Vipsu

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we boycott games with loot boxes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much any game with gatcha like the Hoyoverse games. These often have some sort of endgame paywall but it could take hours to reach it. If the game is bad or simply unplayable without gatcha its a bad game. Free premium currency can often be used for non-rng non-gatcha stuff.

  Competitive games usually only have cosmetics so you can just use default skin, ignore battle pass and focus on getting good and having fun. Some people could even get salty for getting their ass handed to them by someome using default costume.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we boycott games with loot boxes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If one wants to play F2P games I would like to recommend the no gatcha challenge. Meaning no gatcha or any in-game purchases. Rewards from forced tutorial pulls can often be sold / deleted or if the first pull isnt random then that doesnt count.

  For battle pass games with only cosmetics I encourage to only use default skins, emotes, avatars, frames or etc. It probably annoys a lot of people to get owned by someone wearing “noob” skins.

  If the games are still good / enjoyable after these restrictions then they just might be actually good f2p games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are also plenty of decent Zelda-likes out there from small indie studios all the way to triple-a studios. Sony should really make one of their own looking at how well the managed to but pretty much everything Nintendo all at once to Astro bot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a funny gimmick but all the competitors already have support mouse and keyboard. You can also use them in some games like Sims 4 or Cities: Skylines.

  But guess this mouse mode could also encourage 3rd party developers to add mouse and keyboard support for their games on consoles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly sanctions agains companies like these that can be weaponized politically sounds very reasonable.

  They are national security threat in the true meaning of the word.