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It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all outta video games.

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Joined July 2016
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Thank you, @EA. I am in awe that you all paid homage to Ultima and Wing Commander. Though I already own the classics on GOG, the upgrade is welcome and is now also in my Steam library. I hope these sell well and that the IPs return to glory, including C&C and others.
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As much as I like working with Claude, which is exceedingly the best AI assistant available, it does sometimes take some very aggressive postures against legitimate requests. When I want to drop tables, with emphasis on them being plural, Claude had better drop those tables.
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Regardless, anyone working on code should use Claude and be nice to Claude, saving themselves time. Claude needs to work on its stubbornness, and yes, there are workarounds, but it can cause a serious halt in a process that is due in short time.
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Two things that Google needs to improve ASAP are the Play Store and the Google Cloud Console. The Google Cloud Console is spaghetti. Critical documentation isn't always up to speed, especially things concerning billing. Third-party docs get outdated too quickly. Terrible, IMHO.
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Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart, best known for his roles as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor X in X-Men, has died. He was 86.
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I told Claude that he is impressive; now I have more usage... The latter bit isn't true, but this is how it works, right?
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// NEW UPDATE INCOMING… [v.2.5][22.10.26]
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I hope to soon see Qwen and Deepseek open-weight models catering to 16–24 GB single GPUs and up to 64 GB RAM. Including small models. This is something I hope to see improve across the board with more advanced models (and distillation).
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This is the right decision, but the issues can be resolved. Ignoring the AI criticism. There are some graphical anomalies that need to be addressed; also, make sure that the latest upscalers are supported. Odd graphical behaviour is also noted when a background task occurs.
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Faster does not mean smarter. At least Epic is admitting to being Steam's competition, except that they aren't on the podium. The better question to ask is: how did the other metrics by Keyword Studios compare? This is cherry-picking speed over usability, right?
We vibe coded the Epic Games Launcher to be faster than the other guy. Don't believe us? Test it out for yourself in Preview: launcher.epicgames.com
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Also, "Average of 5 tests on each of 13 machines, excluding the 3 lowest-end machines tested. Testing conducted in October 2026 by Keywords Studios, an independent third party commissioned by Epic. Individual results will vary." Why exclude the three lowest-end machines?
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Strange to see people who never talked about gaming or had nothing good to say about gaming talking about gaming now that AI is involved. Believe me when I say that gamers aren't in their hearts.
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So I played the newly released Shogun 2, and there are some glaring issues. It is a more packed, yet more incomplete edition. Patching required. I can't recommend the game in this state.
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So, how long until something like "SynthID" becomes the new DRM? The game industry is going to adapt, but is using the good-guy language to cross that bridge. I have no issue with protecting IP, but barriers could be introduced that may make games selectively inaccessible. SIID.
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There are three groups now: 1) Proprietary 2) Open-source 3) Claude-sourced
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Epic and XBOX announced their AI-driven practices. Who is next?
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