LostWanderer
@LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 16 hours ago:
GenAI is the line in the sand for me, as that is merely a step towards pushing creatives out of creative fields. While Krafton C-Suite executives may say they get their data directly from preexisting data from devs; I’m not particularly trusting of those who implement GenAI in their games.
I’m going to focus on Paralives and Vivaland as those seem more interesting in my opinion.
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 19 hours ago:
I lost hope for that game because they use GenAI to power to create a character, clothing, furniture color/pattern customization. I won’t play a game that utilizes GenAI, as base requirements are increased, GenAI is a security hazard, and it has a damaging effect on the environment. The fact that InZOI requires a constant internet connection as well due to the game’s reliance on GenAI.
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 1 day ago:
It would’ve been interesting, given that Rod Humble wanted to create a fully fleshed out base game…The DLC for Life By You likely would’ve been merely outfits, additional hairs made post launch, and possibly furniture/architecture style sets that could be priced at a reasonable rate. Meaning more players would’ve bought it and those funds would be reinvested in the game for more work to be done! The mod support would’ve been nice for those that want it; I often don’t care for mods (Prepare Carefully, for Rimworld is one of the few that I adore). This situation is truly vexing because the Life Sim scene needs a well funded direct competitor to The Sims that isn’t afraid to make a coherent and interesting Simulation game; one that is built with an engine that actual works and in-depth gameplay! The loss of Life By You will irk me for years to come.
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 1 day ago:
Honestly, I kind of miss the idea of what “Life By You” could’ve been, as it had the game designer for The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 behind it. That game could’ve been a return to form and an actual threat to EA’s watered down and extremely pricey Sims Slop. If only the team Rod Humble had assembled were able to gel their concept into a reality, with Paradox’s backing, could’ve created something magical. Alas, it was not to be…I still imagine the potential for player driven storytelling that Life By You was offering!
- Comment on PS5 price to rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand 4 days ago:
ROFL That’s a stupid choice, but Sony is free to make it. I hope they don’t sell any units at an increased price!
- Comment on PirateSoftware's Take On $80 Games 1 week ago:
I agree with his points about the $80 dollar games not being a sustainable price point, especially in places like Australia or Brazil which suffer from higher game prices! This is a stupid move on the part of Nintendo…It’s made me rethink buying their Switch 2 as a result. I will wait and see if they have a moment of clarity which derails this bad decision. If they don’t, I hope the market slaps them in the face and buys games that are reasonably priced!
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
I’m sticking with Linux due to the bullshit that Microsoft is constantly pulling. Currently, my PC is running Fedora 41, and I love it quite a bit; currently I can’t imagine a future where I return to Windows 11. Proton Compatibility Layer makes gaming on any distro fairly easy!
- Comment on Generative AI Game about People Using AI to Solve Crime that Isn't a Cautionary Tale 4 weeks ago:
ROFL Irony is lost on some, so this is not at all surprising.
- Comment on What does a week of groceries look like to you? 5 weeks ago:
I usually pick up enough stuff to last me a week or even two; mostly frozen pizzas, ingredients for curry, sweets, snacks, pantry staples like pasta sauce and pasta. Caffeinated beverages like soda or energy drinks are typically on my list too. I also get toiletries, cleaning supplies, and toilet paper every few weeks.
- Comment on I love the future. 1 month ago:
Ah, the USA is so fucking doomed unless as a people we push these facists and grifters out of office.
- Comment on people who drink, how long do your hangovers last? 2 months ago:
I personally don’t get hangovers because I moderate my alcohol intake…Chasing with small sips of water or nonalcoholic drinks, I only remember feeling really fuzzy after a night of bad choices as a younger man. It lasted hours, but was more like a temporary brain fog and not very difficult to overcome.
