Schal330

@Schal330@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Man's Sky Voyagers free update released with modular Corvette ships you build yourself⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What would you say would enable you to get your money’s worth? I just had a feeling the game wouldn’t live up to the hype and felt pretty smug when it flopped. Then years later I grabbed it for cheap because I was bored and there had been a free update. I have put over 100 hours into it.

  My only complaint is something feels off about the shooting, but the stuff they have been adding has been great and gives more things to do outside of just base building.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 announced, delivers Ork screamy RTSness next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How strange that I saw a picture posted for Iron Harvest and now I find out that same studio is making DoW4. Iron Harvest had so much potential but the studio kind of abandoned it. It felt a bit clunky in ways, I’m hoping the experience they got from Iron Harvest will enable them to do well and we don’t end up with another DoW3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved the musical episode. It was 100% silly, but I enjoyed it for it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How it feels using TOR as a Brit rn 🤘⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There were restrictions in the UK before this latest measure got put in place, ISP providers provide it so parents could manage it. But my guess is a large proportion of parents were either too stupid to use, didn’t care, or simply didn’t know. Broadband parental control.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I originally saw this report on another source, the key standout for me was how many people were beaten by the AI, and the fact the winner was 5% ahead, which really is a small margin. It was being touted as “Yay we beat the AI!” without acknowledging that there were a lot of people that lost to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if it’s a legacy thing, I have never enabled it and I see them on my store page all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I joined Lemmy during the Reddit API change. It was pretty dead on Lemmy but communities were forming and I could have discussions with others, it felt promising. But sadly the reality now is it feels like Lemmy is becoming an echo chamber like Reddit was and conversations are stifled.

  In addition to this some people immediately engage others in a negative way, where someone may be misinformed or misunderstood, and rather than offer knowledge or insight they are called fucking idiots.

  It doesn’t feel like a community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everybody has something to teach you. Some people teach you how *not* to be.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Back when I was managing a team, we had a new guy that I was on-boarding. I’d run the. Through all standard procedures and then get them to shadow others in the team, then swap so they are being shadowed and guided.

  One day I told him to pair with someone in the team for an afternoon. At the end of the day I took him into the training room and asked him how things had gone. He had a big smirk on his face and said “I know why you had me shadow R”, and with a returning smile I said “and why was that?”, “because you wanted me to see how not to do the job.”

  The new guy had hit the nail on the head, the person he was shadowing was a huge under performer and was due to go on a performance improvement plan after repeated attempts to give guidance. Anyway I didn’t confirm that is why I did it, but I’m glad that the new guy had come away thinking that, it showed that the training up to that point had been working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hell⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with you on this. I prefer important conversations that require me to make a decision or remember something in writing. Just general conversation about what you got up to on weekend? Fine let’s talk it out.

  I understand so many more people prefer verbal communication because it’s easier for them to not have to type or put their thoughts into written words. I just wish more of them understood that it’s not the same for everyone and come to a compromise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA employees "upset and confused" at return to office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish people would all collectively agree that employers should have to pay for commute time to their offices. I would like to think this would quickly bolster WFH.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never gonna loosen them laces⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a £6 metal one, it’s only a small one as I still have plenty of mobility. I imagine if you have a bad back or reduced mobility you’d want a longer one. I think the brand was called Zomake? I bought it many years ago, it’s still in great condition apart from the logo wearing off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never gonna loosen them laces⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know I may seem old for saying this, but I highly recommend getting a decent metal shoehorn. Makes putting on shoes a breeze, and no need to wreck your fingers or do that foot-heel pumping thing. The backs of my trainers last so much longer now too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millions of Britons brace for across-the-board bill rises in ‘awful April’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “This is obviously a worrying time for families across the UK, which is why we remain determined to get bills down in the long term.”

  Just continue to struggle to survive for the next few years people, and then everything will be dandy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are updating the app at some point, which is removing the watch together feature. I wonder what else may disappear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Train 2 - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the initial intention was that it was going to be a live service game, where they would add more content and cosmetics over time and continue to support it, but after the backlash of their monetisation method (after people had already purchased the game) they got it to a 1.0 state and moved on to I’m guessing Monster Train 2.

  It’s a shame because Inkbound had an interesting foundation there and I believe they could have figured out a better model to keep the game alive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Train 2 - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got some good hours out of Inkbound, but something rubbed me the wrong way about how they handled it. It’s as though following backlash on their monetisation they decided to wrap the game up and push it out the door and essentially abandon the game.

  I loved MT, and that’s why I grabbed Inkbound, but I’m optimistically cautious about MT2. The demo for MT2 was great, I’ll just have to wait and see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss myspace⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I first joined Lemmy as part of the semi-great API migration it seemed quite empty, but it does feel like it has slowly grown, unfortunately I’m finding following Trump getting in I can’t scroll without seeing tons of Trump/Musk posts. Doesn’t matter how many things I block it is neverending. I just want to go back to when we were just here to have fun, not constantly be reminded as to what is happening across the pond.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to avoid having cat hair all over my floor every 2 days?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I too can vouch for one of these. Great for removing a lot of fur. Anything left over I have to use a lint roller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The RPS 100: 2024 Edition is here, with our picks for the best PC games ever made⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seeing Stardew Valley behind QWOP, I suspect the list is in no particular order. Who could put such an outstanding game truly made with love that low in a list of top games of all time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨City-building on a massive creature, The Wandering Village - Research & Economy update is live⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No way has it been in Early Access for 2 years?! I picked this game up when I first released but stopped playing it pretty quickly as it felt shallow compared to what was already out there. Maybe I need to give it a go with this update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro nominated for THREE Golden Joystick Awards!⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to turn the music off as it got repetitive, but the rest of the audio stays on. The sound effects are so satisfying as everything is counted after playing a hand and you’ve got a bunch of jokers and cards triggering and then flames begin to build up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen Developer Cloud Imperium Games Imposes 7-Day Work Week Ahead of Citizencon⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing the top management didn’t learn that crunch is perceived negatively and doesn’t always yield quality results. I’m so glad I never backed this game all those years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨StarCraft 2 production director pitched WarCraft 4 and a Call Of Duty RTS before leaving Blizzard, claims report⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dawn of War 3 was absolutely ruined by them trying to make it an eSports. I find most RTS doesn’t give that same feel we got when WC3 first came out or later on when Company of Heroes was released. They were solid games that brought something new to the genre.