Who would create a bot for this purpose and then also give personal details in the instructions / memory or access to photos?

It would be 2 different people: One person instructing their bot to ask other bots for private data and another person using their bot for whatever purpose who was stupid enough to give it full access to their data. AI bros are often pretty incompetent when it comes to IT security especially, so I think it isn’t such an unlikely scenario.

I don’t care about “celebrity cameos” even when it’s people I like. But I guess adding some controversial people is one way for a dev to drive engagement.

I’ve been playing Thief Gold. Great game that really surprised me in how well it holds up. It somewhat runs out of steam in the last third though, where I currently am. Missions like “Escape” have been a bit of a pain with their difficulty and aren’t as well designed. Still intending to finish it and get to Thief 2, supposedly the best in the series.

On Steam, I’ve been playing “Songs of Syx”. An amazing mixture of Dwarf Fortress, a city builder and even a bit of a civilization-building RTS. Really addictive game that’s complex but not overwhelming.

This is only in regions where they’re being forced to do this. And if the implementation in Japan is anything like what they did in the EU, it’s essentially worthless, as there are way to many hoops to jump through for alternate app stores to make it practical or useful at all.

Except for the “developing concept art” bit. That’s not some unimportant intern’s work and does have the potential to displace artists. And while no AI-generated content may make it into the game, it does suggest that there will be art in the game that’s based on the AI-generated content. That’s what concept art is for, after all.

That does sound like an interesting scenario. I guess the big challenge here will be getting the actual self driving implemented and approved across manufacturers. Also, if we had that, couldn’t the car just as easily connect to a physical docking port of some sort? But I guess a wireless charging pad would be more friendly to various car shapes.

Good point. Personally, I haven’t actually encountered a charger that was vandalized to a point where it didn’t work though. And I’m not sure whether these are more or less prone to have technical issues compared to regular cable chargers.

Cool, but 10% still seems like a lot for the small convenience of not having to spend 10-20s connecting a cable. Doesn’t seem worth it to me.

I’m 2 hours in and I’m really enjoying it. Visuals and soundtrack are fantastic. Gameplay is mostly classic Metroid Prime so far. Story seems a bit formulaic (Collect X of object Y to escape the planet). Despite what some people have said I don’t find it overly handhold-y, especially for a Nintendo game. The first major NPC you meet, Myles, is a tad annoying but not as bad as some of the previews made it seem.

I think it’s pretty cool. The game does have a lot of pre-written dialogue as well, so it’s just an additional interaction you can have with NPCs. It also does require a detailed backstory, motivations, personality etc to be written for each NPC you can chat with, so I wouldn’t exactly call it lazy.

Why do you want to get into a horror game in the first place, if you don’t handle horror games well? I don’t see how that could work, as shocking and horrifying the player is kind of the whole point of the game.

At this point my phone from 2022 is way overpowered for every use case I have for it. So why upgrade? It was a bit different years ago, when new phones actually did exciting new things older phones couldn’t do. But now the technology has pretty much matured, and upgrades are incremental at best.

Potentially it could also be something behind the screen. That could even explain the spot moving if there’s some sort of loose component inside the TV that has moved around over time. Pure speculation though.

They could be pressure marks. Maybe you or someone else bumped the TV screen with some object?

Yes! It’s the Demon Turf devs, so it’s in competent hands. The demo is quite fun. Also filled with self-aware references to Bubsy’s… colorful past.

I’ve found some good stuff (Bus Bound, Bubsy 4D), but none of it through the actual Steam Next Fest store page. That indeed seems to be overloaded with low-effort crap.

For me, trying to read a book on any display that isn’t e-ink is a horrible experience that hurts my eyes pretty quickly. Even more so on a tiny phone screen.

I haven’t seen any meltdowns, no. Beyond being “Space Games”, they are very different games anyway. Yes, No Man’s Sky has had a very impressive development at an impressive speed, while Star Citizen… hasn’t, but Star Citizen is aiming for a completely different scale of simulation and detail.

Did you try spelling it with phonetics?

Also on GOG. DRM-free and presumably without the server issues.