Lfrith

@Lfrith@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  2 hour movies are also competing with streaming services like Netflix where people can see as many hours of TV shows and movies as they want. Some just stick to youtube which requires no money and has some free movies there too.

  Its like how people can drop hundreds and thousands of hours on f2p games without spending any money. $/hr valuation is outdated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried using a keyboard for fighting games? That’s another set up that can help reduce use of thumbs, and closer to hitboxes so easier to pull off dpad specific moves.

  Something I’ve seen commonly done is wasd for movement then using the numpad rows for stuff like punches and kicks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried foot pedal? I wonder if that is allowed in tournaments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone really wants adobe they can replace steamos with windows or dualboot or maybe boot windows off a external ssd they installed it on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They can do that on a cheap last gen console.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Trying to type with anything but a keyboard sucks. I love my k400. I’ve had it for years and years. Not sure how old it is but I think I got it during the PS3/360 era for PC TV use and it is still works. And batteries last so long on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And is actually usable as a desktop being able to run things like blender, krita, gimp, obs, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I make a Bluetooth button to skip YouTube ads on the computer?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Freetube is great too. Its like newpipe for desktop. Lets you subscribe, have view history, and save playlists locally. Has sponsorblock and dearrow and is accountless.

  Sometimes breaks so have to go back to using firefox + ublock while waiting for update tp fix wharever youtube does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn you caught me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds the kdrama Mouse where they foind a serial killer gene, but turns out just because you had it doesn’t mean you’d become one. Sounds like a terrible future and another layer of future discrimination for things beyond people’s control that might just be a carrier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokémon Lazarus: When a Fan Game Becomes a Conversation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for bringing attention to this cool game. Would never have heard of it otherwise. And the reasons for the criticisms ended up convincing me to try the game, since it sounds like the dev is really cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its become Cartmanland to me. I want to check it out. I wouldn’t pay for it, but I want to check it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me when Valve releases a phone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If its a Linux phone and then wouldn’t the rest of the mobile market be competing against games on Steam.

  And I’d imagine the phone would be something like the Sony Xperia Play in terms of design. So not be some touch screen dependent mobile games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me when Valve releases a phone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The one that you could slide out to find it has dpad and buttons to use for games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me when Valve releases a phone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam Xperia Linux phone would be a dream. I think if a Steam phone did well then other companies like Asus would jump into Linux phone.

  Then suddenly we get mainstream alternatives to Android.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think its because there’s likely more people who got into Steam after Steam was already a pretty popular storefront so clueless about the growing pains. My first ever PC game purchase was from the Steam store and that was maybe back in the 2010s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It would be cool to see Valve actually release a Linux phone with the direction Google has been going, and maybe it lead to helping to lead to companies like Asus deciding to also move into Linux phones if Valve Linux phone is a decent success.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game marketing company takes down blog post bragging about how good it is at astroturfing Reddit after Reddit finds the post⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funniest was a comment I saw on reddit after the PR statement, saying looks like reddit overreacted and they are glad Rockstar set the record straight that the workers were fired for leaking information and not for anything related to unions. Typical redditors believing anything to get angry about.

  It was over course downvoted, but the audacity of taking the position fully believing the PR release was hilarious that I wondered if it was a plant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like 2 years later so probably 2030 or later with how GTA 6 keeps getting delayed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sliced off the tip of my thumb, what are some good one handed games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One Finger Death Punch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular Tech Youtuber Enderman looses his YouTube channel after AI error⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Any reason Linux isn’t an option? My devices that I ran Windows on end up running Linux in the long run because its been easier on aging hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular Tech Youtuber Enderman looses his YouTube channel after AI error⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ublock origin has been good and Freetube the best experience when it is working. And there’s always switching VPN to Albania to not be shown ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michael⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I play rhythm games like taiko and I’d say it still doesn’t come anywhere close to being as physically demanding as fencing, which you’d have a terrible time if out of shape with the amount of cardio, flexibility, and body control required.

  So comparing gaming at a high level as being as physically demanding as fencing is just odd to me. Now mentally exhausting and needing quick reflexes yes, but in the realm of gaming it’d have to be VR based to be able to make physically demanding arguments if comparing to fencing. With fencing being an actual cardio driven sport you need to be in great shape for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michael⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t much like the idea because video games are company driven. Like Apex exists only because of EA so its an advertising platform for EA. Unlike spkrts like basketball or tennis a video game like Apex or CS can’t exist independent of the company that owns it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hypothesis⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone has a PC they may be more likely to use it to game and also to pirate games and mod games. That can actually lead to learning quite a bit about computers when it comes to the file system which lot of people don’t understand these days, and also following instructions when it comes to completing computer tasks. That sets a pretty good basic starting point. It can also lead to wanting to build their own PC and watch more tech related content.

  So can push people from just a simple media consumption device to wanting to tinker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d consider August with Persona 5 Royale as a headliner good.

  But biggest difference is you actually keep the games from Humble.

  Xbox isn’t free since the games stop working once subscription is discontinued. Xbox is more similar to streaming services like Netflix with it providing temporary access. Xbox used to do giveaways for games you got to keep back with gold, but they stopped offering that perk after the 360.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems worse to me than humble choice which you don’t need to play online, so you can just buy the months you like to get 8 games in your library as opposed to it being tied to multiplayer.

  Then there’s Epic which gives away games every month without having to spend any money and still retain multiplayer access.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I define PC less by the hardware but whether I can install whatever OS I want and whatever programs I want without restrictions, which consoles don’t let you do. And consoles these days are way more powerful than PCs from decades ago yet still crippled when it comes to expected PC functions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be the case for techy people like us, but growing number of people cant handle anything more complicated than a phone OS these days that I think consoles will continue to have a purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’ve spent 0 money on Finals but have all the Battlepasses over the past 8 seasons. And got extra in game currency to buy more cosmetics without spending money.

  And for the gameplay itself which is the most important aspect there is no pay to win.