Nifflas

Breath of The Wild gets it right if you find all 900 korok seeds. A bit of fun dialog and a gift that doesn't do anything. It acknowledges you did the thing, but neither asks people to do the thing or unlock an even more unreasonable thing.

A few games lately have been like "Oh cool you did all these challenges! So, we're going to unlock a mode for you that you have no chance of ever finishing, and it'll probably be uninteresting for you to try it." Just, like, unlock an outfit or a palette swap instead?

Having made games for 15 years, game jams are super different today. I haven't tried to win one since long ago. For the last few years, I've spent majority of them just doing personal non-game experiments, or useful utilities. I wonder how many experienced devs do the same?

Sorry I'm laughing at the US, but I'm really scared and don't know what else to do.

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAA! Imagine if there was a trial and the defense was like "there's not enough witnesses to convict this person", but also there are witnesses but the side of defense can decide "we don't have to listen to them!". Imagine that! It'd be so unrealistic.

Possibly super upsetting opinion: C# needs macros.

I'm like "I'm going to complain about music being bad and samey in movies" but cartoons be like "check this shit out" and I'm like "WTF!? :O" Anyway, check out Kipo. It's good!

(I mean, obviously duct tape will win in situations where it's important to hold stuff together that will be under physical stress, but legos wins in for delicate and complex problems where fine tuning & modularity is important)

So, if lego was one of your favorite toys, don't stop because you grew up. When it comes to problem solving, it often even surpass duct tape.

Problems I've used lego to solve: * Webcamera stand for presentations * Optical modular synthesis * Patchbay * Christmas light holder * Tabletop role playing game map & characters I hate how I trained my entire childhood for this, but only realized its use in my mid 30s.

It just breaks my heart a little every time another company writes a long explanation how sorry they are that it'll take a bit more time than intended. Life is weird and chaotic, and plans may need changing. Why be sorry?

Another new rule! Devs, stop apologizing for delays. 1: Crunch is a problem in this industry, and 2: It's very difficult to estimate remaining work. Let's just normalize the idea that a release date is a bit unreliable and primarily means "here's what we're aiming for"?

New rule! The and smileys are now outlawed!

Here's a weirdly specific complaint! I dislike that Bulk Rename Utility is always brought up as some kind of UI disaster. I mean, not going to pretend it's intuitive, but it's far more consistent to use than, say, trying to change a specific Windows 10 setting.