I get that Doom or Sonic 2 or Goldeneye or other 90s games aren’t guaranteed a place every year

FWIW Sonic 2 was the game that kicked things off this year.

But also I think the goal should be either showing off new tricks or showing off new games. Older games are going to have fewer new tricks. Obviously sometimes a barrier is broken or a new category is put together that has interesting gameplay, but in general we probably will see fewer old games.

That isn’t to say that old games should go away completely, but if there is a bias towards newer games, it makes sense.

But you are not buying a game, you are renting it.

I absolutely agree that companies shouldn’t be able to say they’re selling you a game. They should make it 100% clear that you are renting it.

I’m also onboard with requiring p2p/LAN functionality for multiplayer.

When I pay to see a film in a theater, I don’t own the film. I don’t get to watch the film again after it leaves the theater.

While I pay to see a concert, a play, or a musical, I don’t own those performances. I don’t get to see them again. They generally aren’t recorded (Although that is changing in some limited cases.)

I do think a game dying is terrible and I do think games should be clearly labeled (so people can make an education decision if they want to rent the game).

Sounds like Abbott Elementary will get it’s current season (5) and then probably one more, maybe two, which is is a pretty standard long run for a show.

I’d love to see it go longer, but I get it. It’s a great cast so I’m sure they’ll do great things next.

I always assumed that’s why the ones near the gym were some of the best. No one complains about a fountain they use sometimes, but one you use daily/weekly, you have to make sure it’s good.

In college I had a job that required me to travel all over campus. I decided to grade the various water fountains as I traveled. I had stickers, red, yellow, and green to evaluate the quality, temperature and stream. So as I walked around campus I would place a sticker on every fountain I could find.

In general the model of fountain didn’t seem to matter much. It was clear some had been hooked up poorly or just had a poor water supply. But if the fountain was in a newer building or near a gym, then they were good quality.

Long way of saying it’s not always the fountain, sometimes it’s the infrastructure.

He played the Klingon chancellor in the Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode “Broken Bow”.

I’ve never played the games but I enjoyed season 2 and season 3 looked to have a clear direction. We know where it starts and we know roughly where it ends and I’m guessing the finale will match wherever the game’s story ends.

The only controversy I could see is what direction the show is going to take after the third season. AFAIK there is no more material to pull from so we either have to end it or write something completely new.

Going in a new direction without the original writing team can be tricky, but also it sounds like he’s leaving on good terms so he could always come back.

I agree, but luckily these stories are standalone and still enjoyable.

Sure there are familiar names and shared history, but as they’re character driven it’s still interesting to see how these characters behave.

Because Batman Forever is a sequel to a Tim Burton movie.

Batman & Robin is a sequel to a sequel of a Tim Burton movie.

The level of camp/silliness increased for each film.

As a standalone film, it was fine. In the era it came out in, it didn’t work.

But here’s a bonus feature: many platforms allow you to easily migrate your account to a new instance.

But Lemmy isn’t one of those platforms. Right?

Generally I agree with the article that the shutdown of lemm.ee isn’t a big deal. It sucks for sure, but the Fediverse survives.

Personally I don’t care about account migration. Export/import works fine, but I get that it’s a little clunky for some.

Community migration is something that I think is more important and as I understand PieFed handles this. Hopefully Lemmy will someday and even better between Lemmy & PieFed.

I’ve seen many seagulls in my life.

But I’ve never seen any of the others.

And that’s terrifying. Stay vigilant.

You also have to keep track the site and how you spell it. For example is it “Microsoft” or “microsoft”?

And keep track of the current name of the site vs the old name. For example am I signing into Microsoft or Live.com or Xbox?

And keep track of my username. Is it my email? Which email? Which username?

I understand the concept but I think if falls apart fast.

Fetterman was elected in 2022 for a 6 year term, so the 2028 election.

After watching The Pitt earlier this year I decided to start watching ER.

I’m on season 3 of ER right now and it’s absolutely fantastic. I just finished the Convenience Store episode with Ewan McGregor, special episodes like that really make the show stand out.

The best episode of course was George Clooney saving the kid trapped in the water drain. It’s an episode where the whole vibe changes and you know it’s about to get reeeeeal good.

I mean no need to spread misinformation. This information in easily verifiable.

Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, worked at McKinsey for ~2 years and then joined Google in 2004, eventually working his way into the position of CEO.

Pichai’s fuck ups are unlikely a result of McKinsey, at least not directly. That isn’t to say that McKinsey is completely off the hook. They work with plenty of “top” companies and I’m certain Google is one of them.

The last Bond film was 2021 with “No Time To Die”, so if you saw that you’re all caught up.

In addition to the cowards reasoning it’s also because Paramount (parent company of CBS) and Skydance Media are trying to merge.

That deal is valued at ~8 billion dollars, so settling for a couple million in that context makes sense.

Additionally since it’s a merger it requires FCC approval and Trump appointed the FCC chairman and is known to meddle in things.

So these companies are trying to play nice with Trump so they can merge.

Basically paying $20 to make this go away is the cost of doing business. Corruption all the way.

No cast announced and it’ll come after Dune 3… So it’s still going to be a while, but it’s a step forward.

To clarify she is currently in the House, not the Senate. So her declining to run in the Senate has nothing to do with her staying and running to stay in the House.

Also this statement is from May, and her complaints are that people aren’t supporting Trump enough. Now in June, she isn’t supporting Trump. That sounds Leopard to me.