Kelly
@Kelly@lemmy.world
- Comment on Palworld Lawsuit 1 day ago:
Looks like there has been an update
TLDW?
- Comment on Luck be a Landlord Might Be Banned from Google Play 2 days ago:
Simulated Gambling:
Interactive activity within a game that:
a) resembles or functions like a real world age restricted betting or gambling service; and
b) does not provide rewards that can be redeemed for real world currency or traded to other players in-game for real world currency.Note: For example, interactive activity within games that resembles or functions like real world commercial casinos, slot machines, lotteries, sports betting services or other betting services will be simulated gambling.
www.legislation.gov.au/F2023L01424/asmade/text
As far as Australia is concerned the mere appearance of a slot machine is enough, it doesn’t need to function like one.
- Comment on Luck be a Landlord Might Be Banned from Google Play 3 days ago:
Its a themed slot machine with fictionalised in game currency.
If rated today Australia would give it R18+, but it was reviewed before last years changes so it has been grandfathered in at M with the description “Simulated Gambling”.
…gov.au/…/new-classifications-for-gambling-conten…
Simulated gambling seems to have been grouped in as loot box adjacent is some jurisdictions.
- Comment on GTA 6 will have a 'significant online mode' to generate revenue for years into the future 3 weeks ago:
The source the Tweektown article is quoting also says:
Anticipation is so high that some competing game publishers are waiting as long as possible to commit to their release dates for the fall, according to people familiar with their deliberations who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The publishers want to see whether GTA 6 will make its deadline or slip into 2026, these people say, and they’re determined to keep their own games far, far away.
bloomberg.com/…/-gta-6-release-date-will-decide-m…
This is probably more interesting, that some upcoming games which don’t have release dates may be waiting for this before they commit to a schedule is somewhat noteworthy.
- Comment on GTA 6 will have a 'significant online mode' to generate revenue for years into the future 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on FOAMSTARS to stop making new updates this January 4 weeks ago:
It dropped on PS+ at launch, I tried to play that weekend and the servers were empty … It couldn’t find me a match. I changed server region and still no match.
It was DOA, I’m surprised the supported it for as long as they did.
- Comment on Exclusive: Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa, the media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring' 1 month ago:
Wikipedia lists their gaming properties as:
- Spike Chunsoft
- FromSoftware (69.66%)
- Acquire
Acquire is a name I associate most with Tenchu but it looks like the developed the Mario & Luigi game that released a week or so ago.
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 1 month ago:
Given that each charge is only for $33,000, so about $100,000 total, I expect a settlement will be reached instead of going on this fight.
Unfortunately that would be the worst outcome for everyone else.
The patents need to be contested and invalidated or smaller devs will feel they can’t use these mechanics.
- Comment on Super Wonder Boy 3 SNES Gameplay (Hudson Soft) Super Nintendo 1 month ago:
I was a sega kid so I played the monster land / dragons trap fork of the franchise that introduced what we would now call ARPG and metroidvania elements.
I thought the Nintendo side of the industry was playing the Adventure Island reskin? I’m surprised to see a Wonder Boy based on the OG mechanics on SNES.
- Comment on If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him? 1 month ago:
Time travel?
- Comment on What's the best super nintendo game based on a movie? and why is it alien 3? 1 month ago:
I would propose Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition, its more of a Jurassic Park inspired kill frenzy than a coherent game but I had a lot of fun with it.
- Comment on GOG Launches Preservation Program for Timeless Classics | Retro Gaming News 24/7 1 month ago:
They have some per-title historical breakdowns and recent change logs here:
- Comment on Colin Anderson Calls GTA 2 the ‘Unsung Hero’ of the Franchise | Retro Gaming News 24/7 2 months ago:
Is the Retro City Rampage / Shakedown: Hawaii guy working on anything?
- Comment on Are there any historical or modern day true stories (like the story of The Buddha) of someone born rich and privileged who just walked away from their family and turned down money and an inheritance? 2 months ago:
Does Edward VIII count?
