nVidia is an AI company now, you'll accept it or else.

While most people have been using Seymore Skinner's "am I out of touch? No, it's the kid's who are wrong" for nVidia/ Jensen's reaction at least as appropriate is Kang's (or maybe Kodos'?) "what are you going to do, vote 3rd party buy AMD?".

Though they'd probably be as bad, if they were in the dominant position.

10 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

However...while Denuvo used to sell perpetual licenses, they are now a real proper money-gouging "service" (and this is one of the only times I'll ever celebrate that) in that publishers must pay quite a hefty sum to continue to protect their games with Denuvo on an ongoing basis

Hmm, pretty sure they've always had a microsoft 365/ John Deere option since near the start, if not the start, it's just the perpetual license option is now gone.

Certainly there's been a tendency to remove denuvo after one or two years, and given that that costs money itself and corporations are hardly charities doing so out of the goodness of their hearts seems... out of character.

11 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

Since Denuvo changed their licensing model a while back, I'm not really bothered nearly as much by its inclusion. Denuvo works orders of magnitude better than any other DRM that came before it, and most games protected by it do not get cracked or at least do not get meaningfully cracked - i.e., maybe one version of the game, usually one close to release, might get cracked, but then nothing after that: it's just too difficult and too time-consuming for cracking groups to really handle.

They started doing emulation. Apparently can be applied to any new game.

31 minutes ago, Zoraptor said:

nVidia is an AI company now, you'll accept it or else.

While most people have been using Seymore Skinner's "am I out of touch? No, it's the kid's who are wrong" for nVidia/ Jensen's reaction at least as appropriate is Kang's (or maybe Kodos'?) "what are you going to do, vote 3rd party buy AMD?".

Though they'd probably be as bad, if they were in the dominant position.

Well, for me personally, it's very easy to decide, what am I going to do. Especially with the crazy out of touch prices of RAM and GPUs. I'll stay with my AMD CPU and GPU, which I have purchased in 2021 and keep purchasing awesome games I've never played on GOG 🤷‍♂️ And there are other options as well for other people to chose as well, to avoid AI slop and still have enough fun within their budget. The console emulation is also getting better each day, and in my country it is legal to make a backup copy of software you purchased on any platform of your choice 😊

Not sure we're going to have to worry about it anyway, though I haven't used an nVidia chip since 2007(?) anyway. AI always looked like a bubble, and international events look very much like an approaching needle.

If that bubble bursts then they have to pay attention to their more traditional markets rather than turning it all into AI.

1 minute ago, Zoraptor said:

Not sure we're going to have to worry about it anyway, though I haven't used an nVidia chip since 2007(?) anyway. AI always looked like a bubble, and international events look very much like an approaching needle.

If that bubble bursts then they have to pay attention to their more traditional markets rather than turning it all into AI.

It's a big question mark, Claude seems to be a big leap forward. I was very much an AI skeptic and still am to a large degree, but people have started churning out whole working apps with just prompts. Granted the code under the hood is not optimal, but the app does what you asked for.

If the bubble doesn't burst, the cost of using AI will skyrocket, to a point where using human labor may turn out to be cheaper. The current cost for the end user for using that amount of resources is not realistic in the long term.

Not the example I used above, but it's mostly energy costs and loss of big c Confidence that are the approaching needle.

Though really, AI is an absolutely awful idea economically on base principle (simplistically, replace jobs with AI and who is going to buy the stuff that makes the actual economy run? AI?).

Early Crimson Desert reviews are in/trickling in over the day. As expected, seems fairly polarizing. Some love it (after 60-100hrs, no one has finished it), some think it's middling etc. Note: I do not "trust" any reviewers re: yays or nays, I only look for gameplay information re: bugz, mechanics, UI, and gameplay loops that may increase or decrease interest for me. For which, I gather, for myself, for this game:

1--world exploration/discovery is dense, vast, immersive and I would utterly love it
2--big boss combat is likely going to have multi-phases and be something where I want to toss my KB out the window, or pull out cheat engine, a lot, and for some progression areas cannot avoid. Perhaps if one explores oodles first it'd help mitigate some of that via over-preparedness but dunno.
3--you can have a cat or dog companion that ends up following and picks up loot, although not always and not always quickly. But still, YES. Also, you can do a slide while on horseback (the horse body-slides). Not sure when one would want to this, but ok, it's still cool.
4--general combat I could probably deal with fine
5--inventory management/space is a nightmare. They will supposedly add a "town/base" storage. Right now it's only chr. inventory/backpack.
6--devs seem quick to patch in/alter things like bugs, UI/QoL complaints (eg, waiting a week for a couple fast patches might be best)
7--no one is going to talk about the game's fantastic story or chrs, because (as expected) that's not what this game is
8--could be the best "wish this MMO was single-player" we're ever going to get

Summary: Just like Enshrouded, I would love exploration/discovery/non-combat systems but everything else I'll be neutral to critical of. Except in Crimson Desert, it might be 200-300 hrs before exploration stops motivating me to keep pushing on beyond any criticism, vs. 60-80 hrs in Enshrouded. So - hmm. 🤔

Oh - so far this is video I liked best for some game info that felt a little less common to most videos. Like he shows off fishing, shows the horse/pet mechanics more vs. combat/boss showcasing Might be the first game in years where I actually like horse as a tool.

So, apparently DLSS 5 is the fusion of 3D graphics and Artificial intelligence (at molecular-genetic level).


