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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rules⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what you mean by that. UK’s online identification laws create a data security liability and try to fine people for not contributing to the problem. It seems way easier to just block the ip and then if people want to get around it they can use a vpn or push to repeal the law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rules⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like a good argument for blocking UK ip addresses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Meaningless hair splitting. I still have my entire collection of SNES cartridges. They’re still playable, and no one can take them short of robbing me. If my ownership of those games was limited to a license that could be revoked, that might not be the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is absolutely untrue. Games used to be sold as a physical object containing the game files. No serial numbers to redeem, no servers, no downloads or updates. Sometimes you’d get a booklet with the game that had some codes in it that the game would ask for on startup to make making copies a little more difficult, but that was it.

  You’d literally have everything you need just on the CD, disk, or cartridge. We 100% owned the game and the system it was played on, and the only way to revoke that would have been to physically break into your house and steal it.

  This whole games as services thing is about 20 years old tops, and it wasn’t even remotely approaching the standard for quite a while after that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin: why is the line two different colors?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like it’s mostly being covered by left-wing and neutral sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s the conclusion I came to after reading their wiki. It doesn’t make me think it’s a very nice place to be. Like they explicitly only disallow Nazi symbols in the areas covered by German law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s become really hard to tell what something like this actually means. Does free speech mean being able to speak out against authoritarian power structures? Or does it mean throwing slurs and hatred around? Because one of those things is something worth defending, while the other is a pretty reasonable expectation for a service provider to want to limit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition - Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I won’t give them a dime until it’s for Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MOUSE: P.I. For Hire | Official Release Date Trailer [March 19, 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly the mix of 2d and 3d makes me want to play it. It’s giving Roger Rabbit vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man, seems like Jim Cummings is to classic CRPGs as Jeffrey Combs is to Star Trek.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s set in the 1490s because that’s the current era in Forgotten Realms, just like the first games were set in the 1360s because that was the era that was current at the time. It’s not like they actively chose that specific time period for any of the three games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You Turn! - an app that gives you a co-op experience with a friend while emulating (my article)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is cool, but I’m still waiting on a way to play Secret of Mana online that’s actually viable.