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- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 1 week ago:
Xenon 2 Megablast for the Atari ST, with my saved-up pre-teen pocket money. Was it worth it? Fuck yes.
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 1 week ago:
Banger of a game
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Demonstrate
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 1 week ago:
Because then nobody would use Windows. People use windows because it runs all of the programs they love. If it didn’t people wouldn’t put up with their bullshit.
The suggestion isn’t to completely destroy compatibility with modern windows applications. And besides which, those same wholesale direction changes didn’t result in a macOS exodus.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 1 week ago:
Windows’ bloat isn’t because they have to maintain backwards compatibility. It’s because they keep adding more shit, and the shit they add isn’t exactly hyper optimized.
Well, it’s both of those. There is plenty of bloat due to a necessity to maintain backwards compatibility. I’m well aware of the extra shit they add, but that’s not what I’m asking about.
Apple’s MacOS transition is driven by the hardware change. The next MacOS will not support Intel machines, so I would imagine those aspects of compatibility will be removed.
The question was related to an equivalent aspect in Windows: since Windows 11 requires certain hardware, why doesn’t Microsoft treat Windows in a similar vein?
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
Every desktop/laptop will not upgrade to 11. There’s a whole bunch of hardware requirements that prevent it from being installed on legacy systems.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
Ah right, I’d assumed old hardware because you’d said “upgrade aging infrastructure”.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I understand those legacy systems, but I wouldn’t expect those to be upgrading to Windows 11 for example. I guess that’s why I was suggesting a separation of “then” and “now” operating systems.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t the aging hardware running that legacy software not be upgradable to the latest Windows versions due to modern hardware requirements anyway?
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
What financial incentive is there in user retention and code improvements?
Is that a serious question?
Simplified codebase = fewer internal resources required.
User retention = continued revenue streams from applications and services that run on that platform.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
I think that’s what I find weird. Like, the capacity is there. Something like the Xbox has underlying Windows components, and supposedly they make an effort to strip out redundancies for things like those ROG handhelds. So they’re already doing it to some extent.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
Ah right, yeah the bloat I’m asking about isn’t so much about all the shit applications they bundle in, but the stuff that remains to maintain compatibility with obscure or legacy hardware/applications.
The financial incentive would be long term user retention, combined with a simplified codebase and performance improvements.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
I’m not sure how this fits in to the question to be honest.
I don’t doubt the greed, but I don’t see how that pertains to legacy code bloat.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 2 weeks ago:
This is important. This is the only reason why Windows still exists. If it would stop running old software there wouldn’t be any reason to stay on Windows. Because Linux/Wine in many cases can already do it.
I guess that’s exactly why I’m asking. Linux doesn’t have the same bloat. So why couldn’t Microsoft maintain compatibility with the old software via their old operating systems (and continued security updates), but streamline their new operating systems which clearly have specific hardware requirements. Wouldn’t that make them more competitive with respect to Linux?
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- Comment on Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse? 2 weeks ago:
But once you make the wrong noises about something, plenty of people show up ready to prove just how mean and horrible they can actually be.
This is true. Linux isn’t my platform of choice, and the “passion” of the responses that provokes is remarkable.
- Comment on Day 581 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 month ago:
I’ve been playing this the last few days too. I got the game on the Switch for the kids during lockdown and it became an instant favourite with them, but it was disappointing that you could only have one profile that had their own island.
Several years later, we’ve all got MacBooks, and I have been messing about with emulation. There’s a particular emulator that Nintendo killed but forks are still maintained that run incredibly well on Macs. This past weekend saw the three of us reminiscing, each finally with our own island.
- Comment on Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST 1 month ago:
I reckon it’s also because there are simply so many games available now, and countless devices to play them on. My generation had one console or computer max, and a handful of games. Now young gamers have half a dozen devices at home, and thousands of free or easily accessible titles on whatever platform is currently in reach. They don’t need to commit to a couple of titles, when an advert for the next one is a tap away.
I mentioned this before on another post, but I had 5 games on my PS1 as a kid. There are currently over 400 owned games available on the living room Xbox, there’s a Switch in the house, the kids have iPhones, iPads and laptops, there’s a Quest 2 gathering dust etc etc.
