Armok_the_bunny

@Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Never heard of that, I assume it’s an emulator. Emulation is different from running a game natively. Yeah, Nintendo probably could get AMD hardware to work as a replacement for Nvidia hardware, but I would guess either compatibility would be imperfect, there would be a performance hit, or both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is the used games market, if you are willing to engage with it, though that does need you to be really patient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Backwards compatibility means they might not be able to talk to AMD unfortunately, depending on how the software is set up I’d assume.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That would work if serial numbers weren’t visible without even opening the box the device came in, and I’m they are even included on the receipt for the device. Scalpers would absolutely have a ton of serial numbers just lying around from unsold devices, or even devices they sold and just hope the owner of won’t bother attempting a purchase of the thing they are scalping.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fine solution long term I guess, but things take time to be made.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you think of a better way to keep it mostly out of the hands of scalpers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect it’s more that the time people can and do spend playing phone games has just about zero overlap with PC games. You play phone games while on the bus or on the toilet, you play PC games while at home behind your desk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, it was so they could take the 30% cut of every penny that is spent on one of their platforms, and also so that it would be extremely inconvenient to leave their ecosystem since doing so would mean leaving behind most of your data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter series producer is being put in charge of all Capcom’s development divisions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Regarding the comparison to World, what I have said in the past is that while Wilds does look better, it doesn’t look nearly enough better to justify just how much worse it performs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The line I personally draw between Metroidvania and Zelda like is the ability to sequence break without glitches and a focus on platforming as the core of movement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't it possible to frame almost any opinion as a question?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you think Tucker Carlson avoided getting sued off the air for as long as he did?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Aphantasia exist for senses other than vision?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It might not be called aphantasia since it isn’t for sight, but yeah it exists, I have it for taste and smell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, that all sounds to me like a really good argument for preserving copies of every single version of every game. To go back to your Shakespeare example, it would be a massive loss if any of those adaptations were not preserved to be found by those who went looking, so all we had to go on was records of people talking about them. In fact, there are at least a few examples of exactly that: Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey are only parts of a much larger series which we only know exist because we have other records discussing it.

  Yeah, just taking snapshots of everything isn’t going to let you perfectly recreate the culture surrounding a game at any point in time, but having those snapshots around is important for giving context to other records you have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Says It Has a First Amendment Right to Union Bust⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It technically means the government needs to pass a very high bar before it can restrict any kind of speech, that bar being strict scrutiny.

  Of course, the view of the public and the court historically has been that blocking union busting activities has passed strict scrutiny, since it a) is justified by the government’s interest in preventing the kind of violence that occurred when union busting was allowed, b) doesn’t restrict actions outside of union busting, so it’s narrowly tailored, and c) is the least restrictive method yet proposed, only other method I can think of is compelling union membership for everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Threads of Time - Official Announcement Trailer | TGS 2024⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The game looks good, and I first heard about it because they are hiring a dedicated narrative designer.