I think context makes a difference on whether a call is welcome or not, appropriate or not.

If the email asks me to write out a bunch of info I know off the top of my head, just call me. Don’t make me write out something that I can just tell you much faster.

If you’re asking something that kicks off a conversation going back and forth like if you need help walking through something, sending emails back and forth is annoying and dumb. Knocking it out in one call is faster and easier than exchanging 15 emails.

On the other hand, if you don’t need an answer right away, if you need documents or images or if you need to communicate about something that requires a record of the communication, email is better.

I have been annoyed equally by getting calls and emails when people use them for things when they aren’t ideal.

Got it right after launch. It is fantastic. Puzzles are fun, characters and plot are entertaining, and it’s just frickin adorable. It’s really short- I’m hoping because the dev team is releasing additional cases later, but right now you just solve one case. I finished it in an evening taking it slowly. I don’t regret paying full price, but I definitely want more. Would recommend for sure.

The story in Horizon Forbidden West is pretty good too. There’s a whole bit in the dlc about Ted Faro that I did not see coming, but it makes me think a lot of the tech bros running things today.

Yeah, but the non-tech savvy business leaders see they can generate code with AI and think ‘why do I need a developer if I have this AI?’ and have no idea whether the code it produces is right or not. This stat should be shared broadly so leaders don’t overestimate the capability and fire people they will desperately need.

Plus they are bleeding money from all the acquisitions and haven’t seen the return they expected in game pass subs. The cost cutting isn’t done and it would be very surprising for them to try to dump more money into new storefronts when they are still trying to make their own business model profitable (to their expectations).

What I don’t get is that most of these acquisitions are reviewed by a govt body somewhere. And every single company trying to buy or sell another always says it will support growth of the business, but that is literally never true. There are always layoffs; sometimes right away and sometimes 6 or 12 months later, but they always happen. How companies get away with claiming the sale will create jobs and people are surprised when they turn around and do layoffs is totally beyond me.

He works for a marketing and web design firm. So the guy who designed their graphics is gone and they are using AI tools. Imagine paying for a firm to build you web and marketing materials only to have someone just use an AI.

Why bother paying the marketing firm at all?

The nice thing about products that improve accessibility is that they often make experiences better for everyone just by having more thought put into the design and use.

I don’t have any condition that would require me to need this controller but I’d love to try it out.

I don’t get why companies pull such shady crap to get behavior data. 99% of it is useless and never even is used to make improvements to products or processes.

Some interesting info in this article. If game pass hasn’t really paid off (in maintaining growth of new or recurring users), this may be an indication that they will make some changes to it.

WHEN LAWYERS WRITE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IT MEANS WHATEVER THEY ARE SAYING IS SUPER DUPER LEGAL AND NO ONE CAN EVER QUESTION IT.

Why couldn’t journals require authors to disclose use of any AI tool along with specific prompts used? It shouldn’t be too hard to manage that.

Whenever I think of the good old days of the internet (like 2000-2009) I think of using stumbleupon and finding the best and most random stuff.

Oolong, steeped in my tea mug that has a lid on it. Usually with some local honey. Mmmm

And you know what games were released via shareware? Doom. Quake. Great games that made you want to save up to get the full version. But even if you couldn’t do that you still got a solid playing experience with the free version.

I feel like those of us who grew up in the 90s got to see a young utopia internet. I kind of wish we could hit the reset button and go back to those days.

I had that game! It was so weird! Cool concept but I never had any idea what I was doing. The DNA sequence minigame (?) was neat but it was never clear how you get any specific results. I wonder if there’s just an RNG behind it and none of your actions really mattered.

I got to the gold man level (which I guess is the pique of evolution and the end stage) and the game didn’t really end. I just was able to walk around slapping animals and taking almost no damage.

I picked it up again used and threw it in my dreamcast and couldn’t get through it. I found it tedious and kind if dull. Would be interested in seeing a remake though- I bet modern engines could do a solid job with some of the ideas in it.

If studios want to commit to this games as a service model they need to really tighten up their language Don’t “sell” games, since they can’t be owned by customers. Don’t promote replayability if you have no plans to make the game available indefinitely. Sell it like an experience, like going to a theme park or getting a massage, and be crystal clear about how much usage the license purchased will get players, support window, updates and patches included etc.

Studios keep wanting things both ways by saying they want to sell games but then don’t let customers use them how they want after purchase, and pull the rug out as if customer should have expected it.

This is a good April fools joke. Definitely seemed believable, right up to the woman in the driver’s seat wearing it.

Sort of. They were epic exclusives for about 3 years and only got released on steam as they were starting to publicize AW2.

If they want ongoing engagement they should move on from Epic exclusives. I really enjoyed Control but I never think to go back to it because I rarely open up EGS.