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- Comment on Stop Killing Games Initiative passes 700K milestone 1 week ago:
Yes, that’s what I was referring to; I didn’t mean you personally voting with your wallet, but in the broader sense. In my opinion there’s little chance of having success with this method in this field.
I’m not saying you’re wrong in basing your opinion on this, but I think the sample size is very small and not necessarily indicative of future results. I’m not saying the chances are sky-high either, but I think this is the best way forward, especially right now with the campaign having received a second wind.
If there are alternative roads to the same goal, I wouldn’t be against supporting those either. I believe this is the best we have right now, that’s why I’ve put it before friends, family etc. If you have a better idea, you should definitely do the same, but downplaying the potential of this campaign helps nobody but those in the games industry.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games Initiative passes 700K milestone 1 week ago:
The fact that it isn’t just a petition, and if successful will put the issue before EU lawmakers. I’m presenting the alternative as doing nothing because you talked about voting with your wallet, and that is essentially doing nothing.
The reason I see this as having a higher chance of success than a legal case is the monetary limitation inherent to the latter. As far as I know there isn’t a big track record of successful ECI’s, so I would assume your basing your opinions on regular petitions. Correct me if I’m wrong.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games Initiative passes 700K milestone 1 week ago:
Entirely discounting the fact that the EU has a track record of consumer friendly regulation. I agree, instead of doing what has the highest chance of success, let’s do nothing that could have an impact instead.
- Comment on The end of Stop Killing Games [Accursed Farms] 2 weeks ago:
If you’re specifically talking about The Crew, you’re missing the point. If you’re getting flippant, and mean online games in general, God forbid people take an interest in the health of their hobbies.
- Comment on Nintendo Is Already Punishing Switch 2 Users Over Piracy ‘Suspicions’ 2 weeks ago:
When I got banned from online play on the Switch for using homebrew I stopped paying them for games on the platform. A lot of people are former pirates, and they’ll only accept so much before they decide the grass was greener.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Announcement Trailer 4 weeks ago:
I don’t care about The Expanse, but I do care about Owlcat. I’ll have to keep an eye on this one.
- Comment on MindsEye - Official Launch Trailer | 2025 4 weeks ago:
A trailer having a sad girl cover of a song never inspires confidence in me.
- Comment on Steamdeck or.... 1 month ago:
Definitely, but as a counterpoint it’s also much more sensible ergonomically. The Switch makes my hands hurt, the Steam Deck doesn’t.
- Comment on Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy 1 month ago:
I’ve been pretty consistently buying Nintendo consoles, but I’m not buying this one. Not just because of this, but I challenge these assholes to brick the device I end up playing their games on.
- Comment on Silent Hill 2 (remake) now on GOG 2 months ago:
I presume they still haven’t fixed the traversal stutter…
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 2 months ago:
Very rarely would I be willing to spend 60 on a game. They’re not getting 80 out of me unless they blow me while I play.
- Comment on [Digital Foundry] Oblivion Remastered PC: Impressive Remastering, Dire Performance Problems 2 months ago:
I’m not blaming UE5, but I’m capable of pattern recognition. There’s a pattern of developers not fixing UE5 issues and releasing games with them still present. The fault lies with both game developers and UE developers.
- Comment on [Digital Foundry] Oblivion Remastered PC: Impressive Remastering, Dire Performance Problems 2 months ago:
If somebody didn’t realize it was almost certainly going to run poorly the second it was revealed to use UE5, I wouldn’t even know what to say to them.
- Comment on The Outer Worlds 2: 11 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay – IGN First 2 months ago:
No, it is boring.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
As long as you’re running KDE, it will feel familiar to a Windows user. I started with Kubuntu which was great until I had a system update, and it completely shat itself. Wanted to try Bazzite next, but the installer wouldn’t work properly, so I installed OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and I’ve seen no reason to switch since.
- Comment on Junk Store: BIG update on what is next 3 months ago:
I use the Decky plugin, and paid for GOG support, but they have their work cut out for them in convincing me to pay for this. Running Heroic isn’t that much of a hassle.
- Comment on Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don't need because of all of those mods you've got installed 3 months ago:
Journalists in general have lost an unbelievable amount of credibility, and games bloggers are the bottom of the barrel.
- Comment on The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th 3 months ago:
I got excited for a second until I realized it’s a remaster. Yeah, I don’t really care at that point.
- Comment on Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot? 5 months ago:
Can’t say that I’ve ever had this issue. Usually mod authors will tell you where to install them, or package the files in a folder structure such that there is no thinking involved.
- Comment on Reviewers giving high scores to poorly optimised games really grinds my gears 5 months ago:
You just aren’t perceiving the issues that are there. SH2 stutters. That’s a fact.
- Comment on Dragon Age: The Veilguard appears to receive its final update 5 months ago:
Until they reach a threshold of consecutive disappointing results, and EA lays off the entire studio.
- Comment on Corinne Busche, director of Dragon Ave: The Veilguard, departs BioWare 5 months ago:
Bioware has been speaking the drain for years, and it’s clear the people who made it special have long since left. If I worked there, I would have already been looking for employment elsewhere because this isn’t going to last.
- Comment on Please suggest budget controllers for kaizo mario.. 6 months ago:
A decent example of a bad d-pad would be the Switch Pro Controller. Unless they’ve fixed it in a later revision, the controller has an issue with outputting diagonals when they aren’t intended.
- Comment on The Witcher 4 Recasts Ciri 6 months ago:
Ciri being a witcher is already going outside of existing lore, and it seems very unnecessary; she’s powerful enough in her own right, and shouldn’t need to be swapped 1:1 for Geralt.
- Comment on Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale? 7 months ago:
FF7 Remake. I tried a “demo” and have been waiting for a sale. It’s still more than I’d like to spend on the game, but I want to go back and continue my saved game.
- Comment on Sony reportedly prepping PlayStation 5 portable, plans to battle Nintendo's handheld dominance 7 months ago:
It’s an ongoing process.
- Comment on Veilguard Isn’t the First Dragon Age Game to Face ‘Woke’ Criticism 8 months ago:
There usually aren’t many complaints of something being woke if the product is actually good. I think the main takeaway is that nobody wants to be lectured, and told they are wrong for having a different opinion, and amateurish writing can easily come across as preachy or bring a self-insert.
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 8 months ago:
Sid Meier’s Pirates! There are so few actually good pirate games.
- Comment on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Disbanded After Critically Lauded Platformer Fails to Meet Expectations - Report 8 months ago:
True, but even through Steam, you’re still dealing with Ubi’s launcher and Denuvo, so it’s just adding another layer on top.