What's obnoxious too is that under modern engines, it's easier than ever for developers to dive right in and test things they're working on, which is not only great for making sure stuff works, but can be a fun and easy way to play around with new gameplay features and see how they're holding up.
I suppose it's possible that larger studios make it a pain in the ass to take advantage of such features. Maybe due to overzealous management and the soul-killing effects of working in some of these corporate environments.
Very much so, yes. Just about every market has almost completely shifted focus from raw sales numbers to perceived speculative value methods (usually using some of the flimsiest of data to back it up).
And a good portion of what makes up "sales" profits now are micro transactions.
An additional thought (didn't want to overbloat my previous wall of text), could be that the two developers are each working on slightly separate projects while sharing a lot of code (framework) and resources.
Which would be okay in my book, so long as each game ends up being distinct in its gameplay and overall experience.
It definitely looks like it might have potential. One odd thing I noticed though is that the same publisher has another early access game, that opened up to early access on Steam about two years ago, which looks extremely similar.
I can't help but wonder if this might be a project fork branded as a new product. Tried to do some digging on both development teams, but couldn't find anything on Long Jaunt besides a WIP placeholder for the company website.
Granted, devs understandably can and will reuse their work for other projects because it just makes total sense, and there's usually nothing wrong with it. The only issue is if the developer shifts all of their resources over to the new project, abandon the old one, and essentially shaft all of the customers who'd supported the first game.
Which also might not matter as much if they weren't both under early access, advertising for money and support to finish the project(s).
Iirc, a lot of it depends on where and how those radioactive particles are going to spread. So factor in water flow, and typical wind patterns.
Valleys in particular can potentially be somewhat safe, so long as detonation occurred well outside of the valley itself.
Aye, those are some fair points/examples. And I guess it's something that typically doesn't flow with most kinds of regular doctor's checkups either.
And admittedly, most of the individuals I've rarely come across who were fairly open and straight forward about how they got regularly tested, were usually women.
I imagine it's far less cumbersome for women to get things checked out every so often, particularly if they see a gynecologist regularly.
What I find insanely alarming is how just many sexually promiscuous individuals do NOT bother getting tested for STD's on a regular basis.
I mean I get that a lot of these sorts don't exactly fit into the category of people who you'd expect to take any kind of serious precautions in general, but for fucks sake, it's not like there's fewer common medical resources available than there were in the 90's or early 2000's.
If I may make mention of a newer game that definitely has some old-school campaign vibes.
Abiotic Factor. Obviously HL1 inspired, but it actually manages to be its own unique blend of that and a variety of other themes. (IE, SCP).
Overall gameplay, level design is very reminiscient of old-school singleplayer shooters, as well as the general flow. Yet the game manages to do this even while factoring in coop, skill systems, and survival gameplay elements.
Quite a surprising and impressive game, and I usually have pretty pessimistic expectations from new games.
There's also a lot of other variables that tend to fly under the radar too. While testosterone is certainly one major benefit of regular exercise and physical activity, improved blood flow, enhancing the cardiovascular systems (especially with regards to oxygen in-take), etc etc all improve just about... everything. For both men and women.
But then the left has thoroughly taken the narrative of discouraging physical fitness and activity to the point of outright gaslighting and lying.
Going generic does make it a lot more affordable to a lot more consumers, so maybe that's part of the reason they're broadening their target market.
Could also be a tweak to the advertising campaign, not specifically to target younger consumers so much as to give the impression that the drug will make middle aged guys (feel) "younger" and appeal more to young hot women.
It's not exactly a new kind of advertising strategy either. Cigarette and alcohol ads in magazines used to do similar things.
This is also true. It's not much different from all the stereotypical email spam from the past 20 or so years.
Also, a big reason we've seen such a large resurgance is because some of the major ED meds went generic in the last 3-5 years (enough time has passed for the name brand patents to expire or whatever).
As well as micro plastics flowing through almost every section of the human body now. There's an endless list of things that seemingly add up to a cohesive and coordinated effort to destroy men, and humanity at large.
Aye, I think we all jumped into a blender of small semantic-level disagreements here. And no offense, I mistakenly had assumed you were talking out of your ass, based on your first two comments.
I occasionally see a handful of clueless takes on technology topics around here (and elsewhere really) so I jumped the gun quite a bit.
Alright, I agree, such scenarios are not only plausible, but actively occurring. And you already covered one of the points I was going to bring up, that even with closed source, your company can still be taken over by a board of directors or some such scenario.
I'll also agree that closed source can still be a very effective gatekeeping layer to keep invaders at bay.
And it seems like we're likely actually on the same page, mostly. Where the real cause of the problem is the entire clownworld leftist nightmare that allows trannies to successfully pull this kind of shit off in the first place. Where the media will actively operate as a propaganda mouthpiece for the trannies no matter the situation, and where governments are actively giving them special protections and privileges.
My main contention was with what at first sounded like wide-sweeping condemnation of open source as a concept entirely.
Because he fucked up. He either gave some same-level permissions to some retards he couldn't trust, or he created some kind of an outlined community/business setup that actually allows him to be ousted.
At its core, all open source is, is making a project or product's source code available for public use and redistribution. There are of course different open source licenses with different kinds of rules and conditions. And like I already said in another comment, what license is used is totally up to the project lead.
Exactly. Project leads also decide on what licenses they release their code/project under.
Generally, a project's only going to be taken over because the creators/managers of said project allow it to happen. Often through negligence, laziness, passing the project onto others who can't be trusted, and/or out of deliberately capitulation.
I suspect one of the main problems is the absolute lack of involvement of a parent in a lot of these situations. A few occasional conversations with a parent present might be enough to scare off some groomers.
Unfortunately, a good adult mentor and role model is sometimes exactly what a kid could use when parents are frequently unavailable and/or unreliable.