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Post by bonesnapdeez on Apr 12, 2024 15:11:39 GMT -5
Ys III is the most streamlined in the series. Nice and quick and not mazey at all. Barely feels like an RPG at times. Play it!!!!!!!!
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Post by toei on Apr 12, 2024 15:48:17 GMT -5
Xeogred Lots of angel imagery in those first two games, as a matter of fact. There are Ancient Goddesses with angel wings in the mythos of the land of Ys, and they're prominent in the title screens and cover arts. So it's really no surprise their next game starred a literal angel.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 14, 2024 20:02:33 GMT -5
Some Square Soft legends hanging out again:
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Post by Ex on Apr 16, 2024 9:29:11 GMT -5
"PlayStation Experience Truck From 2006 Being Sold Online for $70,000"www.ign.com/articles/playstation-experience-truck-from-2006-being-sold-online-for-70000"The truck was part of a marketing campaign for PlayStation and would travel around the U.S. to let fans (and prospective customers) have a shot of the latest and greatest games and consoles from Sony. Once parked up, its sides would unfurl and doors open to reveal a gaming paradise, letting fans get their hands on myriad consoles and games. PlayStation's slogan at the time, "Live in Your World, Play in Ours", is also printed on the truck in fading letters, and the PSP and PS2 logos also feature all over alongside the PlayStation controller's sacred symbols."I think the price is too high but an interesting relic of that era.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 16, 2024 13:55:44 GMT -5
Think there was something like that for the OG Xbox too.
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Post by toei on Apr 25, 2024 21:11:59 GMT -5
This one's for Xeogred especially, but maybe also for everyone. A short documentary (27 minutes) following Capcom character designers and debuggers as they work on Resident Evil 4 remake and Street Fighter 6, produced by NHK (kind of Japan's PBS for you, or CBC for me). EDIT - It was interesting. I wouldn't like to work as a developer, the endless adjustments would probably drive me crazy. Almost everything you see in this documentary is fine tuning, one way or another. But the quality of it and strict demands put on this step are probably one of the main things that separate great companies like Capcom from lesser developers. They never settle. The battle designers play for hours with the new character, before deciding to add a handful of frames to her recovery period after mid-kicks. They're having fun, though. The effects designer has to redo her special move over and over, because his senior colleague doesn't think it looks convincing. The whole team has to adjust the lighting constantly at the producer's request - too light, then too dark. And on and on.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 25, 2024 21:55:26 GMT -5
I'll watch it now since I'm sleepy and don't want to do much tonight.
What I randomly want to say for now, is that I'm so thankful I don't work in office spaces like this. In Japan's defense I know they gotta cram things in close within their country. But even in America you see stuff like this, paper thin "cubicles" or barely anything overhead. I'd be so distracted with people in my peripheral vision or looking over my shoulders, lmao. Even worse are some stupid businesses going full "open office" and crap. They argue it's good for the bonding/culture and all, when it's really probably just perverted power hungry supervisors who want to make sure they see your ever move. I guess my last job wasn't too far off from this though. I don't miss it at all!!! Next month I'm moving offices to another building across the street with just one other or two in a room though, lol. That might be weird. Soon I shall work remote and never worry about this again!
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Post by Ex on Apr 25, 2024 21:58:31 GMT -5
I once worked in an open engineering office for about four years. In my experience open office is better for team building, but worse for productivity (more difficult to concentrate due to constant interruption). These days I work from home and my office mates are cats and dogs. Much better.
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Post by Sarge on Apr 25, 2024 22:02:01 GMT -5
I shared an office with one of my coworkers for over ten years. But I have my own office now, which is good for my overall sanity. Still getting used to it, honestly, even though it's literally right next door to where I was.
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Post by toei on Apr 25, 2024 22:08:49 GMT -5
I'll watch it now since I'm sleepy and don't want to do much tonight. What I randomly want to say for now, is that I'm so thankful I don't work in office spaces like this. In Japan's defense I know they gotta cram things in close within their country. But even in America you see stuff like this, paper thin "cubicles" or barely anything overhead. I'd be so distracted with people in my peripheral vision or looking over my shoulders, lmao. Even worse are some stupid businesses going full "open office" and crap. They argue it's good for the bonding/culture and all, when it's really probably just perverted power hungry supervisors who want to make sure they see your ever move. I guess my last job wasn't too far off from this though. I don't miss it at all!!! Next month I'm moving offices to another building across the street with just one other or two in a room though, lol. That might be weird. Soon I shall work remote and never worry about this again! Call centers are worse, you don't even have full cubicles typically. Barely any panels separating the desks. I've done it. In my experience, a lot of the colleagues were cool, and the bosses were typically annoying assholes. So the bonding thing was true, but the power hungry nosy annoying weirdo boss was very true as well. Lol, at one company, the lady in charge would constantly sneak up on us in a surprisingly silent way. You'd turn around and this giant lady was standing there, asking "what are you doing?" She finished a lot earlier than me, though, and I worked weekends when she didn't, so I was only tense when she was around. Luckily, she would constantly go on vacation to Latin America to meet her (almost 100% paid) lovers, and sometimes she would just sneak out of the office without telling anyone and leave at like 1pm. And this wasn't full open office, but kind of halfway between that and real cubicles. Then as time went on, they all started having people in remote locations looking at your computer from their official spyware or whatever, so the spying never ceased.
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