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Comment: Sadly overhyped (Score 1, Informative) 88

by Pecisk (#45244027) Attached to: <em>Star Citizen's</em> Crowdfunding-Driven Grey Market

SC is already getting overhyped beyond means, and ship sales are just adding fuel to the fire. This decision alone from CIG has been huge turn off for many players to check it out, because while sandbox space sim doesn't have special "win" scenarios, still it's gives huge advantage right out start at the game for people with bought ships.

I personally don't like this huge in-game assets sale. I know SC fans argue it's for supporting SC development, but...seriously. If you are so curious to support game, do it without getting ship back in return. This is not best advertisment for crowdfunding, because it reminds a pre-order gifts which lot of people loath.

Also SC feature set boasted by fans aren't that unique - for example "Elite: Dangerous" with their current development docs (see archive of Development Decision Forum here looks more detailed and nuanced that SC - still SC gets more hype because of involved people trying to get their friends buy ships.

I also prefer ED ship design (can be seen in-game engine trailer here comparing to SC "planes in space" (don't getting those "car ad" type videos for ships either, only one of them is done ok).

Comment: Re:Half Life 3 (Score 1) 271

by Pecisk (#44953949) Attached to: Valve Announces Hardware Beta Test For 'Steam Machine'

"This is nice in theory, but HL3 would have to be a SteamOS exclusive in order for Steam Machines to take off at all... and if he's not a total moron, he won't do that. It will be released from Windows."

GTA5 was just released for consoles and earned billion in nearly two weeks. No, gaming don't need Windows anymore. They just need to to timed exclusive. It will be enough to get Steam machines in enough households to people start to enjoy them.

Also please get your facts stright. Valve itself said that NVidia is faster on Linux and that was one of their reasons why they started to draw plans to do this. Windows 8 was tipping point.

Comment: But that's progress (Score 1) 625

by Pecisk (#44855319) Attached to: 45% of U.S. Jobs Vulnerable To Automation

I think everyone will agree that automation is good at it's core. We can discuss details or is it applied effectively enough to be economically reasonable in each scenario, but in the end, that's how our society has evolved, for better or worse.

So discussion is not about technical progress, but progress of society. In Capitalism it is clear and cut that such scenario will end in disaster - destroying so much paying jobs will bring down economy overnight. So society is lagging behind.

Comment: Re:Give the people what they want... and cheaply. (Score 1) 327

by Pecisk (#44404585) Attached to: Tim Cook May Not Know Why, But Samsung Is Winning in China



Comment: Re:U.S., cough, international pressure much? (Score 1) 166

by Pecisk (#44360113) Attached to: Crowdsourced Finnish Copyright Initiative Meets Signature Requirement

I didn't say that you can't ignore treaties. You can. But you can't precisely pinpoint implications. Starting from lawsuits, and ending with political fallouts.

U.S. is biggest IP producer to date, so they will protect their export. I can fully understand them. World couldn't allow such agreements in first place.

Comment: Re:U.S., cough, international pressure much? (Score 2) 166

by Pecisk (#44360037) Attached to: Crowdsourced Finnish Copyright Initiative Meets Signature Requirement

They are technically "overruling" even constitution, it doesn't mean that they can be incompatible with it though. Only way to strip those rules from law book is void agreement. But for that there can be much wilder political and economical consequences.

Would like to see healthy discussion about it anyway of course.
