Katana314
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- Comment on Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games 1 day ago:
There’s an alternative, to make it popular with the American people. Republicans look bad to their constituents each time they vote against policies that would relieve the American people as a whole, such as net neutrality and healthcare for all.
Make some noise about it! Make it known that Democrats fight for everyone, and that a certain sect is very vocally rejecting that fight.
- Comment on Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games 1 day ago:
There’s a very good bill for achieving this result by a senator from my state, which requires companies to elect their board members through employees.
- Comment on Man, their reputation really has gone to shit 5 days ago:
Yeah…and they’re being threatened too.
I wonder if they’d ever consider the White House to be a foreign government to topple.
- Comment on James Bond Game by IO-Interactive 6 days ago:
I’ve known about this for a while, but assumed it was still deep in development.
- Comment on Former Sony Exec Believes PlayStation 6 Will Retain Optical Disc Support 1 week ago:
I’m curious if this is partly influenced by demographics on how many people have used their PlayStation as their only Bluray/DVD movie player.
For me it’s rare now, but I’d also rather not brick my old movie collection by discarding my only TV disc drive.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
This is very much a fair take - and ties back to the realities of the French Revolution. It wasn’t actually the poorest people on revolt, but a slightly more wealthy class that had just enough comfort in their lives to make decisions like organizing for change.
I know it’s not possible for every person to join. I can only ask for those capable to think about it. For what it’s worth, the original post has suggested other ways of contributing aside from attending.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
This was the bit that I think scared me at first. It’s not suggesting “Stop working now, and stay out of work until we get 10 million members and then Congress acts and then everything’s fixed”. More like “Add your name to a list, and WHEN there’s mass agreement, take the plunge so that there’s too many people for businesses to replace.”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I neglected to post it on Lemmy when I found out about it earlier. Key word being “earlier” - Lemmy is just one branch of where it’s been shared, so don’t assume the momentum started here.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’m dubious of the reality of said comment, or the support it got in upvotes.
Most of us understand that protesting carries risks, and encourage others to risk what they feel okay with.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
General strikes take a pretty large mass. To build that, a very important step is making sure more people are aware of how many are committed to resistance.
It’s like being invited to a party, and the host says “Well, you’re one of the first ten people I’ve invited, but I’m encouraging others to share-” and you just reply “Nope, I’m not going unless there’s already a million people going.” Of course, in this case, the protest has been shared outside of just Lemmy, so don’t use local numbers as an indicator.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
One thing I’d recommend that I’m unsure how to easily obtain, is getting the phone number of a civil rights lawyer ready. It does kind of contradict the point about not bringing phones, I suppose. At the very least, if one is available in the vicinity after attempted arrests it can be useful.
I also feel somewhat guilty, as I will be attending in a very blue state that’s unlikely to have so much resistance, so I may skirt some of those rules myself.
- Comment on US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek 1 week ago:
This is astounding.
I mean, not the Deepseek or jailing stuff. I mean a Senator actually proposing a law. I thought the way our government worked was, the annoying orange declares a vague uncited threat to be bad, and signs an executive order on it!
- Comment on After Musk gesture, activists project 'Heil' on Tesla plant 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t that self contradictory? If you hate Nazis, why would you hate the censoring of Nazi imagery?
- Comment on After Musk gesture, activists project 'Heil' on Tesla plant 2 weeks ago:
What kind of censorship are they following? All that comes up online is removal of hate speech and misinformation.
- Comment on Next Xbox Rumored To Launch In 2026 With New Call Of Duty 5 weeks ago:
At this point what would make the most sense is an “Xbox Series Z” for people that want higher-performing games. I just don’t see thousands of people buying another $600 console for like 5 games, when most will continue to support the Xbox One. (Yes, Xbox One - most games on the front page of their store still support their old console)
- Comment on What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game? 5 weeks ago:
Hard to say what’s the absolute best one, but some highlights:
Finale of Ace Attorney Justice for All; when you finally have the change in circumstances needed to pin the real killer and send them into a genuine panic.
Pizza Tower, final boss third phase: When Peppino sees that Pizza Face is sending him a Boss Rush, and flips his shit, annihilating each boss at lightning speed.
Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective: The final “4 minutes before death”, and multiple last revelations
Most of these are memories of story-driven moments nailed in by very solid soundtracks, which has very much convinced me how important music is to these games.
- Comment on Playing Tunic first time 5 weeks ago:
I don’t remember there being any textual dialog in the game except for a few portions of the manual, so I’m not sure what you mean with the central temple. Its main activation comes from both towers, and as someone said, the first simply requires a short trip through a forest and beating a large guard; but the second requires a VERY long path.
