Lar Browning

Gamer, Social Commentator, and Jokester
Masculine Pronouns|Florida Native|Cat Lover
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[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@vanillaopinions "Raise Minimum Wage to Set Amount" = Near sighted, easily subverted

"Companies Must Spend a Set Percentage of Earnings on Employee's Wages and Benefits" = Actually solves the issue, is future proof

[Casey Muratori @cmuratori]

For people using AI in commercial game development: I'd be interested in hearing the best arguments as to why you think people should pay for the resulting game instead of pirating it.

Concisely, if you pirated the inputs, why shouldn't they pirate the output?

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@art_jaguar @TommyKairaTK Yeah it's pretty clear at best he saw three buttons and didn't investigate further.

IDK, bait use to he believable

[Chris @ Lumiose @Tsukento]

Japan seems to be okay with generative AI, which is trained off of stolen existing art and photos, but they will scream, piss and shit themselves the moment someone tries to preserve a game's prototype instead of giving it back to the publisher.

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

I don't want to diminish the fact that using AI is worse for just about everything then simply using Google, however there are a lot of people who think if Crazy Taxi didn't use AI they would have hired more artist

That's not how it's ever worked

[Warden-Commander @KurouPS4]

@MeringueRouge The funniest thing is that the entire reason for the switch is because people wouldn't stop screeching whenever some Googled placeholder assets got left in games.

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@fluid1227 @MeringueRouge In the US nothing spat out by AI is copyrightable I believe

Companies have basically traded in "owning assets" in the hopes that cutting jobs down to nothing in the near future neats them more money

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@SEGAInforment @Kotaku Everyone in these comments is gonna be extremely vexxed when they've learned what "reference photos" have been for the last like 100 years of media

Granted using the AI to fetch them instead of Goog creates problems but I think people are missing *why* he thinks it's different

[liz 💥 @lizaboth]

Everyone bully Kevin O’Leary until he shrinks it to 0 acres

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@eaefffacq80800 I don't know about better but I greatly prefer the Trigun anime to the original Manga run

Cowboy Bebop isn't a real answer but I also just, did not like that manga -at all-

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@AlanBrizan @Kazsune I love the to first VF with all my heart

But yes Tekken 1 like curbstomps it

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@Ishtar42077725 @Kazsune Links?

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@Kazsune So I've recently have played MK4, DOA1, Bloody Roar 1&2, Toshiden 1, 2 & 3, Ergiez and Bushido Blade 1 & 2 on PS1

Tekken 1 is still in the top 20 percent of the genre on that system. Granted, T2 and T3 are way better and I think Soul Blade is the best, but Tekken 1's great, too

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Huge win for gamers and consumer rights!
The California State Assembly just passed AB 1921, the Protect Our Games Act.

It passed on the floor by a vote of 43 to 16.
The bill would force video game companies to give players a heads-up before they shut down the servers for a game.

It would also make them provide a way for people to keep playing afterward, like adding offline mode or letting community servers take over.

Quick recap of what the bill does:

>60-day advance notice before any server shutdown or major service change that would make a game unplayable in its “ordinary use.”

>Companies must then provide a workable solution so players can keep playing, usually an offline mode/patch, community server support, or (in some cases) a full refund.

>Applies to digital games first sold or substantially re-released in California after January 1, 2027.

>Does not affect subscription games, free-to-play titles, or games that are already permanently offline/single-player.

>Enforceable by the Attorney General or district attorneys.

In short: If you buy a game, you should still be able to play it even after the company moves on.
No more “purchase” turning into a rental that expires when the servers die.

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

Rather than clearly defined “rules,” Japan has a strong culture of unwritten expectations — manners, morals, and the overall atmosphere of a place.

For example, if you talk on the phone inside a train, people around you will look at you as if to say, “Seriously…?” It is also true that many tourists are confused by this.

Also, for example, I have visited more than 60 countries so far, and I still travel around quite a lot these days. Based on my own experience, in most countries, taxi drivers may talk to someone on the phone, or they may listen to or play music they like. But I have never seen a taxi driver in Japan driving while talking on the phone with family, a partner, or a friend. Music is generally not playing either. At most, you might occasionally find an elderly independent taxi driver playing the radio, but basically, unless the passenger requests something, the inside of the taxi is a quiet space. Well, taxi drivers from Kansai, such as Osaka or Nara where I was born and raised, may casually start talking to you, though.

In any case, it is true that Japan has many unwritten manners and Japanese-standard moral expectations depending on the place or space: don’t be noisy, stay quiet, line up properly, wait your turn, take off your shoes, arrange them neatly, take your trash home, and so on.

However, I think the idea of “when in Rome, do as the Romans do” exists to some extent in every country.

I go to the USA very often, and when a complete stranger gets into an elevator, that person may give me a light smile or casually say “Hi” to me. That happens, right?

Back when I was not used to that kind of culture yet — when I was in my teens or twenties — this was very confusing to me.

I asked my online gaming friends in the USA what the correct reaction was supposed to be, and they told me:

“We do that to show other people, basically without even consciously thinking about it, that ‘I’m not your enemy.’ It’s better than standing there silently with your arms crossed and an angry-looking face. It’s a way to avoid trouble.”

That conversation made me start trying, whenever I made eye contact with someone in a confined space, to raise my eyebrows a little and give a slight smile with my mouth. Though, to be honest, I often still fail to react in time.

Then, with that habit, I would return to Japan. When I made eye contact with a stranger entering an elevator and raised my eyebrows with a slight smile, they would look at me with a very suspicious expression, as if to say, “Uh… what is this guy doing?” Then I would suddenly remember, “Oh no, this is Japan!” After that, whether in elevators, hallways, or trains, I would switch back into a mode of either having no expression or pretending to be completely indifferent (Although, in Osaka, random older ladies and men around town may casually talk to you, so I switch into Osaka mode there. In other words, even within Japan, it may depend on the place).

I don’t think either side wants more and more rules to be created. But in the sense of treating each other with respect, I do think it is necessary for people to respect each other’s cultural customs.

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

Peter Jackson laments the death of physical media:

“You can get Blu-rays and DVDs, but they’re almost a niche product for aficionados now,” Jackson said. “Since they only sell small numbers, no studio wants to put extended features on them or to extend the cuts. We did hours and hours of behind-the-scenes material for The Lord of the Rings DVDs, and so many people have thanked me for doing them. People would watch that stuff over and over again because it inspired them to make films. That’s all gone now, and I think it’s a real shame.”

Do you still get real books and DVDs?

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@HaangEmHiigh Without

[shredded Denim @denimneverdies]

"AI" really killed my love for the whole "robots as oppressed people" trope. Now I see Astroboy villains talking like "a robot can't understand art!" and I'm like he's right though

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@djpyscho10646 Don't worry they do

[Lar Browning @MixMasterLar]

@GreatCheshire Incredible

[theselongwars @theselongwars_]

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

[Gonzalo Chacón Alípaz '98: Dream Match Never Ends @GonOverHere]

@SNKPofficial We all know the real reason Harada-san wanted to go to SNK.