XiberKernel
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- Comment on While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago 2 days ago:
Considering he helped create Windows while working at Microsoft, and allegedly left due to the direction it was going, yes.
- Comment on LEGO Star Trek Enterprise REVIEW 1 week ago:
Fair. It’s nothing special, just a quick lazy print with some acrylic markers for the nacelles. I wanted to see how it would turn out, wasn’t going for display quality, but for a toy around the house I’m happy with how it turned out. Lego figure for scale. It’s a little smaller than the Ent D - maybe $3 of material?
- Comment on Godot Engine – 2025 Showreel 1 week ago:
Look, I code websites and apps and I know nothing about game dev. I dabble. But I don’t see any reason why an informed indie dev or studio would choose Unity over Godot at this point after what they tried to pull a few years ago.
Unreal a different beast, but the versatility of Godot has been proven at this point and is on full display in this showcase, and from my uneducated standpoint seems to hold its own vs Unity’s offerings.
- Comment on LEGO Star Trek Enterprise REVIEW 1 week ago:
I’m still learning, but I don’t see it being more than 500g if you were to print it yourself. Keep in mind a 3D print is going to have about a 15% infill, where the Legos are solid plastic, so the Lego version will use more raw materials and be heavier by nature.
1kg of good quality PLA or PETG can be had on Amazon for about $13 on sale, definitely under $20. So, you’re using maybe $6-$10 USD of raw plastic?
Keep in mind you either need to sand and paint it, or use multiple colors to get something “good” looking, but for my Akira class I just printed it grey and used some acrylic paint markers to do some quick details. I’m lazy, so mine looks like crap up close, but from a distance it looks alight on my shelf, and it’s cheap enough that my 5 year old can grab it and play spaceship with no stress on my end.
- Comment on LEGO Star Trek Enterprise REVIEW 1 week ago:
I love Lego. I played with them often as a kid, and I love sharing the Lego games with my son, had season passes to legoland, and appreciate the humor they add into everything now of days. The accessories for the TNG crew are a perfect showcase of this.
With that said, yeah, the Lego Ent D is slightly less expensive than my multi-color 3D printer, and I’m more than happy with the Akita Class I printed a month ago. Maybe I’ll print the Enterprise D in the next few days to celebrate.
- Comment on Sliced off the tip of my thumb, what are some good one handed games? 1 week ago:
Pokémon Let’s Go [Eevee / Pikachu] can be played with a single joycon vertical in one hand. They designed it to be played with their Pokéball controller, accidentally making it super accessible.
- Comment on Yes, That Great-Looking 'Star Trek: Voyager' Game Will Let You Spare Tuvix 1 month ago:
Okay, but can I promote Harry Kim?
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 1 month ago:
Yeah, don’t buy an HP. Love my Brother laser printer though.
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 1 month ago:
I drive a Kia EV6, and love it. Kia pushes like 2 OTAs per year for updates and small bug fixes, but hasn’t rolled out any new features. They have a premium connectivity package, but nothing but remote bells and whistles are behind it.
I use my phone for the infotainment via CarPlay.
My phone acts like a phone, and my car acts like a car.
Now, the reason I have an EV6? I was a happy Chevy Bolt owner looking for a newer vehicle and was eyeing the Equinox EV. I noped out as soon as they announced the Google partnership and decided to remove CarPlay and BYOD as a feature.
The two things that will turn me off from a future purchase is lack of CarPlay, or paywalled “hardware” upgrades, like performance tweaks or locking out something installed like heated seats. Nope.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I can wait to play this on PC. I’m due for a dread replay though, perhaps after I complete Silksong.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
There was a prime 3? After reading your post, I recall 1 and 2. 3 escapes me, although I must have completed it…
- Comment on Switch 2 vs Steam Deck: the Cyberpunk 2077 face-off 4 months ago:
Now that’s one fit girl.
