kurcatovium
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- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
Those fines are always pocket money for these companies. Until it's % of revenue based, it's destined to be a joke.
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
Can you imagine Apple break down in foreseeable future? Because I can not.
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
But it's good for bussines, isn't it?
- Comment on The Final Stretch Towards Release - Skyblivion Development Diary 3 weeks ago:
Official Remaster is meh, so I hope this will be the "remaster" everyone wants.
I'm also very much interested in Skywind. Even more than this one, as Morrowind is one of my favorite games of all times.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 3 weeks ago:
Amazing list. I personally would add couple games, that defined my "gaming hobby":
- XCOM/UFO: Enemy Unknown - not sure how this fits in the list, but it was ground breaking for me: perfect blend of micro- and macro management, strategical decisions, tactical battles, what a great game and so much memories of it (and I'd put honorable mention of Jagged Alliance 1&2 here, 'cause they are very similar concept)
- Civilization - genius idea, one of the 4X pioneers, easy to pick up, hard to master, and so much replay value; its overall depth is quite a feat, especially given it's from 1991, no wonder the franchise is still alive and well now
- Fallout - esp. 1 & 2 might not be the best gameplay-wise, but their world building, characters and atmosphere are excellent... and everyone knows the legendary intro "War, war never changes..."
- Planescape: Torment - similar to above, amazing world, unbelievable story, one of a kind game
- Gothic - mainly 1&2 were simply awesome, there are no barriers (ahem), the world is your to explore, but it's deadly so you have to plan your progress, nothing is streamlined for you; I can't remember different game with such a vibe (other than piranha bytes later production)
- VtM: Bloodlines - kind of similar to Deus Ex, but also taking from the table top; and in my book it has THE best atmosphere of all the games I've played
- Witcher - this might be just European thing, but playing especially W1 felt kind of like folklore fairy tale from childhood turned into pretty grim adult game
- Disco Elysium - this is probably the only "sort of new" game that I've played and which definitely deserves a place in the list, great characters, amazing story and writingthere are plenty of others too, but my brain farts
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 3 weeks ago:
Nah, just bury that shit into desert... /s
- Comment on After laying off 9,000 employees , Microsoft records $27.2 billion profit in latest quarter 3 weeks ago:
If it weren't for you, they could do 27,20000000001 USD! Shame on you!
- Comment on Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise 4 weeks ago:
The reason it was such a hit at the time was mainly its visuals, IMO. Story might be predictable and shallow, but you can't deny it looks beautiful. All the colorful jungle, alien species, green mountain peaks and needle rocks, it's all just very pleasant to look at. What also helped it being directed by big Hollywood name.
- Comment on YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party. 4 weeks ago:
This is an interesting idea, but I find their catalogue to be quite terrible for me (so far). Service like this really, really needs big names and much broader catalogue to attract people and start moving. Even though I'm far far from listening to mainstream I literally could not find a single interpret I looked for, and believe me I tried.
- Comment on YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party. 4 weeks ago:
It's still not possible, according to the FAQ:
Q: Can I download music I own on Resonate?
A: In the future, we intend to offer the ability to download tracks that you own on Resonate to your local device. This feature is not yet available.So for now, it's just streaming.
- Comment on I've been developing my indie horror game Abaddon for the past 3 years now, and it's finally coming to Steam! 4 weeks ago:
OK, makes sense. Even though it's definitely not my cup of tea. Thank you.
- Comment on I've been developing my indie horror game Abaddon for the past 3 years now, and it's finally coming to Steam! 4 weeks ago:
I looks great, not going to lie.
But...
This is more of a general question. I don't get why people are attracted to horror games (or movies). As a working father and husband with couple non-gaming hobbies, my computer time is limited and I only get to gaming late(ish) in the evening before bed time. With all the shit that today world offers IRL, playing stressful horror game isn't something I'd want. I'd much rather relax play something with simple mechanics or with very simple premise behind it, like e.g. wolfenstein: nazis are bad, you are good, shoot all the nazis, the end. It's just... my mind can't comprehend this. Who plays these games?
- Comment on RPGs that are optionally pacifist? 4 weeks ago:
I believe you can persuade boss of Arcanum (amazing game) to commit suicide.
- Comment on Last Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Games gets acquired by KRAFTON 4 weeks ago:
But man, it looked so promising... Well, probably time to look at Grim Dawn DLCs instead.
- Comment on Last Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Games gets acquired by KRAFTON 4 weeks ago:
Is it time to cross it from my wishlist already?
- Comment on Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M 5 weeks ago:
For every such indie dev who can do this like it's nothing, I bet Ubisoft will find 1000 reasons why they can't...
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 month ago:
No, they won't. Because they already are there.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security 1 month ago:
He said it's secure, so it must be true!
- Comment on Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement 1 month ago:
Classic Ubishit...
- Comment on Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement 1 month ago:
Exactly this. And it's kind of logical actually, when you go crazy like writing Larian "fuck this shit I hate the game, you can shove it up your ass" it's no surprise you're fed up with the game and don't want to have it anymore. It's like when you literally destroyed diskette/CD/DVD back then in a rage (or fighting addiction).
- Comment on "This Is The ONLY Home Server You Should Buy" Or, why older computers may be better for the environment | Hardware Haven 1 month ago:
Well, I would hope for 33 MHz at least... ;-)
- Comment on Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform 1 month ago:
Just a notice, there's also Netbird, so you won't be that fucked...
- Comment on The bizarre, dismal page you see if you open YouTube without an account. 2 months ago:
How am I not surprised? Shorts is video equivalent of cancer.