I was the other way around (kinda). I didn’t mind the combat, though it also wasn’t anything special. The story was alright, but the 3-way split ending and how they used to pick which you got was complete horseshit, and it completely ruined the experience.

Add to that, I found the 2 previous games to be very disappointing as well. I don’t understand how the first game wasn’t a complete flop.

So CDPR has screwed me out of 3 games. Well, they owe me and they’re blacklisted until that changes. Unless they send me a free copy of CP2077 out of the blue they won’t see another dime from me ever again

I didn’t notice anything in the first book, my ex-Mormon friend did; and I think it was more to do with the writing style.

In the third book, it got more pronounced. I only know broad strokes about Mormonism so it’s hard to put a finger on more than a couple of details. That being said, the two spirits merging together to destroy/remake the world plays into some Mormon beliefs and plays into their focus on being doomsday preppers. Plus, the whole pivot to the main character handing the book to Sazed at the end to spread its teachings was a huge nod to John Smith allegedly finding the Book of Mormon and starting the church.

Those things are what caused me to do a bit of digging on Sanderson and finding out he went to Brigham Young University (and I just found out he teaches there too). Brigham Young is well known for being a Mormon University, since it’s named after the religion’s 2nd leader (and iirc he was also the guy that pushed the church to go poligamist)

No. Twitter was always a terrible idea that was doomed to be slop

Just FYI, the series devolves into Mormon propaganda in the first trilogy. I wasn’t sure why the third book felt so off until I saw that Sanderson went to Brigham Young University. I also talked to an ex-Mormon friend of mine, and he apparently noped out halfway through the first book when he saw the signs

due to the lack of a fully secure environment in the OS

Allowing kernel-level access to programs is the exact opposite of a “fully secure environment”.

The “reasons” these publishers give to force kerbel-level anti-cheat onto players are complete fabrications to cover up the fact that they’re too cheap/lazy to implement server-side anti-cheat and also want to monitor your computer to sell your data

And Tuxedo and System 76

In Barone’s defense, SDV was very much intended to be a spiritual successor to Harvest Moon.

Or put Moonlight on a Raspberry Pi and hook it up to your TV for 1440p/144hz or 4K/60hz with significantly less latency. Plus you won’t require an app on the TV

False. There’s a thing called fiduciary duty where companies are obligated to make profitable decisions for their shareholders. If they don’t prioritize short term gains they’re opened up to lawsuits from investors

That’s every company

Not every company, just most. Privately owned corporations aren’t legally obligated to kill long-term viability for short-term gaing like publicly traded companies are.

Many owners of privately owned corps are that dumb, but not all of them

I don’t understand what their long-term plan is here.

They most likely don’t have one. Keep in mind that tech bros and C-suite execs are sociopathic dumbasses. We saw this with AAA gaming studios and private equity where they just assume line will continually go up

While it might actually end up going that way, I don’t think that’s a deliberate play. The tech bros and C-suite execs tend to be sociopathic dumbasses. I think they’re legitimately just loading themselves up with tons of debt just to buy hardware to capture market share thinking that things could never collapsed on them.

He’s a bit of a rabble-rouser

He’s an investigative journalist. I fucking expect him to be a rabble rouser.

I just switched from an RTX 3070ti to an RX 9070XT and I stopped getting weird graphics glitches constantly. Nvidia drivers have gotten worse than AMD drivers over the years, even on Windows

It’s Gamers Nexus. How is that a gamble?

Ender 3 Pro since it literally can’t connect to anything on its own?

Palantir has contracts with multiple European governments to do similar shit

How long do matches take in this game? As in a range. Is it similar to League where it’s anywhere between 30min and 3 hours?

They can’t. The core gameplay of the MOBA genre inherently encourages toxicity

Not only that: Steam Decks and similar handhelds exist