Lol, there’s nothing about this that isn’t awesome.

Enemy Territory is still around in the form of ET: Legacy. Not sure how active it is but maybe you could find some willing players on here.

Reddit is a hellsite, but I have to wonder how different the results would have been if the poll asked about specific policies, rather than invoking the scary s-word. USAmericans are so conditioned to a knee-jerk hate response on that topic that a poll phrased that way almost feels like bait.

…So you’re saying I should post more?

Not that I’m that buff these days.

What? I thought this was a maritime comm.

Curve - Forgotten Sanity

Actually a lot of Curve’s catalog probably fits the bill one way or another, but this is the first one that comes to mind.

Even taking the alleged benefits at face value, and assuming anyone wants it, this still doesn’t make sense. They already promised all their GPUs to AI datacentres. Exactly where are people supposed to get hold of the 5090s required to make this work?

I’ve been using AnySoftKeyboard for years and never realised it could do this.

That’s a reality glitch, multiple deer occupying the same location.

I’m old enough to remember RDRAM that -required- a blank stick in single-stick systems to terminate the signal.

It’ll end up more like console piracy, where you need a specialised build or custom firmware to do it.

I notice you don’t bother to address any of my other points, and boldly declare the time for talking to be over. I suspect that’s because you can’t.

As long as you don’t have to use it, its fine to charge money.

Look at the state of gatcha games. Yeah, sure, you technically -can- access all the content without paying, but in practice it’s not going to happen in a human lifetime. It isn’t that much of a stretch to picture games that are “technically” humanly possible, but so difficult that most people will resort to the AI. Remember the oldschool quarter-eaters in arcades? Same business model but with more steps. I also wouldn’t put it past MS to offer “incentives” in the game store for titles with AI integration. Also see the comment upthread about enshittification.

And if you really don’t understand the difference between a paid subscription service and a family member, I feel sorry for you.

Yeah this is where it’s going. Putting that AI exec in charge of Xbox really paying off for MicroSlop.

Cheats (and big brothers, to an extent, I guess) are free.

So they’ll sell you the games, then rent you an AI model to play the games for you.

I can just not play games on my own, for free.

The one I have is NFC. As far as I know the pet ones are slightly different electronics and/or protocols. I.e. I can read mine with my phone, but not my cat’s.

I have one similar to this, did it voluntarily during my cyberpunk phase in the 2010’s (I was also taking a lot of speed). It’s not nearly as useful as I thought it’d be, but I’m happy to answer any questions about it.

This joke is probably older than the person in the video.

This is either real or a terrifyingly elaborate hoax.

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