Stovetop

@Stovetop@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NO KINGS!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Just for some extra context, the character having a bad day was promised “a crown” (make me king) by this group of warlords he enlisted to support him. He proceeds to be such an unlikable shit for such a long time, they give him “a crown” by pouring molten gold on his head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the riot squads come...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Bystanders*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been a good couple of years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re thick in the “ads bring us more money than making improvements” phase of corporate bullshit now.

  Reddit still can’t make a better app than the ones made by solo developers who just did it as a passion project, but they’ve got enough money to throw around for a Superbowl ad spot and an entire ad campaign on YouTube.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think the Xbox One was a disappointment due to a boycott, I think it was just a product people didn’t feel the need to buy.

  Sure, there was early controversy about the always-online DRM approach they planned to take, but it didn’t launch with that in the end. What killed its hype was just being US$100 more expensive than the PS4 and having no killer exclusives lined up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the 'Dragon Age' Debacle That Gutted EA's BioWare Studio⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  One factor might be just that Mass Effect came out first and was also Bioware’s last game before EA bought them.

  The rest is just my opinion, but I do believe that Mass Effect simply told a better story (multicolored endings aside) and had a better cast of characters. Not to mention the fact that it was a single narrative across the three installments helped keep engagement up. And shooters were incredibly popular at that time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not on lemm.ee myself so I don’t have much of a horse in this race, but I’ve been paying attention to other moves from other lemm.ee communities.

  Piefed.social is a popular one because it has community migration features that make it very convenient for situations like this, but other Lemmy instances are also common choices (lemmy.zip, sopuli.xyz, lemmy.world, lemmy.ca, sh.itjust.works, lemmy.blahaj.zone, and others).

  Basically it’s a question of: do you want the easy migration option that requires moving to a new platform with better tools but less robust mobile app support; and if not, which alternative Lemmy instance most closely reflects the values of the community.

  Might also help to check which instances already have counterpart communities, which could affect the decision on where to go. I think there’s already an !elderscrolls@lemmy.world, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, should’ve clarified that this isn’t directed towards you, OP! Just at a lot of the other comments in here who are acting like someone else’s decision to buy an expensive gadget is a personal insult to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Console wars stopped being cool years ago. Everyone has their preferences and favorites, no need to shit on someone’s fun because you think yours is better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spiritfarer Developer Thunder Lotus Reveals At Fate's End, An Action Game With Dialogue-Driven Combat⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Spiritfarer was a masterpiece, hope their next game also succeeds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How often do you take him for a walk?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s more the fact that kids weren’t really brought to busy markets/stores 100 years ago, nor were there busy streets full of cars everywhere. They stayed home or just in the local environment, and typically mom would also stay home to watch them and make sure they stayed out of trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2: Is it worth buying?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, ultimately it’s a matter of personal discretion.

  Mainly I think we’re at the point where new consoles, now including the Switch, are more like upgrading your PC. Get the newer model to run existing games better.

  Games are going to be releasing for both Switch and Switch 2 for a while, so there’s not much incentive to upgrade unless the very small list of Switch 2 exclusives is enticing right now. But if someone’s priority is playing through older games in higher quality now that it is possible to do so without pirating, there are a lot of reasons to upgrade.

  It took several years for PS5 to get to the point where it was probably worth it for exclusives alone (and may still not even be there yet for many), but it was worth getting day 1 if there were PS4 games someone wanted to play at higher resolutions and/or framerates, and they didn’t mind the price.

  Actually on the topic of price, also worth acknowledging that the market is a bit fucked, and existing consoles have only gone up in price since release, in complete disregard for earlier trends where they usually drop in price over time, so that could be a other reason for someone to want to get in on it early.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2: Is it worth buying?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  With that in mind, though, since the Switch 2 runs Switch 1 games with better performance (even ones that don’t have paid upgrades), I’d wonder if it might not still be better to finish out the Switch catalog on Switch 2 anyways just so you can have consistent framerates on some games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's where you put the shit posts⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had that happen as well. Teams decides to give itself privileged access to the microphone and then forgets to surrender that privileged access when no longer needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's where you put the shit posts⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Other way around for me. At least Zoom listens to whatever I choose for my primary audio device on my PC, Teams just does whatever the fuck it wants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LEGO VOYAGERS | Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This might be my favorite trailer of the event, to be honest.