- Comment on Could Mass Effect 5 be a live-service title? 2 months ago:
If EA chooses the stupid route and BioWare doesn’t fight back…Yep, it could be and it would be a DOA game. Given that EA C-Suites don’t have more than 3 shared brain cells between them; they’ll fail to notice that Sony axed their live service game ambitions. They’ll pretend to not see the other struggling live service game companies, and think that Mass Effect as a franchise will have the drive behind it to win. It won’t give that Andromeda was such a flop which didn’t excite a lot of Mass Effect fans.
This is a game that cannot fail (lest the Mass Effect franchise fall into ruin), but will if too many bad decisions are made in the development process.
- Comment on The new Hulu Subscriber agreement just dropped - Don't like ads too bad. 2 months ago:
LMAO I’m glad I stopped using Hulu’s service as they are a corpo dumpster fire; streaming was always doomed to become shitty because corporations can’t help but screw up good things. They intentionally waited for the shift in Administration to be as bullshit as possible.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Hopefully your younger brother learns that being a red flag guy isn’t a good thing; It’s going to be a hard lesson, but one that is absolutely important. Trust, honestly, healthy boundaries, and respect are the cornerstones for successful relationships. You can only be an in-demand guy for so long before this type of relationship behavior will push more people away than it attracts. I’m glad that you’re trying to nudge him in the right direction, though.
- Comment on The Sims & The Sims 2 Legacy Collections - Official Reveal Trailer 2 months ago:
As long as we consistently don’t buy their intentionally compromised products…It’s been shown that companies will relent. Like Sony did recently with their PSN requirements for certain games, as the hostile feedback was hurting sales. I will continue to heckle those big corps myself, until they kowtow! It’s a boss battle, but they only have so much HP, Chip Damage is a successful strategy.
- Comment on The Sims & The Sims 2 Legacy Collections - Official Reveal Trailer 2 months ago:
You’re fine, I was just stating my own opinion. As it’s true, if I didn’t have such an intolerance to certain barriers to entry…I could get this game to work easily. As weirdly enough, I will spend more than 10 minutes looking for obscure repositories to add to my distro to make something work (like Vintage Story, I needed an older Fedora 39 repo of .NET 7 to make the game run) even if a Flatpak exists. ROFL
I’m just a silly sausage, I took zero offense…If anything, my initial comment was too speedy and needed more consideration before posting it!
- Comment on The Sims & The Sims 2 Legacy Collections - Official Reveal Trailer 2 months ago:
Of course, EA would release something the community wanted with great desperation but taint it in the worst way possible at the same time. This is likely unplayable on Linux, given their pestilent EA App is required for validation. I’ve never been excited and then so disgusted, all within the space of 5 seconds.
- Comment on Warner Bros. President stepping down following poor financial results 2 months ago:
David Zaslav is truly the problem in this situation! I agree they should’ve forced him out instead, as Zaslav’s foolish chasing of trends got Warner the outcome they deserved.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Yeah, your nation isn’t giving giving you a choice in this case. Ultimately, circumventing the ban is the right move as a form of protest.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Hmm, this is a shame, but Saudi Arabia will always be against anything progressive. This game will get my dollars, so I better play the first one! Thankfully, Piracy comes in to save the day, but it would feel terrible to pirate a Warhorse game.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Nah, not enough! I need to know how good the story is, how well combat and stealth works in this game, how well they brought an older version of Japan to life, and performance and bugs. An image can look cool, but the product could be trash, this game has potential to be good like Odyssey was (beautiful but a grindy game).
- Comment on How to wake up during nightmares? 3 months ago:
You’re welcome! Stress, I find, is often the biggest contributing factor to nightmares as the mind is trying to deal with it. Sleep is often the time feelings and experiences are processed. Stress is like a shotgun blast to that processing, that overflow of feeling seems to lead to nightmares more often. When your situation changes, that pre-sleep period will be vital to managing future dreaming, it also allows one to begin to settle in a mental state suitable for Lucid Dreaming. I certainly hope this will help you sleep easier!
