Telorand

@Telorand@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. It’ll be a 3-day workweek, and you’ll only get paid for three days of work. They’re not gonna give us the same wages for less work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which handheld should I get?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And there’s the whole issue with a certain buffoon who doesn’t understand how tariffs work and is currently trying to speedrun an economic collapse, so who knows if the hardware components will be available in three years.

  However, unless there’s a significant change in games that makes the current Gen unable to play games, I think it’s likely going to be a great device in three years time. I know that I have no plans to upgrade mine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, nothing is stopping a whale from contacting Hello Games to get a bespoke spaceship… 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No Man’s Sky has almost every feature that Star Citizen will have/has:

  • Frigates
  • Walkable ships (via the new corvettes)
  • Space stations
  • Food/cooking
  • Quests and lore
  • Planet exploration
  • Ship to ship dogfights

  Like, by the time SC releases, the game’s features will have been done by multiple companies. I expect people actually buying the game, if it’s ever released, will do so for the memes and not because the game has anything innovative to add to gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which handheld should I get?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam Deck 2 is very likely a long way away; they’ve said they won’t be doing minor upgrades—only major ones, and the current models still play most modern games just fine without issue. There’s no reason to wait on a Steam Deck if it’s within your budget.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which handheld should I get?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can absolutely play a Steam Deck on the couch. It’s effectively the same sort of device as a Switch, just without all the Nintendo nonsense of knowing that you’re supporting a company that specializes in squashing industry innovation through litigation.

  You can even buy a dock that uses the USBC port as an HDMI output, if you want to play on a bigger screen, and connect your favorite Bluetooth controller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have some standards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t know! I’m currently exploring the black, and that hasn’t changed much! I think it’s had some improvements, though, since Horizons. They maybe added a new ship…? Still one of the best space flight sims.

  On the other side of the coin, No Man’s Sky added walkable ship interiors to their new Corvette class ships, so they’ve basically added everything Star Citizen promised, just with more cartoonish graphics. Either are still great choices for scratching that space exploration itch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have some standards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to wonder if they’d be more interested if you’d said you fly a space ship with a HOTAS (as in Elite Dangerous).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August September 7th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Still playing through The Messenger. Excellent game that everyone should play.

  I don’t actually own Silksong just yet, so I just started a game called The Gunk. So far, kinda has that Savage Planet semi-realistic vibe to it, and the voice acting is really good. The beginning hooked me, so hopefully it has a satisfying ending when I get there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  After setting out what he said were findings showing that vaccines “created havoc” in the human body, Malhotra said he had been asked to share something by a doctor who he described as one of Britain’s most eminent oncologists.

  I want names. These dangerous goobers always play fast and loose with the word “expert,” and if he’s just going to point to a single doctor—without a name—I am just as justified to believe he’s hallucinated the entire thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE SILKSONG IS REALLLLLLLLLLL⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, yeah. Did people think it wasn’t? It was announced weeks ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The age of game mechanics is over’, claims Shadow of the Colossus director Ueda | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And REPO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, like what need is there for these intermediaries in the first place? I get that there was probably a need once upon a time, but that seems superfluous now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem isn’t that they’re private, the problem is that there’s not many to choose from. Visa gets to throw their weight around, because they have a stranglehold on a huge swath of banks and businesses. MasterCard has another big chunk, and the rest go to AmEx and Discover.

  If there were more providers to choose from, this would be a non-issue, but that wouldn’t be very capitalist (/s), and I doubt the big names would simply allow new competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨72% of Americans Say the Rich 'Have Too Much' as GOP Pursues Another Handout for Billionaires⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  72% don’t like it, but about half of all voters think voting for the billionaires is the solution, so some fraction of that 72% is 100% idiots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at all those people I fired! Aren’t I awesome‽

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo posts video showing Switch 2 mouse controls working on the Home screen [VGC]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the cut of your jib.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So the Switch is essentially for rent. You can play it, as long as Nintendo decides you’re in its good graces.

  You don’t own something to which somebody else has the master off-switch. And with their continued abuse of their own fans and other game developers through the courts, it’s a testament to FOMO and fandom that they are still in business.

  Vote with your wallets, y’all. This kind of behavior only makes you the loser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo posts video showing Switch 2 mouse controls working on the Home screen [VGC]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re also currently working on new ways to litigate Palworld and it’s devs into oblivion, so fuck Nintendo and their anti-gamer attitude.

  Vote with your wallet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit [VGC]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. Stop buying their shit due to FOMO, and make them work for your money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨need advice, how to get good at monster hunter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not the person you asked, and I’m speaking from World experience, but my favorite weapon is the Gunlance. A good mix of defense, slashing, and concussion, so you can break pretty much whatever you want. All around fun, since it felt like I could really push the monsters, rather than feeling like I was constantly on defense.

  Sword and Shield was also really fun. Good combos and a decent all-rounder. I also enjoyed Bow.

  Try out several on the same monster (one whose moveset you’ve memorized), and see what feels nicest. I actually played all weapons, because certain monsters were easier to fight with particular weapons.

  Lastly, find YouTube videos that explain how to use the weapons and suggest common or useful combos. Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me want cookie⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Duh. He literally lives in the void below the scene. He would have to have eyes like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God is a dick.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget the part where it’s constantly expanding. So it’s 96B ly so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Real auditors who are doing their jobs don’t need to hide their tracks. They can operate transparently and in the open. And here we have DOGE; the foxes are in the henhouse.

  I wonder how all those blue collar IBEW and P&P members are feeling these days. Gotta be loving the idea of a fascist with zero oversight secretly taking their personal info for who knows what nefarious purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we boycott games with loot boxes?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a blast! The devs listen to and are involved in the community, you can go back and play earlier season content at your discretion, and all the paid content is optional cosmetics that exist primarily as an additional revenue stream for the devs, so no pay to win or praying to RNGesus to get that one ultra rare drop everyone needs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we boycott games with loot boxes?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are boycotts really the best solution to stop this epidemic in gaming?

  Yes, but not if you don’t convince others to join you.

  How can we best prevent these gambling grey markets and the gaming to gambling addiction pipeline?

  Educate people on the dangers. Show them why it’s gambling, because there’s a lot of apologetics out there to trick people into thinking it’s not. Point out the same slot-machine-tactics they use to get people hooked.

  And then convince them to boycott. The CEOs that put this shit in games know how to read sales numbers, and if sales start dropping (or player counts), they’ll soon figure out that it’s because of their lootbox/gacha systems.

  Lastly, give people alternatives. I usually point people to Deep Rock Galactic, but there may be others that are better suited to people’s tastes. “Just leave” isn’t really effective if they don’t know where to go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 6th⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I started Remember Me, but the camera is complete ass. I played it at 240Hz, but it bounced around so much, I got motion sickness.

  I’m going to give it another try with a controller and at 60Hz, but if it’s still sickness-inducing, I’ma have to drop it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s called Survivorship Bias, and it’s a fallacy! I would expect nothing less than irrationality from a billionaire that got lucky and thinks his hard work in particular was what got him where he is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook shut down in PNG in 'test' to stop 'pornography, misinformation'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, aren’t they lucky?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 24th⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just 100%'d MiSide. A really great horror experience without being overly gory or using a bunch of cheap jumpscares, and there’s some fun and silly elements, too.