PonyOfWar
@PonyOfWar@pawb.social
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’d say it’s less the surgery being addictive and more that the type of person going for plastic surgery in the first place may often have body dysmorphic disorder, so they’ll keep finding flaws in their appearance.
- Comment on Classic Gaming: Retro Gaming Growing Up 1 week ago:
I was about 2 decades later, but I bonded over games like Pokemon and later made many friendships in minecraft. Wish I could revisit that time. I think it’s less about any particular era in gaming - it’s about being young. Kids are still forging friendships over video games today - just different ones (although, at least in the case of my nephew, Minecraft is still one of them :D).
- Comment on The Switch 2: Is it worth buying? 2 weeks ago:
Nope, as that one wasn’t an Switch exclusive. Released for WiiU on the same day.
- Comment on The Switch 2: Is it worth buying? 2 weeks ago:
I broadly agree, but I’ll add that knockout tour is where the game and its open world design really shines. That should probably be considered the main mode for this game rather than grand prix. I hope that they’ll add a 3-lap “classic grand prix” mode at some point. The world in free roam does feel quite empty unfortunately.
- Comment on The Switch 2: Is it worth buying? 2 weeks ago:
That’s almost every console launch ever though. Switch 1 had an even weaker launch lineup when it comes to exclusives.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Backward Compatibility Tested - It's Good! 2 weeks ago:
That’s just objectively incorrect though. It’s an entirely new chip based on a different architecture. Switch 1 games are actually run through a translation layer, which is why a small number of them still don’t work on Switch 2 currently.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Well spotted. Just clickbait to market their game then.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think going after some YouTuber with 87 subscribers will be worth your time.
- Comment on Looking to get into Sonic games 3 weeks ago:
I’d recommend Sonic Generations (or Sonic X Shadow Generations), which is kind of a best-of of previous Sonic games’ levels, tied together with a new story.
Sonic mania is also a great game, reminiscent of the first few 2d Sonic games. But, just like those games, it doesn’t really have much of a story or character interactions.
- Comment on The Long Dark - Visual Enhancement Update - Now Live! 3 weeks ago:
Last played this in 2018 apparently, time to give it another go!
- Comment on What level of interest do you have in "empire building" location based games? 5 weeks ago:
Sounds cool. I think there is a lot of untapped potential in location based games. Games like Ingress and Pokemon Go barely scratched the surface.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I believe his surname being Al Saud should indeed mean that he is part of the Saudi royal family. Although that includes everyone descended from its original founder, some 15,000 people, so he’s not necessarily close to the ruling inner circle.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Yes, its ruling dynasty is the House of Saud.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
No accounts were compromised and no accounts are threatened. The codes inside the SMS were valid for 15 minutes and are now just a meaningless assortment of random numbers.
- Comment on United Leftists of Hilarious Chaos 2 months ago:
Yeah, this seems like an attempt to create a token leftist community to prove that they’re not right-wing (despite all active political communities on there being just that). I find it quite funny that they’re still looking for an actual leftist to run the community… Good luck with that!
- Comment on Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop 2 months ago:
Tried updating earlier today and it immediately failed. Guess I got lucky and it was already pulled offline at that point.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 2 months ago:
Assassin’s Creed. The actual gameplay is almost never as interesting as just walking around a meticulous recreation of ancient civilizations as a digital tourist.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Ridiculously fast. More than double than what most people will drive on a highway. Illegal on a highway anywhere but Germany. And even here it would be quite unsafe and thus illegal in most driving conditions.
- Comment on What would happen if USA invades Canada? 4 months ago:
You think a U.S. military base isn’t getting kicked the fuck out of a foreign country the moment they are declared an enemy?
No, or rather I don’t think many countries would immediately be willing declare them an enemy. Europe shies away from armed conflict and quick, decisive actions unfortunately aren’t our strong suit either. I’d fully expect a drawn out political shitshow before anything actually happens.
Or do you have such a little opinion of everyone else that you think a couple of military bases will immediately take over every European county at once?
Take over? No. But I do think they’d be a deterrence factor, especially considering they also carry nukes.
- Comment on What would happen if USA invades Canada? 4 months ago:
What would be the reaction of the Canada King (Charles III is the king of Canada)?
Absaolutely nothing. Maybe some strong words. He has no power.
The Commonwealth? NATO?
Tough to say. Getting actively involved in a war in North America would be very difficult logistically for the European countries or the Commonwealth, so I don’t think there would be an immediate military reaction. Possibly a Ukraine-type situation where the NATO countries try to aid Canada with equipment as best as they can. But even that will be difficult across the Atlantic ocean, which the US can probably blockade. Local politics would be absolute chaos, with an ally that many countries have relied on suddenly turning enemy. With the US having military bases everywhere, they could also threaten countries into keeping out of the war. I think the situation would unfortunately be quite bleak for Canada.
- Comment on Is it possible to design a social media app or service that rather than focuses on farming engagement, it tries to promote quality content? 5 months ago:
Sure. But will it be profitable and will enough people want to use it? I think most likely the answer is no.
- Comment on HORI Steam Controller releases in the USA in December 7 months ago:
No rumble is a deal breaker for a $60 controller. I think I’ll stick with 8bitdo and maybe wait for a new Valve controller.
- Comment on Cloud Imperium quietly steal Star Citizen developers' weekends from under them with mandated overtime in the lead up to Citizencon 8 months ago:
Unfortunately par for the course in game development.
- Comment on All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch 8 months ago:
I have a Z flip and while it’s far from perfect, foldable flip phones are great and I’d choose them over a same-spec regular phone every day. Much more convenient to carry in my pocket compared to a slab and basically having an included tripod for photos is pretty nice as well.