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- Comment on Indie games using retro graphics 1 week ago:
It also means more people can play on more hardware, it typically focuses the experience, it makes the interactive elements more visually distinguishable from the background graphics, it’s cheaper/faster to produce so less incentive to bloat with MTX to recoup massive investments, the scope is smaller so can be better aligned with a singular cohesive artistic vision, and the limited graphics encourages stylisation and artistic decisions when ‘photo real’ becomes not an option to target.
Also you don’t need to wait 10+ years for a game, just to receive a bloated mess where you only engage with 20% of the content yet had to wait for 100% of the development time, since at that point the investment demands it has to appeal to every possible consumer, only to still get a buggy unfinished release due to the massive scope. /rant. Anyway, indies are great and i love short games too.
- Comment on We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem 1 month ago:
It would be a great comment if it represented reality, but as an analogy it’s completely off.
LLM-based AI represents functionality that nothing other than the human mind and painstaking research or singular expertise can replicate. There is no already existing ‘second, better calculator’ that has the same breadth of capabilities, particularly in areas involving language.
If you’re only using it as a calculator (which was never the strength of an LLM in the first place), for problems you could already solve with a calculator because you understand what is required, then uh… yeah i mean use a calculator, that is the appropriate tool.
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 1 month ago:
shoota
- Comment on Which Mortal Kombat games across the years should I start with? 2 months ago:
MK2 was my first, and i still think it’s one of the best, or the most classic. MK1, the roster is too small and it’s too basic. MK2 is where it embraces the classic MK vibes. UMK3 remixes that with more modern styling and character elements, which was interesting in progression, but I think you could skip straight from MK2 to Trilogy and just drop in the deep end of the character craziness.
MK4 was also an interesting one in terms of characters and the shift into 3D for the first time. It wasn’t… great… but it was interesting.
After that, I wasn’t a big fan of the early modern 3D MK games, I couldn’t even play them all since they didn’t come out for PC (yes, I’m still bitter), but again I feel like you could skip these straight to Armageddon for early modern-era character craziness. It’s basically a generational sequel to Trilogy.
Then we get to the ‘last gen’ modern era of 9, X, 11, which i thought were great fun, and worth playing. The story is a ridiculous soap opera, but that’s critical MK DNA. Mechanics further refined, good character options. Other people already discussed these.
I haven’t played 1 yet, but it’s clearly another soft reboot, and looks really good to me.
Ofc this is all just my view on it. I have nostalgia and bias towards MK2, (3) and Trilogy :D
- Comment on How Google is killing independent sites like ours 4 months ago:
I moved to Kagi, and I really like it. It’s a bit expensive though, but the experience is really nice, and you know where you stand with them as a customer, regarding their priorities/motivations.
- Comment on Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton 4 months ago:
I am not asking for a replacement to Google Drive, since that’s clear, I’m asking for a replacement to Google Photos, which means I’m referring to the functionality that makes Google Photos a separate product to Google Drive (aka, the fancy AI features, automatic image compression, automatic sorting, albums, search, etc).
I don’t know if it goes against Proton’s philosophy, that’s kind of besides the point. I’m just saying that for me to move from Google’s suite, as I would like to, this would be a blocker for me with Proton. It’s fine if Proton doesn’t want to address that market, it just means I personally would find it difficult to make the switch (and likely wouldn’t) even though I like a lot of what Proton is doing.
- Comment on Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton 4 months ago:
I’m sure it can work well for many others, so thanks for the recommendation, but personally I’m not interested in self hosting.
- Comment on Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton 4 months ago:
All the things that make Google Photos a separate product to Google Drive… that’s what I’m talking about.
- Comment on Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton 4 months ago:
I hope they might consider a Proton Photos, since Google Photos really holds me to Google Drive. And Proton AI for working with documents on Proton Drive.
- Comment on Open extensions on Firefox for Android will be available from December 14 6 months ago:
Firefox is dead to me until they bring back a proper tablet UI. No tab bar is a deal breaker.
- Comment on Did Your Spotify Wrapped Place You In Burlington, Berkeley, or Cambridge? You May Be Gay 6 months ago:
Maybe it’s more about the taste, the texture, the subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.
