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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re in the honeymoon phase, shit didn’t hit the fan yet. Problem is we devs are fucked either way. If productivity does increase, then workforce demand will go down especially for entry level devs and seniors will be relegated to vibe coding and fixing AI bugs. If it all goes south then layoffs, because line must go up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Company I’m at also does the forced AI and it’s all but mandatory now. Problem is as code monkeys we’re past the point of heading down to the Winchester for a pint until it blows over. They’re pushing so hard in order to “not fall behind” that you literally can’t escape it. I think even malicious compliance won’t cut it. And when 8/10 companies that dictate the market say that “this is the future”, then this is the future they’ll make whether we like it or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | Final Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about Kojima making the best games. All I know is Death Stranding 1 was a jumbled mess of barely coherent and oddly paced plots and I loved every minute of it. I must have more! When PC Kojima???

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure. This phone seems better in some regards and worse in others, so I’d say wait for reviews.

  As for me I probably won’t get it. Already have a fp4 I got in a sale to experiment with and see if I can completely degoogle and couldn’t ( not completely anyway ). Now it’s more or less a paperweight that I might revisit in the future, when my daily phone kicks the bucket. The dealbreaker is Android15 because that’s when they shoved gemini in, so any phone with Android14 and security updates will do fine. God I hope that linux phones finally get off the ground already

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I know I know, but it was really convenient to keep a spare battery and do a quick swap on the fp4.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it me or did they get slightly more vague on their marketing materials, wrt the environmental impact ( at least compared to fp5 ) ?

  Also the battery seems a bit harder to replace, as you now need a screwdriver. It does appear to be more flush, so it may be due to size constraints.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #21⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was worried Subnautica 2 would be just a sloppy cashgrab, but seeing that dev-vlog with the awkward devs describing their work actually gave me hope that they’re actually putting some soul in this game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber’s algorithmic pricing leaves drivers and passengers worse off⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course it is. Textbook enshittification: first be good to your users, then to your providers, then fuck both and rake in the cash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of Stop Killing Games [Accursed Farms]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the initiative just ran out of steam. I remember seeeing it everywhere for the first month or so, and then nothing, and it plateaued around where it is now. Maybe the vast majority of EU gamers just can’t be arsed to read and sign a petition like this. I mean most can’t even vote with their wallet when a shit game releases. And of course it’s fun to blame thor/pirateguy for this ( and they probably did have their share of fault ) but in the end it looks like 500k is the amount of gamers that actually give a fuck about the state of things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Right to Repair Gains Traction as John Deere Faces Trial⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably a good time for any farmer to get off john deere either way.

  These days they fancy themselves an AI and data-driven solutions company rather than an equipment manufacturer: forbes.com/…/the-amazing-ways-john-deere-uses-ai-…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lack of innovation: checked. Locking users into their ecosystem: checked. Chasing only shareholder value : checked.

  The only thing diferentianting them from Apple now is the pricing, which hasn’t reached outrageous levels ( yet ).

  I used to respect them for doing their own thing - sometimes winning, sometimes losing, but in the end still innovating. Apparently not the case anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Narrator: It wasn’t.

  At the very least the entity that bought it will not rely on donations and revenue from upgraded downoad speeds, so it will definitely enshittify to some degree.

  The problem is not capitalism, it’s really us expecting shit to be free and rewarding good development and maintenance effort with thoughts and prayers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit - Septerra Core. That is a name Ohavent’t heard in a long time. Glad to see it still exists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft’s Recall feature is still threat to privacy despite recent tweaks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course it is. It’s invasive by design. The “recent tweaks” were because of backlash, but now that’s died down

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Deliver At Any Cost - fun game, but I swear the plot is just an excuse to feature those wonderful destruction mechanics.

  Robocop - Actually not bad! I haven"t seen or played anything Robocop related in 30 years, but I’ll be damned if this game doesn’t make you feel exactly like him ( for better or worse )

  Pacific Drive - finally managed to finish this one after starting and abandoning it twice because it’s just terrifying to me. ( I just had to start it again after reading Roadside Picnic and thinking “hey, this reads familiar” ). It’s still terrifying, but absolutely great game.

  Now I’m playing Kingdoms&Castles and Starbound again to calm the fuck down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The GeForce NOW Native App for Steam Deck Is Here⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuckin’ finally. This could actually help people trying to run fortnites and apexes and whatnot on steam decks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No need to hurt me, GOG :(⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was rounding things a bit. Great year for gaming

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No need to hurt me, GOG :(⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And some non-GOG gems, to continue this trend:

  Elite: Dangeous - best space-sim out there, no other comes close. Also one of the few live-service games with a great community around it.

  Anno 2205 - Seem by many as the black sheep in the anno series, it’s still a great game with a fantastic future vibe.

  Craft the world ( hey, it’s also on gog ) - dwarf fortress like game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anno 117: Pax Romana - Gameplay Showcase Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1800 did not have that nimby mechanic. Actually can’t remember if any anno game had it ( maybe 1701 ). 1800 also did away with the separation between campaign and endless and just mooshed them together in what was one of the very few downsides of the game.

  To me this one looks less like an anno and more like a contemporary Impressions city builder, but the potential is there. Fingers crossed that ubi doesn’t stuff it full of anti-features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has been announced, but the game has been delayed to 2026 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So now can we please get the other games that were supposed to launch in autumn?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As literally everything gets more and more expensive, Everspace 2's devs say screw it, let's make our upcoming DLC cheaper⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh, I’m getting this. Everspace 2 was a great game and in my mind a true spiritual succesor to Freelancer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As literally everything gets more and more expensive, Everspace 2's devs say screw it, let's make our upcoming DLC cheaper⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I’m sure they’re the first and this is totally not a paid article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are HMDs really more repairable? Most recent phone they had that tried to be repairable was Skyline and even there it was pretty limited

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s cool to hate on this game, especially with it being so mediocre, but to me the number is fairly meaningless by itself. I wonder how that 2 million budget compares to other large releases ( say Starfield, since it’s pretty clear that bethesda also pumped a lot of money into the “gaming press”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just perception, it’s mindless tribalism and it’s a form of bigotry in itself. It’s no better than doing things to “own the libs” or whatever.

  And the irony, some express this attitude on lemmy, which unlike signal is an actual platform, not a chat app, and with tankie roots to top it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why should it matter if the new users are all magas or not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this the rule with every civ launch? They’re all somewhat half-baked on launch (although 7 admittedly looks quite a bit less baked than the others).

  That said, I feel Civ formula seems to be in decline. To me Call To Power was peak civ ( yeah, fight me ), but while 3,4 and 5 were great “second-bests”, I couldn’t really get into 6, and I"m not really planning on playing 7, not with this 3-age format anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is so strange. Wasn’t it not long ago that studios were crowding into very specific release windows ( usually november iirc ) so they could maximize initial sales? Maybe the digital release era has changed things. I mean, I get it if your game was in the same niche or smth, but “companies might tank” seems a little much.

  Either way, if this is true, eoy 2025 is in for a dry spell when it comes to new games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 245 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny, I went in blind into RDR2 and, not knowing about John’s story, the epilogues felt so weird and out of place. I still can’t really get into his story, maybe because on a subconscious level it feels like it broke the closure I had from Arthur’s story. But yeah, RDR2 really is a fantastic game. They nailed pretty much everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about public listing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would be tempted to say that it will now turn to shit, but in Discord’s case it was pretty shit already.