flamiera
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- Comment on Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I know, I did the same thing when you first replied to me too.
- Comment on Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game 2 weeks ago:
Yes you are talking about game design.
You just said developers check if the player cheats or makes something "strange" then react to it. By game design, they don't want you cheating in their game.
So you either deal with it or don't.
- Comment on Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game 2 weeks ago:
I know there's very few, be it rare, games where developers seemingly hate those who play it.
But you're not understanding that maybe that there are some games that aren't for you. It sometimes is a sucky feeling, when games seemingly look like you'd have a blast playing them, until you try them and feel the opposite. I wouldn't really say any of the struggles I've had in games I played in this example, that I felt like the developers were intentionally punishing me. More like my expectations, standards and idea of fun collides with what that game already established in its own values.
Like I hate games where anything kills you in one hit, that is bullshit, give me a health bar or multiple chances of being hit. I prefer more games that have at least healthbars.
- Comment on Is there a real, actually working way to earn money online without having a job? 2 weeks ago:
I advise against Amazon Machine Turk.
It's basically a digital sweatshop. Doing all of these menial, logically mundane and borderline crazy tasks. Just to earn a literal nickel.
- Comment on China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 displayed 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, okay, China.
How about produce the thing and don't pull any marketing tricks, hm? We'll find out one way or another whether these are the real deals.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 2 weeks ago:
DDR4 is serviceable to me.
Here's some actual advice for PC builders - what do you actually want from your system? Nothing you say can be vague, you have to set up goals. That's the entire important note of PC building is what you're building it for and how long you want it to last for as in, how long until you're wanting to build another?
- Comment on What unique thing bothers you about politics in general? 2 weeks ago:
There's too much of that going on.
It isn't because we don't care about Taiwan, Ukraine, Gaza, Palestine, Hong Kong .etc when we say we can't do much for them. It is because we physically can't, because we're not in positions of power that would help make that change. All we are, are just voices and there is only so much voices could do and those voices ended up getting silenced because of people in positions of power.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 17 comments
- Comment on Tor Project received $2.5M from the US government to bolster privacy 2 weeks ago:
That's because it's their project. Not yours.
- Comment on Did Microsoft do anything right in 2025? Wins, fails, and WTF moments 2 weeks ago:
So the only win here is that you got to extend your time on Windows 10 for one year. That isn't saying much because you're just going to confront the same issues again, a year later. Again, do yourself a favor and grab the Windows 10 version that guarantees you til 2032. By then, you could skip Windows 11 entirely and see what else is on the horizon.
- Comment on TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse 2 weeks ago:
Good, because fuck that platform and its parasitic hold on society.
- Comment on First Impressions: Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era is an excellent franchise revival, with an unfortunate art style that belies its quality. 2 weeks ago:
That art style makes it look like a very uninspired, cookie-cutout of a generic RPG you'd find on mobile.
- Comment on What is the moral jurisdiction behind not wishing who're rich and in executive positions to die? 2 weeks ago:
I suspect you are gaslighting or something here.
But this is pretty dumb logic you're presenting. Okay then, by your logic, Hitler didn't kill the jews during WW2. He just simply said he wanted them not to be in his country or anything. But he didn't kill them, he just sent them away and had other people do the killing for him.
You know better.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 weeks ago:
I guess the sales are what you make of it. I mean, it's easy for me to say that the sales suck because I and probably others, have been spoiled filthily with great sales of the past. Like 2010 - 2018 was the greatest time for video game sales with staggering discounts that have given the Steam Sale its reputation.
Nowadays you have to really spread yourself out. IsThereAnyDeal shows me that GameBillet appears to have better sales than Steam's in comparison.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 weeks ago:
They aren't.
You'll maybe see a handful of games convince you that the prices are low because a select few of them have deep discounts. But I can't tell you how many times I've seen games retain their price point regardless of what event it is.
- Comment on If Browser and Wario are Mario's mortal ennemies, why did he invited them for a kart race? 2 weeks ago:
Mario uses Chrome and that's why Browser hates him.
- Comment on What is the moral jurisdiction behind not wishing who're rich and in executive positions to die? 2 weeks ago:
People make this more complicated than is needed. We already know who these people are. We already know what kind of wealth they're wielding. Why do we pretend as if we don't and we need to re-assess this?
- Comment on Stardew Valley Creator Says 1.7 Update Will Contain 'More Character/Social Stuff' and a New Farm Type 2 weeks ago:
Stardew Valley and Terraria are the only games I know of where their developers are keeping them alive.
- Comment on What is the moral jurisdiction behind not wishing who're rich and in executive positions to die? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah but, how likely is it that they'll ever see such a fate?
Next to zero. This is all just fantasizing.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 53 comments
- Comment on The Secrets of Sega Channel: VGHF recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and more) 2 weeks ago:
Oh my god, I'm actually stoked.
If these roms cover some of the menu splash screens for the months when it was available, I'd love it even more. Because there was a project or a DIY thing out there where you can build RetroArch to emulate a Sega Channel system that functions. If you had the ROMs of the games and everything. This would bolster that.
- Comment on Is it really worth starting a lemmy community? 2 weeks ago:
Not if you're used to the idea of having so many abandoned instances to where people could start reporting them as being abandoned.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 weeks ago:
I think the only game I can see myself really grabbing is Nioh. It's $5, between its file size and what type of game it is, I'm not sure.
I've spent a good few minutes checking over the 'Under $5' section, which I see some impulses but I've been too spoiled from sales of years past where I only just shake my head at seeing some games go for prices I know in my mind just isn't worth it. I'm having thoughts like "didn't I buy you at $2.49 at one point?" over a game that's now like the full 5.
There is of course games I would want but I am financially sensitive and do abide by my own set budgets for things. So I know I'm not going to be completely happy if I go for games that'll eat at said budget in like one or two purchases. I like the idea of bundles and that's how I used to have bought games in the past. I'm remembering the glorious bundles I'd build up and come out spending $40 for like 12 games. Those were great times.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 weeks ago:
Dude, you already said that. Don't spam.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 weeks ago:
That game is not going to reach 50% for another 2 - 3 years, I'm afraid.
At worst, it may be one of those games where it could be 10 years old and still be 35% off.
- Comment on YSK that Stanford scientists examined what happens when people stop using social media. They found deactivating Facebook and Instagram significantly improved users' emotional well-being and happiness 2 weeks ago:
That's because they end up going to other social media sites thinking their experiences would be enriched. To truly be off from social media, you need to stop interacting in all of it. That includes places like Reddit and Lemmy.
Because you can't say you've stopped social media just because you deleted your Facebook while turning around and still using Instagram or Lemmy or whatever. You're still using it.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 2 weeks ago:
What does that have to do with gaming backlogs?
- Comment on Cloudflare report reveals global internet internet traffic grew 19% in 2025 - but a lot of it was just bots 2 weeks ago:
Seems like the Dead Internet Theory is true.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 2 weeks ago:
Yeah and?
Like, let the players get to their backlog. Good opportunity while the prices appear to be the same no matter the age of the game most times.
- Comment on Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy 2 weeks ago:
It is exactly how when companies make the most cutting edge software or develop a platform that gets white-hot. It's about building portfolio and padding it.
They pour into the hard work to make whatever they make the best of its kind. Then when so many people are using it and the value grows, once a company sees its peak value, then it is time to sell.
We've seen this happen many times. Skype to Microsoft. Twitter to Musk. Deals that are worth billions and are making the original creators set for life.