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- Comment on 'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed' 1 week ago:
people still buy those games full-priced, so…
Wait, does nobody pirate games any more? I don’t think I bought a single game until I turned 25.
- Comment on 'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed' 1 week ago:
Well to me, borderlands 2 was the most fun I’ve had with a shooter since half-life 2 or CoD4. It’s one of the funniest games I’ve ever played as well. I think the writing in general is really top notch (props to Anthony Birch), the characters are memorable, the weapons and abilities are fun. All and all, BL2 really hit the mark in a lot of ways for me.
Borderlands 3 on the other hand, just wasn’t as good. It had a ton of great quality of life improvements, so that was nice. The player abilities were also largely really good, I liked most of the classes. But it had a ton of weaknesses… The level design was pretty awful, the much bigger maps really spread out the action absolutely killed the pacing. The story was pretty dumb, and while the villains were detestable, it was only in the way that all obnoxious teenagers are detestable. And the greatest sin, the loot was a mess. They actually threw way too many guns at you, so many that you never really get a chance to enjoy any of them. And way too many of them were uniques (with mysterious effects they never bother to explain).
- Comment on This game is fantastic. 1 week ago:
A long time back I got this game for free from the epic game store, it totally blew my mind. The world this game exists in is so well developed, I think the setting is my favorite character. I loved the panopticon, I loved offices covered in insane sticky notes, I of course loved the ashtray maze, oh my God that was freaking awesome.
This game is something special.
- Comment on Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent 2 weeks ago:
I think palworld needs to start filling for ridiculous patents, go on the offensive.
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 2 weeks ago:
It’s those skateboards that done it, and the comic books the hooligans are readin. And all them lady folk wearin trousers! It’s the devil I tells ya!
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 2 weeks ago:
God damnit Bobby…
- Comment on We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit 1 month ago:
Seems a stupid thing to sue about. Microsoft has rules about the content you want to sell through them, the content they’re essentially endorsing.
That sounds reasonable.
If you want to make something outside their content limits and you expect them to endorse it… Why? That’s not how anything works.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 1 month ago:
i’d bet any list with more than 10 entries would include metropolis, nosferatu, citizen kane and star wars,
I’d add the Shawshank Redemption to that list as well, and probably the Godfather part 2.
- Comment on Commit culinary crimes in management sim The Diner At The End Of The Galaxy 1 month ago:
I read the whole article. Did you like the game? Was it good?
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
I mean you can use it as currency, and I do sometimes. I have bought plenty of steam games with Bitcoin. I’ve also bought a bunch of stuff on Newegg, and other places online.
It has exactly as much protection from scans and fraud as cash does, that’s essentially what it is.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
They do accept Bitcoin, so that’s something.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
In theory, crypto could be good for this, but crypto is used (and designed) more as an investment than a transaction tool.
I would argue that while crypto is as investment now, it was initially designed and intended to be used for transactions.
Out of curiosity though, why do you think this situation would be any different if it were government controlled? Especially considering that you sometimes have administrations like Trump’s, which would do anything no matter how corrupt.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
They make money hand over first for doing practically nothing… They’re perfectly happy with their current situation and the most important thing to them right now is not rocking the boat.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
Not even… They have the power because you gave it to them. States can take it away, but that’s worse, you don’t want that.
But it doesn’t really matter, it’s all connected. The payment processors control how money can be used and the state controls how they’re allowed to let you use it. And you let it all happen by voluntarily using a credit card.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
I’m not sure that works, like on a purely game theory level. If gamers start to apply pressure, threaten to stop buying games, the stores need to make a choice:
A. Risk facing the wrath of the games, sales are likely to drop. Possibly by a lot, perhaps 15-20%. That could keep up for months before stabilizing.
B. Risk facing the wrath of the payment processors, credit card sales will stop immediately, only alternative payment types get through. Sales drop by 80% and that will continue indefinitely.
While both of those options are bad, one of them is totally fatal to their business.
- Comment on First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io . 2 months ago:
This will never go away. Payment processors make life easy for most consumers, people like them. And as long as we have them, they hold all the power around how money can be used. And they will always be limited by governments and local laws.
If you don’t like the situation, use cash. If that’s too inconvenient Bitcoin is essentially your only other option.
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 2 months ago:
I was really excited about this until I remembered that I actually already own Civ VI…
I just forgot.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 2 months ago:
I can’t really blame the studio though, I mean the publisher went bust. The game was coming along slowly, but it was definitely coming along, and I really liked what I was seeing.
I just wish Private Division wasn’t such a mess. It’s all just so disappointing.
- Comment on Fan-made Mario Kart 64 PC port released, with track editor and ultrawide support 2 months ago:
It’s kind of brilliant, in a Lex Luthor kind of way…
- Comment on Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience 3 months ago:
It probably should have released a could months ago, pre switch2 hype.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says 3 months ago:
You’re gonna need a lot more than 2!
- Comment on Devolver Digital Announces Shroom And Gloom, A First-Person 'Double-Deckbuilder' Roguelike With A Demo Out Now 4 months ago:
That depends, is there anything that isn’t a roguelike?
I’m pretty sure all applications are technically “roguelike” now. Hades (roguelike), FTL (roguelike), Dirt Rally (roguelike), card games (all roguelike), MS office 365 (roguelike), Android accessibility config pane (roguelike).
- Comment on Hacker advertises alleged database of 89 million Steam 2FA codes 4 months ago:
Yeah, that’s pretty dumb.
Were I a nefarious scheming hacker, I wouldn’t pay shit for that.
- Comment on WoW's Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet's oldest memes, turns 20 years old—and after looking back on what we wrote in 2005, I feel like we've failed Leeroys everywhere 4 months ago:
All your base are belong to us.
Make your time…
- Comment on CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edit 4 months ago:
I mean… Cyberpunk needs to be on a card. Otherwise how would you slot it into your neck?
- Comment on Video game genre communities on Lemmy 5 months ago:
TIL, the threadiverse has a lot of .zip communities.
I wonder if they’ll be larger after I unpack them?
- Comment on Ex-PlayStation exec argues 'only the dog can hear' differences between consoles and gaming PCs: 'They're all quite similar' 5 months ago:
Bam! Fucking mic drop!
- Comment on Should we boycott games with loot boxes? 5 months ago:
Do I have to start playing games with loot boxes before I can start boycotting them?
The only one I’ve ever played was overwatch, but overwatch 2 is garbage, so…
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 5 months ago:
Well, I have the ultimate defense against ransomware, full disk backups. Honestly, with automated backups, the whole world is a little less scary.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 5 months ago:
I don’t really use the browser on that machine. It still has basic virus protection, and such.
End of security support is no joke.
Well that all depends on if you’re laughing.