Joelk111
@Joelk111@lemmy.world
- Comment on The perfect day alone starter pack 1 day ago:
I agree that weed should be legal, I live in Washington State, but I wouldn’t call somewhere shitty because it isn’t. Weed is illegal in a lot of places that have better public transit, better healthcare, etc. If you limit that statement to the US, then it applies a bit more.
- Comment on End of an era? 1 day ago:
I’m pretty sure Trump said he was going to make things cheaper and we did not have any reason to not believe him
The largest /s you’ve ever seen.
- Comment on End of an era? 1 day ago:
I feel like I got into self hosting at the exact correct time. Immich is amazing, Filebrowser Quantum is incredible, Ghost (Patreon alternative) has been awesome, and there’s so much more. It’s so good.
- Comment on End of an era? 1 day ago:
Costco in general, actually. When was the last time they increased the membership cost?
- Comment on Poll: Will you buy GTA 6 when it launches on your platform? 2 days ago:
Yeah, when I said that’s still my best plan, that’s what I was referring to. Currently in the wait and see phase. I really would like to play on launch, but I might be able to wait a month…
- Comment on Poll: Will you buy GTA 6 when it launches on your platform? 2 days ago:
The disk isn’t completely useless. It’s a physical license key that is transferable and resellable. I was fully planning to purchase a used console to play GTA 6 with a physical disk, then sell both when it came out on PC. That’s still my best plan I guess.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I suppose I should clarify that I’m not advocating for it, but it’d be better than a digital key that’ll be tied to your account forever.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
What’s wrong with the disk being a license key? That’d work just fine for my plan of reselling the game and console when it comes out on PC.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I don’t care if it’s just one disk and you have to download most of the game, the important thing is being able to give the disk to someone else, allowing them to play the game.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
That is not how disks that don’t have data on them have worked in the past. The disk works as the game key, allowing you to install and play the game, even if there is no data on the disk.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I don’t think this is an overreaction. As a PC gamer, this completely ruins my plans for playing the game. I was planning to buy a used console and the physical edition of the game, so I could resell both when the game came out on PC. This is another entry into “you will own nothing and be happy.”
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 1 week ago:
Yeah, I’m definitely in the same boat. Would I love a Steam Machine? Sure. For $1050 can I continue plugging the HDMI from my desktop into the TV? Also very much yes.
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 1 week ago:
I’m also glad I got the first Gen SteamDeck for launch pricing but it’s in just about zero ways the same as a Steam Machine, unless you just mean they’re both PCs running SteamOS, as that’s about all they have in common.
- Comment on Japanese card shop management sim "You’re a Scalper, Aren’t you?" lets you interrogate suspected scalpers and choose between profits and moral integrity 4 weeks ago:
I’ve never understood TCGs when games that don’t rely on gambling exist and are really fun.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 month ago:
As much as I love those, I feel like that’s an incredibly hot take lol.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 month ago:
In 2013 when it realeased it was amazing, and even now it barely feels dated.
- Comment on PlayStation boss says single-player games won’t come to PC going forward | VGC 1 month ago:
Yeah. I’m just so beyond good without playing games that are locked to console. I kinda thought we were over this tbh, it’s unfortunate that Sony is moving backwards.
I will say that I’m making an exception for GTA6 because, well, it’s GTA, and I’ll be able to sell the phycial copy and console when it releases on PC, it shouldn’t cost too much extra to be able to play at launch.
- Comment on Hands On with the Anbernic RG Rotate: Weird, Unique, and Instantly my Favorite 1 month ago:
Am I missing something, or did you not include a photo of it fully open? A gif of it opening/closing would also be neat to see the mechanism. What a weird device.
- Comment on Hands On with the Anbernic RG Rotate: Weird, Unique, and Instantly my Favorite 1 month ago:
Wasn’t the Gameboy screen pretty square?
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access 1 month ago:
Very few people. It’s included with the ultimate edition.
- Comment on Driving game poll 2 months ago:
It would be pointless and boring to me. I bore of BeamNG rather quickly, as there aren’t things to do, and it has some of the best physics in the industry.
There isn’t a game exactly like you’re describing, but I get the same vibes from various other games, depending what I’m feeling like.
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FH series for all the real cars, good arcade physics.
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BeamNG for sandbox, tuning, and (of course) wrecking cars.
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ATS/ETS2 for cruising
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This is nice as the truck/trailer provides an added challenge, as compared to cruising in a car.
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I’ll also mention that ATS is planning a DLC for just driving cars.
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Those are all games that have a strong focus on just driving around in beautiful sceneries with varying levels of minimal objectives. I don’t think any studio would be able to have as many cars as Forza, the physics of BeamNG, or the map size/quality of ATS/ETS2. Not that I’d hate to be proved wrong, but it would definitely not be an easy or cheap game to create.
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- Comment on Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is the series' best yet 2 months ago:
I 100% agree, and wish they’d invest some more resources into making the dialogue passable. I could be wrong, but it seems to have only gotten worse with each new game. Hopefully (though I’m not holding my breath) FH6 can break that trend…
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is the series' best yet 2 months ago:
I’m not saying the dialogue is good, but I don’t think sensitivity filters or whatever are the issue, it’s just bad writing, and it doesn’t seem to be a priority to spend time creating a compelling story.
- Comment on Is Flappy Bird a good game? 3 months ago:
I didn’t love it, but I did get super into and really good at the piano tiles games.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 3 months ago:
You make a good point in the second half of your comment, but I’m not sure why you had to call me an idiot first. I don’t watch short form content where AI is apparently rampant, and I haven’t ever intentionally seeked it out elsewhere. As far as people being fried by AI goes, I’ve gotta be near the lower end of the spectrum.
My take isn’t even gung-ho on the feature, and I only commented on a single screenshot.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 3 months ago:
I’m not sure I’d go as far as saying it’s a good use of AI. Also, I’d you’d read the article (or even just the comments) you’d know that this required 2 5090s. Your 4090 is not going to cut it.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 3 months ago:
That’s a really good point. I’m not even sure what the game is, I had assumed it was something old based on the before image, which would be a sensical use case for this imo.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 3 months ago:
Reading through the comments, this is definitely an unpopular opinion, but while I don’t love it, it does look more “realistic” to me, even if it should look more like the source material.
- Comment on Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value 3 months ago:
It is kinda nuts that Epic isn’t as good as Steam still. More competition is more gooder, but Epic isn’t really competing. Of course, I’d also rather the competition not be such a terrible company. I’d love to see more from GOG, I do remember reading that GOG might be coming to Linux natively, which would be awesome.
- Comment on Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them? 3 months ago:
They can be helpful when you enjoy playing a game but run out of stuff to do. I hunt for them in Mini Motorways, Forza Horizon, and a few other games. Most games I ignore them completely though.