Text that’s written in kana-only can actually be kinda difficult to read. Japanese is written without spaces between words, so kanji helps to distinguish where words actually begin and end. The language is also full of homophones, words that are pronounced the same but are written with different kanji to disambiguate them.
How do they deal with CSAM and other illegal material? (I’m guessing the answer is that they don’t)
Free fonts exist, so you don’t even need to resort to AI.
Unicode has over 100,000 kanji, though the vast majority of these are esoteric kanji that are rarely used. You could trim it down to just the Joyo kanji list, consisting of 2,136 characters for everyday use.
Get whichever platform has the games she wants to play.
Announced in 1997, released in 2000. Might’ve seemed like a lot at the time, but barely a footnote by today’s standards.
Rockstar has repeatedly reminded us that GTA6 is in active development. Valve hasn’t even mentioned HL3 in a very long time, I think it’s safe to conclude it’s dead and has been dead for a while now.
It’s not about whether you or I are going to sit down and read through them all. It’s for the sake of those workers, that they have documentation of what they worked on that they can cite and say “I’m in there, you can check the credits and confirm.”
Depends on the game. If it’s a good fit, go ahead and add it, but if it’s not, it’s better for a game to focus on doing one thing well than two things poorly.
We’ve reached the point of diminishing returns on hardware. IMO, anything that can’t run on Switch 2 probably deserves to be scaled back anyway.
Nintendo doesn’t sell products that are branded as Switch but don’t actually play Switch games.
Don’t forget Splatoon 2.
The only Switch 2 game I even have right now is Deltarune. But I know I’m buying Kirby Air Riders, and I figured it’d be best to make sure I get the console right away in case tariffs fuck anything up by then.
I haven’t gotten all the way down to 2 yet, but at the rate I’m going, I could see it. I’ve settled into mostly grinding the same few forever games while the mainstream industry moves further and further away from my tastes.
TIC-80 Is a different fantasy console, not compatible for Pico-8. There are open source Pico-8 emulators though, including a libretro core.
I still buy physical whenever possible. But I’ve also come to accept that I’m a dinosaur for doing so. PC ditched physical a very long time ago, mobile never knew it to begin with, it’s a matter of time before consoles drop it someday too. It’s inevitable.
I think a lot of people still see physical as the most secure form of preservation, that in 50 years when download servers are gone we’ll still have our discs. But in an era of patches, updates, and DLC, how often is that 1.0 on the disc actually going to be the version you want preserved in the future?
Asking myself that question sort of forced me to acknowledge that my preference for physical media may just be more sentimental than practical.
What kind of games are you looking to play, and what form factor do you want?
I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus on sale two years ago and ended up liking it so much I wish I’d bought a more expensive model with analog sticks. There are quite a lot of devices like it on the market, if you want something small for retro emulation look into all the different options.
Meanwhile, my Steam Deck largely gathers dust because it’s just too bulky to feel like a replacement for the handheld-sized handhelds I grew up on. Switch (2) is good for running Switch games, and it’s at least a bit smaller and lighter than the Deck, but mine rarely leaves the dock.
Mother 3.
Sounds like the problem is just trying to chase infinite growth, expecting every game to sell more than the last.