Brewchin
@Brewchin@lemmy.world
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 1 day ago:
And a cracking game it was, fellow silver surf–oh god, we really are old!
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 2 weeks ago:
It probably does, and I doubt the difference is anything to do with you. (Beyond not sticking your head above the KPI parapet, etc).
The last place I was laid off from was notorious for a LIFO/stack policy whenever heads needed to roll. The one before that looked purely at the highest earners. And the one before that did whatever the nice vulture capitalists told them to do… or else.
None of them looked at how much you made (or retained) for the company, customer and colleague satisfaction, impact on teams or projects. Just “thought leaders” looking at spreadsheets while telling everyone that they know what they’re doing. And for the IC it’s indistinguishable from Russian roulette.
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 2 weeks ago:
You make good points about them being contractors and the CV aspects. I’d not thought of that.
But it’s not just in gaming. It’s all of the tech space, or at least those run by American companies, and applies to full time staff. The last decade or so of my tech career is a mirror image of it.
Though it’s hard to tell if it’s layoff FOMO, AI changes, or AI being used as an excuse. Something’s changed in recent years.
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 2 weeks ago:
Classic modern tech company formula. If any records or targets are broken, mass layoffs must happen.
I think MBA schools have forgotten the golden rule of economics: you get what you incentivise for. Guaranteed unemployment isn’t it.
- Comment on GoldenEye 007: The Accidental Masterpiece Trapped in Licensing Limbo 3 weeks ago:
This was a great read. Thanks for sharing. I bought my N64 specifically for this game at the time, and it didn’t disappoint. 😊
Sadly, not having touched Nintendo products since their ClockWatch LCD handhelds years earlier, I struggled to find any other games I really liked on the N64. 🤷♂️ There were a couple, but it was all just filler to me.
- Comment on Sony plans to minimize effect of rising PlayStation 5 memory costs by boosting software and network service revenue, according to CFO 5 weeks ago:
…by monetising the user base…
I assume PlayStation users have higher prices for games and subscription services to look forward to. Probably even “ad-supported” tiers, if they don’t already have them.
- Comment on How Are You Guys Handling This? 2 months ago:
Maybe $100/year? I prefer games without a “box price”, though I do make exceptions.
Most are free-to-play that specifically aren’t pay-to-win, and play them for years. I’ll also consider paying for DLC and/or “battle pass” systems in them if the content and bang-for-buck is worth it to me.
- Comment on How Are You Guys Handling This? 2 months ago:
Hence me mentioning the price. When does it stop being worth it? You were clearly happy with $120/year, but everyone has their own threshold.
- Comment on World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles 2 months ago:
What I see: “You can verify this image if you install our app.” Garbage post.
- Comment on How Are You Guys Handling This? 2 months ago:
Game Pass sounds great, but the average game play time is ~2 weeks. You’re paying $240–480/year to skim the surface of multiple games.
That’s a lot for what is essentially a demo experience. There are better ways to approach gaming.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 months ago:
I never pre-order nor pay for early access. Examples are plenty, but a couple that spring to mind are New World and Ashes of Creation. (Even excluding the infinite early access of PUBG, and whatever the hell Star Citizen is).
For the former, their “beta test” was “yeah, it runs: ship it” and ZERO feedback was noted or actioned. The release day was The Single Worst game release I’ve ever seen, and 4 years later when Amazon decided to kill it, ALL of the beta bugs were still there. To be fair, it was a “pay once” game. With MTX, of course.
For the latter, people started by paying $300+ for “alpha access” and more recently $100 for the same thing. And it’s clearly 2-4 years away from being remotely ready for release. Those people are paying to do QA. And it will be pay-per-month on release, as if it was 2010.
If your FOMO overrides your other faculties, and you’re willing to put up with all of that, then fine. You do you. 👍🏻
Me? I’m done playing these financial games with video games. Until a game is released/GA, it’s vapourware and non-existent. But again: you do you.
- Comment on Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits 4 months ago:
But using mandatory facial recognition for that? I think that is way too far.
I agree. As I’ve said from the beginning.
- Comment on Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits 4 months ago:
I don’t know if I would call mandatory facial recognition for children online “the right thing.”
I don’t think so either, which is why I didn’t say it. You skipped my final paragraph.
By “right thing”, I was referring to doing anything, which appears to be more than they’ve tried so far.
The parental responsibility argument was probably valid when there was 1-2 standard computers in a home and getting online was a Whole Thing in itself. Now we have supercomputers in our pockets that are permanently online. It’s a whole lot harder than a simple “parents should take responsibility” one-liner.
I’m not saying they bear no responsibility, but to hand wave that as the answer is not an answer.
Also: Thinking of myself at that age, though public internet didn’t exist until I was almost an adult, I know I’d have found ways around things. A digital equivalent to slipping out of your window to see friends or hiding your Brussels sprouts in a pocket.
