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Consider it done https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuwa/nuwa-pen-ai-powered-ballpoint-pen

Millenials were the original "avocado toast" generation targeted by boomers. We've been conditioned to protect our young from the real babies in these older generations. But there are good ones and bad ones in every generation.

yes and you can also leave out a plate of cookies where you want a strong signal so the wifi waves will go there when they're hungry

We're all gonna get old and some of us are going to get dementia. I have a hard time pointing at vulnerable people whose brains are nearly expired and saying "Haha jeez what noobs, how could they be such idiots?"

I guess what I was getting at is that it might take another engine overhaul or two before it starts to feel "next gen" to me. Maybe consumer hardware isn't ready for a game at this scale that has trees that don't look like paper, textures that don't look muddy up close, and some sort of particles floating around in the air so that the world feels less static. There have always been sacrifices made to create a world at this scale that performs well, and I just don't think we've hit peak yet. This stance seems to put people on the defensive for some reason. It's still a good game, don't shoot

The engine is literally over a decade old. Yes, they have worked on it in that time, but it's still Creation Engine with a new major version number. There were moments where I felt as if I was playing some sort of OpenGL demo - when I'm on a quiet part of a planet and all I can see is blocky terrain and a gradient for a skybox. Great game but it would be self-defeating to say there isn't room for a more immersive sequel.

I said "there are areas" for a reason. Seamless space travel is more polished in NMS. Cyberpunk has more visual polish imo.

It's not a new engine. It's a major iteration of Creation Engine, which is called Creation Engine 2, but not built from scratch.

Calling it a GOTY for any year in the last decade is still high praise.

I would describe it as a 2015 GOTY. There are areas where other games like Cyberpunk or No Man's Sky show more polish, and the engine is showing its age, but it's clear that many years of work have gone into it and you get a lot of content for your money.