- Comment on UK watchdog slams the brakes on Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma 6 months ago:
If this doesn’t get stopped, then these rules are pointless. But I guess the same could be said for other recent acquisitions that did go through fine with only minor tweaks.
- Comment on It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox 7 months ago:
I also switched to Vivaldi everywhere for this reason. So I can sync tabs on all my devices. I wouldn’t have even been looking for a new browser if not for the poor tablet experience on Android. But I’m really happy with Vivaldi anyway. Over the years I occasionally check in on ol’ Android tablet Firefox, but still no tablet UI since they removed it many years ago (yes, older versions of Android Firefox already had a tab bar).
- Comment on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker 7 months ago:
At some point just seeing the progress bar Increase a notch might be enough.
- Comment on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker 7 months ago:
Good thing you only needed 75% of that 1 minute porn video, or you’d have had to wait even longer.
- Comment on It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox 7 months ago:
It’s still not a good experience on Android tablets/foldables, just a stretched phone UI and no tab bar.
- Comment on The Hidden Costs of Long Playtimes in Modern Gaming 7 months ago:
I want to want to spend more time with the game, but i also want it to not let me. Eject me forcibly from its world once the story has naturally concluded, with fond memories of the tightly edited purposeful experience.
- Comment on The Hidden Costs of Long Playtimes in Modern Gaming 7 months ago:
Really depends on the game. But roughly something between 3-20 hours is my preferred range. I thought Sayonara Wild Hearts was fantastic and the perfect length for the story and experience it set out to convey (took me about 2 hours to beat).
- Comment on The Hidden Costs of Long Playtimes in Modern Gaming 7 months ago:
Thanks, I’ve been looking at it! It’s beautiful, definitely on my radar.
- Comment on The Hidden Costs of Long Playtimes in Modern Gaming 7 months ago:
I feel the opposite. I pay for the narrative and experiencing the game’s mechanics and interactive art, not to flush as much of my life away as possible. When I see people complaining a game was too short, I am basically ready to add it to my wishlist.
- Comment on What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises? 7 months ago:
Pretty random list off the to of my head:
Hyperlight Drifter Sayonara Wild Hearts Ruiner Grim Dawn Rime
- Comment on So long, small phones 8 months ago:
It’s not so surprising they all have +6" phones, since there are no smaller options available, irrespective of price.
- Comment on So long, small phones 8 months ago:
Same experience when i was using the Jelly 2, people loved it when i pulled it out to pay with NFC.
- Comment on EU reopens probe into Adobe's $20 billion acquisition of Figma 8 months ago:
As a UX designer, EU please save us from Adobe!
- Comment on AI Is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices 8 months ago:
I agree with everything you wrote, except as a designer I wanted to point out that the lack of scope limitation is not usually due to design, but rather product and marketing who drive new features, because their job is to increase new customers, and improving life for existing customers is a far second – only so far as potential new customers may be impacted (reviews, comparisons with competitors, or churn). So long as they can mostly keep existing customers they will always fight against spending development time on improving their experience, when they could add a new point to the feature list for marketing.
The issue is the drive for infinite growth is counter to a human-usable quality-focused UX (with a focused scope and focused target audience).
- Comment on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it 8 months ago:
I actually pay for Premium at the moment, but still would need to sit through baked in sponsored messages, and YouTube Shorts or other internal YouTube big banner service advertisements. So i still have uBlock (and sponsor block) anyway to remove that stuff. At which point… Why am i paying for Premium again? They made their site awful to use regardless of if you pay, unless you use adblocking and other extensions.
- Comment on Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says — Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.” 8 months ago:
My friend was stalked for months via their airpods, which had been secretly paired with the stalker’s account.
- Comment on Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble 8 months ago:
And i just want a tab bar on Android tablets/foldables like every other browser.
- Comment on Ecosia adds Microsoft Clarity and optional Google search results and advertising 8 months ago:
I’m trying out Kagi atm, but it’s not free. The alternative is basically “pick your poison”. I think any “free” service will inevitably end up in the same sketchy shit all companies large enough are drawn into.
Still not sure where I land at the end of the trial; the cost is really pushing the limit of what I could justify paying for online search.
- Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech 8 months ago:
No one is saying gender is the only point of discrimination, but this specific event is focused on gender issues.