fartsparkles
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- Comment on Thank you, Thor! 1 week ago:
Probably little incentive to do so given how much money they’re making from Twitch, YouTube, etc.
- Comment on MindsEye director reportedly says the studio will relaunch the game, as around 300 staff are at risk of being laid off 2 weeks ago:
Turns out Leslie wasn’t the biggest reason GTA was such a huge success and they’re not taking it well…
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 2 weeks ago:
OpenMW and TES3MP is a great way to enjoy Morrowind in a modern engine and with friends.
There’s plenty of mods available for OpenMW so you can make it look stunning and add loads of new functionality.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 2 weeks ago:
They’ve sold between 5 and 8 million copies of that game to date.
I think they’re doing fine without needing a sale and devaluing their product.
- Comment on A story old as time 4 weeks ago:
I don’t get it
- Comment on ARMA 3 Recieves Surprise Performance Update 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been on the Profiling branch for a couple of years and these changes are awesome. Tanoa was unplayable for me until I switched.
Kudos for Bohemia’s continued support for A3 while we wait for A4 (Reforger has also been a fantastic glimpse of the future of their engine).
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I’m passing on the Switch 2 for similar reasons.
I can either fund Nintendo to sue open source developers or I can fund Valve who are payrolling open source developers.
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 1 month ago:
NCSA Mosaic is how old I am…
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 1 month ago:
MS-DOS
- Comment on Papers, Please: USA Edition 1 month ago:
Sadly not
- Comment on What does “rule” mean on Lemmy 1 month ago:
My hero!
- Comment on What does “rule” mean on Lemmy 1 month ago:
Why 196? And what’s with “post before you leave”? As in, before you die?
I am oh so very confused.
- Comment on SteamOS finally released by Valve 1 month ago:
The side effect of SteamOS is that Arch Linux totally rocks for gaming.
- Comment on I'm genuinely sad about the Marathon situation 1 month ago:
- Comment on What would it mean for the world if America was confident they developed a technology that would act as a fool prove deterrent from nuclear attacks what would that mean for the rest of the world? 2 months ago:
I’d say treaties are indeed a technology; they’re frameworks / systems that arose around the time commerce was invented. Since technology is purely the application of knowledge to achieve goals, while they may be somewhat intangible, so is software which I think most would agree is technology.
- Comment on I Captained a £4,000,000 Starship Filled with Actors | People Make Games [43:20] 2 months ago:
You can play the bridge simulator at home; they’re running Empty Epsilon - a FOSS project.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 months ago:
- Comment on Valve's invite-only Deadlock has an even more exclusive top-secret hush-hush version 2 months ago:
Yikes that was written poorly. Author flips back and forth between Deadlock and Deathlock.
- Comment on Why don't Oblivion and Morrowind turn the character model when you run in different directions? 2 months ago:
Bang for buck.
Morrowind was made by a team of about 35 people. Sure they could have put the effort in but then you’ve got all those animations to make and test. How do they tie into stats? Do they look dumb at higher stat levels? Also they’ll use up a little more resources on console which was a big struggle (Morrowind literally had to reboot the Xbox mid game to free up memory).
- Comment on Paradox Interactive's return-to-office policy may be driving employees away from the studio 2 months ago:
Personally, these mandates have been a positive. We’ve been hoovering up incredible talent to join our team since we’re a remote-first org (we have offices and co-working spaces for those that want or need it; some don’t have space in their homes to work or want the in-person socialisation).
The stupidity of these orgs with these mandates - their best and critically important talent are the first to leave. Not to mention how some of the best talent have long left the major urban areas and will never be moving back.
I feel incredibly bad for the juniors though, who will be left picking up the pieces of these terrible management decisions.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 2 months ago:
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 2 months ago:
Keka is FOSS, supports 7z for both commission and decompression, and is native to macOS.
- Comment on Infrastructure construction in Britain is defective. The most budget UK tramway is more expensive than the most costly french tramway 3 months ago:
Why is this the case?
- Comment on Javascript/Linux is what I call it 3 months ago:
*Javascript (Java is a different language altogether).
Side thought; you just reminded me of the days when websites were running Java applets or Shockwave all over the place. shudders
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
NetHack takes me waaaay back. Blows my mind DevTeam are still working on it. I haven’t played in a few years. NetHack, Angband, C:DDA, etc are all games I play on long haul flights since they use the least battery and I’ve not been on a long haul since the pandemic.
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
That and Dwarf Fortress; learning curve is steep but they’re rogue-likes. Death is an opportunity to have a whole other adventure and learn from your mistakes and see what RNG has in store for you this time. And there’s infinitely repeatable!
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
Also big up for Cataclysm: DDA. One of the greatest games ever made.
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
Free means you can easily get any friends to dip in and play which is a big factor.
- Comment on FOOLS! 3 months ago:
Stunning! Thank you for sharing.
- Comment on What’s your best “they must have had a lot of fun making this” movie? 4 months ago:
That movie was shot in 3B - three beers - and it looks good, eh?
