Cocodapuf
@Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
- Comment on Star Citizen relabels alpha 4.11 to alpha 5.0 and dates its next Intergalactic Aerospace Expo free-fly event 1 day ago:
I really don’t see it as a scam. I think I paid $30 for the game and they’re continuing to develop it. I’ve played it a bit and while it definitely feels unfinished, I’d say they’re certainly onto something, it has serious potential to turn into something cool.
- Comment on Skyblivion team says former volunteer is threatening to sue over code dispute 1 week ago:
That’s actually a really awesome metaphor! I was quite impressed with that.
And I think you nailed down the issue pretty well, if there’s already some legal agreement, this has to be judged with that in mind. If there’s no prior legal agreement, then we’re going to have to use some common sense. And common sense says that you did willingly give this to someone with the intent for them to use it, so yeah, they’re using it…
- Comment on Skyblivion team says former volunteer is threatening to sue over code dispute 1 week ago:
Of course, if the butthead also doesn’t have a copyright or license applied on the asset, they might similarly be pissing in the wind.
This seems quite likely to be the situation.
- Comment on Super late to the party but Control is really good… 2 weeks ago:
Spooky like the X-files. Creepy, but still primetime tv.
- Comment on Leaked trailer for the cancelled game Mass Effect: Universe 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, I thought that was a damn good trailer. Had this been the pre-EA Bioware, i’d be really excited to play that game.
- Comment on Would you play a game that constantly tests your morals and fucks with your belief of what is good and what is evil? | The Milgram Experiment Official Trailer 3 weeks ago:
I think the fallout and cyberpunk both had some of those great moments of exploring morality. But in my opinion, the Witcher 2 & 3 do it better than any other games I’ve played.
Rather than spoiling the story with specific examples, I’ll just say this: these games thrive in the grey zone, it’s where they live. And you’ll often find yourself making decisions you really didn’t expect to make or seriously regretting the choice you just committed to.
- Comment on US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license" 3 weeks ago:
It’s not that games can’t work as books, it’s that books can’t work like games.
Trust me, if book publisher could keep you from actually owning a physical book, from reselling it, from photocopying it, from lending it to a friend, they would. And with ebooks they do.
The fact that games are software gives publishers additional control over the product, and they take advantage of that control to limit user control whenever possible. You just can’t do that with a pile of paper bound together, otherwise they would.
This is where legislation can come in though. We need to make it legally clear that when you buy something you really own it. Renting, leasing, licensing, these ideas aren’t bad on their own, but you can’t call that “buying” and the venue offering these services shouldn’t be called a “store”. If it’s called a store, it needs to be actually selling things, otherwise the entire business is disingenuous and deceptive.
- Comment on US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license" 3 weeks ago:
I think all three statements in this chain are accurate and true. But it does leave me not really knowing how to feel about this.
I guess mostly disappointed, because the most salient point to me is the last one, that this is really unlikely to pass.
- Comment on As it lays off developers and closes studios, Xbox gets into the movie business 4 weeks ago:
I can’t wait for XBox Live: The Movie!
- Comment on Australia says platforms like Steam and Roblox have 'significant' child safety gaps 5 weeks ago:
I gotta be honest, I understand this position. I have a real difficult kid. We’re working on building trust, but it’s a process. The fact of the matter is that he seeks out inappropriate content and he can’t seem to help himself, just too impulsive.
There’s a reason for these behaviors, and like I said, we’re working on it. But in the mean time, we’ve had to completely lock down all technology in the house. And most of it is complete garbage when it comes to parental controls. Stay away from Roku for instance, that device is fucking horrible, just the worst.
Anyway, the thing is, sometimes parental controls are in fact necessary, but as long as they exist, things are fine. Steam for instance has a great system, you can control what aspects of steam a kid has access to, multiplayer functionality, the store, online content, etc. a all that can be switched on or off. And for games you can use their general rating system (which is imperfect) or you can manually whitelist individual games. Finally, you can lock it all behind a simple pin code. Honestly, this is how all such platforms should work, it’s manageable.
I don’t think there’s really any legitimate reason to complain about the systems steam currently has in place.
Roblox on the other hand… That’s a shitshow. We don’t touch Roblox.
- Comment on Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over alleged DRM circumvention — seeks damages after Anti-Tamper protections bypassed in 26 games 1 month ago:
Yeah, how did that work?
You send a summons through the mail to… anywhere?
- Comment on Wiki Documents at Least 44 Instances in Which Sony Says You Own Your Games 1 month ago:
Your so wrong is impressive.
Every book on my bookshelf is copyrighted, but I own those books, OWN.
I can resell them, legally, regardless of copyright. I can’t say the same thing if my steam library, but I should be able to.
Copyright is about ip, not about the physical media, the end products.
