Vodulas
@Vodulas@beehaw.org
- Comment on The Dead Economy Theory 1 day ago:
Mention yes, not really address though. More like dismiss out of hand
- Comment on Is there a good transportation game that actually simulates traffic as well as factorio does trains? 6 days ago:
Oh for sure. I get the infrastructure down, then go back and beautify it after. Makes it feel like finishing a project
- Comment on Is there a good transportation game that actually simulates traffic as well as factorio does trains? 1 week ago:
making pretty railway pillars
That’s what blueprints are for!
- Comment on The Fandom Strain: On the IP Illness That's Killing Magic: The Gathering 3 weeks ago:
An overall good article marred by the gate keeping bullshit. There are a ton of ways to play magic, and just because they are not part of the competitive scene does not make them “not real magic.”
I honestly don’t even think universes beyond is the problem in and of itself. The problem is the high number of sets released per year and the fact that too many of them are universes beyond and in standard. If they did 1 or 2 UB items and kept them to commander decks, secret lairs, or one UB set per year it would leave room for the universes within to shine. Hasbro would never though.
FWIW, the current set is universes within (Secrets of Strixhaven) and is really fun. Of course, the TMNT set before it was also really fun, but they were way too close together.
- Comment on Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices 1 month ago:
This becoming true again because of waves hand at everything going on but trend wise this has not been true for the last few years. It is also not true outside the US.
- Comment on Revisiting the last truly great Call of Duty: Why a lot of people are playing a seven-year-old CoD again. 1 month ago:
Been missing the old Warzone days. I’m even fine with new maps, but leave the old ones in rotation.
- Comment on Crimson Desert Players Think They've Found AI-Generated Art In-Game 2 months ago:
Plus most classical paintings are public domain. If you want to be lazy but still have good art just put some of those in
- Comment on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs 3 months ago:
I had like 2 friends back in my CS 1.6 days that insisted on Xfire, but I paid for a Mumble server shortly after that. Might self host one again…
- Comment on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs 3 months ago:
Shit, I forgot avout Xfire. Mumble and Teamspeak are still going too
- Comment on Donald Trump just shared an AI video to Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys 3 months ago:
I’m so tired of this refrain. 49% of 64% of US voters voted for him, but even that is an oversimplification. The reality is that in some regions it is hard to vote. Waiting in line for hours. It is not a national holiday, so no pay for taking time off to wait in line. Polls often have limited times, and people in the US work too much just to stay alive. And that does not even take into account electoral college bullshit. The right has done so much to make voting hard or even impossible for some.
The US is vast and diverse, which makes hand waving dismissals like this even more frustrating.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Yeah, there is that. There is also the fact that even going to the source I cannot find the actual study/data. No idea the sample size, method, or even list if questions. Mostly this feels like clickbait from PC Gamer.
- Comment on Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent 3 months ago:
By the time the Cybertruck came out we knew what Elon was. This is not about all Teslas on the road. The article is, but the comment was specifically about Cybertrucks
- Comment on GOG now using AI generated images on their store 3 months ago:
Based on the username might just be an annoying troll
- Comment on Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent 3 months ago:
Also see a lot in the Seattle area. Plenty of suckers in any given population center
- Comment on Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads 3 months ago:
It does not for me.
- Comment on Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT 4 months ago:
Altman already has plenty of mud on him.
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 4 months ago:
Fair. Did not know about the nuance, but in this case it was mostly just pointing out the BBC was not being callous.
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 4 months ago:
Does anyone outside the Brits use it though? All this tells you is they are not from the UK
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 4 months ago:
That is just the British term for being laid off/fired.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 4 months ago:
No voice, video, or game streaming in IRC though
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 4 months ago:
Nice, that works fo voice for sure.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 4 months ago:
That’s fine for some folks, but i game with friends a lot. So far discord is the easiest for that. Been researching alternatives for a bit and might go back Mumble, though
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 4 months ago:
No voice in IRC though
- Comment on Engadget's favorite games of 2025 5 months ago:
There is so much game in that game
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 5 months ago:
Not where I am. There are kids and old people playing alike. Sure, there are some collectors, but there always will be. Hell, the ATLA set has really good jump start packs, which are explicitly for playing
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st 5 months ago:
A lot of Peak with my partner. Having a ton of fun
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st 5 months ago:
Just gotta get this aluminum factory up, then I’ll be done. What’s that MAM, you’re done scanning a hard drive? New recipe you say. Guess I need to rebuild that aluminum factory…
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 5 months ago:
despite WOTC’s best attempts For sure. I mean, they sent the Pinkertons on someone that got shipped product early. That they purchased.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 5 months ago:
Magic has less staying power than Pokémon
lol, Magic came out 3 years before Pokémon and is currently more popular than ever. Especially with the Avatar TLAB and Final Fantasy releases.
Just because you don’t like a mechanic doesn’t mean it won’t last. Hell, Civilization is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time
- Comment on Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder [TWIV] 5 months ago:
Did you read the whole thing, or even like halfway? Multiple concept artists are quoted in the article saying it makes their lives more difficult. You know, more work in the bad way. The thesis of the article is that it makes the job harder, makes for a less than unique art style, and potentially fewer jobs for artists.
Unless you actually meant “more work” in the bad way, of course. If so, sorry for the rant