QuadratureSurfer
@QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social
- Comment on PlayStation 5 Bounty for Alternate OS installation 1 week ago:
If you’re worried about credibility, the founder is Louis Rossman who’s famous for the right to repair movement.
Here’s a quick 2 minute video of him explaining the Fulu Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNkIBece8oc
TL/DW: The bounty winners have to prove that their solution works, but they are not required to release the code to the public because, in the U.S., they can be put in prison for 3-5 years for releasing that code publicly.
The point of all this is to be able to demonstrate to legislators that the DMCA needs to be fixed. They are lobbying to protect our digital rights.
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 1 week ago:
transfer them over to the internal drive, and they work. Even without internet.
That might work for some games, but there’s an increasing number of games requiring you to establish some sort of connection to the internet even for single player or mostly single player games (Lego Horizon for instance).
Try to transfer one of those and load it up on a new console without an internet connection.
Sure, your “home console” might work for some games for now. But in 10-15 years when Sony is trying to sell you the PS8, they’re going to be cutting off service to the PS5. What happens when you have to take that device in for maintenance and they need to do a factory reset? You need to log in again to activate it, except now it’s a brick that might only be able to play a few games on physical media. Anything downloaded/backed up would likely require that specific account.
- Comment on Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario 2 weeks ago:
Just say no to Verticle Video Syndrome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dechvhb0Meo
- Comment on How do I contact the admin(s) of an instance? 3 weeks ago:
It’s going to depend on the instance and what software they’re running to connect to the fediverse.
For PieFed instances, visit the homepage for the instance itself, scroll all the way to the bottom and click on the “About” page. There’s usually some contact info for the admins there.
For Lemmy instances, visit their homepage, scroll to the bottom and click on “Legal”. There’s usually contact info for the admins there.
For Mbin/Kbin instances, click on the menu, then scroll down to the “contact” link.
Sometimes instances won’t let you view information without a local account. Usually, in those cases, you can try to “register for an account” but then look for any sort of “privacy” or “terms of service” links which should have contact information for the instance admins.
- Comment on Poll: Will you buy GTA 6 when it launches on your platform? 4 weeks ago:
I’m in the same boat, I’ve played all of the older GTAs, but I never played GTA5. I even got the game for free from Epic… Maybe I’ll try it out eventually.
I’m not very interested in buying GTA6, but I’ll probably check out some gameplay/highlight videos to see if there’s any new/interesting tech in it.
- Comment on The Nintendo 64 is now 30 years old! Released in Japan on June 23, 1996. 5 weeks ago:
Mine as well.
- Comment on Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a way for brands to integrate ads in games 1 month ago:
Thanks for the ping! Worth the read.
- Comment on Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a way for brands to integrate ads in games 1 month ago:
I’m also wondering the same thing. There are tons of product placement in movies.
The easy ones to spot are the car ones, since they always seem to have the manufacturer logo visible.
Wayne’s World even had a not-so-subtle clip about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lgLYGBbDNs
- Comment on LTT - I Don't Think I Can Go Back To Windows... 1 month ago:
Yeah, I don’t normally watch LTT videos, but the title on this one stood out to me so I gave it a click. I didn’t expect to watch it all the way through, but ended up enjoying this particular episode.
My favorite quote was the segue into the “negatives":
“Criticizing Linux feels a little bit like, walking outside on a crisp autumn day to discover that some kind neighbour has raked all the leaves in your yard. Then, tracking down that neighbour, and explaining to them that you would have done it differently.”
- Submitted 1 month ago to videos@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on GOG apologizes for emailing Nazi runes to its followers 1 month ago:
Someone else further down mentioned that it was likely the translators that caught the issue which would make more sense as to why the German translation was held up while it was still sent out in other languages (regardless of user location).
- Comment on Single player, open world, fantasy, RPG games 2 months ago:
Somewhat similar to Skyrim. You can level up, and you also get “talent points” and you can invest those into different categories:
- Stealth - For a stealthy play style
- Room of Requirement - if you like more of a druid/alchemist approach
- Dark Arts - For more of a magic based combat style
- Core - For the basics.
