Author Topic: 2020 Miscellaneous Links: Untitled Moose Game (Read 145565 times)

NotMiki · « **Reply #1125 on:** March 29, 2016, 07:57:07 PM »

Sorry, meant private action under state law.

Apparently private actions under state law exist based on an arcane statement from legislature dating back 25 years, as interpreted by the judiciary, hence the confusion about whether they are affected by this law or not.

dunie · « **Reply #1126 on:** March 29, 2016, 10:14:10 PM »

Oh, I am familiar with House Bill 2. I thought there was an equivalent religious freedom bill. I just read the bill, since I haven't already, and saw that nondiscrimination enforcement is for businesses with 15 and more employees. What?? And apparently this bill passed during a $42,000 tax payer special session........

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #1127 on:** March 29, 2016, 10:48:46 PM »

http://twinfinite.net/2016/03/star-ocean-5s-producer-has-a-proposal-written-up-for-valkyrie-profile-3/

Hey, at least a little chance that the VP series isn't completely dead either! Hopefully SO 5 is an awesome game and does well.

dunie · « **Reply #1128 on:** March 30, 2016, 11:32:55 AM »

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/29/widespread_coral_bleaching_in_australia_s_great_barrier_reef.html

Grefter · « **Reply #1129 on:** March 30, 2016, 12:38:43 PM »

Yep and we have been being told for decades now locally that it is unavoidable and that we are doing our best to preserve it while doing things we can't be certain of the impacts of nearby in the name of industry.

It has always been pretty much inevitable unfortunately.

Cotigo · « **Reply #1130 on:** March 30, 2016, 12:58:05 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on March 30, 2016, 12:38:43 PM

we are doing our best to preserve it while doing things we can't be certain of the impacts of nearby in the name of industry.

dunie · « **Reply #1131 on:** March 30, 2016, 01:21:21 PM »

Grefter: If Australians were told this prior to 1950, well, Slate needs to give ya'll more credit.

Grefter · « **Reply #1132 on:** March 30, 2016, 01:49:55 PM »

I can't speak for the 1950s, but the reef being killed off is something I know I have been hearing about since I was a kid in the 90s.

Fenrir · « **Reply #1133 on:** March 31, 2016, 12:04:52 AM »

Gamergate got a woman they wanted fired from Nintendo, fired from Nintendo

So fuck Gamergate and Nintendo.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #1134 on:** March 31, 2016, 02:59:48 AM »

Nintendo's claiming that they fired her for having another job they weren't cool with. I don't know enough about Rapp or Nintendo to know if this is accurate.

If so it just means we need to be angry at nintendo for their bullshit corporate culture, but you already should have been angry about that because it's corporate culture and it's fucked everywhere.

(Obviously you should always be angry that gamer gate still exists. (0) Days Since GamerGate Did Something Terrible.)

NotMiki · « **Reply #1135 on:** March 31, 2016, 04:22:50 AM »

Nintendo's M/O is lack of transparency. They declined to comment regarding this (at least initially) and hopefully they are learning that that is not always a great idea. As for me, I'm going to wait for the dust to settle a little bit before forming an opinion on this one. But just to be safe I'm just not gonna buy Nintendo games for a week or so.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #1136 on:** March 31, 2016, 04:30:17 AM »

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-donald-trump-hacked-the-media/

"That’s not the only problem. Trump also challenges the media’s notion of what it means to be “objective.” Among other things, Trump has frequently invoked misogyny and racism; he has frequently lied, and he has repeatedly encouraged violence against political protesters. As far as we’re concerned at FiveThirtyEight, these are matters of fact and not opinion and to describe them otherwise would make our reporting less objective. Other news outlets will bend over backward to avoid describing them in those terms, however."

So it turns out you can, in fact, piss off Nate Silver.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #1137 on:** March 31, 2016, 06:35:45 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otB3zq6ppwc

For some reason, Square decided that it's best use of money and manpower would be...making a FF 15 prequel movie. Hint to Square: if you have this much extra money and manpower lying around, you could make like 2 more games that aren't relying on 1.5 hours of super expensive graphics and your fans would probably be a lot happier with that.

Captain K · « **Reply #1138 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:07:36 PM »

And an anime! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsVhwsUFaDE

By the time the actual game comes out nobody will care anymore.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1139 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:21:42 PM »

Not true! You know damn well when FFXV comes out there are going to be great celebratory bonuses in RK.

The Duck · « **Reply #1140 on:** April 01, 2016, 04:10:49 AM »

http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/top-conservative-writer-is-a-group-effort-sources-say?utm_term=.gdplz7qlQ#.buylVEYlD

So Milo Yiannopoulos is 44 idiots instead of just one.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #1141 on:** April 01, 2016, 04:40:08 AM »

Quote from: Dhyerwolf on March 31, 2016, 06:35:45 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otB3zq6ppwc

For some reason, Square decided that it's best use of money and manpower would be...making a FF 15 prequel movie. Hint to Square: if you have this much extra money and manpower lying around, you could make like 2 more games that aren't relying on 1.5 hours of super expensive graphics and your fans would probably be a lot happier with that.

I got the impression making prerendered video wasn't the bottleneck for their games. It's the in-engine, interactive stuff that always seems to hang them up. Like how there's that one FF13 video early on that's all about showing off this anti-grav thing, but since they couldn't make it work in-game, the scene is bookended with "oh hey check this out!" and "well it broke, we'll never see THAT again!"

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #1142 on:** April 03, 2016, 02:35:38 AM »

Huh, the anime short actually kinda sold me on the concept of FFXV. It's basically Square writing what it knows - a buncha guys roadtripping around and having ambiguously romantic/platonic interpersonal relationships - and also magic swords and summon-beasts. The trailers seem to hint at a "prince reclaiming his throne from the evil dictator" plotline, which while cliche, at least it's a safe enough storyline that they probably won't screw it up horribly. I'm more hopeful than when FF13 was in development at least.

Excal · « **Reply #1143 on:** April 03, 2016, 04:12:45 AM »

The Restoration Roadtrip?

That sounds kinda weird. Maybe Square can pull it off though.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #1144 on:** April 03, 2016, 05:38:59 AM »

Damn Fenrir because STILL all I can think of the game is ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPACHINO!

Fenrir · « **Reply #1145 on:** April 03, 2016, 11:31:20 PM »

Me too

Grefter · « **Reply #1146 on:** April 04, 2016, 01:22:00 AM »

It is the only reason I have it floating around in the back of my head as a thing I might want to play.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #1147 on:** April 04, 2016, 02:11:36 AM »

If only Square realized there were more to RPGs than being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking.

Grefter · « **Reply #1148 on:** April 04, 2016, 06:18:15 AM »

Why male models?

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #1149 on:** April 04, 2016, 06:32:03 AM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on April 03, 2016, 02:35:38 AM

Huh, the anime short actually kinda sold me on the concept of FFXV. It's basically Square writing what it knows - a buncha guys roadtripping around and having ambiguously romantic/platonic interpersonal relationships

I have no idea why you would consider this to be "what Square knows".

Nor am I particularly interested in it.

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