ajoebyanyothername

@ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But part of the problem is that they’re not above the age rating, often things like Fifa are rated as suitable for children. And ultimately, the ratings are guidance, they’re not rules or law. There should definitely be a push for parents to actually look into it properly though, I do think that’s a big part of the issue, and leads to legislation such as age verification, which just makes things more difficult for everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But how many children are playing those games and buying lootboxes without their parents’ knowledge?

  I am absolutely in favour of less lootboxes in games though. They are an unfortunate natural progression of microtransactions, and the fact that they make so much money means they’re unlikely to go anywhere without any systemic measures being put in place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess what I meant, but didn’t go as far as saying, is that lootboxes should be categorised as gambling, as they currently show up in games like Fifa, rated for children, which parents likely wouldn’t think twice about until they see their next credit card statement.

  Ultimately parents need to do more to safeguard their kids, but the sneaky and insidious way lootboxes are used makes it significantly harder, and I would argue goes beyond what the average parent would reasonably be able to look out for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Make it so that gambling leads to a higher age rating for the game, and then let parents manage that the same way they would violence or language in a game. I think (hope) this would lead to a huge drop in lootboxes, rather than changes to ratings, but either way works for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you called someone "skinface" it would feel like a huge insult even though it's meaningless and people's faces are made out of skin.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should be more careful you jizz cock! You could have had my legs off you piss kidney!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank Goodness You're Here - most absurd & hilarious game what did I just play?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh dear oh dear, it’s really brok

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might not be efficient, but at least it... Uhhh, wait, what good does it provide again?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it was called ‘The Man Whose Brain Couldn’t Slow Down’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So basically the same as in other areas, investment in getting things right will be better for everyone in the long run, but might make it a bit harder right now, so no politician will commit to it because voters are incredibly shortsighted. So instead we get more and more cuts, very rarely in the right areas, and things end up worse for everyone but the elite in the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How is anyone supposed to ‘think of the children’ when you’re here throwing logic around?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We all know that prohibition in the US was a rousing success!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hamas: Right, we need all the women and children to keep forcing the IDF to shoot them whilst trying to access essential food and supplies in supposed safe zones, to trick the world into sympathising with us. We are so dastardly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game design question : how to make a "trapped" player character?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would that be your classic ‘meant to lose’ fight, usually against the big bad, which is technically winnable but the vast majority of players will lose and progress the story as planned? The example that comes to mind is Ghost of Tsushima, but it crops up in plenty of games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ben Shapiro's sister⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Both things could be true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨place yer bets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you talking about Shelbyville, why would we want to marry our cousins?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Firstly, basing your opinion of someone on the instance they signed up with is…interesting.

  Secondly, I didn’t mean that in the sense of they literally couldn’t make the demand, but that Russia danced Ukraine not join NATO, despite having no standing to make such a demand. Ukraine is a sovereign nation that can make its own decisions, they didn’t need permission from Russia. Even the quoted article acknowledges that Russia had no grounds for an invasion, and it’s generally in support of Russia’s position.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “NATO expansion was legal but predictably provocative. Russia’s response was entirely predictable, if illegal, and has proven very costly to it. Ukraine’s de facto military integration into NATO has resulted in its devastation.”

  From your suggested reading, this stood out to me. The crux of any argument in Russia’s favour seems to be that they were unhappy at the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO, and thus felt justified acting preemptively. But ultimately, that was never a demand Russia was in a position to make, so any aggression on their part is not defensible on those grounds, in my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bird flu⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m struggling to follow your logic there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cowboy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Cows don’t look like cows on film, you gotta use horses.