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- Comment on Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad lines 1 day ago:
As someone who played World of Warcraft for many years using only mouse and keyboard, before moving on to FFXIV…I have never played FFXIV on mouse and keyboard and don’t even know how I could at this point >!except for the few times I do the Air Force One GATE at the Gold Saucer because the aim speed on a controller is just way too slow!<
- Comment on The Duskbloods [Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2] 1 day ago:
Before anyone gets hyped thinking this is a spiritual sequel to Bloodborne, they may want to read the description on the official site (translated from Japanese via DeepL):
The Duskbloods," a multiplayer action game, was announced during a Nintendo Direct released on Wednesday, April 2.
The software for Nintendo Switch 2 is a PvPvE-based multiplayer action game that pits up to eight players against each other, and between players and their enemies. Players take on the role of the “Twilight Bloods,” a race of people who have been given powers beyond those of humans through the power of special blood, and engage in an epic battle for the "First Blood.
The “Creator’s Voice,” an interview with the director regarding the concept and worldview of the game, will be released on Friday, April 4 at 10:00 p.m.
Please look forward to the release of this work in 2026.
This game appears to be to Bloodborne what Nightreign is to Elden Ring: an online multiplayer-focused experience using a lightweight version of their gameplay formula. Only, while Nightreign is co-op, this one appears to be more competitive.
Basically, no one should be buying a Switch 2 for this game if they’re expecting Bloodborne 2. If they do, they’re setting themselves up for disappointment.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 1 day ago:
Well, “owning,” if they’re bought through Steam.
Does the Steam Deck have GOG support?
- Comment on GameChat - Nintendo Switch 2 1 day ago:
At least it seemed honest. But yeah, I feel like when you have only one other player in focus, it should try to stream in better quality. Must be capped by the output device.
- Comment on Oracle hid serious data breach from customers, now hacker has it up for sale 3 days ago:
Fuck Oracle.
- Comment on Dig this trench to protect your landlord's ability to gouge your decendants. 1 week ago:
Weird that it would be coming from Americans given how often US media has depicted the importance of the homefront during the various wars that America has participated in.
Militaries still need food and supplies to operate, so someone has to be making/raising/growing all of that stuff. And those workers need to be paid, accommodated, and kept happy, so every other industry like banking, education, healthcare, entertainment, etc. needs to keep running at full steam to prop up all aspects of the supply chain.
- Comment on EXCLUSIVE - Nintendo Switch 2 Will Have a 3-Phase Launch Plan For Its Games 1 week ago:
This is also my guess. Nintendo knows the demand, they’ll do $499.99 for the launch model and release a cheaper “lite” version like the original Switch in 2 years at $350 or $400 or something.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 week ago:
I’m not sure if The Last Shogun is something different, but if you’re referring to the Shogun series recently adapted by FX, I can say having watched it that it features a main character who fancies himself a superior white savior, but ultimately leads to realizing how completely out of his depth he is.
But it’s like the Memoir of a Geisha problem: since the original work was written by a white dude anyways, how much value does it have as a cultural work?
- Comment on Fable delayed to 2026 1 week ago:
Just FYI for any curious: this is the same delay that was announced last month, no additional changes since then.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
I mean, I already have good. I just don’t need to waste money on something I don’t need if it’s not worth it.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
Previous gen is going for 1.5-2x as much as current gen due to shortages, even for used cards. They are at least available if someone has a dire need for a replacement GPU, but I am patient, not willing to pay current gen prices for older hardware, and not willing to pay more than MSRP at that.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
I expanded elsewhere in this post, but basically it’s a combination of:
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I do own a laptop I bought in the pandemic which has a 2070 mobile GPU, and between that and my PS5, I am not truly in a rush.
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Older hardware is also being price gouged. If I do buy something, I don’t want it to be more than 1 gen old, but at current prices I’d be paying more than the new stuff goes for at MSRP.
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I budgeted to be able to buy something good, not just good enough. Since I’m not in a rush, I’m willing to wait and keep trying to buy something closer to top-of-the-line. I can afford scalper prices, but I just refuse to support scalping out of principle.
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- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely, I have been. I was looking at some last-gen AMD cards, but used 7900’s are going for almost as much as an MSRP 5080 and new 7900’s are going for the same or more.
If I had an immediate need for a card, I’d likely settle for that, but I’m still willing to be patient while keeping an eye on in-stock listings. I’m fortunate enough to at least have a PS5 and a decent laptop that can run newer PC games on modest settings, so I’m not in a rush.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
To add a bit to the story, I did spring for a gaming laptop in 2022 because my 2013 MacBook was starting to show its age, and the model I bought came with a 2070 mobile GPU which has been fine playing newer games at modest settings at 1080p.
Laptops and prebuilts were basically the only affordable option in the pandemic, and I had a laptop need at the time. But for a while now it has still been a goal of mine to put together a good desktop. The last desktop I built was in 2010 (I snagged a GTX 580 GPU and felt like such hot shit then).
