sharkfinsoup

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[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

One of my favorite things about this DLC is how they made the legendary bloatfly be one of the toughest enemies to kill. This bug has double the HP of the legendary deathclaw and can one shot you if you go in unprepared. I love this game so much.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

True and I certainly don't doubt that there are plenty of idiots at home who think that calling in a bomb threat to a school will accomplish something. But it's also very easy to call in a bomb threat and for a politically charged situation like this, it would be a no brainer for a foreign state actor to take advantage of the situation. It costs them next to nothing and further fuels the political divide within.

If there's dozens of bomb threats being made to the same schools, I would more surprised to find out that rival superpowers aren't behind at least one or two.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you read the article, they mention how some of the threats are coming from other countries. So while some of it may be dumbass racists thinking they're achieving something, a good amount of it just comes down to foreign powers sowing discord and election interference. Calling in a bomb threat related to a politically divisive topic is a pretty low effort thing to do if you're a rival superpower.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

The writing is exceptionally well done as is everything else about the game. The story is nothing crazy but the dialogue and characters are where the writing really shines. If you're a fan of the genre, this is definitely worth picking up especially since it's only $20.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I'm not saying they shouldn't be marketing at all. Just that marketing budgets for many AAA blockbusters have become so bloated, they can account for nearly half of the development cost. As someone with very little knowledge as to how games get made, it seems like some of that money could be better used

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Marketing is a big money drain for a lot of games too. Cyberpunk 2077 and GTA V are two games with marketing budgets big enough to finance a dozen other games. I guess a new title like cyberpunk would need more marketing (still not $142 million worth of marketing) but GTA was already a well established franchise that probably didn't need as much marketing as it had.

Even games like call of duty and assassins creed which have a core fan base that can expect a new game on a regular basis don't need to market as much as they do.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

Damn this artwork reminded me why I love this series. The armor design is so unique and well done. It's so cool to wear the bones and skins of the beasts you slay but those bones and skin are just chunks of metal and wire. I'd love to see more!

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

To me, fallout is more about the setting and aesthetics than the story and the TV show captures those two points very well! It's definitely very campy at times but I've found it to be a really enjoyable watch so far (just finished episode 5).

I really like how much of fallout is crammed into the show, from the brand names for foods to the vaults and monsters to the music. They really do make the setting the core aspect of the show, which was all they really had to do to make a good fallout show IMO.

The plot and many of the character's decisions are probably the weakest points so far but it's all stuff that easily overlooked.

Overall, very pleasantly surprised by how good the show is.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml -4 points 7 months ago (8 children)

But they literally cannot moderate their platform. The amount of data that Facebook sees every minute would bankrupt any company if they had to actually hire enough people to go through all that content and determine which is fine and which isn't. And that isn't even taking into consideration the mental and emotional damage that a person will go through just seeing all the vile and despicable shit that gets posted. AI moderation isn't advanced enough and the human moderation cost is so great that the giant social media companies will pretty much never be able to self moderate. Reddit was only able to moderate itself (to an extent) because they had an endless supply of free mods. Facebook doesn't have that same luxury.

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

This is the exact reason most communities and subreddits turn to shit. People posting low effort content that is barely relevant to the community and then saying "iF thE PeOpLe dOn'T liKe iT, thEy CaN DownVoTe iT"

[–] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah when I got it done, my doctor told me to consider this as permanent procedure even though it is possible to reverse it. They want you to make this decision without the idea that a reversal is quick and easy or even possible

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