Trumps getting ready to be the Lyin King.

The question we should be asking ourselves is why. I've been trying out some of the more avante garde products lately, and I see some great ideas being hit hard by the same core gameplay loops. I quickly end up feeling like I've already played that game.

Thanks! I’m going to give this a deep dive and share with my dev team.

Same. Being able to solve problems and communicate clearly is what made my career. Degrees are great, and I have a few of them now, but I get them to show credibility for what I believe in. We also had those 5.25 floppies. Some flat mates of mine in Uni regularly changed audio tracks.

I got my wife a DNA kit last year for Xmas. She's since had to stop telling people she's Norwegian. 😀

This image is giving me Starcon 2 Chromatic World flashbacks.

The issue of uncertainty is why I think MMO's over the last 20 years have had difficulty. Aside from the large franchises, they are viewed as high risk. Why? They offer nothing new, and have reduced risk down to essentially waiting your turn.

Agreed. In my house we had a C64 and mostly educational games. Eventually I started getting copies of the “fun” games from friends. But the foundations were always in learning. We’re probably not producing that kid safe type of game with our main title, but we do recognize the need.

Founder of Tumeke here (full disclosure) - I am primarily a PVE player but always feel something is lost without unrestricted PvP on the same server. Chokepoints and lack of direction and proper play outlets can cause problems, though.

Wow typos coupled with me not wearing my glasses. I did not hear a “bear” there are no bears in NZ. I heard a beat. And apparently was autocorrected to bear just like what happened now, and didn’t see it.

Same. I loved AC2, and when they revived it as a companion to AC subs I reactivated AC to play it again. The world had alot of potential, and the Empyrian expansion was pretty cool.

Sure. Cant begrudge the crown space to live. Those folks have been here a while. Wish they thought the same about us and would keep their mits off our land. Would be nice.

I’m all for an exchange of different opinions and honest discussion. The discussion seemed disingenuous to me. Like it was using “bad mechanics” and “lore doesn’t matter” as a proxy for racism.

Yep. I got dogpiled for saying indigenous in my game product. Suddenly it “had bad mechanics” and “was a DEI cringe fest” despite it being inclusive, not typically tribal (sic-fi), and not discussing mechanics at all, just peoples thoughts on lore concepts. It was one of those “wow” experiences.