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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes if a game is available on GOG and Steam I choose Steam simply because I will play the game exclusively on the SteamDeck and there Steam’s eco system and UX is obviously better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t want to discredit Steam’s features like compatibility layers, but the software itself is a mess. It is an unnessecary RAM-heavy chromium instance, to be fair, just like most other launchers. I replaced it with Playnite which is streamlined, responsive and more feature rich for managing a library (Steam still needs to be installed of course because they don’t offer offline installer like GOG). And I’d argue that console user saren’t free of launcher, they are locked into a very specific one.

  But as someone who’s neither been to Costco nor Walmart, what is the difference?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  With the second paragraph I agree, it’s a bad fit for a sequel and this is consensus (probably, I didn’t enjoy Bloodlines much), even TCR thinks so. But is this a scale? Is Bloodlines 1 a lesser game with subpar gameplay because it’s systems weren’t as complex as other CRPGs? “Game” is just the term we stuck with, it doesn’t mean that the fidelity of the gameplay, the mechanics and dynamics is paramount. If I value narrative, and it is, has become, a narrative medium, I very well might think that A Machine For Pigs did a better job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  SOMA isn’t a walking sim and I don’t remember such situations in Still Wakes the Deep. The gameplay never stood in the way for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry, too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  A decent review process is always necessary, LLMs or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The launcher?! This bloatware is the second worst thing about Valve’s services right after the gamble mechanics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The gameplay in their original IPs is only subpar if you think that walking sims are inherently lesser games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It might be cosmetic, but it can be sold, which fuiels the addiction mechanic. EA is bad, too, but this whataboutism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Loot boxes in Counter-Strike

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Unreal 1 was a milestone, and Unreal Engine always has been very popular, now more than ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve banned shitcoins and blockchain scams

  would’ve been nice if they banned gambling, too, but that’s part of their business model unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The killer app is language processing and if a localization contractor isn’t using an LLM to quickly check for style errors and inconsistencies, they’re just making it hard for them for no good reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Führer is not just „leader“, it is tainted and using it as a substitute for Hitler in a factual text is super weird, like casually calling Jesus in his Wikipedia article „our lord and savior“ now and then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been a very common feature for the last few years and has been very rare before that so it really depends on when you started playing new releases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t want to argue about your initial point, I do want to argue about your weird persistence that I didn’t get what you were saying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So because I don’t wanna argue I don’t get your point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can disagree with a little detail and still get your point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why though?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Come on, it’s not that hard to grasp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I got your point, but you’re welcome anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Dark Souls is a game though. That’s just the word for the medium.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah have fun with my newsletters, receipts and spam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. At least I didn’t hit any roadblocks like in Hollowknight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  when oldschool is actually more accessible than newschool

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨220-ton flywheel generator in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The /s really can’t be ommitted anywhere here. There is also a significant difference between cursing and insulting, champ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨220-ton flywheel generator in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll not downvote a question, but rude cursing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Samsung has been accused of shipping budget Galaxy A and M series smartphones with pre-installed spyware that users can’t easily remove.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess many foreign powers are interested in mass surveillance of unstable regions and low budget phones are a good way to do it. People there need phones and don’t have many options, or don’t care because there are worse problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Android really the next big desktop operating system?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah if there will be a new OS pushing into the market, it will be SteamOS.