Do remember that the vast majority of these kinds of patents never end up getting used, I doubt this one will be.

We learned this lesson from the early days of mobile gaming. Many games tried to emulate on-screen controllers, and it was pretty awful. Developers realized it was awful and shifted towards designing control schemes from the ground up with touchscreens in mind.

Though now that I say this, I suppose it’s entirely possible that a controller like this could be used not to emulate or replace a DualShock, but as a peripheral that new kinds of games can be designed around. That feels even more unlikely though, I miss the glory days of games built around goofy peripherals (Boktai my beloved), but those days are so far behind us that I don’t see them ever coming back.

Frieren might be a little too violent for age 12. Definitely have her come back to it when she’s older though.

Senpai

Bonus points if you make an overly exaggerated effort to talk like a caricature of an anime romcom protagonist.

• Little Witch Academia - I think this is probably my top recommendation for this age group, and if she likes Sabrina then this is probably perfect too. Beautifully colorful art style.
• Spy x Family - This one starts off leading you to think it’s a high stakes action series, then bait-and-switches you into a wholesome sitcom about two bozos trying to be good parents to their adopted daughter. So maybe a little bit of Modern Family vibes, though much much sillier.
• Teen Titans (original, not Go) - Definitely one to watch if she liked Avatar.
• Bocchi the Rock! - This one might be a stretch because it’s entirely dependent on whether she’s alright with subtitles. If that’s cool with her, watch Bocchi.

I begrudgingly put up with Puyo Puyo Tetris back when it was the only way to officially play Puyo Puyo in the west, but it is the worst thing that ever happened to the franchise. Only thing I hate more than the game itself is the impact it had on the series, because Sega has done nothing but lazily rehash it four times. It’s been a full decade since the last proper main series game and there’s still no word on when or if we’ll ever get another.

The practical difference is that the code is there for whoever wants to use it.

We basically know nothing about who Homer was or whether he really wrote both stories. There are only a few survivng accounts about him, but they’re all conflicting and could all be bogus.

Maybe he really did write both books. Maybe one but not the other. Maybe these stories were first passed down orally and he was just the first to write them down. Maybe he never existed at all.

It’s not a game I’m interested in to begin with, so it doesn’t really matter to me what the price is. But if some of my favorite IPs could get new releases, especially if they had the same kind of budget GTA will, there are games I’d hypothetically spend that much money on if I could.

So? It’s not like upstream should have to accept everything every fork does.

Curious to hear more about what the controversy is. I have a soft spot for media about disability when done well, but when done poorly…

What do you mean “never contributed back”? All of these projects give their source code back, as the GPL requires.

Nearly every cartridge-based system up to the 3DS saves to the cartridge. But many older cartridge games from that era (SNES, GBC, sometimes GBA) used volatile SRAM that needs to be constantly powered with an internal battery. When the battery dies, the save is wiped and it can no longer hold a save, though you can always open the cart up and replace the battery.

They already discontinued the vending machines because of this.

Chainsmoker Cat OP isn’t just hands down the best OP of the season, it’s a pretty strong contender for best OP of all time. I don’t know what’s more insane, this OP, or, uh, the rest of the show.

I got my degree in CS a decade ago, but wasn’t able to get my foot in the door finding any entry level position in the field. Had to give up and work a shitty unrelated job elsewhere, but after letting it drain my my soul for too long I’ve spent all year searching again. But no matter how many resumes I fire out into the void I have yet to get as far as even a single interview. It still feels like my degree isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. The only thing recruiters want is 5 years of experience in some technology that came out 2 years ago, and I can’t get experience because I don’t have experience.

Okay seriously, what is your problem? Why are you lashing out at every single person in this thread?

I haven’t harassed anyone. In fact, the only harassment I see here is you harassing every single person in this thread who dares criticize this lack of transparency.

Again, I’m not even on the list, you are lashing out at the wrong guy. I’m an outside observer looking at the situation and giving my opinion of what I see.

The only one forcing themself onto other people is the dev who snuck in this secret blacklist and heavily obfuscated it without telling any instance admins or end users. Lack of transparency is the problem.

I haven’t misconstrued anything. Nobody knew about this until the whistle was blown. The dev even said in their own words that they were banking on people not noticing. That’s not transparency.

I have no idea what you’re accusing me of. I didn’t even make it onto the list.