I definitely agree! There are a lot of other factors that should come into play. A corporation is more likely to focus on money. A smaller org would have more leeway to use human judgement.

I don’t get the skepticism. If you were deciding between two candidates of equal qualifications, and one asked for $65k, and one asked for $55k, and you chose the $55k one…what would you say to the $65k one?

Garbage like that has no place anywhere.

If app developers can’t get money from paid apps, then it makes sense to run ads. Especially if they do offer a paid (ad-free) version.

But if it’s a paid app already, like in Steam, it should definitely be ad-free.

Nasty fire still sounds better than instant explosion! Haha

It’s easy to play retro games now and gloss over the challenges. With old stuff, we often have the best of both worlds – the challenges of the past can be overcome with modern features.

• Save states help negate fake difficulty
• Turbo/speedup and save editing help negate grinding, loading, and other time sinks
• Digitization makes it easier to store and keep track of lots of game (no need to worry about someone losing a game you lent them!)
• Modern storage capacities mean we can have as many save games as we want for free
• Mods let us experience games (sometimes) even better than they were back in the day
• Digital games are much more affordable now. Back in the day, if you wanted to play something other than your same handful of games, you’d have to borrow one from a friend, rent one, or pay at least 30 bucks or so for something that wasn’t trash. Or you want a brand new game? Might set you back $200 (both adjusted for inflation).

Stopping the explosions seems like a good enough sort of solution to me

Lmao…“status”?

“trauma”???

This is ridiculous