Flamekebab

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: Kevin Smith opens the Pearly gates on plans for a 4K Steelbook version of Dogma⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that is rather interesting. I hadn't considered UV damage (mine live in a shelf with a cover that limits exposure - not intentionally, purely because it's a shelf I rescued from my childhood bedroom!).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: Kevin Smith opens the Pearly gates on plans for a 4K Steelbook version of Dogma⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough! I hoped there was something more to it. I used to have Bioshock in a steelbook but that was purely because it was what a game shop near me had available.
  I also don't get the appeal of hardback books so it's probably just me being weird.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: Kevin Smith opens the Pearly gates on plans for a 4K Steelbook version of Dogma⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As helpful as that is, I'm interested in collecting films on UHD. I just don't get the steelbook angle.
  If the answer is just a Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat" then fair enough. I was just hoping there was something more to it. Perhaps it has an interesting origin story or it's in reference to some historic packaging for a different format that didn't particularly take off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: Kevin Smith opens the Pearly gates on plans for a 4K Steelbook version of Dogma⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I've never really understood the whole "steelbook" thing. I want the disc. For all I care it could come in a cardboard CD case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prime Minister Farage? He’s serious about that – it’s time the country was too⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It'd be good if we could get something a bit more left than MOAR NEOLIBERALISM. I'm so done with neoliberal capitalism but it seems that large chunks of the populace still think it's the damn '80s and greed is good.

  A party that could seriously offer a decent future could do well. Redistribute some wealth and let's get this shit going. You know what happens when more money goes to the bottom of the pyramid? It goes straight back into the economy.

  I don't really get what the point of gargling billionaire balls is. Ruling over ashes doesn't seem like it'd be particularly fun and being able to be bought off with shiny things is frankly embarrassing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inspired by a friends current vacation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds about where I'm at. I'm happy to spend all day outside and I prefer to be barefoot in general. But I want a bit of floor for sleeping on. Far too many nights spent in perpetually soggy tents!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inspired by a friends current vacation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I detest camping. I've camped in a number of places and it has never been good. I don't care if it's the rolling Mongolian steppe greeting me in the morning, it's still horrible.

  I like floors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase; JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Won't someone think of the poor bankers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Is Waging War on the Future⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would say that's an apt description for all "conservative" political movements. The only future they're willing to entertain is one that attempts to emulate their idea of the past. It varies by degrees and focus points but ultimately it's an unwillingness to entertain the notion that change is inevitable. The lengths they're willing to take this concept depend on the people involved but ultimately it boils down to what, Peter Pan?

  Not the carefree Peter Pan we see in many adaptations but the capricious, arrogant child of the books. One unable to comprehend change and unable to understand consequences. The astounding selfishness and lack of empathy seems to be something these people wear as pride. It's as if they can appreciate the human appreciation for being understood - "that's so me!" without the metacognition to examine what they are beyond that.

  I hate being beholden to these overgrown children and their war against reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨List of Fan (OpenSource) Ports/Remakes of Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely it's a clone given that it clones the game mechanics?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion: Britain needs an alfresco dining revolution to bring life into its cold city centres⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Our towns and cities centres are dying because there's no realistic way for most businesses to bring in enough to make the numbers add up when factoring in premises. The costs are insane. Trying to get enough trade to cover that and wages is a non-starter for most businesses. Commercial premises have essentially priced themselves out of the market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Gamers Express Concern About Borderlands 4 Potentially Costing $80, Gearbox Chief Randy Pitchford Says: ‘If You’re a Real Fan, You’ll Find a Way to Make It Happen’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That creepy dude is still at Gearbox?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the UK’s ‘free speech’ government banned protest⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there anything we can do to push the needle back? I'm so sick of this authoritarian bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #16⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh, The Precinct looks rather fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Listen and⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Synecdoche, New York

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations | Massively Overpowered⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Star Citizen still exists? I started when I was in my twenties and now I'm pushing 40!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony considers further price rises, as it braces for £500m tariffs impact⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn't buy at the current price, raise it as much as you like.

  There's just not enough USPs to justify the cost to me, regardless of how shiny the graphics might be.

  I want to want it, but it's going to have to do a lot more than it currently is as a platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Reform UK Council Leader Calls Ukraine War 'A Distraction'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's needlessly letterboxed and there's a typo in the feckin' title, but here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqlYGuZGVM

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 - Rockstar Games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It'd be interesting to see a developer create a slightly prettier version of Vice City. I appreciate the visuals of the later GTA games but doing more with less seems like it'd make sense. The gap between these games is getting rather nuts.

  Then again, "forever" games seem to print money, and that's more important than creative expression. As I get older I have a greater appreciation for games that don't try to outstay their welcome. GTA V seemed to struggle with this - on the one hand it was huge, on the other the story seemed to be about half the length it telegraphed itself as. What's the point in being able to level up the stats of heist crew if there's not enough for it to matter, etc..

  (In my opinion, obviously) GTA IV was too long, San Andreas was a sprawling mess, but Vice City was the sweet spot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has been announced, but the game has been delayed to 2026 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I care about GTA but the online element of it is of zero interest to me, and it seems that's what it's become.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has been announced, but the game has been delayed to 2026 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The world's relationship with Facebook has changed a smidge since 2013.

  It's still ripe for parody, but the elements of relevance aren't the same as they were.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has been announced, but the game has been delayed to 2026 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if the next one will take so long that the world it satirises is long gone. Facebook being parodied in GTA V no longer makes much sense, for example

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fly-tippers’ vehicles to be crushed in bid to save England from ‘avalanche of rubbish’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is something deeply wrong with people who litter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 279 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Mr. Freeze fight certainly turns the tables. Shame I don't play the Arkham games to be prey!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can't decide whether they're awful or just saying awful things to pander to the awful bits of the electorate. Both are terrible but they're different flavours of evil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheese rolling could be added to UK heritage list⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In all seriousness - why isn't it? It's definitely intangible cultural heritage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atari 2600: The Atlantis of Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  smothers it with a towel and stuffs it into an oven

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atari 2600: The Atlantis of Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Or sitting in a cupboard off-gassing, oozing, and generally making the home a safer environment.

  It does remind me of the Acts of Gord's use for an N64 - as a doorstop with a note saying "This is all I am good for."

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atari 2600: The Atlantis of Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh! Ewaste! So kind of you...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atari 2600: The Atlantis of Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I've yet to encounter a single Atari 2600 game that was worth more than 30 seconds of my time.