Krompus
@Krompus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Nearly all of Spotify has been scraped and is available via torrents 23 hours ago:
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 days ago:
Never. I hate the preorder exclusive bonuses; it’s anti-consumer bullshit, especially in an age where every game is available as a digital download, even the physical copies usually require downloads. Publishers are enticing customers to pay while hype is high, before the product is actually available, before quality has been proven and before reviews are published.
I hate gift cards for the same reason, you’re giving money to corporations before they’ve provided anything to you.
Hold on to your money, wait for reviews, then pay them for the finished product if you still want it.
I also think the rising launch prices of AAA games is bullshit, especially for singleplayer games. I’ll usually wait for a decent discount.
- Comment on The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices 3 days ago:
- Comment on The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices 3 days ago:
Streets? PC enthusiasts? Riot in the forums.
- Comment on This is why we can't have nice things 1 week ago:
Ooh that takes me back, B was my mid-90s family computer’s 5.25" floppy drive. :)
- Comment on Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games 2 weeks ago:
At least there’s a chance they’ll just give it away for free.
- Comment on Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer 2 weeks ago:
It would be completely fine as a cutscene in an 18+ rated game, but it was a bit much for a trailer revealed at an (all ages?) event with no warning at all. Extremely detailed melting flesh and interspecies copulation was not on my bingo card.
Wishlisted, looking forward to more info.
- Comment on Data centers need electricity, utilities need years to build – who should pay? 2 weeks ago:
The question was “who should”, not “who will”.
- Comment on Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger 2 weeks ago:
Pauses are much better than filler words.
- Comment on It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it 3 weeks ago:
Yeah Respawn is a good dev, just a shame they got bought by EA and scrapped Titanfall 3.
- Comment on It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it 3 weeks ago:
EA (Respawn) peaked at Titanfall 2 and hasn’t released anything good since. I set them to Ignore on Steam a few years ago.
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 3 weeks ago:
🤡
- Comment on Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games) 4 weeks ago:
You just reminded me of a funny feature I found in Elite Dangerous (space MMO) to prevent combat loggers (quitting suddenly during combat): if you press Alt+F4,the game doesn’t immediately exit, but shows you a Quit dialog (to main menu or desktop), and there’s a lengthy countdown if you’re near hostile ships. :)
Doesn’t prevent it entirely, but I thought it was pretty crafty.
- Comment on We have just released a grand DLC, War Sails, for our game, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 4 weeks ago:
I’m in it for blood, not gold.
- Comment on Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.” 4 weeks ago:
What a chode.
- Comment on We have just released a grand DLC, War Sails, for our game, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 4 weeks ago:
#Ad
Sorry, Mordhau’s mêlée combat completely surpasses Mount and Blade’s for me, I tried Bannerlord but there is simply no going back.
- Comment on Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out 5 weeks ago:
🤦
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 5 weeks ago:
lmao even
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 5 weeks ago:
Save this and read it again in five years.
- Comment on If every video game was to be destroyed but you had the chance to save five games, what would you choose to save? 5 weeks ago:
Dwarf Fortress is my desert island game.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 month ago:
Well, maybe later I’ll try your shitty OS?
- Comment on Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned 1 month ago:
Ouroboros
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 1 month ago:
I got alcoholism, physical abuse AND a game gear!
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 1 month ago:
Pssh we all carried the wall wart with it.
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 1 month ago:
I vastly prefer the DualSense to the Xbox Series controller, so look into that. It’s a little more expensive but the build quality is much higher and it includes an internal rechargeable battery.
The Steam Controller 2 looks like it’s going to be amazing; I do miss the extra Steam Deck inputs when I use my DualSense. Those back grip buttons are so useful.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
🤦
- Comment on Go Green 1 month ago:
Could do, weed and shrooms go well together.
- Comment on Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like 1 month ago:
WITHOUT phoning home
If the data is offline, then it only serves you without selling you out. I know it’s unrealistic; why would any corporation make something that benefits consumers and not themselves?!
- Comment on Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter 1 month ago:
You look like a blocked user.
- Comment on Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app 1 month ago:
Everything is shitty! 🎶