Hazmatastic
@Hazmatastic@lemmy.world
- Comment on Me with my DDR3 system seeing all these RAM memes 6 days ago:
Hey, same processor as me, still stuck in its stock Dell motherboard. Still does what I need, but man is it disheartening trying to dream of upgrading these days
- Comment on No Man's Sky for new slow player 6 days ago:
I like a lot of the same aspects of games as you, especially exploration and finding cool places of interest, and I bounced off of NMS after about 60 hours for the same reasons people are listing in the replies. Puddle deep, no reason to really explore and repeat activities unless you want to do them just for fun. Found a nice fighter early on, never once had a practical reason to change and no way to upgrade the current one other than “more slots” for upgrades or inventory. I had my endgame ship in just a handful of hours, so the only reason to engage in the shipbuilding parts of the game was if I wanted to for looks or fun. There’s maybe 10-20 hours of story content. The rest is getting resources and making number go up, and every problem or resource shortage can be permanently optimized out of existence in an hour or two max
- Comment on "If you ain't got the dough-re-mi boys, if you ain't got the dough-re-me:" 1 week ago:
Dead Flag Blues calls to me more and more every day
- Comment on DAE who is single with no prospects or self-control occasionally have a cheeky little sippy-sip of the pickle water straight from the jar? 2 weeks ago:
I mean, I like a good pickleback once in a while, kinda similar
- Comment on I Used To Be A Real Piece Of Shit 2 months ago:
People have said the title, but fun fact those are real skeletons not prop replicas
- Comment on Laura Fryer - HR needs to stay in their lane (and out of Game Development) 2 months ago:
I mean, I see it as more like AAA games are dying. I’m honestly not sure if that’s the case, but I know my personal hype for any AAA game announcement has dropped considerably in recent years. And it’s not hard to see how that’s a culture problem at these huge studios run by MBAs not people who play games. A culture of “Your boss is right, don’t rock the boat” can be seen as directly responsible for enshittification when that chain of command ends at the CEO or CFO. Sterilization, over-monetization, and the general fight for survival studios face is at an all-time high from my memory. Was a time when I was psyched for a Ubisoft or even EA title. Now all they get from me is an eye-roll.
My guess is all this talk comes from numbers interpereted by marketing people and the visible death of a lot of staples gamers took for granted. Big studios making crappy games and wondering why no one is buying them anymore. No one is lining up to buy Madden NFL or Call of Duty. Frequent releases and the proliferation of GaaS means missing a title doesn’t exactly break your flow, just get the next one. Releases have no build-up, no spectacle, no real hype. Indies are popping off like you said, though. Idk, as much as the general player count has to have increased dramatically over the last decade or so, I also feel like the culture surrounding it has dwindled a bit.
I agree games are not dying, but there’s also a part of me that understands how you can look at the overall industry and see a noticeable decline. Not sure by what metric, but it’s there. Games with soul, and love put into them, works of passion that have a something to say, those are the gems i think we’re seeing fewer of, if only by volume.
- Comment on If You Know, You Know 2 months ago:
Cut the oil one off to separate it, then just cut the corner off after mixing. 1 extra step but flawless every time
- Comment on Face-off 3 months ago:
- Comment on Keep puffin, dork. 3 months ago:
Nicotine is a drug tho?
- Comment on Anon can't escape 3 months ago:
If you can. If not, a dim alley or gas station bathroom is fine.
- Comment on Anon can't escape 3 months ago:
Bruh if that was my life sign me the fuck up. 98% of my dreams are better and more interesting than my life, including whatever the hell this was. Alas is right.
- Comment on I gotta up my toxicity 3 months ago:
And this is a 2d image of a 3d projection of a basic 4d shape that we literally cannot comprehend
- Comment on Canada should make the USA pay for this 3 months ago:
I mean, I’m no stranger to wildfires and smoke where i live, it’s just… even when I look at giant clouds covering the sky, my brain says “I mean, that’s big but there’s no way it’s significant-on-a-global-scale big.” But some of those smoke clouds look the be the size of a small state. And the fires themselves. I would’ve thought they’d just be pinpricks of light if anything, not those angry big blotches. I think i just need to recalibrate what “big” means.
It doesn’t help that I live in a large state. When you can drive for 9 hours in a straight line and not cross a state border, nothing seems THAT big, you know?
- Comment on Anon can't escape 3 months ago:
When I was in high school, I heard this thing about getting “high” through blood pressure and oxygen manipulation. The technique (don’t try at home):
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Be seated.
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Actively hyperventilate for 30s. Deeeeep breaths.
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Stand up quickly.
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Immediately stick thumb in mouth with full lungs and attempt to blow air out as hard as possible without actually letting any out.
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That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
So, feeling dubious, I tried it while hanging out with some friends. I stand up, do the thing, and in <5s boom. Dreamland. I had what felt like a full 6-hour experience, semi-lucid dreaming. I had some control and awareness that I was dreaming, flew around some giant yellow and pink mushrooms. I dont remember any other details at this point, but it was a whole day pretty much.
Wake up to my head hitting my buddy’s guitar. I somehow had an hours-long experience in the time it took for me to pass out and hit the ground. Haven’t done it since, but man, I don’t think I’ll ever forget that. One hell of a ride.
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- Comment on Canada should make the USA pay for this 3 months ago:
Damn those all seem huge. Are fires and the resulting smoke a lot bigger than I think, or is the world smaller?
- Comment on My wife would still say its not clean enough 3 months ago:
- Comment on Yankee Doodle 3 months ago:
Please do not the spider
- Comment on They're Lying To You. Get The Truth Out. 4 months ago:
- Comment on Another one! 4 months ago:
TIHI, exactly what i was afraid of. Can’t wait to see it on a 40-year-old dad dropping his kid off at school
- Comment on Another one! 4 months ago:
Maybe we’re already there but anyone get the impression SpongeBob is going to be the next version of those gangster looney tunes designs that were everywhere 20-30 years ago?
- Comment on and what?! 4 months ago:
“LIQUID!!”
- Comment on $37 for a burrito 5 months ago:
- Comment on New conspiracy theory just dropped 5 months ago:
Hear that, Pine Tree? It’s our
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- Comment on Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable" 5 months ago:
Man, I was hooked for a long time before I woke up and smelled the business model. I haven’t touched it in years, but I do miss the lore. Always thought it was their strong suit. Maybe they can set a better, non-live-service game in the same universe, but this is Bungie. Not gonna happen…
- Comment on Ready 5 months ago:
Absolutely, it was a totally serious comment definitely not based on your totally serious name
- Comment on Ready 5 months ago:
Bold words coming from a 15-year-old. But hey, to each their own
- Comment on do you know? 5 months ago:
Man, all this made me do was envy muffins. What I wouldn’t give to just waddle around the beach with my buddies all day.
- Comment on Yup 5 months ago:
I will say I think my mom gets it. She used to smoke for nausea and sleep, and one day it just didnt help. Found out it was making things worse rather than better, and once she stopped it was gone. Hasn’t felt the desire to touch it since.
Don’t get me wrong, this is likely being way overblown, and I’m a daily dabber myself so I dont want to come across like I support the fear-mongering, but I have seen evidence myself of at least its existence. Might be a misdiagnosis even, but nothing else changed and things improved for her. Not sure how common it is, or how severe it typically is, but to me it’s an accepted risk like skin cancer and sunlight. I’ll cross that bridge if it comes and deal with it appropriately, but I’m not hiding inside out of fear.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 6 months ago:
They’re calling you a hipster for liking something until it went mainstream and then disliking it because it was mainstream.
- Comment on Teenis 6 months ago:
