What are some games that "spin" failure states?
What I mean by this, is instead of when you fail and are met with a game over, the game finds some way to keep it going. Instead of being forced to reset to a previous save or an autosave checkpoint, the game’s story continues in an interesting path. Are there any games like this?...
French rail pass: €49 ticket to launch after German success (www.euronews.com)
Disney tickets, PS5s, and big-screen TVs: Florida parents exploit DeSantis' school vouchers (popular.info)
Florida parents are taking advantage of an expanded school voucher program championed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R), according to messages from private Facebook groups obtained by Popular Information. The private Facebook messages reveal how parents are using the new
someone was alive and died the most painful way possible
EBAY Prices (i.imgur.com)
Why are so many things on Ebay even more expensive then what the item would be brand new from the store?...
63% of US workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
The Printer That Simply Worked (media.mas.to)
They're not wrong... (discuss.online)
It’s true :)
Bob Barker, longtime ‘The Price Is Right’ host, dies at 99 (www.nbcnews.com)
When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.
Alice Cooper Calls Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kids a ‘Fad,’ Condemns ‘the Whole Woke Thing’ (www.billboard.com)
He becomes the latest shock rocker to share his distaste for gender-affirming care after Dee Snider and Paul Stanley shared similar views.
My favorite Mastodon and Lemmy clients:
I was looking for a place to share my two favorite Mastodon and Lemmy clients, they are called Voyager Connect Boost for Lemmy and Moshidon for Mastodon (if you are really serious about privacy I recommend Connect still) (the official Mastodon app works fine though, you just can’t follow new hashtags from it)...
The Internet Archive is an important resource and needs to be saved. (www.techradar.com)
Javascript can create atomic bombs (programming.dev)
What was the time you almost died/had a close call?
Microsoft shuts down Cortana app on Windows 11 (www.theverge.com)
Man behind viral dress to stand trial charged with trying to kill wife (sh.itjust.works)
YouTube will soon require watch history to be enabled to show video suggestions (support.google.com)
On the flip side, this also means users have the option to have a cleaner, less cluttered interface....
Another One Of Trump’s Attorneys Seemingly Admitted (Twice) That His Client Committed A Crime (uproxx.com)
Most emotional moments in games? (SPOILERS)
Just for the heads up, this thread will probably have a lot of spoilers. I’m gonna try to go vague on spoilers for anybody that hasn’t played Hotline Miami 2. If you’ve played the game, you’ll probably know what I mean, but I’m going to say some purposefully esoteric shit to keep it out of full spoiler territory....
PeerTube has a federation problem
With the mass migrations of Reddit users to Lemmy/Kbin, and Twitter now speedrunning its own mass extinction, it seems me that the eventual future of social media is de-centralized. I like how Lemmy is slowing turning out, even if it still has some work to do and growing pains to fix up. It’s still able to inform me of all of...
The buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvel (www.theverge.com)
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On (www.iflscience.com)
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On::It’s turbo time.
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
My mom wants "free" full movies on Youtube
Some things that make it very annoying to me:...