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hackers.town: 2023-11-09 Thu 11:15
Been enjoying an XBox Game Pass subscription for several days so I can explore big titles I wouldn’t otherwise have the budget for.
Key takeaway: AAA games are boring.
I think most good games run on one good idea. The great ones get two or three. This is not science. I will not be citing references.
The AAA games have that too. I think. But it’s all buried under the budget need for mass appeal, so their one good idea is buried under a dozen mainstream ideas. Indies and mid-range titles don’t have the budget for that much cruft, and I love that. My brain runs on novelty, and AAA so far doesn’t cut it.
hackers.town: 2023-11-09 Thu 12:15
@perigee @Binder I was thinking about trying SpiderHeck this evening as a matter of fact!
hackers.town: 2023-11-09 Thu 14:21
Whenever faced with excess meetings or unnecessary bureaucracy, I remember the contractor’s mantra:
It all bills the same.
hackers.town: 2023-11-09 Thu 14:22
Can also be phrased as “it’s all billable hours,” but I need monosyllabic mantras in moments like that.
hackers.town: 2023-11-09 Thu 17:32
Course I’m gonna try Starfield, and plan to enjoy comparing it to No Man’s Sky.
hackers.town: 2023-11-09 Thu 17:48
@luciano fingers are crossed! And there’s no industry standard for senior / lead / staff engineer in dev.