As I said, I see where you are coming from and you do have a point.

I am just trying to explain the reasoning behind the opposing arguement. It’s not just being old school for the sake of being old school.

The forums of old weren’t not just a few hundred users. Some of the bigger ones had DAUs in the tens of thousands.

I agree with you that all mainstream platforms (FB, Twitter, Reddit - this just the ones I have experience with) work like that.

Believe it or not, but there still exist modern forums with large user bases (stable or growing), so it’s not like it’s an archaic model.

It’s fair to criticise Lemmy for using this approach. I genuinely see where you are coming from. But if we approach Lemmy as an evolution of old style forums, then the “hide” approach makes more sense.

With admins, mods (not relevant for default UI?) actively dealing with mass downvotes, stalker-like behaviour and so on.

Part of the adoption of the dual-side block method is because large corps want automation and don’t really care about quality (all about engagement).

Not much of an example these days, but pre-mainstream social media (forums, chat) block was always hide on your end.

To be honest I never blocked back in the old days (the mods would take care of outright spam and users being disruptive).

For me, the new method seems counterproductive. Hiding your post/messages that can still be accessed via another container and/or account just seems strange to me.

I liked Blue Shift the most, I just wish it was longer.

This seems a bit better than most [retail store type] simulator releases that look like cash grab asset flips (and are often quickly abandoned).

I would actually say OP should remove the [satire] tag. Good satire is when it’s difficult to figure out whether you are making fun of the topic or agreeing with it.

Adding a [satire] kills the whole comedy vibe.

There are also two adventure Dune games. One from the early 90s (before any of the RTS games were released) and another one from the early 2000s.

There is a Tom Cruise mummy movie?

The first two mummy movies are OK. I saw them in the cinema as a kid. Not all that great movies, but entertaining. The Scorpion King spinoff was fine too. 3rd mummy was not very entertaining.

An AI upscaled version of the intro teaser of the second release of Simcity 3000; Simcity 3000 Unlimited (US), World (UK).

Based on the source TGQ video files from the GOG release of Simcity 3000 Unlimited.

That would be cool!

The speculation in the article that eventually Unity will be bought by some private equity type criminal group that will destroy the solution seems very realistic.

Congrats on day 300!

Honestly this sounds like a guerilla marketing campaign of sorts.

Feel free to share at !adventuregames@lemm.ee.

Subscribers will appreciate it.

Feint of heart

Btw, Smart appears in the MOP comments.

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I agree. I love the style. But that being said, I have some younger family members (in their 20s) who are into gaming and they think this is some old school stuff that’s unappealing (they like modern RPGs).

I really got to try Daggerfall, some of the mods radically improve the coherence and depth of the open world.

For some reason, I really like the graphical style (probably nostalgia).

This is an excellent point. An organisation the size of Sony is simply incapable of not attempting a live service hit as long as they have the resources to do so.

A smaller player can pursue a strategy where they gain profits from their (somewhat specialized) segement of the market. Sony lacks that flexibility due to their size.

Some indie games and AAA games from 10 years ago should be fine.

That being said, SSD costs are low enough these days that you should be able to play off an SSD.