- Comment on How to wake up during nightmares? 3 months ago:
The practice of Lucid Dreaming has allowed me to redirect nightmares successfully in most cases, there were only few instances that I could not wake up or change the nightmare’s nature. Lucid Dreaming does take practice, though, but thankfully there are a lot of books on the subject. You’ll be able to sift through the many to find the one which you vibe with the most, as the method is very individual in nature.
Secondly, at least two or three hours before bed, I make sure to only read or watch videos that are lighthearted in nature because horror or grim content can affect the dreams or nightmares you’d face during sleep. Let go of any stress or dark thoughts before going to sleep also helps, I find exorcising these thoughts with writing them down helps the most. It allows reason to smooth these thoughts and feelings over, giving them less power to shape a dreamer’s experience!
- Comment on Did Apple kill iTunes for windows? 3 months ago:
They did kill iTunes as it was too old and the work to modernize it would be too much. However, the functions of iTunes live on in several apps: Apple Music, Apple Devices, and iCloud for Windows. You will just have to grab the apps you need from the Windows Store. Such a fuss was made about this, I’m surprised you didn’t know! The Apple Support updated their page to let people know too.
- Comment on Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs 3 months ago:
I got excited until I found out this was a multiplayer title. This is a great team making a game that I couldn’t possibly care about, makes me sad to say their effort is dead to me.
- Comment on What do people (as in, IRL) actually think of the [alleged] perpetrator involved in the NYC shooting? 4 months ago:
Yep, that’s why killings of this nature might rise…As our justice system favors these rich fuckers, and won’t raise a finger unless it’s truly horrible. I didn’t even know about the Sackler family myself, for good reason, as this family like to keep a low profile whenever possible!
- Comment on What do people (as in, IRL) actually think of the [alleged] perpetrator involved in the NYC shooting? 4 months ago:
The few people I’ve talked to about the matter don’t care about the CEO being murdered as his decision were so ruthless and harmed many. A coworker mentioned it would’ve been better if that CEO was put on trial for his bullshit as so many were being fucked over by callous capitalist choices. That this man needed to be made an example of so those fat cats would be worried as fuck.
I’m also not sad that scumbag is dead; I’m sad that circumstances pushed the accused to the edge that an assassination of a CEO was the right answer. The system is so fucked, this should be an alarm bell ringing event. Knowing the good old USA, it will be swept under the rug until a real violent uprising happens.
- Comment on PlayStation Uses Safety Concerns To Defend Steam PSN Account Requirements 5 months ago:
ROFL They’ve gotten breached so many times and drained of data, it’s cute that they are trying to gaslight consumers into believing this bullshit! It’s all about looking popular and inflating their free accounts, so those freeloaders can become payers at some point in time. Steam is far more secure than Sony, I would prefer that they’d just give up with trying to strong-arm PC gamers into signing up for their PSN Slop.
- Comment on Ubisoft launches NFT game with figures costing up to $63K 5 months ago:
That was a delayed grift release, no wonder they stealth launched it (given it would’ve tarnished them even more). I hope they get a lot of shit for this scammy ‘game’.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 5 months ago:
As a casual user of Linux (no strong inclination or skill in coding), I tend to veer towards distros that minimize the Terminal usage in favor of graphical user interfaces for accomplishing most changes. Modern Linux is a lot friendlier in terms of installing Software from a distro store and graphic drivers via a graphical interface. You won’t ever fully be able to eliminate the terminal usage, as it’s inevitable for certain tasks like adding PPAs on Ubuntu for example. It was honestly word salad for me during my first foray into the Linux world; but now I have a basic understanding of the Linux kernel and how it functions on a very surface level. I know enough to string commands together and understand the reason why it’s necessary to do things in a certain order.
I’m not sure if you’d have a good time with Linux, I’m hesitant to tell you to take the plunge because you will have to faff around with the terminal and use commands at times to accomplish certain things. That requires both focus and patience, which is not something which is naturally difficult for those with ADHD (unless a hyperfixation is quite strong). I’d give it a think for a while, ultimately you might be better sticking with the current OS that you’re using.