- Comment on Me toooooo 1 month ago:
We also see ourselves inversed in a mirror, and are more used to that representation of ourselves, which makes it easier to be critical of the true-oriented image from a camera.
The picture we have of ourselves in the mirror is at odds with the version that others see.
- Comment on This is incredibly stupid 4 months ago:
I’m very sorry
- Comment on This is incredibly stupid 4 months ago:
Yes, Jersey obviously has different geography, and I would absolutely take the locals’ opinion on what they’d prefer. This isn’t advocating for this on Jersey, rather a comment on my region, as invariably the holistic “fuck cars” perspective get applied everywhere and I don’t believe it’s ever that black and white.
- Comment on This is incredibly stupid 4 months ago:
I know this will be a controversial take, but I live rural town where most houses are hundreds of years old, and like many European towns, car parking was obviously never considered during its construction. Not having a car is, unfortunately, not an option here for most, due to the town’s geographic location, rurality and public transport availability. If I want to take a train to a city here which is a 2 hour drive away, it’s a 5 hour journey during which I have to change trains in literally another country to get there.
That aside, because cars are - for the foreseeable future at least - essential here, everyone has one. And since the houses and roads weren’t constructed to accommodate parking, there are cars parked on roads and pavements everywhere. Some parking restrictions have come into place over the years to prevent obstructions, which has meant cars are often left wherever people can find a space. In my immediate area, most people have at least a 5 minute walk to their vehicle. This sounds acceptable, but there are a large number of elderly drivers that live in the town, which itself is extremely hilly, and is unhelpful for them.
New build estates are cropping up all around the town, and while not all of them have drives or parking spaces, most do, and it makes those areas considerably more accessible.
Yes, this will likely increase house prices, but locally that’s not the major factor. Around here it’s second-home owners that use them as holiday lets, or summer homes to escape from the city. A crackdown on that would have a far greater impact on local house prices without affecting accessibility for locals.
- Comment on We could have lived in a world where Hideo Kojima made a Matrix game, if only someone had told him he was offered to make one 5 months ago:
Goddammit, I loved that game too!
- Comment on We could have lived in a world where Hideo Kojima made a Matrix game, if only someone had told him he was offered to make one 5 months ago:
X-Wing
Tie Fighter
X-Wing Alliance
Star Wars: KOTOR
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Hogwarts Legacy
The Thing
Aladdin
Blade RunnerAnd these are just a few off the top of my head that I’ve played.
Although to be fair, I guess we could just as easily reel off a list a garbage equivalents, but I think the throwaway that licensed games suck is a misconception.
- Comment on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, now on GOG 5 months ago:
I can highly recommend this if you’re any kind of Indy fan. It masterfully replicates the globetrotting adventure vibe and swashbuckling fighting of the movies, and Indy’s voice actor absolutely nails it.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
If this releases with full support for existing Xbox libraries as suggested, this would be the absolute perfect device for my household, where we’ve accrued literally hundreds of Xbox games since 2001, and would love to open up to PC games from a device in the living room. For me, it’s the best of both. That said, it’s still dependent on avoiding exorbitant pricing.
- Comment on Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans - Xbox Wire [prices going up] 5 months ago:
I’m exactly the same. Xbox gamer since the OG, and big fan of GamePass until recently. There’s no way I’m paying that much. Mine expires this month, and that’ll be that.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 7 months ago:
I enjoyed this. A shooter with a different feel and a vibrant palette, and genuinely funny in parts.
I also got banned from the Xbox subreddit a couple of years ago because of this game. Apparently a photo of the in-game sounding rods was inappropriate. Mate, it's literally an unedited screenshot from an Xbox game.
- Comment on Games Where Nothing Happens (SPOILERS for various game plots) 7 months ago:
That is pretty much Max in every movie bar the first one though. Wanders about, reluctantly helps some people, wanders off on his own again.
- Comment on what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time? 7 months ago:
Mirror's Edge is such an incredible game. The aesthetics and pace were utterly absorbing