Datman2020

There are moments when I do not wish to continue playing a game but still wish to learn about the game and the things that happened in it so far. Sometimes the story becomes too confusing or I forget that one in-game tip that is needed to beat the game, which is when I am forced to research on that topic else the rest of my gameplay is pretty much ruined.

But then I face the problem of encountering spoilers between my research. Even a small thing as a thumbnail or a video title in Youtube or an article analyzing the ending by exactly stating what the ending was directly in the title would instantly destroy the suspense of the story building inside the game and consequently my interest in that game. I even refuse to look into the comment section of game trailers anymore in fear of some jerk that would literally spell out the fate of the characters in the end without being subtle at all.

Is there any community or website that provides content about various game titles keeping into account people who haven't finished the game? Perhaps a guide segregated into well defined chapters whose lore context is contained into the chapter itself, or a video series in a similar fashion in form of playlists or timestamp-marked videos or just something that offers a spoiler warning beforehand? Is there someplace I can rely on to get to know more about a game without getting instantly spoiled?

I would like recommendations for open world games where the player has abundant ways to interact with the world, be it with the NPCs or buildings, and does not have to worry about survival aspects of the character or spending time exploring a static world. I would not mind if it comes at the cost of a smaller sized world, as long as it remains an open world game.

By interaction, I am not just talking about side missions or the main story. I wish for the ability to perform actions that affect the NPCs directly or make them react to it, like combat or conversations. I also wish to interact with the outside objects and buildings, like sitting on a bench, driving a random parked vehicle, or entering a building to observe or interact with its interiors. I am not keen on base building nor caring for hunger/thirst/shelter.

A great example of this could be the Watchdogs franchise. I have never seen the level of interaction with the world in any other game the way Watchdogs provides. From the streets to the vehicles to the individual people, there are so many ways to how I can mess up with the city, meanwhile the game does not bother me to eat or sleep. Overall I think of it as GTA but better. Another example could be the first Assassin's Creed game (since it's the only one I've played so far) where the interaction comes in the form of stealthily killing enemies, hiding and blending with the environment and parkouring through the rooftops of the various cities. Maybe another example of such a game could be Skyrim. Though it does contain a great amount of exploration and villages are small and scarce in the world, there is surprisingly a lot of interactive elements in the villages themselves. Plus the different types of loots when raiding a dungeon of fighting a monster with your own arsenal of weapons, this partially qualifies as a match for me.

I am sure there is some genre or a category that perfectly encapsulates what I am looking for and it is just at the tip of my tongue. Please provide me with any game titles that match my requirements as stated above. I would understand if I am asking for too much.

Websites, mobile apps, desktop apps and mobile OSes are developed and updated using the desktop OSes, which I would call the 'master OS'. But who updates the 'master'? How do the devs upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 using Windows 10?

I have some experience in computing but software development for operating systems is completely mysterious for me. I have had this question ever since I learned about software development in general.

I saw Apple say how they use the Macs to build all of their other products and softwares, but they never answer how they build macOS itself. I understand how these companies could design an upgraded or a brand new computer by designing its new architecture as well as the circuitry and the components underneath with the help of a program like CAD. What I don't understand is how they upgrade their existing software they themselves work in, especially when it has completely new features the old one doesn't have. I feel like this is similar to a person performing a brain surgery on himself.

I would really appreciate if someone could ELI5 but only dumb it down enough for a person that understands how to really work with computers and knows the general theory of programming , like an amateur or the family IT guy.

Why is it that I am not able to read a book without moving my eyes if the entirety of the page is within my field of view? Why do I have to center my eyes on an object to observe it fully? And why is it that I am still able to view changes in surroundings in the edges of my field of vision despite there being supposedly no way to focus on them from that angle?

Is it due to our brain's capacity to absorb a finite amount of visual information at a given moment or is it a physical flaw in the structure of our eyes?

Hello everyone. I have lately been in a good mood and wish to spend some money on a game. By that, I mean all of it. I want to empty my entire savings on a game, and not just any game.

