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August 7, 2023 Banned and Restricted Announcement
  • I’m happy to see some reconsideration of old bans, but it really felt like they’re sweeping LTR’s issues under the rug while the set remains in print.

    I guess it’s possible that the metagame will shift to deal with these new powerhouses, but the Ring could still remain overly ubiquitous, being colorless and generically useful. It’s hard to read WotC’s wait-and-see approach as anything other than handwaving, given their track record this decade.

  • Smaller communities never appear in “hot”

    My lemmy.world front page defaults to “subscribed > hot,” which should give me a mix of trending content from my subscribed communities.

    However, I’ve recently noticed that it really only shows posts from a handful of the larger communities I’ve subscribed to (mainly technology and news).

    I thought that most of my smaller niche communities had probably dried up, but when I visit directly, I can see that they do have recent posts, but none of these rose to “hot” on my front page.

    Lemmy’s algorithm should be smart enough to diversify the front page with rising content from all of my subscribed communities, even if some of them top off at 10 upvotes.

    Thank you for your consideration.

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    New Leak Suggests The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is Getting a Remake | Insider Gaming
  • Oblivion is cool, but I’m with everyone else that want to see Morrowind remade first. I’ve been personally holding out for the Skywind mod for several years now. I just checked up on it and, yeah, they’re still workin’ on it.

  • Opinion | A Federal Judge Asks: Does the Supreme Court Realize How Bad It Smells?
  • It’s a good op ed and one with which any supporter of enlightened democracy should agree. The Supreme Court are playing fast and loose with public trust at a time when partisanship has crippled the other branches of government and polarization is dividing the country.

    How can anyone respect a court that explicitly has no ethical standard?

  • Commander Masters spoilers are coming in—what do you think?

    We’re on day 3 of Commander Masters spoilers and it’s been a mixed bag. Some of the card choices feel a little dated, but we’ve also seen a bunch of long-awaited reprints like the medallion cycle.

    With a higher box price than previous master sets, CMM needs to live up to some pretty lofty expectations. What highlights (and lowlights) have caught your eye?

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    Your favourite depictions of communism in video games
  • Mother 3 did it before it was cool. In the beginning of the game, money doesn’t exist and you can get whatever you need for free from the general store. Aways into the game, the pig army takes over, introducing money and ‘happy boxes,’ and everyone in town starts working industrial jobs to keep the pork machine running.

  • The Supreme Court’s Disorienting Elevation of Religion
  • America was founded on the freedom to believe in crazy things, so to a great extent I agree with you. But all rights—including speech, privacy, and religion—have limits, and these limits need to delineate the space between the competing rights of others.

    If gay people have the right to marry, then a county clerk cannot have the right to deny marriage certificates to gay couples.

    If people of legally protected classes have a right to conduct business without fear of discrimination, then businesses cannot have the right to refuse service to those people, for religion or any other reason.

  • Judge blocks federal officials from contacting tech companies
  • I hate that I agree with this. On the one hand, “lying about a pandemic during a pandemic” sure sounds a lot like “shouting fire in a crowded theater,” but things like the lab leak theory aren’t really a matter of public health. While there are times when the government can and should fight dangerous misinformation, this is the kind of executive power that needs to be kept in check by the courts for the executive’s own good.

  • Shuntaro Furukawa: Switch Successor Will Utilise The 'Nintendo Account' System
  • Sounds like backwards compatibility is a lock—not that it’s a huge hurdle for today’s machines—since most of the account features involve software and save data. The retro game archives will probably make the jump too, since keeping them locked behind a paid membership is probably more lucrative than the Virtual Console ever was.

    Anyone who has ever transferred their account to a new Switch knows how easy it is, for the most part. The biggest chore is redownloading software data, so maybe Nintendo will allow full game data to transfer over via SD card this time.

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