- Comment on Wiki Documents at Least 44 Instances in Which Sony Says You Own Your Games 1 month ago:
That that is nuts. Are you telling me you’ve never bought anything in your life? That’s the only way I can imagine that you could be so far off base.
- Comment on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs 2 months ago:
Be careful, that sounds like a form of harassment and Sony may take action against you!
- Comment on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs 2 months ago:
unreasonable demands for apologies
You’re gonna have to explain that one. How is demanding an apology unreasonable? I think you just dug yourself deeper into the wrong side of this.
- Comment on The German army is trying to attract recruits at Gamescom, the world’s biggest video game convention 2 months ago:
Ok yeah, having admittedly only read the headline, my first thoughts were “this doesn’t seem that unusual”. They’re not the only military to do this kind of recruiting either. Hell, the US army actually made a videogame.
- Comment on 'Live-service is a red flag for us': Why one publisher is embracing an older kind of multiplayer hit: peer-to-peer, server browsers, and organic community 2 months ago:
It isn’t though. I mean anything has the potential to be laggy, sure. But if you’re in Europe, play on EU servers, if you’re on the US East Coast, play on East Coast servers. This isn’t rocket science.
It isn’t inherently less secure either, any server is someone else’s. In fact, I trust other players far more than I trust the publisher or whoever they’re contracting with for game servers. The players aren’t looking for additional revenue streams.
For most games, the performance hit for running the server is not significant. I think the majority of this post is pretty misguided.
- Comment on Guess The Game (#013) 2 months ago:
That’s what I think it looks like
- Comment on Games with singleplayer campaigns that let me fight/kill nazis? 2 months ago:
It’s not first person, but company of heroes is definitely a delight! Nothing will make you feel more like you’re actually winning the war against Hitler than that game. It feels like being a colonel on the set of Band of Brothers.
I never get tired of hearing the squad chatter.
“We need a fuckin’ bazooka for this shit!”
“Eyes and ears engineers!”
”Jesus Conrad… TIE YOUR FUCKIN LACES!”
- Comment on Games with singleplayer campaigns that let me fight/kill nazis? 2 months ago:
Yeah, I recommend this one, it’s pretty fun.
- Comment on Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially saved my life' 2 months ago:
Red Dead Redemption 2
- Comment on Take-Two CEO Says We'll All Be Streaming Our Games In 3 Years 2 months ago:
Here here. Fuck off take two.
- Comment on 'Locking a gameplay trailer behind a Netflix subscription is a new level of greed' — GTA 6 callout Rockstar for 'paywalling' the game's extended look 2 months ago:
There are things to be outraged about and this ain’t one of em.
That’s the thing right there. I don’t understand why it seems worthwhile to get upset about this.
- Comment on 'Locking a gameplay trailer behind a Netflix subscription is a new level of greed' — GTA 6 callout Rockstar for 'paywalling' the game's extended look 2 months ago:
Seriously. Who needs to see a trailer that badly? And honestly, when I already intend to buy a game, I do everything I can to avoid seeing the trailer. Why spoil things for yourself?
- Comment on As Xbox and PlayStation flounder, Steam is reportedly having another record year 3 months ago:
I feel like this is not rocket science here, this is business 101.
-
Make the customer happy
-
Enjoy increased revenue
-
- Comment on Statement from OneBGS, the Bethesda Games Studios union 3 months ago:
Honestly I think Bethesda has always had the same problem. They have an unhealthy relationship with feature creep.
Sometimes if you love an idea, you have to let it go…
- Comment on Finally started Cyberpunk.... I can't stop climbing everything. 4 months ago:
You need that leg enhancement.
It’s the only way to play the game. If you played all the way through without trying this, all I can say is you missed out.
With the jump and the air dash you will be an unstoppable melee demon. And it will be fun.
- Comment on ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' 4 months ago:
We reached out to all gamers everywhere and a spokesman for the group responded with the following statement:
Lol wut?
Fucking noobs…
- Comment on ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' 4 months ago:
So Imma be real with you. I switched to DDG full time on all my devices, mostly out of security concerns and the desire to not feed the monopoly.
That said, DDG is so much worse at finding what I’m actually looking for than Google ever was. It’s a bit frustrating, I have so many reasons to like DDG, but being a good search engine isn’t one of them.
But for the record, Google isn’t great at finding what I want anymore either, and with its AI bullshit it’s likely to simply lie to me. Really, 2010 Google search is superior to modern Google search by every metric possible, that was peak web search for me.
- Comment on Epic Games CEO says it’s ‘really irresponsible’ of Steam to make studios disclose AI use | VGC 4 months ago:
Oh wow, didn’t realize that! Now I feel justified in pirating it, thanks for the heads up!