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Masem

November 11, 2020 7:29 AM

Dungeons 3 from Realmforge Studios continues to be the free game of the week from Epic Games Store: EGS Store Page

Tomorrow the free game switches to The Textorcist: The Story Of Ray Bibbia from Morbidware: EGS Store Page

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Masem

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November 11, 2020 7:29 AM

Masem wrote:

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- ThomW
  
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  November 11, 2020 7:33 AM
  
  Ugh. I don't like this. :(
  - [deleted] 132632220
    
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    November 11, 2020 7:37 AM
    
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  - ajvitaly
    
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    November 11, 2020 9:28 PM
    
    I think Cortex will be best used for longer reads, articles, or picture heavy posts.
- ThomW
  
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  November 11, 2020 7:33 AM
  
  ... what I mean is that I don't like being ripped away from the Chatty to read content that's been in the chatty for years. :(
  - Masem
    
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    November 11, 2020 7:34 AM
    
    If ppl prefer that, I'll keep doing it that way then. I though it could work that way too.
    - ThomW
      
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      November 11, 2020 7:35 AM
      
      I think the Corex links either need to open new tabs, or open in a lightbox modal so we're not constantly going back and forth between the chatty and Cortex. I know I can right-click whatever, but ugh.
      - daggot
        
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        November 11, 2020 8:05 PM
        
        I like the lightbox idea.
      - CptPlankton
        
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        November 11, 2020 9:26 PM
        
        I think this will get fixed soon.
    - ThomW
      
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      November 11, 2020 7:37 AM
      
      ... and honestly, I think you should use it, because you bring a lot of interesting news here before other people, and I hope some of it gets bumped to the front page in all honesty. If Cortex was built for anyone, it's you. haha
      - Masem
        
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        November 11, 2020 7:39 AM
        
        I can understand some things being there and some things not, per gooblerampling's comment above. Call this just an experiment to see if that worked.
        
        Perhaps in a freebies of the week type post yes (I'm watching you Shirif)
        
        shirif
        
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        November 11, 2020 6:13 PM
        
        hmm not sure I'll use Cortex for these kind of things.
  - Hoax
    
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    November 11, 2020 7:38 AM
    
    https://www.shacknews.com/cortex/article/69/Thomw-breaks-another_controller-endurance-reviews
  - alnya
    
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    November 11, 2020 7:40 AM
    
    Yeah a summary or an automatic more in reply would be great
    - Masem
      
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      November 11, 2020 7:57 AM
      
      So if I were to post this, and then include, as first post, the basic links, that would be as good?
  - Korban
    
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    November 11, 2020 8:02 AM
    
    yeah, it doesn't make for the best user experience. could use some more planning to make it work inline with chatty instead of competing with it.
  - Arcanum
    
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    November 11, 2020 8:03 AM
    
    I haven't poked at Cortex much yet, but I do get the feeling it's better suited for more long-form content, whether articles or blog posts or image collections. Clicking-through just for EGS free game links is unnecessarily cumbersome.
    
    That said, support for something like an abstract or summary that appears as part of the chatty post would be helpful in general.
    - Sailor of Fortune
      
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      November 11, 2020 6:16 PM
      
      Automated in reply text the author can enable for the OP Cortex would be useful. Could be a customized summary.
    - Chod
      
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      November 11, 2020 9:07 PM
      
      Yeah I don’t think this content works for Cortex. This works better as something that’s seen entirely within a post and nit hey click here to see more. Cortex is much better for long for reviews, recipes, etc.
    - ajvitaly
      
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      November 11, 2020 9:29 PM
      
      You beat me to it. I said the same basic things above before reading your post.
  - focusdaily
    
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    November 11, 2020 7:37 PM
    
    It will work, people just need to put some more content in the cortex posts for it to be worthwhile clicking. Just to use use Masem’s post as an example:
    
    -links to other articles/threads on Shacknews about the games
    -short mini-reviews if possible, to give you a reason to look into it.
    -any relevant recent news related to the games of EGS.
    
    I think people will start generating content with a bit more substance (no offense Masem), and other types of posts will just naturally pop back up in the chatty. It will take some time and there’ll be some crossovers or uses that just don’t fit, but it will get there.
- CrustaR
  
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  November 11, 2020 7:58 PM
  
  I must collect more icons!!!
- EnhancedInterrogator
  
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  November 11, 2020 8:29 PM
  
  I think it's cool you're putting this on cortex so I can subscribe and not miss the freebies anymore.