SkunkWorkz
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- Comment on Final Fantasy X programmer doesn’t get why devs want to replicate low-poly PS1 era games. “We worked so hard to avoid warping, but now they say it’s charming” - AUTOMATON WEST 1 day ago:
A programmer not understanding aesthetics. That tracks. Does this dude not understand that these modern nostalgiacore games don’t have 150 people working on it like FF7. Devs choose these aesthetics in part because they are cheaper to make.
- Comment on If I wanted to bury a hard drive for archival purposes (e.g. Country becoming Dictatorship), how to keep the contents from being damaged and where is the safest place to bury it? 3 days ago:
Yeah in a controlled environment. Doubt it can last the promised lifespan when it’s buried underground.
- Comment on If I wanted to bury a hard drive for archival purposes (e.g. Country becoming Dictatorship), how to keep the contents from being damaged and where is the safest place to bury it? 3 days ago:
Tape needs to be stored in a controlled environment. Heat and humidity can degrade tapes. Usually you’d transfer the data to a new tape every 5 to 10 years just to be safe.
- Comment on People were mad because they lost their AI boyfriend after GPT-4o deprecation 4 days ago:
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 4 days ago:
Have you seen Game of Thrones?
- Comment on Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years 4 days ago:
That’s straight up the behavior of a company that wants to create a monopoly. Buy up the smaller companies so the competitors can’t buy them up and then just shut those companies down so their products can’t compete with the existing money makers. The money they put into those studios for game development is just a charade to please the authorities. Cause if they would shut those companies down immediately after purchasing that would be undeniably anti-competitive behavior and illegal even in the US.
- Submitted 6 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 6 comments
- Comment on What a shocker! 6 days ago:
Okay you show up to a Sunday league amateur soccer match. You scream KYS to the ref, they red card you. Why you surprised?
- Comment on What a shocker! 6 days ago:
It’s the same as parents going full tilt against the ref of a kids league soccer match.
- Comment on How do gameplay youtuber develop interesting commentary? 1 week ago:
You can also do it like Dunkey does. Just record gameplay first, edit it to make an interesting or funny video and then later add the commentary like you are playing live.
- Comment on Xbox Next Magnus APU Will Provide Flexibility for Scaling an Entire Stack of Systems That Will Likely Compete More With Pre-Built PCs Than the PlayStation 6 1 week ago:
Haven’t they been claiming this since the OG XBox
- Comment on Surprise! 1 week ago:
Bet your bi friends are jealous that a bi person is being happy in a straight relationship.
- Comment on Kirby's gonna deepthroat the world yo 1 week ago:
You suck at your job
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 1 week ago:
Wouldn’t that have artistic value? Since that adds to the story.
- Comment on Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more 1 week ago:
I think Meta’s AI initiative doesn’t run on investor money since they do share buybacks. Meta makes more than a hundred billion of revenue from selling ads on Facebook and Instagram. So Meta’s AI program runs on boomers clicking on ads that have been generated with AI.
- Comment on GOG’s Freedom To Buy Campaign Gives Away Controversial Games For Free To Protest Censorship 1 week ago:
- Comment on Sony calls Tencent game ‘slavish clone’ of Horizon in new lawsuit 1 week ago:
It’s not that they used animal mechs. It’s that the style of the mechs are very close to that of Horizon. Sony has copyright on the design, not on the idea.
- Comment on twitter 2 weeks ago:
Twitter in 2023 💩🧠
- Comment on PSA on privuhcy 2 weeks ago:
Add made up data to those parameters. Like source=ericsschmidtspedoisland
- Comment on When the government forces you to act like a clown for no apparent reason 2 weeks ago:
And if it’s busy and you’re in hurry say goodbye to your small electronics in the bin
- Comment on do they hate money now for some reason?? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah that’s exactly why porn sites fall into the high risk category. Chargebacks happen more at those sites. And thus these sites have to pay a higher transaction fee. So either itch pays a higher fee or remove porn.
- Comment on “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for” Donald Trump said 2 weeks ago:
Sam Altman approves this message.
Hundred percent he got a script from a lobbyist to create this sound bite.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 2 weeks ago:
maybe it’s because itch mostly sells non-porn games so they probably flew under the radar, so they could have less fraudulent transaction or chargebacks as a porn site. Or the payment processors didn’t care too much that itch broke the compliance rules until someone reminded them of their duties. Like PornHub was showing illegal content for years and the payment processors only gave a shit about it until someone went to the news.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 2 weeks ago:
It’s not about morals. It’s purely about money. Porn sites are labeled as high risks because things like chargebacks, stolen credit cards etc happen more often at these adult websites. Not to mention the thin line between legal and illegal content. Therefore payment processors charge companies in the high risk category a higher fee since they need to audit these companies more frequently and deal with these chargebacks etc. more.
So either Itch.io goes into the high risk category and pay more for transactions or they remove porn. Maybe itch.io should just create a separate company to host these adult games.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 weeks ago:
Porn sites are categorized as high risk at these payment processors. So probably itch has to fall into the high risk category and incur higher fees or remove all porn content. If you fall into the high risk category the payment platform will probably audit you more often and thus charge higher fees.
OF probably had these same issues because they didn’t start as a porn site.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 weeks ago:
Holy fuck why did Collective Shout go full nuclear and go behind the platforms’ back and straight to the payment processors. Like they could have at least talk to the Itch.io people.
- Comment on UK announces £30 million funding package and tax breaks as it aims to be the 'best place in the world to make games' 3 weeks ago:
Not sure if it is possible in the Uk but in many countries solo devs can apply for art or culture grants. Which in my opinion is a more appropriate grant. Since these type of grants are business grants that aim to spur economic activity aka create jobs and not just to get an end product made.
- Comment on How Coldplay actually sounds 3 weeks ago:
Sure and plenty of people also don’t like other bands. But for some reason people are very vocal about their distaste for Nickelback and Coldplay. And it’s always people who think they have some sort superior music taste.
- Comment on How Coldplay actually sounds 3 weeks ago:
It’s basically trendy to hate on Coldplay. Like Nickleback
- Comment on Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud 3 weeks ago:
Hopefully he’ll sing a different tune after this conviction