- Comment on How do animals in the Peppa Pig universe work? 4 months ago:
Finger Prince? No thanks.
- Comment on Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation 4 months ago:
When was the last time you used Big Picture? I have a micro ITX build hooked up to my TV running Bazzite desktop, and have Big Picture loading at boot.
It’s a console. And it’s fantastic. It also lets me mod it so I can make it look like a Wii U if I wanted.
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 5 months ago:
You got Jazz Jackrabbit to run on the steam deck? I tried to install everything GOG had available (including 2) and had no success with heroic. Teach me your ways.
- Comment on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Summer Game Fest Trailer 5 months ago:
Thanks for the suggestion! I think I have one of those from a humble bundle, I’ll have to check it out again (it’s been a while). The main thing I’m looking for is a kid friendly “auto steer / auto accelerate” mode that still gives him some sense of control. I noticed a lot of Nickelodeon, licensed games don’t include any voice acting, which irritates me, but the kiddo probably won’t mind.
- Comment on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Summer Game Fest Trailer 5 months ago:
Disney speedstorm has solid gameplay…. At the expense of being pay to win in most modes. I payed enough to “unlock” split screen and politely explained to my kiddo he can only be one of like 3 characters. Damn shame the game has a slot machine barrier. As soon as this sonic game drops though I’m grabbing it.
- Comment on MultiVersus officially closes down and is delisted today 5 months ago:
It worked for USB C? And y’all have alternate app stores over there too. I don’t believe it’s unrealistic to guarantee that a product you sell will remain functional after support ends.
- Comment on No matter how many games as service flop, how many studios fail and close, executives will still insist on creating the next Fortnite, Overwatch, LOL, etc. 5 months ago:
I recently started playing Disney Speedstorm as a fun casual kart game without Nintendo.
The gameplay is fantastic. The music bangs. The netcode is… alright. The game is fun!
But holy crap am I glad I don’t care about cosmetics and characters. This game is printing money on the backs of parents credit cards. Assuming everything was unlockable, you’re probably looking at 4-5 figures.
I’d gladly pay $80 for a game of this quality, but this kind of predatory nonsense should be illegal. And until it is, I can understand why companies are drawn to making games like this - it’s an unpatched infinite money glitch.
- Comment on Hideo Kojima casually reveals a Death Stranding anime is in the works 5 months ago:
Can’t wait to watch Sam Porter Bridges building bridges as a porter for Bridges - without controller input.
- Comment on We're deep into the baggy era mate 5 months ago:
I used to buy Levi’s, but not only have they dropped quality, they introduced some weird “in the know” naming scheme where they still make “old” Levi’s, but just charge $200 a pop for them. Now I just grab Kirkland.
- Comment on Sony blocks Stellar Blade on more than 100 countries 5 months ago:
Nothing to see here, just Sony doing Sony things. Money burning a hole in your pocket? Go grab a handful of indie games.
- Comment on First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80 7 months ago:
I think it kills game leaks before the street date. Even if the data isn’t in the carriage (which is stupid), you would still be able to sell the cartage assuming the online service is still active.
Sucks for game preservation though. I’m personally hoping there’s some flaw in the gen 1 hardware that can be exploited for archive purchases.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Honestly, just let the YouTube algorithm run for a few hours on a fresh account. You’ll start getting right wing and “Christian” viewpoints spoon fed to you fairly quickly.
- Comment on Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee. 7 months ago:
Honest question, but on a technical level isn’t discord basically IRC with some bells, whistles, emojis, and a some WebRTC Logic wrapped in electron with a large marketing budget? Throw in some cloud storage and a CDN for images. What am I missing? I’m not saying it’s “easy”, but I’m curious what it would take to build a solid streamlined FOSS alternative built on combining existing technologies.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Genuine question - isn’t their terms basically “if you use these third party services you’re subject to their terms, and also were going to collect some data to see if people actually use this feature or if it’s a waste of time?”
