They can call it what they want to deflect scrutiny, but the fact is that it mirrors breeding mechanics from other games, like FF7’s chocobo breeding. So calling it “breeding” as a joke is not really that wild or unusual.

I think you’re laser-focusing on a weirdly specific thing, I think it’s just a joke. Gita clearly enjoys the game, the subheader is just a funny elevator pitch for the game.

Did u read the article? Gita seems to be in love with the game, I wouldn’t say they were shaming it at all!

right? it was like the only thing that made me sort of okay with the lack of sales.

definitely licensing issues, 100%. The record company owns the old song and doesn’t want to allow it in the game again, at least not for a reasonable price. Could the artists re-record songs to bypass the record company, like Taylor Swift did? Yeah sure, but only if they are still around, and only if they care that much about being in the Tony Hawk remake. Re-recording songs includes re-doing all the mixing and mastering, and that is a decent chunk of time and money for essentially no return on investment. Most of the bands in original Tony Hawk that are still around are pretty focused on ROI at this point.

there are apparently a few cases where they didn’t get the same song, but they got a new song from the same artists. But yeah…it’s a bummer from a game preservation perspective

I seem to remember even FF7 allowing this.

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Yeah I hear that a lot, I tried to speed run ARR but just ran out of motivation before I got there 😔

I played for a lil while, trying to get into it to play with my friends. The only MMO i’ve gotten DEEP into was the original Guild Wars, and that is obviously a bit different from other MMOs, so I wasn’t sure if it would be my cup of tea. I ended up falling off before finishing the base Realm Reborn MSQ. I found the same problem I always have with MMOs - the initial loop is really fun and addicting and I’m enjoying learning the world, but then I hit a point where doing the quests just feels like a slog to endgame. I did some dungeons with my friends once that was possible, and it mostly just felt like I was struggling to keep up with something that everyone else had done 50 times over already. It stunk that I had to do story quests solo, and could only really party up for dungeons. Much preferred the GW experience of playing the MSQ together.

Idk, I’m not trying to trash on the game, I can tell it’s really well made and I’m happy for all y’all. It just didn’t resonate for me.

Regrettably…they kinda do. At least for studios like Obsidian and Double Fine, the landscape has become very grim. They are studios of a size that is very difficult to keep afloat in this environment. Investor funding in the gaming segment has dried up post-COVID, and these kinds of mid-level (or higher) devs were very reliant on that kind of funding. In light of that, these studios may have seen Microsoft as something of a safe harbor. They knew these layoffs were always a possibility, but I think it was better for them than the alternative. Or at least, it was the best choice for the people leading these studios prior to their respective Microsoft acquisitions. The devs that are being laid off are not the same people that signed off on the acquisition.

great tip, checking it out now

interesting. thanks for the info!

osm seems like a mess. your comment got me poking around my local area to see if they had marked a recent road closure i was aware of. They hadn’t, and the Walgreen’s next to the road was marked as a generic building. I dug into the editing tools, made an account, and made some edits. Then I tried asking OSM to give me directions to that pharmacy, and it just says it can’t find a route. lollll great thanks OSM.

It seems interesting as a hobby to keep up with. Feels like editing Wikipedia articles but you’re getting in on the ground floor, so your individual contribution is way more valuable.

This is an incredible turnaround after it seemed like the initiative was stalling just a few weeks ago. Keep those signatures rolling if you can! As others mentioned, there is still a value in new signatures because some will be invalidated. Let’s finally get a win for media preservation, eh?

okay now you’re straight up lying so I’m gonna block you. See ya later.

Luke Plunkett asking the real questions. It must be nice to be a CEO, just failing constantly with the security that you will continue to make millions per year for years to come. If I made this many miscalculations in my job I’d be unemployed within 6 months.

Ahhh omg 😍😍😍 I’ve never seen so many colorful ducklings before, they are absolutely adorable!! Thank u 4 sharing 🙏

That one is a reincarnation of Ganon.

When you create an account and the only thing you post is about Lbry, and the only posts you comment on are your own, it is suspicious. Reddit is plagued with astroturfing like this, and Lemmy is a reddit-like site. It is not unreasonable to be suspicious of an account like yours. If you want to deflect suspicion, go engage with more communities and comment on more posts.