  I’ve played too many gritty action games at this point, just give me cute and creative stuff and I’m happy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MindsEye - Official Launch Trailer | 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Times change but trailers don’t, apparently!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atomic Heart 2 - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know there was a lot of controversy around the first game due to the developer’s connections with Russian state owned organizations. Is that still the case?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The CUBE - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Also color me disinterested.

  I thought it was actually going to be a novel take on arena shooter formats, with a moving game map that would bring in new parts of a stage over time as others disappear. But the more I learned about it, the less interested I became.

  So if anyone is looking to make a Rubik’s cube arena shooter, the market is still open.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scott Pilgrim EX - Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks great. Wonder if they’ll be incorporating anything from the Netflix series in this one.

  Glad this one is also free from Ubisoft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Summer Games Fest begins in 15 minutes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just want to say, thank you for putting in the effort to share out all of the news and announcements from this event.

  It’s nice to see so much content filling up the community, makes it actually feel a bit like the old E3 season on Reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In an unregulated market, who is there to say that the ingredients even need to be listed on the box?

  Every purchase can be like its own little surprise!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Almalexia called the Mad Wife by the Ashlanders? (cca. 2E)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not played ESO so my knowledge of 2E stuff is very limited, but I did play a lot of Morrowind. Knowing what I know about Almalexia and the Ashlanders from that game:

  1. The Ashlanders do not accept the Tribunal as legitimate gods. The Ashlanders still worship the Daedric “anticipations” (to borrow the Temple’s term) that came before, who are Azura, Boethia, and Mephala. So they do not view the Tribunal gods highly, and would view their claims of divinity to be fabrications.

  2. Before becoming a living god, Almalexia was Nerevar’s wife (Nerevar being the historical 1E figure the player is a reincarnation of in Morrowind). Almalexia may not be a highly regarded figure among the Ashlanders, but her husband certainly Nerevar was. The Ashlanders believe that Almalexia, along with Sotha Sil and Vivec, murdered Nerevar with poison, and then started to claim they were gods. The Temple silences the betrayal narrative as heresy throughout most of Morrowind, but the Ashlanders exist outside of the Temple’s sphere of influence.

  So since the Ashlanders see Almalexia as guilty of murdering her husband out of a lust for power, I assume this is where the “Mad Wife” idea comes into play (mad in this case interpreted to be insanity). At the very least, they know Almalexia was Nerevar’s wife, and they also know that she is claiming to be something they believe she is not, so that seems enough of a basis to call her “the Mad Wife” to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MultiVersus officially closes down and is delisted today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Nickelodeon fighter game is still available I believe, but you’re still right in that there’s still basically nothing to hold a candle to Smash Bros.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolute embodiment of less is more. Controls are simple but intuitive, you can beat it in one session, there’s no major payoff in the end. It’s just a game about the journey and the friends made along the way.

  I still remember having my mind blown that the other figure I met after the tutorial level was not just an NPC, when I noticed their movements were too deliberate and they were solving some puzzles for me.

  I made it all the way to the end of the game with that person. Never knew who they even were until their name showed up at the very end. What a cathartic experience. I’ve also never been able to achieve anything similar since then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should be known before launching a voice cloning application/service?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can go in with the best intentions, but people will find a way to abuse it for malicious purposes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd choose 4 tbh⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, those are my only two choices as well.

  • I feel like the first two are basically the same thing and are also asking for a monkey’s paw sort of scenario to happen.

  • I don’t want to stop shopping because there are things I want that can’t be obtained for free.

  • I’m not the tallest, but I don’t feel any particular need to be any taller.

  • I don’t want my emotions regulated to always be happy, because then you basically never truly are.

  • Followers are overrated and creepy.

  • And I’d never want to forget an ex because I’d end up losing a lot of good memories in the process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was probably just measuring pasta⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also great and valid advice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨53% of Israeli public opposes aid entering Gaza, new poll shows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. I’ve got this fantasy that someday everyone in Israel gets equal rights and they rename the country Canaan or something to highlight the shared origins of the people in the region, but I feel like that’s as likely as me being able to afford retirement someday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was probably just measuring pasta⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually this. Most permanent marker comes off with alcohol. If you ever accidentally write on a whiteboard with permanent marker, just wipe it with rubbing alcohol, let it sit for a few seconds, and then wipe it again and it comes off essentially like dry erase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 309 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am glad someone else noticed the painting! I had a good laugh when I saw it.

  I’m almost positive the painting is supposed to be the count himself, painted either before he became a vampire or just made to look like he wasn’t a vampire.

  If you’re interested in paintings, there’s a cool sidequest in Cheydinhal worth checking out.