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Real Estate Development / Attorney It's later than you think.

Portland, Oregon
Joined October 2009
Which AI behavior do you most want to run into?
0%Scouts you first
0%Stages a fleet
0%Brings enough troops
100%Calls off a bad war
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Or Federation First?
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Vulfar or Kulrathi?
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Daniel DiCicco retweeted
The Star Wars prequels are good for the same reason that Metropolis or Der Ring des Nibelungen are good. The characters are hammy and archetypical because the purpose is to immerse you in a vivid dreamscape of emotions and images. The point is not to be a "well-written" modern story. It's supposed to be more like Greek drama or Kabuki theater. Classic Gesamtkunstwerk of music, design, special effects, combat, romance, acrobatics, etc.
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its so funny how the star wars prequels are obviously cinematic masterpieces, but a bunch of chungus gen X nerds who never amounted to anything convinced us they were bad because they didnt make them feel like empire strikes back did when they were 10
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So on the same hard drive where I found my StarDrive 2 code, I found my StarDrive ARPG code--and it's sick. I can't believe how far I got here. I really burned out in 2016-17.
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These people are deranged. Look at her. Emotional meltdown over a computer program. Whatever you think about AI, it definitely isn't worth whatever trauma this lady is putting herself through.
she’s so tired of generative ai
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Starting something new here. Twice a day I'm going to talk 4x design: the problems I've been fighting since 2011, and the calls I made in the 4x I'm building. Tell me where I'm wrong. 4x players always do.
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Space battles in a 4x. What do you actually want?
60%Command them live
20%Set tactics, then watch
0%Auto-resolve them
20%Mix, my call each time
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Daniel DiCicco retweeted
We don't all live in the same timeline. Many still run on obsolete mental models of reality, knowingly or unknowingly. I don't mind those who don't know. But some willingly refuse to update their model, entertaining the delusion that as long as their minds remain on an old version, reality does too. The worst are those who prevent others from updating their models. Usually, their status depend on it.
I live approximately 1 year in the future but I know some people who live 2-5 years in the future. I also know some who live 2-10 years in the past.
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Chinese users make up more than 30% of Steam players. I would love for Chinese players to enjoy my games. I am making great efforts to ensure that they can enjoy it with the best experience possible. This is more than translation; there will be some different content
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For example, "StarDrive" just doesn't translate, so we're using a new chinese name. I also think Chinese players would like to see some more of their own culture reflected in the Human species; ship names that aren't just American and British, for example.
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Verifying my Reddit account u/zer0sumgames for the r/pcgaming moderators. — Dan, Zero Sum Games (StarDrive, StarDrive 2)
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A good example of the small stuff you'll see in this remaster. Very easy to upscale old graphics for higher rez these days. Lots of sharper 2D work throughout suitable for 4k+
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Remaster Preview. Forgot how far along this all was. This is going to be great.
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RIP Bioware :(
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ok. So, I have some good news for those few who care: I found the HDD with my StarDrive 2 code. I moved about 5 years ago and lost it. I had a remaster working. I am intending to resume that work. I'm also going to point Claude at the code to optimize and bug fix.
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Daniel DiCicco retweeted
Replying to @Cyael
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This is going to be one of the strangest and most interesting 4x games you've ever seen. I can't wait to talk about it more. Really getting somewhere now.
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