The technical education required to correctly protect, monitor and configure the necessary hardware and software is unreasonable for the vast majority of people.
Though you could probably find a kid who’ll happily show you how to do it all…
- Comment on Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits 4 months ago:
This. Imagine being a company who suddenly has to do the right thing simply because they can’t afford the “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” approach any more.
Litigation may be an awful substitute for regulation, but at least its having some positive effect here.
Shame about the way they’re doing it, though. It’s a wet dream for politicians and activists in favour of age verification, and for the hackers who’ll inevitability get their hands on all of it.
- Comment on I love fucking pasta 4 months ago:
You know this is the internet right? Nothing is beyond the realms of possibility if money is involved. Did Jackass teach us nothing?
- Comment on I love fucking pasta 4 months ago:
Is this “if PornHub monetised and incentivised content creators like YouTube does”?
Also: The pasta - cooked or raw? 🤡
- Comment on What’s wrong, babe? You barely touched your Spaghetacos 5 months ago:
Genuinely amazed one (in particular) of my university housemates didn’t come up with this abomination.
He’d be devastated to see this… 😅
- Comment on suspicion 6 months ago:
This is the most cooker meme I’ve seen (to date) on Lemmy…
- Comment on Sony Q1 2026 Earnings Call; "...in gaming business and moving away from a hardware-centric business to more to the community- based engagement business..." 7 months ago:
Are you linking “everything is an Xbox” with growing their platform? Are you new at internet arguments?
- Comment on Sony Q1 2026 Earnings Call; "...in gaming business and moving away from a hardware-centric business to more to the community- based engagement business..." 7 months ago:
I mean, it sounds like they’re copying Microsoft’s “everything is an Xbox” lunacy, but its unclear if that’s reality based on what I read there.
But I’d not be surprised if the “Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man” meme applies to this, given how focussed the VP of each company’s console division is on their main competitor.
But who knows… Perhaps not even them? 🤷♂️
- Comment on There's still no sign of Star Citizen 1.0, but it did just get a revamped referral program so the die-hards can tempt in even more saps 8 months ago:
If it eventually gets outed as being Ponzi scheme, I’ll not be remotely surprised.
- Comment on Game media preservation, where? 9 months ago:
GOG does preservation. That and Archive.org are the ones I use.
- Comment on Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 11 months ago:
Perhaps, but we’re now in an age where IPO announcements, CEO changes and even new features inevitably lead to enshittification. There is no harm in having a backup plan.
I’d even say that anyone who doesn’t have a plan B is an idiot, given recent history.
- Comment on Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 11 months ago:
Not currently a Revolt user, but this would be a requirement for me to consider switching, too.
It looks like its API supports webhooks, so should be relatively straightforward to enable it (or perhaps through a third party, like Zapier)?
- Comment on What's up with lemmit.online? 1 year ago:
"I don’t like it…
- “…so it should be banned” (for everyone) is never the right approach.
- “…so I blocked it” (for me) is.
It’s a simple heuristic that works in almost every situation.
You don’t know what value something you don’t like provides to others.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 1 year ago:
Your original question was answered by numerous people in the spirit of the community, so you have got best answers it can provide at the moment, but your follow-up comments suggest that you don’t think so.
But I may have misjudged your intent, as looking further I can see you’ve been replying to comments individually. My initial impression was that you were masquerading statements as questions. If I have that wrong, then my apologies.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 1 year ago:
Yes, but what’s your point here? “Oh no, someone preserve us from… *checks notes* a group of subject matter experts!”?
If that annoys you for some reason, you’d best not learn how the overwhelming majority of products and services see the light of day. Rage aplenty awaits.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 1 year ago:
Have you seen the list of safety features on UK plugs and sockets? The sockets have shutters in them that prevents anything being inserted into the live or neutral sockets unless the (longer) earth pin of a matching plug is inserted first.
Having said that, I agree: seems to be a belt-and-braces approach. No downsides.
And it allows you to cut power to an appliance without having to remove the plug.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 1 year ago:
Safety and convenience versus the cost of including them, I expect.
The Wikipedia page for BS 1363 says they’re optional and weren’t added to the standard until 1967. I can’t recall having seen a domestic socket without one.
But it seems the only legal way to read the actual standard is to pay for it, and even the HSE website isn’t much help.
- Comment on Why do many lame or incorrect comments get so much more attention than some witty or funny ones? 1 year ago:
It’s a pretty common and wildly successful marketing strategy to put something on social media with one or more intentional errors to force everyone’s inner Reply Guy to fight the urge to do the thing.
But it also works with unintentional errors. My less well-thought-out replies attract responses like flies. 😄
Whether it indicates the success of your thesis or not depends on how you measure it, I suppose.