Notices by Paul the Nerd (paulthenerd@cupoftea.social)

Another day and the first news article I open misuses the word “gaslight”. It doesn’t mean what most people who use it think it means so maybe don’t use it.

#Gaslight #Gaslighting #WordsMatter

Hot take: all #CEOs should be sackable by majority employee vote. #WorkplaceDemocracy

#Gaming hot take: #Nintendo are the smartest of the big three console makers. They opted out of the hardware arms race years ago choosing instead to focus on unique stories, gameplay and/or experiences rather than chasing ever more realistic graphics at higher and higher resolutions. As a result they have been able to develop more games per hardware cycle than #Playstation or #Xbox while keeping development costs down, all while selling the #Switch at a profit year on year.

Its not like the quality of games has suffered either as they have put out some of the most highly reviewed games in the past 7 years, and several of their games remain stubbornly at the top of sales charts even today years after release.

They have done this all without spending billions on studio or publisher acquisitions, leaning on studio relationships built up over the years and decades. They aren't a perfect company but there is a lot to admire in how they do business.

#VideoGames

I will never play stupid BS crossover nonsense like #MultiVersus or #SuperSmashBros.

Dear #VideoGames industry, stop taking beloved and iconic characters out of the context that made them beloved and iconic, only to put them in a context that makes zero sense to the character. For the love of God, respect your own IP.

#ContextMatters

People really need to stop talking about #Nintendo hardware in terms of power and performance. That has never been a priority for Nintendo and beyond the normal generational boost, it won't be their priority with the #Switch follow up either. If you're expecting a performance powerhouse you're setting yourself up for disappointment. #VideoGames

I think of my #AppleWatch as an iPhone accessory. Just like how my Apple Pencil is an ipad accessory. Just like how my PS Portal is a PS5 accessory. Just like how the Steam Dock is a Steam Deck accessory. I don't see anything monopolistic in that. None of those accessories really pretend to or are built to be anything else. #Apple

Hot take: The #VideoGames industry would be a lot healthier if game companies could learn to be satisfied with being more like #Nintendo

Not in a litigious way of course but in a way of focusing more on the fun factor of their games than on technology. A Switch follow up on par with the #SteamDeck is more interesting to me than a #PS5Pro because Nintendo puts most of their energy into just creating fun and engaging games

We get so much talk of “video game preservation”, this is far more important. We could one day lose vital scientific research. Losing video games would be a bit sad but we’d survive, losing scientific research would be devastating and it would take decades to recover, if we ever do. #Science #Publishing #Preservation

Study finds that we could lose science if publishers go bankrupt

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/study-finds-that-we-could-lose-science-if-publishers-go-bankrupt/

Fun fact: the #SteamDeck is not a linux device to me, it is simply a handheld console on which to play Steam games, no different to how my #Switch is a handheld console on which to play Nintendo games.

I daresay that is the same mentality for most Deck owners.