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- Comment on Because, f**k you! That's why. 18 hours ago:
Puppy Linux is Perfect.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 18 hours ago:
They do care. See archive.org for example.
Conflating care with the bottom line of your corporation is disingenuous.
- Comment on Anon observes a coworker 1 day ago:
I’ve been in this literal exact situation. If it hadn’t happened 20 years ago I’d be worried this anon is talking about me
- Comment on Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine 4 days ago:
We need more diversity in game engines, not less, so I’m fine with this
- Comment on Mewgenics becomes the most-played roguelite ever on Steam 5 days ago:
It’s a decent enough game, but I don’t really love it. The items are all so boring and the passives aren’t much better. Wish there was actual run-changing items like in Isaac.
- Comment on Games you fell out of love with. 1 week ago:
What does this even mean?
- Comment on Website 1 week ago:
But we’re too busy making fun of the ai from 2 years ago that everyone still thinks is current for some reason.
- Comment on Yeah, right 1 week ago:
Man I could play Carmageddon 2 for hours. I miss that.
- Comment on Mewgenics recouped its development cost in the first 3 hours 1 week ago:
very buggy unfortunately… I’m going to have to sit it out until they care to fix their game.
This is why if you’re not going to do early access, you need to run a beta test
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 2 weeks ago:
Unfortunately my neck and legs are even more screwed up than my arms. Alternative controllers could maybe by me more time by giving my arms a rest, though.
A while back, someone made a post about an AI model that can play video games. People were just trashing it in the comments but I genuinely believe it could help me by taking over during high-APM moments and I could give it strategic advice and sort of turn any game into an idle game.
BTW, good luck finding a solution for your person. I’m not familiar with alternative control or I could give some advice.
- Comment on Forget your astral sign, which Muppet do you want to be? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Japan cancels cherry blossom festival over complaints of tourists littering and ‘defecating’ in yards 2 weeks ago:
They played too many JRPGs and got the wrong idea
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 2 weeks ago:
Doing anything repetitive with my hands causes quickly worsening nerve/muscle pain in the entire arm. And something demanding like a platformer will get it going in less than a minute.
And the really crappy thing is, the longer I try to push through it, the longer the pain lasts. If I stop when I first notice the pain, it’ll only last an hour or two, but if I keep pushing it can last for days.
- Comment on If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. 2 weeks ago:
Right, but like… whatever you’re doing in space is going to be more cost effective to do on earth. Not to mention the insane amount of energy lost to the atmosphere
- Comment on If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. 2 weeks ago:
Still don’t understand how this could possibly generate energy.
- Comment on If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. 2 weeks ago:
Why do I have an overwhelming urge to climb that
- Comment on Usually a horrible interaction for all involved 2 weeks ago:
It all started clear as day right when the Occupy Wall Street movement dissolved.
- Comment on Usually a horrible interaction for all involved 2 weeks ago:
It amazes me that calling people resources survived the language-policing trend of the past 15 years.
- Comment on Learn how to use Windows 95 with Jennifer Aniston and Mathew Perry. 2 weeks ago:
News only came on for half an hour at night and it was mostly local, so I didn’t know or care about any of that
- Comment on Meta progression in roguelites was fun for a while, but it's starting to feel unrewarding 2 weeks ago:
I have a very low opinion of “sidegrades.” Games used to give you all their options up front.
This overwhelming trend during the past 15, 20 years to trickle-feed the player unlocks does a lot of untold harm. For one, players are rarely ever talking about the same game because everyone is at different points in the progression. The actual game doesn’t start until the final thing is unlocked and this is often a place that most players will never reach.
Can’t tell you how much advice I’ve read that goes something like “use X with Y” where at least one of those is locked behind 50 more hours of progression and my eyes once again roll all the way out of my head. As a developer, don’t you want players to experiment with the things you put in the game?
Can’t tell you how refreshing it is to play a game like NetHack where I can install a fresh copy and not have to worry about managing my save files because everything that’s in the game is… in the game. Also, a quick study can start winning games much sooner because their options aren’t all gated behind arbitrary time sinks.
But even just… skin selection in multiplayer. Games used to give you ALL of them from the start and players could just, you know, pick the one they liked. This whole ‘grind to show off how cool you are’ is so patronizing.
- Comment on Games that have now or will be turned 40, 30, 20 and 10 years old as of 2026 2 weeks ago:
I think we can officially start calling it old super mario bros now
- Comment on When you know your boss is an insane moron 3 weeks ago:
Hey Sharon I noticed you clocked out a few zeptoseconds before the end of your workday. Let’s try to be a little more accurate, hey?
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 3 weeks ago:
I quit my job and dropped out of college to do nothing but play WoW for 8 solid months. It was worth it
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 3 weeks ago:
I’m sure there’s a cheat engine invulnerability hack or something I could use, but it would kinda take the fun out of it.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 3 weeks ago:
Sometimes I think it’s nostalgia talking, then I go back and play Civ II or Civ IV and confirm that no, no it is not.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 3 weeks ago:
Silksong. My muscle disease has progressed too much to physically play it. That really stings because Hollow Knight was one of my favorite games ever.
- Comment on Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead 3 weeks ago:
sounds like you should have sued nintendo a long time ago then
- Comment on Anon wants to talk about video games 3 weeks ago:
I don’t see a difference between the last two
- Comment on cats are so silly 3 weeks ago:
I do the complement to this: I hunt down my cat and make sure he gets a whiff because I enjoy the silly faces he makes.
- Comment on Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been working on my Steam exit strategy for years. It’s nice feeling like I could bail at any time without too much pain.
