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- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 3 days ago:
Bezos is also using his ownership of the Washington Post to silence the journalists there. So that’s fun.
- Comment on Apple teases “week of announcements” about the Mac starting on Monday 4 days ago:
Barring an insane price jump, I may very well have a new little Mac Mini in a couple of weeks.
I’m very much due for an upgrade. But this one I’m using now has been really reliable for being 10 years old.
- Comment on Marvel's Midnight Suns is criminally underrated 4 days ago:
I happen to have a friend who works at Firaxis and worked on Midnight Suns. I am really happy for him/them that game came out as well as it did.
The overworld running could certainly be better, but overall that game is super good. I really like the turn from Xcom of a somewhat fake 97% to hit (where your character right next to an alien will still miss) to simply having everything hit but it’s restricted by the skills you have at hand in that moment. I’d be more excited about a Midnight Suns 2 than Civ VII, honestly.
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 4 days ago:
Excellent!
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 4 days ago:
Kobo can connect to libraries via apps like Libby (or others), right?
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 4 days ago:
I totally get that. And I have had that same experience once or twice. I break my own rule on those rare occasions where somehow the thing is only there.
The last time I bought from Amazon that I remember was in 2021 when I was putting together a new keyboard. Somehow they were the only ones that had the key caps I wanted. The only other place I could find them was Alibaba, and the shipping there was going to be literally 2 months according to the site.
But for normal items, I go to the seller as much as possible.*
(*And I know for some sellers it’s actually cheaper for them to use Amazon for shipping. I get it. But also, still, I don’t want to give Bezos money so I avoid it if possible.)
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 4 days ago:
Reminder: don’t buy things from Amazon.
Like, anything.
“But fast shipping!” No. Stop. Most places now have pretty good shipping, often for free if you happen to buy a certain amount. It’s OK if the thing comes in 3-5 days and not tomorrow. You will survive.*
*I know there’s a couple of niche cases where some people do need things quick and Amazon serves that purpose. But 99.999% of things are not that.
- Comment on Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Quits YouTube With Final Video Teasing Mystery New Game 6 days ago:
“Bro I can’t wavedash in Ultimate.”
- Comment on Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Quits YouTube With Final Video Teasing Mystery New Game 6 days ago:
Switch 2 on the horizon, eh?
So…Smash Bros. Ultimate + to come out holiday 2026 or spring 2027?
- Comment on ‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Arrives To 200 Steam Players, Poor Reviews 1 week ago:
What does “focuses on DEI” even mean? That it has non-white people?
Some stories don’t have straight, white people. That doesn’t mean there’s some agenda going on.
- Comment on LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences 1 week ago:
Wait, so the monitor has some sort of network capability?
I assume it’s full of streaming apps or something and they just also added this fun ad junk to it.
- Comment on ‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Arrives To 200 Steam Players, Poor Reviews 1 week ago:
Besides the actual quality of the game, it seems like (stupid) people are complaining about DEI in this game? Why?
People are the worst.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
If the 100 hours is all good content, then great!
But if a lot of that is padding, then not great.
I think I hit hour 37 or so of Metaphor today - I’ve been absolutely devouring it this week. And none of those hours have felt bad. I fully expect to get up towards 100 hours in this game (since I have 120 hours in Persona 5 Royal), but I also am pretty confident there’s not going to be much bullshit along the way. And I’m down for that.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
*better content
- Comment on Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox 3 weeks ago:
I agree. I’m using it right now!
But they have certainly been outlining some poor decisions in the last few weeks.
- Comment on Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox 3 weeks ago:
Switch to Firefox? By Mozilla? The company that just said they are ramping up ads and AI garbage?
Good luck.
- Comment on New Playstation firmware is going to make it harder to play games offline. 3 weeks ago:
Ok.
- Comment on New Playstation firmware is going to make it harder to play games offline. 3 weeks ago:
Everyone on Lemmy either says one of two things when any console news is posted:
- Build a Linux gaming rig!
- Get a Steam Deck!
On the second point, you are right. You are trading licensing games from Sony or MS to licensing games from Gabe and his yachts.
