Peffse
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- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 13 hours ago:
Wasn’t always the case (I think it changed within the past two years), but upon doing research on when it changed I stumbled on this gem.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 17 hours ago:
I’m pretty sure that was implemented a while ago. My install of VLC from F-Droid started showing up in Play Store’s update list.
It couldn’t update since the signature didn’t match, but Google knew about it and included it anyway.
- Comment on PSP games that are enjoyable without the nostalgia-factor 1 day ago:
PSP’s store closed a looooooong time ago. Used to be that you could purchase stuff from the PS3’s store and use a USB cable to transfer the license, but after Sony enabled 2FA that route closed as well.
- Comment on A List of Open Source Game Clones 2 weeks ago:
I wonder if there is anybody out there insane enough to make a project like FreeDOOM.
- Comment on What’s the best written Pokémon game? 3 weeks ago:
Is there any reward for the classroom stuff? I completely skipped it thinking it was all tutorial.
- Comment on What’s the best written Pokémon game? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t recall any choices that mattered. They are all fake choices like “Do you want to be rivals: yes/no” and choosing no just repeats the question.
I only singled out Arven because his character started out kind of bratty and my opinion of him flipped completely by the end of the game.
- Comment on What’s the best written Pokémon game? 4 weeks ago:
Sw/Sh were a real low point. They boiled the story down to “Let the adults handle it” and left you just running between gyms the entire game.
It’s honestly been too long since I’ve played the older games to judge their writing… but I did play Scarlet recently, and have to give props to Arven’s storyline. It is a shame the game is at Resident Evil 6 levels of unfocused, and brain-dead levels of easy.
- Comment on The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative | Accursed Farms 5 weeks ago:
because it’s a split from his normal monthly update video where he is supposed to be interacting with his channel members.
He’s already fighting the fight, no reason to give him more work. :P
- Comment on Like clockwork, Peacock is raising subscription prices again 1 month ago:
I get my media from the local library and buy the ones I enjoy.
- Comment on How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should 1 month ago:
This combo even got rid of something that was ADB blocked in Android 14.
- Comment on Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation 1 month ago:
I feel like Microsoft was their own enemy. They kept slicing off small portions of their market in pursuit of vendor lock-in. Now there is nobody left supporting them.
- Comment on Sony faces another class-action lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices and monopolistic practices 2 months ago:
I wish it covered how they went from selling cards giving time for PS+, to requiring mismatched currency cards for PS+.
- Comment on YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk" 2 months ago:
This is such bad news. I’m sympathetic to content creators who have to step on eggshells to please the algorithm/advertisers… But this?
Yeah, this is not that. We all know who this is for.
- Comment on Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers - Ars Technica 2 months ago:
That’s the fun part. They come preinstalled!
- Comment on Half-Life 3 Has Been Designed to be ‘The Final Chapter’, It’s Claimed 2 months ago:
The most I’ve heard is “They aren’t as bad as the sequels”
- Comment on Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online 3 months ago:
I’ve always wanted to contribute to The Cutting Room Floor wiki but they hide registration behind a Discord server bot that will give the registration code.
- Comment on Ex-Bungie Developers Create TeamLFG, A New PlayStation Studio - Game Informer 3 months ago:
Yeah, that’s kind of why I asked. Gamestop propped up their numbers by bundling the magazine with their discount card. A lot like Apple pushing that U2 album via iTunes and calling it #1. Game Informer wasn’t selling on it’s own merits, so I think the chance of it rallying with it’s old staff is slim.
- Comment on Ex-Bungie Developers Create TeamLFG, A New PlayStation Studio - Game Informer 3 months ago:
so is this an Atari situation where the name is being used but everybody behind it is different?
- Comment on YSK if you have a library card or are a student, there's a free streaming service called Kanopy 3 months ago:
My library also offers a membership with Flipster (magazines).
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Doesn’t work on Nintendo, for some reason. Mario Tax expanded to anything first or second party, so the best you’ll see is $20 off new price on Mar10 for the games that came out 5 years ago. It’s like every retailer came to the agreement that Nintendo games don’t depreciate.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 3 months ago:
I hate timers on games that give you little guidance. People claim that Fallout 1’s timer is too lenient, but I ended up replaying (and failing) the game twice and still not coming close to finding the water chip. Also, the game constantly reminds you “We’re all dying, hurry up! Every minute you take is an other life lost!”. Same reason I dislike Lightning Returns.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 3 months ago:
Everytime this game got ported, I’d retry it. I’d get over the bridge, get into town, fight the pirates, earn the boat… and get completely lost.
- Comment on Free open source video editor Kdenlive announces a major release 3 months ago:
I wonder how this compares to OpenShot.
I use OpenShot to trim stuff that LosslessCut can’t properly manage, but whenever I use OpenShot I seem to crash it at least once.
- Comment on Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, U.S. lawsuit claims: Reuters 4 months ago:
- Comment on Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, U.S. lawsuit claims: Reuters 4 months ago:
you made me picture a Back to the Future remake with a Tesla Truck as the time machine…
- Comment on Lost 2004 Mobile Version of King’s Field Finally Preserved | Retro Gaming News 24/7 4 months ago:
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What Monkey’s Paw curse did I just trigger?
- Comment on Lost 2004 Mobile Version of King’s Field Finally Preserved | Retro Gaming News 24/7 4 months ago:
I sooo want to play the crappy Armored Core mobile games, but they seem lost to time.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 4 months ago:
Yes/No. Both Sony and Microsoft have quality control processes to ensure that whatever is published is going to play on first entry of the disc.
That said, publishers use A LOT of workarounds. Day 1 patches to “finish” the game. Download code inserts. And as of recent, mandatory online server check-ins. As far as I’m aware, Nintendo is the only one who allows publishing half the product with required download.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
I’m afraid to find out how many people are still downloading OpenOffice, thinking it’s the same software they heard about back in 2010.
- Comment on The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst 5 months ago:
It’s right there in the link. It sold more than Witcher 3, even though it did the wrong thing by releasing early and buggy.
