InfiniteHench
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- Comment on Points of No Return in Games - Daryl Talks Games 2 weeks ago:
Ah ok then, thank you.
- Comment on Points of No Return in Games - Daryl Talks Games 2 weeks ago:
Then in the words of Randy Pitchford: It sounds like you’re not a true fan!
Yes, I meant 24 minutes, thanks for the catch
- Comment on Points of No Return in Games - Daryl Talks Games 2 weeks ago:
Crap, thank you! What a typo. I fixed it, but also did not try to hide my shame
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on Made Ya Look... 2 weeks ago:
Kinda want one
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 weeks ago:
Yep, not celebratin shit. Wife wants to invite friends over mostly cuz it’s a free day off.
- Comment on The bigger story about that Norwegian tourist 3 weeks ago:
Wait they actually drew blood? What the fucking why?
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp 4 weeks ago:
How did they get WhatsApp installed? Is a FaceTime or other video option available? Never give up, never surrender
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
What a lying ass dog food stealer you should be uhshamed
- Comment on Why is U2 considered "grunge?" 4 weeks ago:
They are absolutely not and I find it sus you make this bizarre claim without providing a single example.
Link and shame them. I will fight every one of their authors in a 1v1 dual to the death
in Helldivers 2
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
It is completely normal to not want or enjoy driving. I don’t know where you live, but there are lots of areas and cities around the world where it easily possible to never own a car thanks to public transit and other readily available methods.
In the U.S. it can be tougher, but still possible. I live in Chicago and know plenty of people who are perfectly happy not owning a car. Personally I aspire to it, but my wife is a little car brained and it’s something we work ok.
- Comment on Had a take about Supergiant Games that recieved a lot of pushback fromy two longest running best friends. 1 month ago:
There can be a tricky balance between building sequels or something new. Sometimes there is more you can do in a world, and people enjoy returning to worlds when there is good reason to.
I think the recent Doom reboot trilogy is a masterclass example. Not everyone enjoys each game, people often have different favorites. But the point is they’re all Doom and yet id Software did something unique with each one. New mechanics, new ways to play, pushing boundaries of what came before.
Of course, with Greek mythology, there is plenty more source material to explore and build on in a setting like Hades. They certainly hit a great formula to do it, and The People® were clamoring for it. But with SG’s established preferences for going after new ideas instead of sequels, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them do something else after Hades 2. Or who knows, maybe they’ll be able to grow enough to work on multiple games at once. That could come with its own challenges, but plenty of studios have done it.
- Comment on Had a take about Supergiant Games that recieved a lot of pushback fromy two longest running best friends. 1 month ago:
I loved Bastion and Transistor and wished for sequels for both. But SG clearly seemed to prefer to not make sequels for its games all these years; to my knowledge, it has never made one. I’m not sure what or who changed at the company, but Hades 2 is an anomaly.
Has anyone interviewed someone at SG to ask sequel questions? If not, maybe someone will once H2 gets closer to officially shipping.
- Comment on Womp womp 1 month ago:
No, use your brain. There is still no hope for the Democratic Party
- Comment on Mastodon.social shadowbanned me and there's no way to contact anyone about it 1 month ago:
Isn’t this the group whose leaders publicly stated “Germany was safer under Hitler,” then both invited and hosted Elon “Sieg Heil 2x” Musk at a campaign rally?
- Comment on T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful. 1 month ago:
I am getting so cynical I think I’m just gonna choose to reject this reality and hang onto my own and believe he’s actually serving time
- Comment on T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful. 1 month ago:
This type of gross invasion should be illegal and land executives and developers in jail. Look at how Germany jailed VW executives and developers behind a massive emissions testing fraud incident. Enough is enough
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 month ago:
Bloodborne Bioshock Hollow Knight
- Comment on Is it weird to juggle in the park? 2 months ago:
I live in Chicago near a park and every now and then I’ve seen someone juggling there. I’d say it’s out of the ordinary but not in a bad way; it’s unique. Still a fun hobby and you’re not hurting anyone, so go for it!
- Comment on French culture 2 months ago:
- French language: Objectively one of the sexiest on the planet
- Lemmy shitposter: High probability of clinical brain death
- Submitted 2 months ago to [deleted] | 18 comments
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 2 months ago:
Just like other aspects of commerce, we’ll see what the market does. I hate to say it that way, but that’s simply how it works. Look at what’s happening to McDonalds right now. They’ve been raising prices for years, now tariffs have made things even worse, and people have responded accordingly and go to McDonalds less. Ball is in their court.
Another good example is the recent news about Beyoncé no longer filling major concert venues. I know there’s a lot of factors going on in these situations, but the truth at the core of it is that prices finally went up to a point where a not insignificant portion of her audience noped out of the transaction. Simple commerce.
- Comment on Anting 2 months ago:
Get ready for RKF JR to introduce this as a new health policy in 3… 2…
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 2 months ago:
As I understand it, the protocol has the ability to decentralize built in. But the technical requirements are prohibitively high to the point only large businesses or corps could afford to do it, and I believe (someone correct me) the company hasn’t switched on the functionality yet.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
It isn’t complicated: they’re racists and bigots. Their leaders figured out it’s much easier to control people when you unify them against a group of Others. People aren’t born racist, but they are tribal. And it’s easy to twist that affinity for one’s own group into evil and profit.
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 3 months ago:
Check out the English PhD motherfucker over here
- Comment on Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is? 3 months ago:
No because I’m not obsessed with how other people spend their time
- Comment on What Eddy Burback got wrong about his phone... [Discussion of Fediverse as an alternative within] 3 months ago:
I feel like this kind of misses the point. To be clear: If someone absolutely cannot avoid installing slop apps and enabling notifications for everything, I can see their need for an ultra minimal device or other solution. But I also think that speaks to a larger, personal discussion about discipline and possibly addiction, but that’s outside the realm of this thread.
My point is we can choose which apps, notifications, features, and algorithms are allowed to get our attention. It’s easy to turn off all notifications or never even allow them in the first place—after all, apps have to ask for that permission in the first place.
But the choice is the point. If someone is traveling somewhere they probably want maps to tell them important information about the journey. Otherwise why turn on directions at all? That’s the entire point.
We even have the ability to disable all texting notifications but also choose to allow them from certain people if they’re important enough. These devices are simply tools and we have the power to choose how they operate. The device isn’t the problem, it’s our choices.
- Comment on Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government? 3 months ago:
Pragmatically: It depends on the country’s laws for free speech and criticism, your location, and a country’s extradition relationship.
Personally: Yes, we should all have the right to criticize our own and others’ governments. But we should also take the responsibility and initiative to get educated while doing so.