He surrendered the Crown … but was then made a Duke.
- Comment on If a planet was completely covered in water, wouldn't it all be freshwater? 2 months ago:
The water is just sitting there, not eroding through salts.
Is the ocean still or famously active?
But all jokes aside freshwater is salt free because it has been distilled by the evaporation/cloud/rainfall part of the water cycle. When rain falls in the ocean it mixes pretty quickly.
- Comment on I rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home. 2 months ago:
- Comment on I rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home. 2 months ago:
10s of MB software with the rest of the disc as CD audio was standard for the time.
Even with those constraints PS had noticeable mid-battle lag as it loaded in animationss.
- Comment on How does US "early voting" works logistically speaking ? 2 months ago:
sign near a sick/old person name
With postal voting and mobile polling places the sick and elderly are given opportunities to vote in Australia.
Even without those facilities it would take a fair bit of effort to identify and sign for a statistically significant number of sick/elderly.
- Comment on Why did my bus driver want me to not pay the fare and instead just "TAKE A SEAT!!!" 2 months ago:
Where i am if the ticketing machine is down the diver will ask people to take a seat without paying. The usually use the same phrase as your driver.
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 2 months ago:
Eyeballing the login screen may give some insight, you’re right that its probably unwise to try real creds if you don’t recognize the server.
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 2 months ago:
Home network or corporate?
Its a windows server, if you are using widows too you can try establishing a RDP connection with Remote Desktop Connection.
- Comment on NES, Atari 2600, Sonic Green Hill LEGO Packs Discontinued | Retro Gaming News 24/7 2 months ago:
I enjoyed the green hill zone set.
The others seem a bit pricy!
- Comment on Does anyone watch Google, Microsoft, etc the way Cop Watch watches cops? 2 months ago:
I’m getting interesting results with this:
www.google.com/search?q=tech+industry+watchdog
I think naming a particular tech vendor is likely to get different results compared to using generic terms.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Any other topic I would agree …
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Wondermark has had some great ones over the years.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Without knowing anything of your history this question looks like its in bad faith.
If the question is legit then type “sealioning” into a search engine and read a few of the results.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 2 months ago:
The fact emulators are faster than the real hardware, can you blame them?
This is a problem Nintendo has had a few times before, choosing weaker hardware makes it much easier for other platforms to match and outpace them.
My first time playing Pokemon was emulating Pokemon Red on PC. For some reason they put it in Australian stores around a month after the US release so emulation was the only way.
Similarly GBA was playable on PC very early in its cycle. DS/3DS was a bit less attractive because of it screen layout and inputs but that kind of quirk aside underpowered handheld hardware is just asking for emulator support.
- Comment on New Storefront Law Tells Us What We All Should Know: We Don't Own Digital Games | Time Extension 2 months ago:
The bill text is concise and surprisingly readable.
…legislature.ca.gov/…/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_i…
They will either need “affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser” of their rights or provide a “clear and conspicuous statement” clarifying the buying a digital good is a licence situation.
They provide this definition:
“Clear and conspicuous” means in a manner that clearly calls attention to the language, such as in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols or other marks.
For “affirmative acknowledgment” my guess is something like PlayStation does currently might become common. Every time I checkout their purchase button is disabled until I tick a checkbox with this statement:
I request immediate access to my purchase and acknowledge that I will not be able to cancel my purchase once I start downloading or streaming the content.
Both of these scenarios should be displayed as part of the checkout flow, not hidden away in the ToS/EULA.
- Comment on Square Enix Unveils Die-Cast Miniatures of Retro Consoles 2 months ago:
Square Enix also bought Taito so they had titles from the Bubble Bobble, Space Invaders, Double Dragon, Chase H.Q series on Sega Consoles.
- Comment on Question about Firefox - any way to open specific sites as if they were an app or program (similar to an option in Chrome)? 2 months ago:
Not currently supported but it looks they they are actively scoping the feature with the intention of implanting it soon.