Artists at Obsidian: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Edited March 20Mar 20 by Sven_

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Steam :: 7 Days to Die :: A New Chapter for The Fun Pimps...

Survivors,  We’re excited to share some big news. The Fun Pimps have officially joined Behaviour Interactive.  7 Days to Die started back in Thanksgiving 2012, when two brothers cooked up a game idea

My opinion on this: RIP 7 Days to Die. At least for us "long timers." Maybe I'll be wrong but eh. I think my main concern is whether this means the eventual removal of the ability to play older alpha's at whim, or reducing modability. For me either (or both) of those things would likely = uninstall.

Alexander Brandon the composer of many all time classic soundtracks, including Deus Ex, Tyrian, Mask of the Betrayer, Storm of Zehir, cannot get a full time job.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/its-brutal-out-there-deus-ex-and-unreal-composer-says-hes-submitted-50-resumes-and-gotten-one-interview-in-the-last-year/

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/27/new-price-changes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-playstation-portal-remote-player/

On 3/18/2026 at 5:01 PM, uuuhhii said:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/101xp/the-life-and-suffering-of-prince-jerian

kickstarter doesn't seem to be going well

hope they get the 4th goal

They are at 68% now, there are 18 days to go, and the game is going to be released either way, according to the FAQ on the page.

Seems like memory shortages might be a history for a while. Micron's stock is nosediving. as it looks like OpenAI overpromised in their deal, and in my region we got price reduction of 30% at the biggest retailers in last two days. Do you have similar experiences around the world?

Final for now, noclip about Disco Elysium. Full playlist

The Fortune's Run developer has been released and has plans to release the game (as in, it still brings her some income and personal fulfilment to do so).
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1692240/announcements/detail/492721254199986236?snr=2___

My initial impression of the next steps will be to complete the drafts of the missing story critical levels, re-release the demo club level with the new features (since it's actually up next in the storyline), do the final level and cap off a 1.0 for commercial reasons after which I would like to add the two planned side-missions that I am soft-cutting so that I'm giving myself a reasonable workload. The good news is sales are still going, perhaps not strong but going nevertheless, so there is a very good chance that 1.0 will produce enough income to justify doing things like finishing the netcode (there's been coop netcode in the build all this time, did you notice?) and making extra levels like the VR challenges. I don't want to promise anything at this stage, I'm still evaluating, but I am very certain that the next release will be 12 months from now. I'm aiming to have something by 6 months, ideally! That would be the best. Again, I've been out 72 hours; still getting adjusted here.

I bought it on Steam some time ago, though have not played yet. The game is available on GOG as well.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/101xp/the-life-and-suffering-of-prince-jerian/description

10 day left

doesn't seem like it will get funded

Well, tbh, I skimmed over the video and still don't really know what kind of game this is. Would probably help to show actual gameplay.

Yes, just what we needed in a space exploration game - pet vs pet "arena" mini-game, that reminds of Star Wars 3d chess tech.
The more they put stuff like this in NMS, the less interested I become in Light No Fire. I mean, one doesn't have to engage with this or the garbage truck additions, but since everyone assumes these are at least in part tech/reaction experiments re: LNF, it's not promising.

12 hours ago, Lexx said:

Well, tbh, I skimmed over the video and still don't really know what kind of game this is. Would probably help to show actual gameplay.

If you are talking about Jerian, then it is a stats-heavy visual novel with a poor UI. If you like the particular genre, I'd suggest Long Live the Queen instead.

One of the dev logs was amusing for the wrong reasons: https://steamcommunity.com/games/2936290/announcements/detail/529872149958100080?snr=2___

The Principle of Authorial Neutrality

We do not impose any beliefs on the player, nor do we favor the protagonist. Our primary goal is to give you the freedom to express yourself, to choose your own truth, and to experience the story in the way that feels right to you.

Even if we personally sympathize with certain characters or ideas, this must not affect the game. The game is a space of freedom, where each of us searches for ourselves.

Like, the lack of self-awareness is hilarious - the developers are the ones in complete control of the setting, of the choices available and their consequences. The refusal to acknowledge the base assumptions and biases can and will bleed in, whether in the selection of options or in the wording.

Due to the amount of variations, the narrative can be collaborative, but, ultimately, the developers are the one determining the limits of what is possible. Well, also the modders, but they rarely work with visual novels.

The Prince could make a ground-breaking industrial invention and realise that he wants to implement universal basic income or he could spend the whole game trying to gather the ultimate collection of post stamps. I can tell that neither option will be offered despite them being well within the setting.

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I have backed it, as a family member wants the game, but still find it unappealing personally.

Yeah - I should probably stop playing until they figure out all the ways they're going to change the game. Dunno if I will, but I should. A lot of it is more QoL, but also they'll be addressing the "no more enemies" factor and other stuff. It's not out yet, but that's their roadmap I guess. It's starting to feel like an Early Access progress process, except super accelerated.

Dev Update :: Crimson Desert Events & Announcements

View full event information here: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/3321460/announcements/detail/534380184755767107

Not many details, but I like the pitch. I am glad they are returning to Metro setting. While I enjoyed Exodus, and I think a shake up was needed at the time, I did felt it lost quite a bit of identity in the process.

the funny man i watched play half-life 15 years ago is speaking to EU parliament

good on you, ross

The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian has been funded successfully.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/101xp/the-life-and-suffering-of-prince-jerian/posts/4665935