John Walker's discussions

I’m fascinated to learn how I’m defending AI at all. I’m arguing for the right to be allowed to discuss it. Unfortunately, for some reason this subject has become entirely ideological, to the degree where discourse is so angrily disallowed, and I’m the sort of old-fashioned leftie who calls that fascism. Read more

I am confused about your position, given that in the article above I strongly make the point about the issues of big tech taking financial advantage of the solo artists. That’s not contended. I was simply taking issue with your stating that we’re not allowed to have discussions. Read more

Yeah, this is very much how it reads to me, too. Read more

But it already exists, and we need to discuss that. I’m PRETTY sure you’re not in charge though, so we’ll be good to go ahead without your say-so. Read more

No, we can, and it’s really important we do. Read more

I’m genuinely fascinated to hear why. Read more

I have good news for you! Nothing better than a controller while sitting on the couch at 3am with a baby that won’t sleep unless it’s lying on top of you. Read more

If I get a single question right in any episode, I feel so fucking proud of myself. (Apart from the missing vowel round at the end - I’m rather good at that.) Read more

Yeah, you’re absolutely right. I was trying to emphasise that this is a game people will be getting as part of Game Pass, which means it’s on lots more horizons, but I’ve updated for clarity. Read more

Not in my experience. Every other time I launch it, it declares it’s running on a new system (it isn’t) and makes me do a 2-factor that doesn’t work, and never sends an email. Then when I load my library it says I have three games, refusing to acknowledge the rest of until some random moment. Read more

Oops, fixed! Read more

(I do link to an article all about it.) Read more

The first entry is all about it! I just grouped them together. Read more

You’ve made up a far better sounding game that they should definitely make. Read more

I’m not sure it should be necessary to recruit an entire other human to fix a game’s broken pathfinding and poor design choices. Read more

Overlord!! That’s the game it kept reminding me of, but I couldn’t remember! Thank you, you scratched an itch : ) Read more

I didn’t say it was pointless. Kotaku wouldn’t have published a review if it were pointless! I said reviews will make no difference to the success of this particular game, because it’s predestined to be a juggernaut. Read more

I tried SO hard with Tanis, but after about forty-billion episodes, realised it was on a loop and it had absolutely no idea where it was going. Read more

They’re chicks! They’re Easter chicks! Eyes, a beak. Chicks. Read more

I keep restarting so not getting far, but have reached the point where she’s nervously bringing me gifts. Read more