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- Comment on This is incredibly stupid 6 days ago:
I’m very sorry
- Comment on This is incredibly stupid 6 days 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 6 days 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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] 1 month 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? 2 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) 2 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? 2 months ago:
Mirror's Edge is such an incredible game. The aesthetics and pace were utterly absorbing
- Comment on Xbox Series X and S: Microsoft Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 30 Million Consoles This Generation 2 months ago:
Minecraft also seems to get frequently forgotten about when taking about Microsoft gaming too. It makes Microsoft around £300m per year in games sales. That's just the game. Imagine what the merchandise figures are on top of that.
I don't think game pass is anywhere near unsustainable, when we consider what is actually sustaining it.
- Comment on Xbox Series X and S: Microsoft Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 30 Million Consoles This Generation 2 months ago:
It's a shame because the Series X is an absolutely superb device. The fast storage, quick resume, performance, noise level etc are all incredible, and the backwards compatibility, console streaming, and appeal of game pass make the Series X a wonderful gaming machine. I couldn't be happier with it.
We all know the reasons why it isn't as successful as the PS5, but the Series X as a price-to-value product has been woefully under-appreciated.
- Comment on Robocop: Rouge City 3 months ago:
What I wouldn't give for a new Deus Ex game. The only news I ever read about one is another cancellation.
Robocop has a similar vibe, albeit a Fisher Price version. And weirdly the new Indiana Jones game kind of scratches that itch, where you're wandering around an open environment, with multiple access points and secrets hidden away that'll reward those paying attention. Neither come close to just how detailed and cool the Deus Ex games were though.
- Comment on Robocop: Rouge City 3 months ago:
Nice one, thanks for that
- Comment on Robocop: Rouge City 3 months ago:
Yeah that's the badger. Absolute classic.
- Comment on Robocop: Rouge City 3 months ago:
Cheers, I never know with all the similarly-named communities on the various instances. Downside of the fediverse is often not knowing where the best place to post something is.
- Comment on Robocop: Rouge City 3 months ago:
This is still my favourite:
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- Comment on Would you rather unionize or buy some videogames? 3 months ago:
Unions (in the UK at least) often provide financial support for striking workers so the money needs to come from somewhere.
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 3 months ago:
Love that the downvote and blunt reply suggests you think I'm not agreeing with you.
It was another example of a massive computer company surprisingly being unable to include a bread-and-butter feature at the launch of their new mobile computing devices.
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 3 months ago:
Same for Windows Phone 7 when it launched. No copy and paste there either.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport developer hit hard by Xbox cuts 4 months ago:
I'm more disappointed to see Perfect Dark getting canned tbh.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport developer hit hard by Xbox cuts 4 months ago:
Pretty sure that's on the cards. My money's on Xbox the brand becoming just Game Pass eventually.
- Comment on Rematch review 4 months ago:
SWOS FTW
- Comment on Rematch review 4 months ago:
I’ll dispute that. Fired up Rocket League for the first time in a few months yesterday after a couple of hours of Rematch. First game I got into was constant abuse from a teammate against the other two of us on the team. Finished the match with double his points and still got called trash because we lost.
Tbh though I love it. Makes me laugh thinking about how angry the guy must be getting while playing.
- Comment on Rematch review 4 months ago:
I use Wipr on Safari on iOS. It’s not perfect, but nothing is.
- Comment on Rematch 4 months ago:
It's on Gamepass if that makes any difference.
- Comment on Rematch 4 months ago:
It's wild how little passing there is. Almost every time 2 or 3 passes are strung together, there's a goal. But very few people seem to understand that yet.
It's always very clear who's actually played 5-a-side in real life before. Anyone who played like 90% of Rematch players in a proper game would get an absolute bollocking from their teammates.
- Comment on Rematch review 4 months ago:
IMO, PES was always so much better than FIFA. Matches were slow, measured, low-scoring exercises in passing and breaking down defences. FIFA always felt like a game, whereas PES was a simulation. I’ve not played either of their descendants for years, but I’ve watched my girlfriend’s kid play FC25 and it seems far more like fucking Pokémon than a football game.
Rematch on the other hand is something else. It’s not a football game, despite its appearance. It’s a future-sports game, like Rocket League or Speedball 2. I’m enjoying it from that perspective.
Agree with the controls though, but I’m still putting that down to my own skill issues.
