https://kotaku.com/old-games-2023-playtime-data-fortnite-roblox-minecraft-1851382474
A report shows that while the industry is growing, its biggest competition is Fortnite, GTA, Call of Duty, and Roblox
https://www.wired.com/story/florida-teens-arrested-deepfake-nudes-classmates/
In what appears to be the first criminal case of its kind, two teenage boys were charged under a 2022 Florida law for allegedly creating AI-generated images depicting middle school classmates.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-teslas-totaled-in-the-us-are-mysteriously-reincarnated-in-ukraine/
Ukraine’s fearless and expert EV mechanics bring electric vehicles declared unfixable in the US and Canada back to life on the other side of the world.
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2072275113036048219/B87049D0084E090A55F8451D8B040CD9702D5876/?imw=2560&imh=1080&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
Valet parking seems to be getting more common at some city locations that don't have a good parking situation.
How do you feel about valet parking? Doesn't bother you in the least, will do it if you have to, will never do it, something else?
Personally I don't like some random person driving my car.
I've never smoked, but I've been around people that do. What do people feel during/after smoking? It doesn't seem to make people high or hallucinate or anything. It maybe mildly relaxes them?
I've been getting diverted on sidequests, capturing ships, and exploration too much.
But I really don't want to do the Constellation questline yet, I've seen some spoilers and I'm not ready for that . I'm thinking of concentrating on the UC Vanguard or Freestar Collective questlines. Can I complete those without interfering with the Constellation questline?
Just went through a Starfield experience that sort of awed me. Wanted to capture some pirate ships, I took a mission from Freestar Rangers mission terminal to destroy a "Crimson Fleet Captain." I thought it was a person, but that's the name of a ship.
Engaged the ship, battle was fairly easy, took out their engines with EM weapons and boarded the ship. I was immediately blown away by how big and full of stuff the ship was. I've got a couple class B ships, but this one was probably 5 times the size of my Aegis. There were rooms after rooms, a few big open areas, several kitchens and sitting areas, a medical bay, storerooms, weapon rooms, armor mannequins, and a medium size trek-like bridge. The ship had at least 3 levels, and had probably 10-15 pirates to fight. Got to the captain's chair and was able to sit in it because I had leveled up my pilot skill enough. The ship was mine! I did this sort of thing last week with a smaller but impressive ship, but wasn't able to sit in the chair because my pilot skill was too low, so I had to abandon it.
All the time I was fighting my way through the ship I was saying "oh my god" to myself as I saw how much bigger this ship was than the ones I was used to.
For all it's shortcomings Starfield really nailed the ships, they are very unique and even compare very favorably to ships from Space Engineers, Empyrion, and Elite Dangerous. Elite Dangerous ships might give them some design competition but you can't walk around in them IIRC.
ETA: The ship is apparently originally a Crossbow III, it's not all that huge but compared to the starter ship it's massive: https://inara.cz/starfield/ship/1984/
https://www.wired.com/story/nhtsa-massachusetts-right-to-repair-letter/
The Biden administration has changed its mind about a Massachusetts state law giving mechanics and car owners access to more diagnostic data.
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