plm00

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[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Something important to remember is how many great franchises or games were originally made by a very small (or "indie") team. Zelda, Tetris, Mario, Minecraft, Sonic, Civ, and others. Each eventually either grew massively or were bought out by a bigger corporation later. Indie games may not be our savior, but so many mainstream games started out small. It seems to me that the smaller the team, the bigger the innovation.

Somebody is gonna try to fact check me on this, so I'll just say my point is you can't have a healthy gaming industry without a healthy indie industry too, IMHO.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Isn't NMS already a kind of harvesting and crafting Minecraft simulator in space? Or is it the blocks?

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's a big ask. HeliBoard and FUTO are actively in development so improvements will come. They're also the best we have as far as privacy or open source alternatives go. They'll either grow to fill the need for a perfect alternative or another project will, but not yet.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not exactly sure who is behind all the Fossify apps but I'm impressed with their momentum.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm clearly out of touch with the world. Over half of these got an audible groan out of me when I watched the trailers.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

LadyBird can't come soon enough.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm both surprised and not surprised. Considering I've purchased the game three times, maybe I shouldn't be.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder what the ratio is between men who want to become filmmakers and women who want to become filmmakers, and if it's actually 50/50.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Audiences want good movies, and often don't care who writes or directs them. It'd be a mistake to say the reason for the low percentage "is because sexism" on such a multifaceted situation. A quick web search says only about 15% of all filmmakers are women, so this statistic sounds about right. Either not enough women are interested, or not enough get the opportunity.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've been using their GrayJay desktop app, and I've enjoyed it so far.

I haven't checked out FreeTube but maybe this is the push I need.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I've had a good experience with GrayJay. It's a bit young and missing features but it's never broken for me.

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