I believe the answer is “A lot of Americans”.
I believe the answer is “A lot of Americans”.
If this game releases with good quality my friends and I are day 2 customers for sure. Seems fun as hell from the videos.
So you want to try create the right moments for deeper conversation, I think that would be more likely away from his mates? I don’t know them so just guessing.
With that in mind, maybe Google around for anything interesting or different happening in the area. A gardening or book faire, wine or coffee festival, anything relaxed. Then ask him if he wants to go. Ideally something quiet that has some walking around?
That might create helpful conditions.
Tricky, but you could take the approach of just putting it on the table:
"Hey, I have a weird random question… " And then ask if he thinks there is life elsewhere in the universe or what he thinks is going on with flat earthers or whatever. It isn’t bad to be a bit random in timing.
In terms of timing specifics though, you don’t want to do it in the middle of some other discussion, so you normally wait for a quiet moment or a lull in the current conversation. Typically depends on what’s going on. I find something like building puzzles together is great for this, because you’ve both got something to do but it’s not so intense as to block easy conversation that just meanders a bit. Just an example though.
When you are together, what are you normally doing? Long drives are easier to find ok moments, studying in the library or in the middle of a dentist appointment less so
You could try asking some deep questions, see what comes out of that.
Exactly, if you choose to work for a company then that is in support and furtherance of that companies goals / operations.
We are not so helpless as we sometimes like to claim.
Yeah, I like them but I’m firmly in the camp of waiting for player reviews. We’ll see.
With his ethics there’s no way I’d let any company controlled by him attach itself to my brain.
I have a hard time imagining that for any profit driven corporation, but most especially him.
Only some people will get access I presume
Well, rather this than a bad release
Moved to Firefox some months ago, it’s fine. Small adjustment but browsers generally offer high interchangeability
Yeah you’re right, a divider. Or a 0.x multiplier I suppose.
And you’re also right about the divide between highly skilled and not, but I think that’s what we saw quite strongly in SAO. The side effect of serious consequences separated the players.
I don’t think it’s a successful design approach for a commercial game, most players do not play permadeath even if it’s an common option.
Why is PCMag supporting more Twitter usage? It’s a poison, a platform for mass manipulation.
The underlying threat of serious consequences changed player behaviour, psychologically.
Today gamers throw themselves into monsters with limited regard for consequences, which changes our perception of the encounters.
I wonder what would happen if number of deaths was a tracked stat that acted as a multiplier for player skills / powers.
Thanks for the heads up.
A once off time rewind by 28 years.
We demand infinite growth. Why? Because shareholders want to buy shares and sell them later for more.
Do anything it takes to make that transaction happen, cut people’s jobs en masse, whatever.
Forever.
Pump the rage into their veins, that’s the ticket. Can’t possibly go wrong, and even if it does it wasn’t us.
OK, maybe it was us but it’s not that bad. Ok, it’s bad but who knew?
OK, we kinda knew, but that monetization tho!
He’s broadcasting to all businesses and billionaires that anyone who strongly supports him gets their back rubbed right back.
He’s not saying EVs are great, that we should support them because it’s good policy, the right move for America etc.
Its simply quid pro quo.
The CEO and his management team created this, they did not take care of the workforce, and they cultivated the most recent reputational damage.