West Tower
(Assuming north is up/left and south is down/right) You’ll be slowly working your way south down the hill of the main region (not on the first stairs you came up) to unlock more of it and find your shield. But, the path to the west tower requires you to actually travel west past the edge of the first map, out into a wetland area with thin walkways. There’s another boss before you can reach the tower itself.
- Comment on The voice actor of the GMan just posted this promising cryptic HL3 rumor 5 weeks ago:
Valve used to do ARGs for some of their major releases. It’ll be kinda sad if there’s just not enough energy around for people to figure out their puzzle pieces here.
- Comment on Is there any way to search through all the games on Steam for titles that don't use the word "dystopian" anywhere in the description? 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure even if the Steam store doesn’t do it, there are tools to search Steam that can exclude tags, right?
- Comment on Hideo Kojima regarding OD and Physint: In the second half of the year, scanning and filming were suspended due to the SAG strike. 1 month ago:
Glad to see that strikes are having an effect.
- Comment on Longtime buddy of mine just got a gaming PC. What games would make up a good "welcome to PC" care package? 1 month ago:
Game bundles like from Fanatical are a good start. You can’t return them if you have issues, but they’re great if you haven’t played any of the offerings given.
A similar thing would be Xbox Game Pass, but that very much locks you into their ecosystem, and they’re clearly done investing into worthwhile games.
- Comment on Here's a hot take about Sekiro 1 month ago:
I have not played Sekiro, but I have played an indie knockoff called Kanagi Usagi, so I’m basing my understanding on that.
From how it felt, the health bars are a decoration and the real boss health is poise. I get what they were going for, but it causes a lot of stress for any interruption like healing or long enemy attacks that cause their poise to regenerate, feeling like your effort and time was wasted.
A game I liked better in every respect was Another Crab’s Treasure. You build poise even just by hold-blocking, but your “shield” is a limited resource; one you can choose to invest in with RES. It keeps the idea of encouraging you to keep pressure, by building poise damage on regular attacks, but also punishes you for dodge-rolling as a default for every attack (you’ll never get a “capsize”).
And yeah, ACT is a bit easier; but I’d say its chosen level of difficulty made it a more enjoyable game.
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- Comment on In the context of the leaked Warcraft II remake, do you still trust Blizzard to produce good games? 2 months ago:
Funny story. I just found out about an interesting Chinese hero shooter, but then found they literally copied Overwatch’s Gibraltar map (not the models/textures, but carbon copy of the layout).
At first I was offended, but then thought: It’s Blizzard, who the fuck cares about protecting them.
- Comment on I want to feel like a bad-ass wizard 2 months ago:
Theoretically, Immortals of Aveum could be good for this. It’s basically a shooter, but with spellcasting for the shots.
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 2 months ago:
I salute people for devoting themselves to these. But since you also have to buy the tools, in my case, laziness causes me to buy digital sales; knowing I still roll some dice on the game not working some day for other reasons.
- Comment on Patient gamers, what is your favorite Prince of Persia game and why? 2 months ago:
I had the same phase, but I realized the first thing that turned me against it is that the Prince’s entire goal through the game is to not die to the Dahaka. He even sacrifices an entire crew of sailors just to get to the island.
From there I started to enjoy having heroic motivations in storylines.
- Comment on You did it. You broken the conditioning. 2 months ago:
Yes.
Everyone loves positing moral dilemmas and then leaving them for other people to answer, with a finger poised to their lips ready to say “Interesting” and point out some weak level of hypocrisy.
I’m just gonna answer simply, and correctly: Yes. If someone is a repeated threat to the safety of others and there is any reasonable risk of the justice system failing to incarcerate them, it is better to end their life.
I wouldn’t even make that claim against one-time murderers, but some people go far over the line.
- Comment on What are your favorite 1000+ hour games? 2 months ago:
Garry’s Mod. Basically a gateway drug to hobby animation, and in some ways not so far off from the modding tools used to make it.
If you’ve watched stuff like Heavy Is Dead, they’re usually made with it. Some more professional-looking stuff is instead made in “Source Filmmaker”.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 RTX | Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Tribute Video 2 months ago:
I tried out Portal RTX, found the room where the light ball is casting shadows all around. It looked nice; but I also felt like I’ve seen the same effect imitated with regular rendering. Sure there might be slight differences, but I wouldn’t have spotted them.