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
It is very tempting. Would definitely recommend for anyone who needs something.
My current laptop that I bought during the pandemic shortages has a 2070 mobile chip which still works fine-ish for newer games. I’m tempted to look at basically anything better, but I’m not truly in a rush to upgrade just yet and want to make sure whatever I upgrade to is worth the price.
The main reason for my impetus at present was to try to get ahead of the Trump tariff price hikes, but I’ve basically accepted that as unavoidable at this point.
- Comment on Fucking leeches 3 weeks ago:
And if you do really well, you might even be able to get Clarence Thomas to look up to you!
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
I actually had thought of that too, but see my reply to someone else further below:
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
Yep, this basically sums up my experiences a couple months ago. I’ve been telling myself since about 2016 that I would save up to go all in and build a solid gaming desktop.
But then there were floods in southeast Asia hindering supplies where I lived. No biggie, they’d recover quick.
Then crypto took off and GPUs and some other hardware tripled or quadrupled in price. No biggie, it’s a fad that will go away quick.
Then COVID destroyed production and supply of computer hardware. No biggie, gives me time to save up more to afford these new crazy prices.
Finally, I was at the point of “Fuck it, I’m tired of waiting. I’m buying a 5080, even if it costs as much as 2 PS5s.”
So I planned it out, made sure I had everything lined up to immediately snag one once they were available. And then day of…
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Nvidia’s store: Never had any in stock at any point.
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Microcenter: In-store purchases only, and stores were given single-digit stock while hundreds of people queued up for days.
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Newegg: Never loaded until their stock was all gone.
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Best Buy: Had a very attractive “Add to Cart” button display for a period of about 10 minutes at random intervals throughout the day, which places me into a queue that ended with me just being kicked out every single time.
So then I thought "Well, forget Nvidia, just because their cards are dropping earlier in the year doesn’t mean I need to keep waiting for them. I’ll just get an AMD card if Nvidia doesn’t have stock by then.
And, well…here we are in this article.
PC gaming is the best deal, eh?
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- Comment on Zelensky: US citizens in Ukraine hotel struck by Russia 4 weeks ago:
They’ll be dismissed as DEI martyrs probably.
- Comment on Norway more than doubles Ukraine aid to $7.8 billion in 2025 4 weeks ago:
Good to see another European country stepping up. Hope others follow suit.
- Comment on Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk 4 weeks ago:
I really, really hope the term “Trumpcession” sticks. I would love those have this man’s name forever associated with failure.
- Comment on Nintendo wins piracy lawsuit against file-sharing site 4 weeks ago:
I am actually surprised it got as far as a winning versict for Nintendo. Usually it ends with a settlement for the other side to just shut down because they can’t afford a prolonged legal battle.
- Comment on Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine while pressuring Zelenskyy to move toward quick end to war 4 weeks ago:
Definitely going to be a permanently embarrassing chapter in America’s history.
- Comment on The Greatest Mass Migration Border Crisis in U.S. History Is Over 4 weeks ago:
If it looks like it’s over, it’s only because Mexico is becoming an increasingly more appealing place to live than the US. Mexico may be about to have its own immigration crisis on its hands before long.
- Comment on Github: Nintendo Submit DMCA Notices to Ryujinx Forks 4 weeks ago:
In theory it depends on if the emulator is using any proprietary Nintendo-owned code. In practice, it doesn’t matter at all because Nintendo can just out-spend any emulation group in legal battles until they give up.
- Comment on Can you create/moderate a community on a instance other than your own? 4 weeks ago:
You can moderate communities on other instances, but you can’t create one yourself.
Grabbed a screenshot of the mod list of !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone, for example, which shows a few different instances represented within the mod team.
- Comment on LibreWolf team has joined Mastodon 4 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, the average Mastodon user is generally opposed to Trump apologists.
- Comment on Secret Mode splits from Sumo Group (Tencent) to be an independent publisher 4 weeks ago:
I’ve only ever associated their brand with the game A Little to the Left (very relaxing stress relief game, by the way) and never realized they were part of Tencent.
Good to see them split from the stifling megacorp, hope they have more success with future ventures.
- Comment on Are modern Final Fantasy games bad? 4 weeks ago:
To explain the joke:
!Half of the early FF games weren’t released in the West until later on. FF1 was, but 2 and 3 were not. So when 4 released outside of Japan, publishers thought it would be weird to have the numbering go from 1 to 4, so 4 released internationally as FF2. And then 5 got skipped over as well, so when 6 released internationally, it was released as FF3. However, they wanted to standardize the numbering starting with FF7, because FF7 was a Big Deal™, so for players outside of Japan, the series numbering suddenly jumped from FF3 to FF7. And the skipped games were later released internationally, so the numbering is now consistent with the initial Western numbering now largely forgotten.!<
