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- Comment on Borderlands 4 | Review Thread 4 days ago:
I’m pretty curious (read: leery) about the post-launch monetization. Does the game feel complete or did they obviously hold things back for the battle passes or whatever? Will I have to pay in to enjoy things like a level cap increase?
They were pretty clear about going HAM on paid stuff after launch, and the game is already priced super high, so this might end up being a sale pickup for me.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
I also hate, and this is another compounding factor, the complete lack of enemy HP bars.
IIRC, HK1 had a badge that turns these on. I’m not far enough into the new game to have found this yet, though.
- Comment on Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms 1 week ago:
No. There’s no “hopefully” anything when it comes to this bullshit. It’s bad for the individual, full stop. This is not a thing to compromise on, because any compromise at all will eventually harm the users (though leaks/hacks, or government overreach, etc.) without any actual benefit or offset to them.
- Comment on Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade 1 week ago:
Okay, so isn’t that exactly the same situation as the Xbox, but then the Xbox gives you the additional option to actually expand the hot storage?
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 week ago:
- Comment on Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade 1 week ago:
Are you able to expand the PS5’s storage with just a normal USB 3.0 drive?
- Comment on Stardew Valley will be getting another update after all 2 weeks ago:
LOL. We’re not talking about a “hurry up” kinda dude here. His development story is wild. It’s a miracle that he ever actually released Stardew.
- Comment on Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test 2 weeks ago:
Or - hear me out here - it shouldn’t be on anybody to do anything because the law itself is garbage and should not exist.
- Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward 2 weeks ago:
I suppose this means Microsoft will not count Word doc file sizes against users’ cloud storage quotas, right? Right??
- Comment on Atari has acquired five Ubisoft games, including Child of Eden and Grow Home, and will re-release and ‘evolve’ them | VGC 2 weeks ago:
The five games that are now owned by Atari are:
- Cold Fear (2005)
- Child of Eden (2011)
- I Am Alive (2012)
- Grow Home (2015)
- Grow Up (2016)
- Comment on Subnautica studio Unknown Worlds files lawsuit against ousted founders for allegedly downloading over 170,000 confidential files 3 weeks ago:
I’m really sad to watch this slow-motion train crash continue to play out. Subnautica 2 was a guaranteed hit thanks to the strength of the first game, and somehow the new studio owners have completely fucked that to pieces. Truly a masterclass in snatching failure from the jaws of success.
- Subnautica studio Unknown Worlds files lawsuit against ousted founders for allegedly downloading over 170,000 confidential fileswww.gamedeveloper.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 12 comments
- Comment on Change your profile to Clippy (call to action) 4 weeks ago:
8min video and I gave up after 2:30 of rambling. Anybody have a tl;dw?
- Comment on Fairgame$ Has Been Canceled, Too, According to Michael Pachter, Who Says Sony Has ‘Lost Its Way’ 4 weeks ago:
Classic Michael Pachter. That dude is wrong all the fucking time, yet people keep pushing his garbage.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Motherfucker, you can buy me a new PC if you want me to have one so bad. Shit’s expensive and nobody has the money to replace something that still works.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
Cadence of Hyrule is fun as hell. Gotta fix that on the list.
- Comment on Blackbird Interactive acquires full ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker IP 4 weeks ago:
Same. I love this game when I’m looking for something to chill with. Relaxed mode (with the timer off) is the way better way to play.
- Comment on Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube 5 weeks ago:
This but with Shorts, too.
- Comment on Techcrunch reports that AI coding tools have "very negative" gross margins. They're losing money on every user. 5 weeks ago:
Isn’t this true of like everything AI right now?
We’re in the “grow a locked-in user base” part of their rollout. We’ll hit the “make money” part in a year or two, and then the enshittification machine will kick into high gear.
- Comment on Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students 5 weeks ago:
Joke’s on them… I put normal porn on my work laptop so they think I’m into normal shit, then I watch the REA, fucked up porn on my personal PC.
- Comment on Universal Adds 'No AI Training' Warning to Movies 5 weeks ago:
That oughta stop em!
- Comment on Instagram now requires users to have at least 1,000 followers to go live | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
but my growth potential!
- Instagram owners, probably
- Comment on Xbox returns to gamescom next month with over 20 playable demos, including Hollow Knight: Silksong 1 month ago:
Silksong demo. Let’s not get too excited here!
- Comment on Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data 1 month ago:
LOL there goes any hope of an Azure government cloud getting any traction.
- Comment on 'Clanker' is social media's new slur for our robot future 1 month ago:
No, the offensive c-word.
- Comment on AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor 1 month ago:
Lots of fluff in this article and the site itself sucks. Here’s the key paragraph:
One way to achieve this would be to impose a levy on the gross revenues of the largest AI providers, collected by a national or multilateral agency. As the technology becomes increasingly embedded in daily life and production processes, the revenue flowing to AI firms is bound to grow – and so, too, will contributions to the fund. These resources could then be distributed by independent grant councils on multiyear cycles, ensuring that support reaches a wide range of disciplines and regions.
My biggest issue with this approach is that it fails to acknowledge that AI is a bubble currently propped up by venture capital. In 1-4 years all those investors are going to want their ROI, and AI companies are going to start turning the money crank hard.
- Comment on White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation 1 month ago:
What a bunch of fucking idiots. They could be increasing grants for AI research, offering fast-pass visas & citizenship paths to AI experts/PhDs from other countries, and working to increase the availability of necessary resources such as data centers and power. But nope! We’re just letting the commercial businesses cut corners so they can profit off of it faster.
Pretty much sums up this administration in a nutshell.
- Comment on Like clockwork, Peacock is raising subscription prices again 1 month ago:
In no way is Peacock worth $17/month.
- Comment on Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket 1 month ago:
Yeah, this is literally discrimination based inherently on race, gender, etc., but it’s going to be considered totally fine because the mystical AI is doing it.
- Comment on Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse 1 month ago:
Would Moto count? I’ve been rocking their basic-ass phones for years now. Way, way less bloatware than Samsung, etc. and only like $200 unlocked.