I had the same thought. I’m assuming it has something to do with them wanting the wireless puck for the Steam Controller to be able to charge the controller as well.

Otherwise, maybe there’s some hardware reason why making the battery removable in the Steam Controller would be difficult.

The Sims comes to mind here, since it’s had same-sex relationships for quite a while (and same-sex marriage for at least 3 and 4, I think).

It’s longer than that — maybe check the archive.is version?

I actually really like the developer’s rationale for why they use an anime character as the mascot.

The whole blog post is worth reading, but the TL;DR is this:

Of course, nothing is stopping you from forking the software to replace the art assets. Instead of doing that, I would rather you support the project and purchase a license for the commercial variant of Anubis named BotStopper. Doing this will make sure that the project is sustainable and that I don’t burn myself out to a crisp in the process of keeping small internet websites open to the public.

At some level, I use the presence of the Anubis mascot as a “shopping cart test”. If you either pay me for the unbranded version or leave the character intact, I’m going to take any bug reports more seriously. It’s a positive sign that you are willing to invest in the project’s success and help make sure that people developing vital infrastructure are not neglected.

Yeah man, I love Windmill Slice Can Goose too! That album has such an original sound to it — honestly almost brought me to my knees the first time I heard it.

I feel like people constantly shit on Duolingo and other things like it, especially compared to other forms of language study like full classes, immersing yourself in that language via cultural exports (movies, TV shows, books, etc.), or interacting with people that speak that language.

But I think that’s kinda missing the point — Duo and other programs structured like it offer a way to learn a decent chunk of a language without a lot of effort. If you put in a bit of time every day or so and take things at least a little seriously, my understanding is that you can learn a lot. Maybe you won’t be truly fluent, and certainly you won’t learn as much as you would with intensive self-structured learning or classes at a university, but it takes way less effort and is far more approachable.

That being said, definitely look somewhere else now that Duolingo is using AI.

For what it’s worth, what Sanders said is a lot softer than the headline implies:

Singh interjected with another question: “But could we not also say, if there hasn’t been a fair primary for the Democrats since 2008, are they not also a threat to democracy?”

“Fair enough,” Sanders answered. “I’m not gonna argue with that.”

Adding on to what you’re saying: I think it’s pretty clear that Morrowind and Oblivion are more focused on a first-person perspective for the player character with third-person being a bit of a secondary concern. As such, it seems to me like the focus of the third person animations is on matching what the player would see in first person, especially since they can switch between the two with a single button press.

For example, when the player holds the “A” key to move pure left while keeping their view straight, it certainly seems more natural from a first-person perspective that they’re strafing left rather than turning their torso left with their head and arms awkwardly straining at a 90° angle (try this at home, it feels weird).

The alternative here would be for the character to actually turn their whole body left when you hold the “A” key in third-person, but then have their view (i.e. their head and arms) snap 90° to the right whenever you switch back to first-person, which seems odd and immersion breaking.

That being said, obviously it does look quite jank from a third-person perspective for a player to be strafing all the time, even when they’re in non-combat scenarios. This isn’t helped by aging animations, either.

FYI: For those out of the loop like me, the headline is written somewhat ambiguously and actually means “free multiplayer features and Age features,” not that multiplayer isn’t included at launch.

That being said, according to the Civ website at launch “up to five players [will be] supported in the Antiquity & Exploration Ages, and up to eight players [will be] supported in the Modern Age.” One of the post-launch updates will expand that limit to 8 players throughout the game and another will add teams and hotseat to multiplayer.

Not sure why they’re not there at launch since they’ve been standard Civ features for years, but…

I feel like this is a euphemistic way of saying “we paid the ransom” without actually saying “we paid the ransom.”

I feel like this headline and article are missing the mark. This is clearly aping off of TikTok Live’s Gifts system, which works in basically the exact same way. It’s crazy to me that the article doesn’t mention them at all.

Just like YouTube started supercharging Shorts after TikTok took off, they’re chasing that same train again.

It sounds like a lot of this case is going to come down to whether or not the students were actually told that the university was fake. One of the plaintiffs claims that he was repeatedly told over the course of multiple calls and months that classes would be starting and he’d get a normal course load, while ICE claims that it was made to clear to all students that it wasn’t a real university (i.e. a “pay to stay” arrangement).

I obviously have my doubts about ICE, but if they were any kind of smart they should have phone recordings or emails proving that’s the case. And if it is, they can likely keep the money in the same way that undercover drug busts do.