Regrettable_incident

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mina the Hollower: Release Date Announcement Trailer (October 31)⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, me too. I grew up with heavily pixelated 80s graphics and I have zero desire to return to that now that technology has improved so much that it’s not necessary.

Shame, because it means there are some games that I just won’t enjoy, but so it goes, there’s lots more stuff to play.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I didn’t finish it but I loved the style and the colours.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, horrible innit? When I used to go to the cinema as a kid in the 70s and 80s, you’d get maybe ten minutes of trailers before your film. And I never minded that, I don’t dislike watching trailers. These days, totally different. Last time I went to the cinema there was maybe half an hour of ads. Some trailers, but mostly just advertisements for crap.

It is so fuckin disrespectful to their customers. If I wanted to see all that bullshit, I could have stayed home and watched it on TV. Except I don’t watch TV because the experience is so poor - largely because of ads.

I understand that cinemas have been struggling ever since covid, even before, and I understand that advertising revenue pays the bills. But cinema isn’t cheap, for me it’s an occasional treat when there’s something I really wanna see on the big screen. I do not want to spend that much money and get treated like a fuckin farm animal being fed crap. Wankers.

I can’t be alone in feeling this way, who wants to pay to see ads? Who thinks that sounds like a great evening out? It ruins the experience, and it’s insulting, by the time the movie starts I’m angry. I’d rather pay a bit more and just have a couple of trailers.

I recently went to a small autonomous cinema with a mate and saw Mulholland Drive. Great experience, comfy seats, could bring in drinks from the bar, no fuckin ads. But for new films there aren’t many options. So I don’t often go to the cinema.

Sorry for this long and bitter diatribe! You just hit on something that really pisses me off too.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most American headline⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Just the fact that billionaires even exist shows that our system is fucked.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Maybe y’all can’t shoot the cars when they go Christine on you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
When I worked with kids, there were a lot of biohazards. Mostly shit, snot, and piss, but on a bus you’ll probably get a fair bit of puke too. I’m guessing the driver has to clean the bus.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, where’s the panda?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah I’m just now playing it for the first time too. I’m really enjoying it and still have so much to do.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I’d buy a DLC for 2016 right now but I doubt I’ll buy Dark Ages, at least not until it’s on sale.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #17⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah I’m currently playing cyberpunk for the first time and am loving it. Haven’t played Witcher 3 either, though that’s on my list. Had a twenty year break from gaming until I got a steam deck recently so have loads to catch up on!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mom sues porn sites (Including Chaturbate, Jerkmate, Superporn and Hentaicity) for noncompliance with Kansas age assurance law; Teen can no longer enjoy life after mom caught him visiting Chaturbate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s an actual name, not common these days tho.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mom sues porn sites (Including Chaturbate, Jerkmate, Superporn and Hentaicity) for noncompliance with Kansas age assurance law; Teen can no longer enjoy life after mom caught him visiting Chaturbate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Quiglet Cumberfungle.

Poor bastard.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah right, a couple of my good friends used to be sex workers so

but a whore is a whore

just seems ignorant and misogynist to me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Catchiest video game song?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Alex Garland has made some pretty good movies, so there’s a chance. I thought his instincts with annihilation were pretty much spot on. But yeah, movies based on games do not have a great track record.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨70% of games that require internet get destroyed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

They should be required to transition the game into an offline mode!

Seems to me like this would be good business sense too. Wouldn’t people be more likely to buy their next online game if you felt there was a good chance you could keep playing it after a few years? Instead they’re going to get a reputation for making products with a short shelf life.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — 10th Anniversary Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’m playing it for the first time at the mo, seems great to me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple executives ban Fortnight from the App store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s copy pasta, I’ve seen it before.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

The general sentiment among those folks was that Eternal skewed too far into “combat puzzle” territory, where encounters felt like they had prescribed “solutions” that you needed to perform to succeed reliably.

Nailed it, that was exactly my problem with Eternal.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Baldur's Gate 3 cast got a new set of pre-painted minis and—oh, oh no, oh no no no⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Didn’t realise the town had cashed in on that incredible fuckup, fair play.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, there’s so many good games and so little time, I don’t understand how anyone wouldn’t have a big backlog anyway.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I really enjoyed 2016, couldn’t get into Eternal though. I’m definitely going to hold off on this new one until it’s been out longer and goes on sale, unless it gets standing ovations. Then, if I don’t like it I haven’t lost much.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah I kinda like that brutalist look. Shame it’s impractically large, poorly built, dangerous, and produced by a nazi wanker.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is very doable without needing an EV battery. Solar panels and lithium batteries have never been so cheap - tho I’m not in America, maybe tariffs effect this in the US. I have a 500w panel, victron shunt, controller, etc, 200ah lithium battery - the whole build cost maybe £800 a couple of years ago and the cost has dropped a fair bit since. I live in a small space and my needs are few - laptop, lights, phone, heater, etc. This does the job fine for me but it wouldn’t be hard to scale up.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, a better number would be how much it cost to build the fuckers. I’m assuming they also need ongoing maintenance while they sit around rusting.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve just started playing it for the first time, seems to run fine on my steam deck.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X.com blocks access to Ekrem Imamoglu, leader of Turkish opposition⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Isn’t that basically what signal does?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silent Hill 2 (remake) now on GOG⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I played the first one or two long ago, I think it was early 00s. They were great, I was living in a big, long-abandoned commercial building we’d squatted and had a big screen (for those days) I’d found & fixed, amp and speakers likewise. I’d get stoned, stay up late playing alone, so atmospheric and proper scary. I really enjoyed them.

I am sure I’ve forgotten enough plot to enjoy playing remakes but I’d be playing em on steam deck, and I’m a little worried they wouldn’t live up to my memories.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Dog and cat foods are good things to donate, also sanitary items.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A month later, Japan’s cheap new PS5 rental service is still proving successful, with 200 locations renting out consoles at 100% capacity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
When I was a kid in the 80s this sort of business model was common with TVs and video recorders, then with early PCs. The machines were too expensive for many people to buy, so they’d rent instead. Cheaper consumer electronics killed this off, but as living standards get tighter maybe we’ll start seeing rentals becoming a thing again.