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- Comment on Don't we all hate this 5 days ago:
And they get credit for donating even tho it was actually their customers.
- Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft 1 week ago:
Spencer leaving Microsoft: Yay!
Spencer being replaced by a Marketing Exec who leads an AI division: FUUUUUUCK
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 1 week ago:
This is the real reason Nintendo is suing emulators and ROM hosts. They JUST realized there is a market for this. Took them 30+ years to figure it out.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Roblox looks cute like Minecraft so parents don’t pay attention to it.
Most games have a chat feature tacked on, but Roblox is more like a chatroom with games added on. It’s a chatroom where around 60% of the user base is under the age of 16. 40% of the users are under the age of 12.
Grooming starts on Roblox but the bad stuff happens in places like Discord private servers. Roblox doesn’t do anything to stop it because the can claim ignorance since it doesn’t happen directly in their chat.
I know a kid who went through this. I was the one that had to flag all the messages for Discord to get involved. The kid talked to me about the online groomers bc he wasn’t comfortable talking to his parents since he hadn’t told them that he was gay. I can’t imagine kids like him who deal with abuse because they don’t have anyone they feel safe to tell.
If you have kids that play these games, talk to them about online safety. Make sure you have a plan for when something bad happens. When not if. Work together with your kid to find a third party that you trust and the kid would feel comfortable talking to if something happens and they are afraid to tell you, maybe a relative or a close friend.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 3 weeks ago:
I have learned more from your comment than anything else in my adult life.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 3 weeks ago:
It won’t last forever. It will rot the day after I buy it. -_-
- Comment on Im curious what they will come up with 3 weeks ago:
This is why the creators of Veep ended their show.m when Trump got elected.
- Comment on Come on, I left Napster running and my mom got Choco Tacos. 3 weeks ago:
You are a wizard.
- Comment on Come on, I left Napster running and my mom got Choco Tacos. 3 weeks ago:
No. I don’t want jean’s that soak up water from puddles in the rain.
- Comment on Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship 4 weeks ago:
The amount of waifu and furry porn games in the Switch store is higher than you’d think. Why censor Dispatch?
- Comment on Unity launches Walmart SDK to "seamlessly integrate products" into games 4 weeks ago:
Products that are only sold at Walmart or something they have a deal to market? 🤷♀️
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 4 weeks ago:
3 post, no comments. Less than a day old. You a bot?
But I’m American and I’m not taking his advice. He’s a moron.
- Comment on Fake moo 5 weeks ago:
On top of this, some restaurants are pretty upfront about it. If I remember correctly, Sonic burger patties are part beef, part mushroom.
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 1 month ago:
Personally, I prefer not to be Nintendo because of Nintendo’s behavior, but the price is why they still struggle to sell these.
They sold a ton right out of the gate. Everyone that really wanted one already got one. After that, they need parents and grandparents to get them for the kids and that isn’t going to happen as much.
Nintendo was basically a “toy”. You could, for the most part, safely buy a Nintendo console for your kids at a somewhat reasonable price. (I know the OG consoles were a bit pricey).
You could buy your kid a handheld console for ~$200 or less. The Switch 1 was $300, but you could still get your kid a Lite for $200.
Now, the only option is a $450 Switch 2.
- Comment on Pet Peeves with Games? 1 month ago:
Yeah I have a bad habit of never finishing games despite playing the first 1/4 of the game several times.
I need a refresher like TV shows do when they come back for a new season.
- Comment on The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees 1 month ago:
I hate to say it, but the same rules don’t apply to his kids or other kids with parents in similar roles. They are going to be given jobs without much effort.
- Comment on The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees 1 month ago:
Yup. I went back to school a few years ago after being burned out.
I studied to be a developer because I like building things and problem solving. Finished a couple years ago. I spent a year looking for a job but I could only get one call back. And they still ghosted me after.
Maybe it’s me, but I’ve always been good with resumes and interviews before.
There aren’t many junior developer jobs out there. And if there are any, the don’t pay a livable wage anymore.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 1 month ago:
This. Everyone experiences these feelings at some point, but when they start having an outsized impact on your life, there might be a cause such as Autism/ADHD.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 1 month ago:
I felt like this which is initially why I didn’t get tested. Even tho I can see how medication has helped me, I still worry that I’m imaging it.
- Comment on We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city" 1 month ago:
GTA 2 is my favorite of the series.
- Comment on EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games 1 month ago:
I don’t think loot boxes are a thing anymore but Battle Passes are predatory. You pay for access to items but you aren’t guaranteed those if the timer runs out.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 months ago:
Wtf. Of a physical copy? You got screwed more than most people in the comment section.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 months ago:
You make some really good points. The game I’m referring to is Osiris Reborn from The Expanse series, my favorite book series of all time.
It’s not exactly an unheard of IP and the developer is what I could consider midsized. That’s why I was leaning towards not doing it at all.
My only motivation is how passionate I am about this series and wanting to see more games, books, shows, movies, etc set in that world. I want to be proactive in spending my money thoughtfully to encourage development in places I support.
Obviously, one preorder isn’t going to change that for this game and a preorder would likely do more harm to me than it would be to the series if I don’t preorder.
I’m usually pretty staunchly again preorders since I think it’s bad for players as a whole (and often for devs too), but, if I’m being honest with you, I would probably have done it if my favorite series was being done by a small indie dev team so they could have as much money upfront to make the game as good as it can be.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 months ago:
For a moment, I thought this video was about the game I was debating on, 12 years too early! (The Expanse Osiris Reborn.)
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 months ago:
Thanks for specifying how you decide. I know most people don’t preorder at all and there is some skepticism toward Early Access. I expected most comments to just say that, which is why I really appreciate the detail you added.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 2 months ago:
The game I was considering does have a collector’s addition but it’s $300 for some physical collector’s items that I don’t think are worth the price.
I don’t think I’m going to preorder at all, but the whole thing got me thinking about it the subject.
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- Comment on Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash 2 months ago:
He was a very, very humble person
….proceeds to crash Ferrari while racing and showing off.
- Comment on Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash 2 months ago:
At the reverse-Pornhub.
Instead of giving you time to make sure the sound is off, it plays the porn ad first.
- Comment on Christmas beetles 2 months ago:
They always fly in my hair. My dog likes to eat them.
