MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on Oil company funds computer game that promotes fossil fuels to schoolchildren 8 hours ago:
the programme, aimed at 7–14 year olds, is “designed to spark wonder for science and the future of energy”. It includes a game, in which players attempt to build a city that survives until the year 2050, and in-school education materials to “showcase how modern cities use energy resources and the ways the energy transition can be managed”
- Comment on A World Without iPhones? 2 days ago:
Congrats on missing the point and making it about yourself instead
- Comment on Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy 1 week ago:
Interesting how they continue to blame the pirates, devices, DRM, and everything else they can think of, but never the fact that content is getting spread across more and more services and prices keep going up.
Their greed in chasing profits is fuelling the very problem they’re trying to fight.
- Comment on Elden Ring's player engagement is through the roof: 45% of its Steam players have played for 100+ hours 2 weeks ago:
Because hours of play has no direct relationship with completion. Playing for 100+ hours doesn’t mean you’ve finished the game.
- Comment on Why old games never die (but new ones do) 2 weeks ago:
It’s well known that video games today are disposable pieces of slop.
Kicking off an article with such a provably incorrect and inflammatory statement is certainly a choice.
- Comment on Fire Warrior (2003): Warhammer’s First Dip into FPS 2 weeks ago:
I tried playing Fire Warrior a couple of years ago - it’s dreadful. Reviewed poorly at the time and hasn’t aged well.
Saying it’s a basic, linear FPS and shouldn’t be judged against genre-(re)defining greats is one thing, but even on those terms it stinks.
- Comment on FLP02 retro case 2 weeks ago:
Fun! Only thing that sticks out to me is that three 5¼-inch drives seems excessive. Would’ve been nice to have at least one of them be a 3½-inch instead, but that’s just a nitpick.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Right? If it still works then it still works.
If the article was talking about anything other than tech/software, we’d be praising its longevity.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been wrapping up my first ever proper playthrough of Dragon Age: Origins (and Awakening).
I bounced off it hard back in the day, but this time around I’ve been really loving it! Looking forward to continuing through the series in the future.
- Comment on The wonderful Revenge of the Savage Planet has been released! 4 weeks ago:
Maybe they’re still mad that the first game was on Google Stadia?
- Comment on Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindness 4 weeks ago:
A big part of the problem is that social media platforms encourage and amplify hateful content.
People are literally profiting from their hate and harassment of game developers (and have the hubris to complain about ‘woke grifters’) but platforms like YouTube just throw up their hands and pretend it’s nothing to do with them.
- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 1 month ago:
A rare, levelheaded take.
The changes are fine. Nothing earth shattering, nothing wildly or fundamentally broken, just an visual update to better fit with Google’s new material design language.
- Comment on Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive 1 month ago:
The Internet Archive is a fantastic resource, but to say they take a lackadaisical approach to copyright/IP law is putting it lightly. There is SO much pirated content on there that it’s a wonder they’ve managed to last as long as they have being US-based.
Whether you agree with the spirit of the laws or not, there’s no arguing that they’ve long been on a collision course with major US copyright holders and I doubt they can survive without a massive effort to relocate somewhere out of reach.
- Comment on Google is shutting down Assistant on Fitbit smartwatches 1 month ago:
They’re shutting down Assistant everywhere, in favour of Gemini.
- Comment on Apple to Analyze User Data on Devices to Bolster AI Technology. 1 month ago:
Right. There’s plenty to criticise Apple for, both in general and for chasing the AI trend, but looking at it purely in terms of user privacy within AI features they’re miles ahead of the competition.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
The approach isn’t what became a joke, it was the absolutely unhinged way in which it was presented.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
Gabe Newell?
- Comment on Shenmue beats Doom as the most influential game of all time in BAFTA poll 2 months ago:
I’m sorry if you’re a fan, but there is no way that Shenmue was more influential than fucking Doom, or many of the other games on the list.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
As someone who was dating (and found my wife!) online around that time, it was Tinder that marked a watershed moment.
Tinder gamified online dating and made it accessible to everyone with a smartphone, which at the time was itself experiencing massive growth as a platform.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 2 months ago:
Not that I agree with it, but isn’t this what other consoles have done for about a decade already?
Physical media for games is on its deathbed.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 2 months ago:
There’s a price on the UK official store: £395.99 for the system. £429.99 including digital copy of MKW.
Preorders open on 8th April.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 2 months ago:
Yes, for all but the simplest games it will be one or the other, not both at once.
- Comment on UK: Couple arrested and shut in cell after complaining about daughter's school on WhatsApp. 2 months ago:
Horrendously editorialised, too; it’s written in such a way as to specifically get people riled up. Tabloid-style rubbish.
- Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban 2 months ago:
Because it’s a weapon.
Ninja swords – which have a blade between 14 inches and 24 inches long with one straight cutting edge with a tanto-style point – have been linked to the surge in knife crime which has risen to more than 50,000 offences in the past year, close to its record high in 2019.
- Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban 2 months ago:
Why? Is there a legitimate reason for anyone to own or be able to easily purchase a ninja sword?
- Comment on What metrics did people evaluate arcade games by when they were popular? 2 months ago:
For players, the length of play you’d likely get out of a single credit.
For owners, the amount of money a given cabinet could make, on average, per week.
- Comment on The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th 2 months ago:
It’s pretty funny how much the tone shifts if you play with the co-op mode they added in a later patch. I’m guessing that’s one feature they won’t include in the remaster, haha
- Comment on Favourite Mario Kart game? 2 months ago:
I grew up on Double Dash, but MK8D offers so much choice and variety that nothing else comes close - at least for pick-up-and-play casual games.
- Comment on Please tell me I'm not going nuts 2 months ago:
‘Ah-ha! You’ve stepped right into my trap!’ they cried, as the dagger pierced their heart.
- Comment on A funny thing in Iran is how they repackage old PlayStation consoles 3 months ago:
I think the Atari XEGS probably wins the battle for ‘ugliest grey box’