I am looking specifically for a game which is a complete and utter dumpster. Horrible controls, ugly graphics, incomplete assets and bugs on every aspect of the gameplay, all within a bundle whose size occupies more than half of my PC's storage. And it has to be expensive. I am looking for a game with the base price no less than 70$, with microtransactions of every kind available at this time, whether it be in the form of cosmetics, virtual currency, battle passes, subscriptions, DLCs or any worthless virtual in-game item. I'll be delightful to pay for them all!

Please don't recommend me one of those 'indie' games. I truly despise their polished and complete nature, and the love and care that went into them by those wretched developers with a 'soul', going their way to bring something 'new' and 'fresh' to the market. I would rather pay my hard-earned money to the more-deserving big corporations who have no sympathy for their playerbase and push out the same trash over and over again.

I would kindly ask anyone who knows of any such game to please let me know as I have my entire savings account to burn, exactly how the general game companies think people do. Extra points for those which I can pre-order.

Some people suggest the idea of a multiverse with each universe having a unique set of laws of physics governing it, but not many delve deeper into this. I was wondering if it was even possible to imagine a universe that is different to ours in this regard.

The universe could share some of the laws from our universe yet still be different enough that it is not a matter of just tweaking a few digits of the gravitational constant or the speed of light. Also the universe with those set of laws should be able to sustain itself through the same period as our universe has been so far, meaning it shouldn't implode or instantaneously cease to exist the moment it is born.

Is it even possible to imagine this? If not, is this due to us having become so accustomed to the logic of our universe that we cannot come up with any such idea that does not exist here, or is it just that our universe happens to be the only possible one to exist, at least while maintaining the harmony between each law of physics and avoiding any paradoxes to occur?

I am in need for stories in form of movies, shows or games where an extremely large entity or organization exists, a force not to be reckoned with. A system which you cannot defeat, which you have to outsmart and escape instead. A system whose scale cannot be comprehended.

Examples coming into my mind are:

1. the Portal franchise, with the Aperture Science Lab spanning miles filled with unlimited test chambers and test objects
2. the Subnautica series, with the highly advanced precursor structures and technologies
3. the Star Wars franchise, with the imperials having fleets of battleships and control over multiple colonies (i am not well versed with this franchise)
4. the John Wick series, with the existence of the High Table and the powers of the Continentals (tho not science fiction)

Are there websites where I can do simple tasks like distinguishing/sorting images, writing captions, selecting correct options or other tasks I can do in my free time or mindlessly whilst also contributing to meaningful projects? Something like Google Crowdsource, although I would like to avoid registering to any privacy invading services asking for my personal info in order to contribute.

With ever the constant updates to popular and important apps and websites, how do the developers ensure the update preserves the user and site's original database, considering the possibility that the updates might contain data-corruptive bugs or exploits for users?

This question is not addressing the frequent database leaks, since they only involve release of read only data and exploits only exist in the form of accessing user accounts and data, not altering the site's database at large itself.

Even if there is a backup for the database, undoing changes that affect millions or people negatively would create a ton of uproar, especially if the site is based on real time interactions, like stock broker apps, social media apps and instant messengers. However I have personally never heard of such incidents.

Do companies at such large scales have extreme QA in place, depend on user feedback and reporting, or just have been lucky they haven't been exploited yet? Or am I completely wrong and these incidents do occur?

Keep in mind that I am an amateur in this domain. I have worked with MySQL databases for educational purposes and personal projects but I found the state of databases very fragile, like the ability to nuke the entire database with just 2-3 words. This fact made me come up with this question.

I am not a professional gamer nor do I have much time to invest into a game in one stretch. However I do enjoy the cumulative progress I make with each session I have with the games, specifically progress of acquiring loot, money, powers or in-game materials. Are there any games that try to match my interests?

An example of such games would be Papa Louie's food games. Though these are very simplistic and made for kids, their per-day game sessions (which last about 10 minutes) perfectly fit the idea of the type of game I am looking for. (I could have come up with a more appropriate or mature example, but that is exactly the point why I am looking for similar games.)

I have looked into the genre of roguelikes, however the basic premise of these games are that they start all over again from each session, which is what I am trying to avoid.

I can play on PC (controller included) and mobile. Apart from this, I would really appreciate if the game is under 10GB, single-player and is just easy in general to understand and play.