

@BongoBongo or the marketing team.

@N8tiveT3ch tbf ubisoft has conditioned all of us to expect major sales within like minutes after release.

@VHSGREMLIN i do, i just wasn't sure if others seeing this convo who haven't used the service were aware that the games are rendered in HD.

It's mostly nice but it does make for a bit of disjointedness when the sharp polygons are contrasted against the decidedly not-HD textures

@Serpenterror it's not put "behind" the password and it isn't on the rom, it's a custom level they're sharing with us via the custom track editor's password share system

@VHSGREMLIN technically these ports are in HD.

@coolioam hopefully they'll at least fix jet force gemini's widescreen

This game is truly incredible. The gameplay variety is insane. It contains a whole high quality fps. It's massive.

I'm so hyped

@SoIDecidedTo and yet companies like Microsoft do it anyway, although in a manner similar to the japanese (being given no work, to languish and be discouraged from staying, rather than actively tortured, so to speak)

They do that "pressure room" stuff in American tech too. I know Microsoft is notorious for it

Counting different console releases of the same game shouldn't count

@Arawn93 what's the "good reason"?

@Anti-Matter i hate just dance so much. It hardly qualifies as a game, one can get basically the same experience by following along videos of the gameplay because the controls are basically pretend. I miss dance central, which actually required skill. And i wish home versions of pad games would come back.

I also just hate the aesthetic, the white face style is so creepy and obnoxious.

The content is great but holy crap how about those detailed patch notes. How un-nintendo

@Anti-Matter i don't think that's the case, it's more like, the sellers have to be transparent about the fact that they can revoke the license whenever.

@JHDK what a wild thing to say as a registered user of a nintendo fansite