Quazatron

@Quazatron@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random Screenshots of my Games #58 - Black Mesa (Half-Life)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally, someone who understands my pain. Thank you for the insights.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s… It’s well within limits. Sustaining sequence.

  Oh. Oh dear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random Screenshots of my Games #58 - Black Mesa (Half-Life)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved Black Mesa up to this point. They turned Gonarch into a RPG sponge in an arena full of hard to avoid clutter which makes it nearly impossible to dodge the attacks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Upscaling is actually good (as an option)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think upscaling is a good idea. Most of the time I’m running around while dodging bullets, arrows or fireballs, so I don’t really have time to examine the details of the foliage around me at the pixel level. I also will not buy an overpowered space heater so that the grass in my hand is more realistic. I don’t want a triple fan monster sounding like a turbojet near me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're anonymous here because we're all afraid of each other. And that's a lot of fear.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking at the dumpster fire that are social networks, I rather like this anti-social network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like nobody can or is willing to do decent printers anymore. I’ll run my Laserjet 1100 till it dies, then I’m done with printing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Notepad++ and Don Ho: A story of software, activism, and defiance⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything you do or don’t do is a political statement. Do you think you can somehow exist in a bubble where politics is something that happens to someone else? How naive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I discovered Brutal Wolfenstein (a Doom II mod that replicates and enhances Wolfenstein 3D) so I’ve been slaughtering nazi scum for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Geany FTW!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So they are marketing this to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum fans? It seems powerful enough, we only use 256x192 with 16 colors (two of which are black).

  Good job, Microsoft!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad someone focuses on the important facts. The way they are sitting sideways to the TV will surely give them sore necks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using it exclusively as my desktop for over 20 years. Does it have flaws and shortcomings? Sure. So have Windows and Mac. What system does not have issues?

  Does it fit your use case? Who knows? Just try it and be the judge. If it doesn’t work, just keep using whatever you’re using, no harm done.

  All you need is a USB stick, some curiosity and some time. It’s not like it’s a lifetime commitment or something. Unless, of course, you enjoy it… then you are doomed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hardest working font in Manhattan – Aresluna⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy rabbit hole, Batman! Very interesting article if you’re a typography geek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tradition. You can’t go around breaking traditions, now can you, minister?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Journey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anything tempting you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have over 700 games waiting on Steam, over 300 on Heroic… I’m not buying any other game until I get that backlog down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing some smaller, chill games: The Unfinished Swan and Sludge Life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Heroic launcher. This is what you need, my friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awesome brain killer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bi-weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Graven

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's next after Half-Life?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really happy that I completed the games and can put them down

  Good luck. I’ve played them countless times and they are installed permanently on my drive. 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer to buy GOG when possible, Steam second. I even have some duplicated titles across vendors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Excellent that they don’t engage in Nintendo level community hostility and at least let people who care about old games preserve them.

  Stream goes one step further and actively maintains their legacy games playable. That is commitment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Wii good?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wii was the only console I ever bought. I prefer playing with keyboard and mouse, so consoles were never really my focus.

  I had a lot of fun with it, it had some amazing games that made good use of the controllers. It was a great family console that even older people or people that don’t usually play could use.

  It was also great at running old school emulators for other consoles (SNES, Genesis) after some tinkering.

  It also drove home my main hate regarding consoles: they are closed systems, owned not by you but by the manufacturer. The games were and still are expensive, unlike PCs where games get cheaper over time. They can also disable the servers providing services for your console (news channel, weather channel) when they feel like you should move on and buy their next console.

  So I won’t buy another console again, even if I still love my Wii, that I power on occasionally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 takes a break on updates until 2025 | Digital Trends⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d expect Microsoft to have figured out how to copy Linux update methods, we have a lot of them to choose from and some are actually decent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I posted from Boost for Lemmy, but formatted nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  52001. Brb.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Both end songs are on my playlist, I love it when the randomize function picks them up. You could say it is a triumph.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 RTX | Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Tribute Video⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still playing this game today. Undoubtedly my favorite game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been playing Eldritch. Friggin frustrating game. Ok, just one more go.