Month: August 2026

REPLACED – Humanity vs. AI Corpo

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Back in March, I looked at the REPLACED demo and concluded the analysis with the following statement.

“But I can’t deny that I’m a bit worried. The game has been in development for five years, and I wonder what all that time was spent on. I hope it’s the story, writing, and level design, because the gameplay doesn’t seem to be it, judging by the available key bindings.”

Little did I know that the studio was originally based in Belarus and had relocated to Cyprus due to Russia’s war against Ukraine (Source: Wikipedia). Who am I to criticize that when living in my ignorant German bubble?

Now that I’ve finished the game, I can put past-me’s mind at ease. REPLACED has the perfect length, the right amount of mechanics, and a strong story that is as much science fiction as it is quite relevant in today’s AI-crazy, capitalist world.

I also have a German version of this video.

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Fix Ubisoft Connect Launch Problems

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Jarrr Maties!

I briefly made the best of a fresh early morning breeze and re-tested something.

In my performance analysis of the Black Flag Remake on Linux, I had only one complaint: Ubisoft’s stupid launcher showed a pirattitude like a blackguardly seefarer on the hunt for alcohol. That sucks if you just want to do some plundering after work but avoid Windows like a pirate avoids the law.

It’s been about a month now, and I wanted to revisit this topic in the hope that a few Proton updates fixed the problem. Since I already greeted you appropriately, we’re not wasting any time and immediately board the ship.

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