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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3326: Mar 2nd 2020 at 11:38:28 AM

Kinda crossposting from the China thread, but using the original reports because the one used in China thread is paywalled: Australian Strategic Policy Institute concludes that a large majority of tech companies are directly or indirectly benefiting off of forced labor from Chinese ethnic minority groups.

The reason I bring this up is because the big three (Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo) are named, so are others that have their hands in the gaming business (Google and Apple), and a whole bunch of other tech companies that we use to do our gaming.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3327: Mar 9th 2020 at 2:08:36 PM

Reggie Fils-Aime has just been appointed to Gamestop's board of directors to help guide the company through tough times.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3330: Mar 11th 2020 at 9:17:12 AM

Ubisoft update: we're exploring other options for a digital event.

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AmethystLeslie Schezo Wegey confirmed for King from IRL Unova Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
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#3331: Mar 11th 2020 at 12:56:28 PM

[up][up] I'm sad, and I'm not the only one who is.

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#3332: Mar 14th 2020 at 3:51:45 AM

Personal question: If an object such as a charge or pocket, hold the bombs and not explode itself after launching its payload, does it still count as Recursive Ammo? Something like Fuze's Cluster Charges

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3333: Mar 18th 2020 at 8:25:47 AM

Shadowman is getting remastered for PC, PS4, XB0, and Switch; launches May 20th.

Edited by tclittle on Mar 18th 2020 at 10:29:12 AM

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3335: Mar 19th 2020 at 1:52:17 PM

[up] That's been covered elsewhere, but yeah, Gamestop is doing that, and it's not the only business trying to keep itself operating by self-labeling as "essential". Those video games won't sell themselves... on Steam, or Xbox Live, or... Which is their real motive, if you think about it.

Edited by Fighteer on Mar 19th 2020 at 4:52:33 AM

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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#3336: Mar 21st 2020 at 11:11:57 AM

I just found out that IndieGameStandnote  shut down, apparently a while ago.

I hadn't bought anything from them in a long time, but I used to keep an eye on their weekly "pay-what-you-want" deals and got quite a few games from them. Luckily, I backed up everything I bought on an external hard-drive, so I haven't lost anything.

This is why I will always prefer physical over digital, any day of the week. First Desura, now IGS.

Edited by Primis on Mar 21st 2020 at 11:18:34 AM

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#3337: Mar 21st 2020 at 12:57:18 PM

And Gamestop might be next, given all this coronavirus stuff just disrupting everything. Which is kind of frustrating, because I'd rather not have to go to Wal-Mart or Target to buy physical copies of things when they generally don't have the kind of variety that Gamestop does AND you can't get older games there unless they happen to have a ten year old copy that they're selling for the exact same price as when it came out.

There are probably a lot of smaller businesses that do the same kind of thing, but the only one near me is significantly out of my way, and all those smaller businesses are probably even more at risk than Gamestop of going out of business simply because they're smaller businesses.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3339: Mar 21st 2020 at 5:13:34 PM

I'm not sure what businesses expect in this social media age.

Do they think people won't find out about this kind of thing?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3340: Mar 21st 2020 at 8:21:59 PM

Looks like Gamestop was trying to get throught the Doom/Animal crossing weekend or the Pennsylvania thing pushed them to do this faster: Gamestop no longer allowing access to stores in the US, will move to digital storefronts and curb-side pickup only.

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akanesarumara Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#3341: Mar 26th 2020 at 8:18:57 PM

Just started Sally Face yesterday, it's really great and interesting... but I'm in chapter two and have to restart the whole game with a new file.

Short story: batteries.

Long story: You can only find batteries when you need them in chapter 2 if, back in chapter 1 scene 1, you did something right when at the time there is no real indication when you get it wrong. Guide Dang It!.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3342: Mar 27th 2020 at 7:33:20 AM

(Japanese) Starting June 30th, Playstation 3s will no longer be able to communicate with other platforms (PS4, Vita, app, etc), only with other PS3s.

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#3343: Mar 28th 2020 at 11:26:47 PM

Sounds like the perfect way to start a shadowy, second internet for crimes.

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#3344: Mar 29th 2020 at 9:54:25 AM

I finally got around to playing Doom (2016), since I don't feel like coughing up full price for Doom Eternal. I'm enjoying it so far, but there's a bit of a grinding of gears when the exploration and secret hunting have to hold hands with high-octane action shooter gameplay.

Further, what the hell is up with checkpoint save systems? Yes, I know it's a concession to console scrubs, who apparently aren't psychologically developed enough to cope with quicksave and quickload, but holy crap it's a pain in the ass to lose ten minutes of progress because I dared to hunt for secrets and then die in a battle... or worse, from a bad jump.

Edited by Fighteer on Mar 29th 2020 at 12:55:21 PM

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3345: Mar 30th 2020 at 10:42:04 AM

Official Xbox Magazine has been shut down.

EDIT: Steam will now only immediately auto-update games you have played within the past 3 days, all others will be spread out over a few days because of bandwith issues regarding a large number of people staying at home.

Edited by tclittle on Mar 30th 2020 at 1:02:28 PM

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#3346: Apr 3rd 2020 at 3:45:08 PM

IGN announces Summer of Gaming digital event in early June; details to come later.

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TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#3347: Apr 5th 2020 at 10:25:20 AM

The recent Cooking Mama fiasco has me torn between face-palming and bursting into insane laughter.

IGN article. TLDR: The game was pulled from digital sales just hours after its release, but physical copies for the Switch are out there. What the article doesn't mention is (still unverified) reports from people who got one of those copies that the whole thing is a cryptocurrency mining software disguising itself as a game, as well as being spyware to boot. And on top of all that there's some evidence going around that the license for the Cooking Mama IP is illegitimate, meaning the company behind this never had the rights to make the game in the first place.

In short, this is looking more and more like the 2020 version of Evony. And somehow they conned Nintendo in the process. Just...how?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#3348: Apr 5th 2020 at 11:19:24 AM

> And somehow they conned Nintendo in the process. Just...how?

Normally games are inspected for any left over code since the hot coffee accident so I suspect someone bypassed the checks they have in place

Someone wanted to a quick buck and saw an opportunity

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AmethystLeslie Schezo Wegey confirmed for King from IRL Unova Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
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#3349: Apr 5th 2020 at 12:37:27 PM

Well... that certainly explains a lot. This is insane.

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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#3350: Apr 5th 2020 at 12:38:58 PM

I’m more confused about the license situation myself. How do you deceive a corporation as big and experienced in trade law as Nintendo into believing you hold a license you don’t?

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