- Comment on New Playstation firmware is going to make it harder to play games offline. 3 weeks ago:
I did a quick search on how many PlayStation Plus subscribers there are, and according to one site as of March 2023 there were 47M worldwide.
So just a small community.
- Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday 4 weeks ago:
We talkin’ ‘bout Bugsnax?
- Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday 4 weeks ago:
Astro Bot.
- Comment on Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations 4 weeks ago:
The market is so saturated with these type of shooters — especially ones with generic army dudes.
I’m not really surprised.
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 4 weeks ago:
At this point if I have to print something I just go to the library. I’m fortunate, but I t’s been like two years since I’ve had to print something on actual paper.
- Comment on 2024 is about 75% done. Let's recommend the best games of 2024, but with a twist: only the ones with no paid DLC! 4 weeks ago:
This game got me good. The atmosphere and way it drips out puzzle after puzzle is so rewarding. I drew maps. I wrote down a litany of notes on my iPad to keep track of. I tried to solve everything I could on my own until I just couldn’t any more. It felt like playing games as a kid where I drew maps and wrote down passcodes.
Pouring over every inch of the map was so fun, and while I do think there will be copy cats to this game pop up in the next year, I don’t think anyone will be able to capture the magic of this again. It’s like its own singular entity that no one else has ever done. Not in this way.
For that, it’s my game of the year. Astro Bot is my second, since it’s a technically near perfect game. But it’s also simply peak platformer. Animal Well is just built different.
- Comment on 2024 is about 75% done. Let's recommend the best games of 2024, but with a twist: only the ones with no paid DLC! 4 weeks ago:
#Astro Bot (PS5)
Since my personal GOTY is already taken (Animal Well), let’s just add a lot of peoples’ here — it’s also my second favorite game of the year.
Do you like 3D platforming? Why not try the best platformer since Mario Odyssey‽ Help save your friend bots with a dozen or so hours of the purest platforming fun in…a long time, honestly. People have really hyped this game, and they really aren’t wrong. It’s pure fun the entire time. Everything is beautiful and interesting. No notes, really. Good job Team Asobi.
- Comment on Ubisoft's Board is Launching an Investigation Into The Company Struggles 4 weeks ago:
I have this feeling that once it starts going on more sales and more people play it the general consensus will be that’s it’s a pretty solid game. I also imagine like a lot of these games there will be a patch in the next month that fixes a litany of issues.
You’re right it’s kind of interesting that the factions don’t really add a lot of meaningful gameplay mechanics, but oh well. At first I was like, “I’m not working with the Pykes AT ALL because I know what happens in your spice mines.” But you end up just being friends with all of them as needed (to get their rewards).
Just having this big coat of Star Wars paint over this otherwise fairly standard action/shooter/open world game really does make it more fun, though. I still have a bit to go in the story, but I’m just basting around cleaning up side quests right now because it’s fun to do.
- Comment on Ubisoft comes crawlin' back to Steam 4 weeks ago:
For sure.
But the nerds around here put him on a GIIIANT pedestal.
It’s OK to make fun of Gabe, guys, he doesn’t care about you as he tries to figure out which of his six or seven yachts to ride around on this weekend.
- Comment on Ubisoft comes crawlin' back to Steam 4 weeks ago:
“Gabe was quoted as saying, ‘Yesss, another yacht for me!’”
- Comment on ChatGPT is changing the way we write. Here’s how – and why it’s a problem. 4 weeks ago:
Maybe we need LLMs to (first of all, we don’t need LLMs for this) rewrite headlines any time the word “slams” gets in there.
- Comment on Ubisoft's Board is Launching an Investigation Into The Company Struggles 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, Outlaws has flaws, BUUUUT it’s fun as hell. It’s a 7/10 game, but it’s fun. I enjoy my time with it even though I see some glitches here or there, or that the lip sync is a little jank.
It’s a big ass Star Wars game (with no AC towers hooray!) where you get to rub shoulders with scoundrels and play Sabacc and visit honestly cool locations that are visually impressive.
I feel like most of the issues it has is probably a function of “we need this game out by X date” versus the devs’ ability.