Seems the general discussion burries what I sense is perhaps the more agregious part; LTTs business ethics.
It is inexcusable to become too big or too busy to care about how you represent those you partner with. Steve poiniently outlined significant instances where LTT took actions that negatively and unfairly impacted the vendors that expected more of a partnership in the exchange.
The Madison info just heaps onto the poor business practices.
I wish I could go back and play it again for the first time. It was one of the first games I played after getting my first voodoo card. It felt like I was experiencing the bleeding edge of tech.
Thinking about it, i can’t remeber a time in the last decade that a game made me feel that way. Crysis was probably the last time.
More on topic, yes everyone should own it. I think I bought a steam or GOG bundle and got all the doom and quake games for like $5-$10 or something like that.
I hope they win. I fear they probably won’t.
So be it. Humanity got along just fine without the internet for milleneia. Its clear at this point that the public internet isn’t going to be used to improve our human existence. If there is anything to bemoan, its that the practical usefulness of the internet will only continue to get more and more narrow.
It’s too bad banished always turns into a hectic click management game once the community gets to a self supporting size. Migrants show up and you expand for them… And then you get to run through the same operations every season, setting fields for plant and harvest, prioritizing workers and resources. It gets repetitive and the reward for getting bigger is just more clicking and more management.
Best anti digital hate movement ever: Going outside and doing something of actual use or recreational value.
The internet only helps in limited ways. my career in IT is largely down to the fact I can do it all myself without much need for others.
I’m coming to terms that I’ve basically lived a false life because of this. If I had had more friends and resources to lean on growing up I would have gone into construction, heavy equipment, or farming.
I’m trying to change that now. But, I look around and see more clearly that the ones who have success in these trades have a good social bond with those around them. I’ve never known how to do that. Really lacked the confidence when I was younger. Might be time to throw myself in the deep end and try anew.
We even “upgraded” to teams voice from a local PBX. Really great having calls drop and fail to connect.
I had to setup folks with a script clear teams cache when it acts up.