You’re free to mix and match, but you can only earn a total of 36 points. So, it’s best to invest them into certain builds depending on your preferred play style.
- Comment on Single player, open world, fantasy, RPG games 2 months ago:
I’m fairly certain that Hogwarts Legacy checks all of those boxes.
- Comment on Engineer creates video game of Alaska’s Tracy Arm landslide, which generated a megatsunami 2 months ago:
Yeah, the underwater of topography at Nazaré is just right to funnel all of the energy into a single point where the wave then breaks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAF7k8cSJsk&t=106s
Video of current world record holder for largest wave surfed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFEh_-tYTS0 - Comment on Indie developer who got blocked on Steam for “potential infringement” of his own work finally gets green light after issuing license declaration to himself 2 months ago:
これが私自身が私自身にライセンスを許可した歴史的な例の書類です。 今後同様の問題に直面した開発者のために公開しておくことにしました。 重ね重ね、Steamの柔軟なサポートに感謝します。
Daikichi This is a document of a historical example in which I myself granted a license to myself. I have decided to make it public for developers who may face similar issues in the future. Once again, I sincerely thank Steam for their flexible support. Daikichi
- Submitted 2 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Comment on Cannot play games b/c Internet is needlessly required. Starcraft, Age of Empires, Civilization.. 3 months ago:
What exactly was the error you were getting when trying to install the games?
Could it have been something like a missing DLL that you would normally have from installing almost anything else on those machines at the time?
I’ve also noticed that my old game collection runs much better on Linux (using wine) than it does on Windows with compatibility enabled.
- Comment on What's your opinion on post-game content? do you do it? or are you done with the game when the credits roll? 4 months ago:
Depends on the game, depends on the content.
For example, Skyrim, I could easily continue playing (or just ignore most of the main storyline).
Compared to something like Assassins Creed 1, where any “additional content” would be the most boring/repetitive task. I was done with this as soon as the credits rolled.
- Comment on New here: how do I see posts from other lemmys? 4 months ago:
You can’t with Lemmy, yet. Maybe if you use a frontend client that supports it (like “blorp”, or “Interstellar"). However, if you use PieFed you can do this. Just set up what’s called a “Feed” and then you can combine all of the parenting communities into one.
For example, this is what the “AllGaming” feed looks like: https://piefed.social/f/allgames
There might be a feed already set up on the PieFed.world instance, otherwise you could be the one to set it up for everyone else.
Compared to Lemmy, PieFed also allows you to use tags on posts, user flair, create polls, blur spoiler images, and it will also combine the comments of anything that’s been crossposted (separated into groups for each community) into a single post.
- Comment on German man says american are savages 4 months ago:
The transcription is almost correct all the way except for one part.
When he says, “Whoever needed it, they’re dead”.
The transcription reads, “Whoever needed it, they’re okay”. - Submitted 5 months ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 11 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago to videos@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Comment on Austrian Supreme Court rules that FIFA loot boxes are not gambling 5 months ago:
The decision does not apply to every game, instead the courts would have to look at each game to see if loot boxes would be considered gambling or not.
From the article:
The Supreme Court of Austria has ruled that the loot boxes in the FIFA games do not constitute gambling as they do require some skill.
GamesMarkt reports that the justices in Vienna have decided that the specific game mechanic in FIFA Ultimate Team is not gambling, but they also state that loot boxes can be gambling. To be specific, loot boxes and the games they are part of need to be taken together on this matter.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
To all those wondering: no, this is not a new trailer. It’s the same one from 6 months ago.
- Comment on Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water 8 months ago:
Super late reply, but for anyone else coming across this thread later:
The bypass plug allows you to bypass the normal filter in your fridge and hook it up to an external filter.
It does contain an RFID chip.
- Submitted 9 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Comment on Class-based co-op zombie shooter Projekt Z: Beyond Order gets a new trailer - plans a 2026 release 9 months ago:
Link to the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_vGnFhdzH0 - Comment on ekansssssss 10 months ago:
Also works with Arbok -> "Kobra"
- Comment on Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) arrives September 19 for co-op PvE spaceship fun 11 months ago:
This game was a lot of fun for the demo they released a short time ago (servers aren't up anymore).
