Regrettable_incident
@Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
- Comment on PS5 may get more price increases in the US, analyst warns 1 day ago:
It’s cute that people still think voting will help.
- Comment on Anon hires a goth chick 2 days ago:
Yeah I’ve been single a few years now and my life is much easier and more streamlined. I don’t miss sex and have plenty of friends. We’re kind of all expected to partner up and have kids and stuff but I just no longer want that.
- Comment on Anon hires a goth chick 2 days ago:
Some people find sex less important than others and prefer to focus their energy on other aspects of their lives.
- Comment on Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow 1 week ago:
I’m my day that wasn’t far from the truth. We don’t need quality games machines but they’re a very nice luxury.
- Comment on A Fistful Of Yankees, an RTS x tactics hybrid with base building, with a spaghetti western setting, released on steam. 1 week ago:
IMO the score for the good the bad and the ugly is one of the all time classics and Ecstasy of Gold is incredible.
- Comment on Caves of Qud wins the Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work 1 week ago:
Yeah I feel the same way. I grew up with 8 bit graphics and every time I pick up my steam deck I’m amazed at how things look today, how far we’ve come. I have no desire to go back to the way things were. I know this means I may miss out on some cool experiences, but there’s so much other stuff to play and so little time. It’s great that people enjoy the retro look but it’s not for me.
- Comment on Anon is Bri’ish 1 week ago:
Yeah I think a lot of people don’t realise how significant these changes are going to be. It’s a big increment of the surveillance state. The fuckin Labour party are making a big lurch to the right, the Palestine Action thing is another sign of the times.
- Comment on 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' 2 weeks ago:
Yeah Judas looks interesting.
- Comment on Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth 2 weeks ago:
It’s not a serious income. Why penalise the ppl at the bottom?
- Comment on Day 381 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
Hey mate I’m enjoying your posts and I’m happy to see you’re playing prey - because I am too. I’m old, only started playing games again after a twenty year gap when I got a steam deck last year, and I’m pretty crap at them all!
So help me out here - how the fuck do I deal with phantoms?
- Comment on Payment Processors Are Pressuring Major Gaming Vendors to Pull LGBTQ+ and NSFW Titles 4 weeks ago:
No violence!
- Comment on Reddit bought a giant ad in Paris, urging young french people to create an account 1 month ago:
Mine was for a direct quote from trump.
Fair enough, really.
- Comment on Reddit bought a giant ad in Paris, urging young french people to create an account 1 month ago:
Why don’t they just fire up some more bots?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You gotta eat their ass first, that was where you went wrong. Get that tongue in there and clean up before the fucking ensues.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yeah, I lived like this for maybe thirty years, in between being a junkie. Gave up pretty much all my indulgences the past couple of years because I’m just too old for that shit and the health debt is coming due. I still smoke weed and take the occasional valium. My addictions saw me through a lot of rough patches, and being mostly sober is hard work - but booze and drugs is not a great way to deal with your problems.
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 1 month ago:
Sticky communion wafer.
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 1 month ago:
It’s so the microphones can’t catch the stuff they’re praying to be forgiven for.
- Comment on I'm impressed by Rambo III for DOS 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure that was the year I was mostly playing Populous, on the Amiga IIRC, or maybe spectrum. I think my little brother may have had a copy of this though. There were some good games back then, the late 80s were when they really started to branch out into genres that we still see today.
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 1 month ago:
I kinda feel like I should finish the games that I start, but I often don’t. I don’t get a lot of screen time so if a game becomes hard work or I lose interest - I move on to something else. Feel a bit bad about leaving it unfinished tho.
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 1 month ago:
The RoboCop game is actually supposed to be quite good. I recently picked it up on sale, haven’t played it yet.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 1 month ago:
WTF did I just read? Fuckin weirdos. That is uncomfortable on so many levels. Poor kid. I remain traumatised from the time I had to remove all the malware from my dad’s computer. That was twenty years ago, he’s dead now, but I still carry the abominable image of him in his wheelchair, pulling his decrepit knob to Thai ladyboys, with the dogs lined up on the sofa watching. Ignorance is bliss. Ho hum, conservatives eh?
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 1 month ago:
Looks like I’m unaware of something horrible. . ?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
TBF they sometimes hide it from public view by putting it in the bin - trashcan in the US - on bin collection day. Genius.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #21 2 months ago:
Lol okay, I do try to listen to recommendations like that - I’ll put it on my list. It’s a pretty long list tho!
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #21 2 months ago:
So, i started gaming as a kid on the Sinclair spectrum. Though I had a Tandy trs80 before that and a zx81, iirc they both had 1k ram so weren’t really able to do much other than pong. The spectrum, though, had 48k, the BBC b had 32, and they could load and save files to a cassette tape. You could do so much more with them, and on the BBC at least you could code both basic and assembly. Anyway, I really enjoyed gaming on both of them - the graphics were either 8 bit ASCII or basic line drawing, but that didn’t detract from the enjoyment. And I didn’t know that a better visual experience would ever be possible, I was just delighted that games existed.
Later on, I got more into coding and later still into stuff that wasn’t computer related. I had a PS2 for a while but didn’t use it much. Fairly recently I picked up a steam deck and have started playing games again, I’ve got a few decades worth of stuff that I missed - played bioshock for the first time a few months ago! I’m entranced by how much the experience has broadened and deepened from those early platformers on the spectrum - it’s incredible progress.
But I don’t get a lot of screen time so I’m cherry picking - a lot of my wishlist comes from recommendations on here actually.
And yeah, I’ve noticed that some of those recommendations are for games with retro style graphics. I understand that it’s maybe easier for smaller developers - but developers can surely manage 2D without that blocky 8bit look, I think they choose not to and I think it’s a fashion choice. Same goes for sound. I guess if you live long enough, your childhood stuff really does become cool again.
I’ve not played any of the games you mentioned - maybe I’m missing out, but there’s plenty of stuff I find visually pleasing, I’m unlikely ever to run out.
Otherwise, though, I’m happy - albeit slightly perplexed - to see that the pixelated look is somewhat en vogue. Maybe it’ll help the games I so enjoyed as a kid to survive and even find new audiences. It’s just not my thing, not anymore. Personally, I enjoyed games like that when they were all that was available but now my eyes have been opened, I’ve seen the future, and have no desire to go back to my pixelated past!
- Comment on Remedy is in control | The Verge 2 months ago:
It’s been a while since I played deathloop but I seem to remember you can only save the game certain times, I think only when you’re in the tunnels and time has passed.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #21 2 months ago:
Yeah, I’d travelled to Asia, had a bunch of jobs, and left university by then. Time flies eh.
- Comment on MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say 2 months ago:
I mean, I’m sure these jobs exist, social media manipulation is neither new or difficult. They’re probably outsourced to India or somewhere though.
But it’s a bit of a pathetic excuse for bad managers to use to cover their failing. I think they should have some sort of evidence before they start squawking about it.
- Comment on Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” 2 months ago:
Yeah I’m playing cyberpunk for the first time and really enjoying it. i don’t know how much it innovates, but I’d say it was certainly a good game.
- Comment on EVE Frontier Goes Public Today with Founder Access: New Era 2 months ago:
Eve is older than star citizen isn’t it? I don’t play either but I think it’s fair to say eve had a twenty year headstart.