the search team wasnât able to finely optimize engagement on Google without âhacking engagement,â a term that means effectively tricking users into spending more time on a site, and that doing so would lead them to âabandon work on efficient journeys.â In one email, Fox adds that there was a âpretty big disconnect between what finance and ads wantâ... See more
"Why make the player watch something when they can do it? If possible, we shouldn't rely on narrative bookending to tell the bulk of the narrative," Wasselin said. "Avoid exposition cutscenes, and tie narrative to interaction whenever possible. Even a small interaction is better than none, and when that isn't possible find tricks to make the player... See more
King Kong director Peter Jackson famously produced a series of over 50 video diaries while filming the 2005 remake, the first of which was published well over a year before the movie hit theaters. Almost a decade later, he would do the same thing for The Hobbit , uploading behind-the-scenes highlights from the set directly to YouTube. The only... See more
Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part 2 was created at $220 million with nearly 200 staffers. Meanwhile, Guerrilla Games' Horizon Forbidden West set back Sony $212 million with 300 employees on the project.
Anyone can organize a walk-n-talk, and walk-n-talks can happen anywhere. Weâve done a couple in Japan, one in Spain, and one in China. Weâve found it most useful to do them where luggage forwarding is possible since itâs much nicer to walk with a simple day-pack than 10kg of gear. This also increases the breadth of folks able to participate. Kevin... See more
But until Substack makes it clear that it will take proactive steps to remove hate speech and extremism, the current size of the problem isnât relevant. The companyâs edgelord branding ensures that the fringes will continue to arrive and set up shop, and its infrastructure creates the possibility that those publications will grow quickly. Thatâs... See more
I would rate Ingenuity among the three most innovative and important things that NASA has done during the 21st century. The other two are the James Webb Space Telescope and the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, or COTS, program.