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A Pivot To Indie won’t save us [AURAMBLES blog]
  • Something important to remember is how many great franchises or games were originally made by a very small (or "indie") team. Zelda, Tetris, Mario, Minecraft, Sonic, Civ, and others. Each eventually either grew massively or were bought out by a bigger corporation later. Indie games may not be our savior, but so many mainstream games started out small. It seems to me that the smaller the team, the bigger the innovation.

    Somebody is gonna try to fact check me on this, so I'll just say my point is you can't have a healthy gaming industry without a healthy indie industry too, IMHO.

  • Keyboard alternative to Heliboard
  • It's a big ask. HeliBoard and FUTO are actively in development so improvements will come. They're also the best we have as far as privacy or open source alternatives go. They'll either grow to fill the need for a perfect alternative or another project will, but not yet.

  • Those who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.
  • The general attitude that "British English is correct" and Americans are wrong, is one of the most absurd things I've ever experienced. English is inconsistent enough as it is, so don't claim your inconsistency of spelling and pronunciation is somehow superior. Believe it or not, withing linguistics you don't make the rules.

  • Those who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?
  • Wellll I don't entirely agree. Ever been to IKEA and had a cart full of furniture? It takes every bit of strength my strong body can manage to take a turn without sliding out of control sideways and knocking over five display units and three children. The non-turning back wheels make turns more manageable. Carts should work like cars, front wheels turn, back wheels don't. I submit this comment as sacrifice.

  • Finally started cheating (in earnest) in dark souls 3 and finally enjoyed myself
  • I did this in Sekiro after I got frustrated with the Owl guy. Got a mod to make it easier, and happily enjoyed the rest of the game. I don't feel bad. I know it's not the recommended experience, but I wouldn't have finished it otherwise.

  • What ways have you used to bypass YouTube's echo chamber format?
  • Strictly from a viewer's perspective, I use a YouTube client alternative (like GrayJay, Freetube, NewPipe) and subscribe only to the channels I want to see content from. Then I can look at video suggestions for given videos to see relevant content. This entirely removes me from the algorithm as well as any personalization that would put me in an echo chamber. I also branch out to reliable and unbiased news sources, better search engine alternatives, and so on.

  • Women Directed Just 16% of 2024's Top 250 Grossing Movies
  • Audiences want good movies, and often don't care who writes or directs them. It'd be a mistake to say the reason for the low percentage "is because sexism" on such a multifaceted situation. A quick web search says only about 15% of all filmmakers are women, so this statistic sounds about right. Either not enough women are interested, or not enough get the opportunity.

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