circuitfarmer
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Bungie appears to have plagarized an artist's work and style in their extraction shooter "Marathon" according to this Bluesky post 1 day ago:
Should have just used AI, at least then people could debate whether or not it was plagiarism
- Comment on Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project' 6 days ago:
Starfield would be fine if there was a way to get from place to place without constant reloads. This is a limitation of the (ancient) engine the game is on, as I understand it.
The thing is, we already have games like No Man’s Sky which do this very well. Starfield may have been better received if it came out 15 years ago, but against modern space games, it just sucks.
That’s ignoring anything else wrong with the game, of course, and there is plenty. But I could get over a lot if it didn’t feel like I was playing a menu instead of flying a spaceship at every change of scenery.
- Comment on Inflation markers 1 week ago:
Wait, are you saying adding new trade war strain on an already troubled economy wasn’t the right call???!
- Comment on Prices are out of control 1 week ago:
Disagree hard. Diet and Zero are sweeter than full fat coke. It comes out more with alcohol.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 1 week ago:
No 4k TV either. I don’t really see the point.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 1 week ago:
I really hope this is true. The only thing that will stop Rockstar from the delayed PC release nonsense in the future is actually stopping the double dip.
I ended up with a PS4 just for Red Dead 2. But I still haven’t bought it on PC and have no plans to do so.
The thing is, the PS4 kind of made sense because I also wanted a Blu-Ray player. I still have it for that, so a PS5 would be an impossible sell to me. It’s like Rockstar tries to sell consoles but this time around is one of the worst ever console eras.
- Comment on 'Starter homes' cost at least $1 million in over 200 U.S. cities, Zillow data finds 2 weeks ago:
Eh, fine, have an updoot
- Comment on 'Starter homes' cost at least $1 million in over 200 U.S. cities, Zillow data finds 2 weeks ago:
Desiccated, even
- Comment on 'Starter homes' cost at least $1 million in over 200 U.S. cities, Zillow data finds 2 weeks ago:
I know you’re trolling, but you could at least write some funny ones
- Comment on 'Starter homes' cost at least $1 million in over 200 U.S. cities, Zillow data finds 2 weeks ago:
A couple years ago this was the “just don’t live in California” argument.
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 2 weeks ago:
I think CS:2 was far too ambitious, and there were very strange design choices around subsidies which effectively removed any challenge from the game – at first. I just played it the other day, and frankly it has turned around a lot. Decent game now.
KSP2 was just a corporate shit show – devs were well intentioned but ultimately were unable to continue based on factors out of their control. It really sucks because KSP1 is one of the best games ever made and KSP2 had a lot of promise.
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 3 weeks ago:
Damn, you’d really think these bozos would have learned to read a room by now, you know?
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 3 weeks ago:
Tbh, I’m super into this. Especially if the range could be extended slightly or if the truck is somewhat hackable.
But then… Bezos. Ugh.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 3 weeks ago:
Sure. But the costs for implementing such a thing are certainly above simply using the tools on the platform on which the dev has decided to release their work. If they disagree, don’t release it there.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 3 weeks ago:
But remember: the design and initial implementation of the internet was paid for by the populace. It is supposed to be filled with cool and useful, free stuff.
Corporate interests and “web 2.0” have turned it into a weird hellscape of misinformation and targeted advertising. It was not designed for it.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 3 weeks ago:
It’s the walled garden thing that gets me. At some point, people got complacent. I’m 100% confident that there is an entire swath of the population which has never considered that Discord is a corporate entity with corpoate interests. We made open standards for a reason.
- Comment on China invites European countries to form united front against Trump tariffs 3 weeks ago:
As they should.
DJT may as well have handed them the keys to the goodwill the US used to enjoy on a silver platter.
- Comment on 34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached? 3 weeks ago:
As others have said, this seems like an ill-formed question. Do you have reason to believe that politicians “cling to the idea that these voters can’t be reached”?
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 3 weeks ago:
On whatever platform(s) you sell your games. The key is not expecting someone to sign up for a different service for your updates.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 3 weeks ago:
Hopefully they just post updates on the platforms they sell their games on. I shouldn’t need to sign up for anything else.
- Comment on I'm a 64-year-old Amazon employee. Retirement wasn't even on my radar, but now I have to leave due to RTO mandates. 3 weeks ago:
Becoming the norm in Corporate America, if it isn’t already. Every employee is disposable. It doesn’t matter what you do. It doesn’t matter how good you are. It doesnt matter how loyal you are. You are disposable.
There is no social contract anymore between employers and employees. “It’s just business” is a cop out to wriggle away from ethics – but it is now the law of the land.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 3 weeks ago:
Once Discord enshittifies, lazy devs won’t be able to say “follow our Discord for updates!” anymore.
- Comment on Praise jeebus 3 weeks ago:
He seems pretty short for a messiah
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 3 weeks ago:
Yes, exactly this ^
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 4 weeks ago:
The FAA is changing the rule which makes this information public. The FAA is fully controlled by the rich.
- Comment on Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey Call For Abolition Of All Intellectual Property Laws, Arguing There Are 'Much Greater Models To Pay Creators' 4 weeks ago:
Wasn’t blockchain the griffty buzzword years ago? We have all new grifts now
- Comment on Still browsing like it's 1999: Fresh tools that keep vintage Macs online and weirdly alive 4 weeks ago:
I’m not a Mac person at all, but I always, always loved the Pismo PowerBooks.
Sadly I think I waited too long. I can’t really justify one at all.
- Comment on 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know 4 weeks ago:
I don’t feel bad. It’s a big number, but it was spread out over 20 years. I’m sure I’d be shocked at a lot of numbers amalgamated over 20 years.
- Comment on Zuckerberg on the Stand: The Trial to Break Up Facebook Starts Monday 4 weeks ago:
Won’t matter.
Laws only apply to those with less than a billion dollars.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 5 weeks ago:
It was much easier to fake a resurrection back then.