greybeard

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can’t be assed to cuss, stop using the words. All you are doing is making it harder to read what you are saying, and making yourself look like a child who will get in trouble for cussing. We aren’t on YouTube or whatever, you won’t have your content surpressed because you offended the advertisers delicate sensabilities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm making a mini-game for my RPG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of Wiz-War, the board game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It also doesn’t take hundreds of people to make a good game anymore, just a dozen or so good employees (sometimes less). Big studios struggle with justifying their existence with graphics and scope creep. Then, more often then not, management shoves it full of microtransactions or refocuses the game to hit whatever’s hot this second. Which often leads to a polished turd of a game.

  When you look at the big hits over the last 10 yeas, less than half of them came from big publishers and big studios. With less every year. It’s just not a model that works anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was watching a youtube video of an engineer student showing off his project. He had a stopwatch app up to show how quickly something was done, and there was a banner ad at the bottom of it. Like, it’s a damn stopwatch, who thought “I worked hard on this, and deserve to make some money!”. Also, how normalized to ads was that person that they didn’t think twice about letting that ad roll in their video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terraria 1.4.5 Releases January 27⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That game already had plenty of flesh, but I suppose it could always use more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There was also a pretty aggressive format war between BluRay and HDDVD that tempered demand for a little while. I bought a launch PS3 as well, in part because of BluRay.

  I also think it was a time where not everyone had an HD TV, nor did most people see a huge difference between DVD and BluRay, so there just wasn’t quite the demand compared to VHS vs DVD. Aside from the graphical stepup to DVD, it also didn’t need to be rewinded and didn’t take up nearly as much space. I think those two were big selling features, that the DVD to BluRay transition just didn’t have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Best-Selling Video Games Since 2020⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone is allowed their own opinion. So I’m not going to say you are wrong for disliking it, but I completely disagree.

  I consider Super Mario World to be the best in the franchise, and Wonder was probably better. I loved the game. I found most of the “New Super Mario” (The 2D series) games bad, or at least missing the magic of the first games with tight controls and well thought out levels. Wonder was a return to that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Friendslop' dominated 2025 by proving time and time again that graphics are overrated⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  GiantBomb had a “Best Friendslop” award this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing the INDX! Fast and affordable 8-material printing exclusively on the CORE One - Original Prusa 3D Printers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More like the other way around. The INDX was announce a while back. This is the first we are hearing about the CoreOne with it, but it really felt designed for it, there is a bar perfectly in place to work for the INDX.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And their tools used to assist genocide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried using crystals instead of touch screens? If it was good enough for Kirk it’s good enough for Janeway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any good 3D Nintendo FAN made games?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Breaking the 3D rule you set, there is Super Mariomon. It’s a romhack for Pokemon Emerald that does a complete conversion to into a Mario based monster hunting game. The story, the map, the monsters, all 100% replaced. Because it isn’t Pokemon, the creators took some fun liberties on some of the core concepts of Pokemon like gyms. They also masterfully mined Mario lore to fill out a full dex of 151 critters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game - Official Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Obviously I can’t specify on this game, since it isn’t out yet, but there are plenty of cases were games are released very light on content and use season passes as a way to fill it out, as well as attempt to keep the player counts up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game - Official Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally? I’d rather buy the game and have the whole game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA V was released on this day, 12 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you talking about, there's a new Elder Scrolls release every year. Skyrim Remastered, Skyrim Deluxe. Skyrim Limited Edition. Skyrim for Switch. Skyrim Premium Deluxe for Switch, the list goes on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What foss MP games are still active?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For games where there is a list of servers, it would be cool to have a central software like gamespy to let players know where the other players are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Beehive", an unnofficial, unsanctioned, unassociated Mineclonia server with seed "beehaw" is up!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I jumped in and had a look around. I'd recommend making a welcome area around where the new player spawn is. A little lighting and a few signs for the rules would be helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 owner banned for playing second-hand Switch 1 games⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That bully sure is nice, he did a great job cleaning up my nose bleed from when he punched me in the face!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A neat feature in the new Death Stranding game is a "Pretend I Won" button on the death screen for bosses. It's nice when games recognize that skill checks can be a problem, and what makes some games fun for some users isn't being challenged.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are two major advantages to what Nintendo did. The plastic top significantly increases shatter resistance. Look at Jerryrig Everything's review to see, it's almost impossible to break the screen now via blunt force, which is a big problem for people with kids. Surface scratches are far better than a shattered screen.

  The second advantage is that you can put a glass screen protector on it and get the best of both worlds. A replaceable glass surface that is nice and hard. What I think would have made it better is if the console came with a pre-installed glass protector that was replaceable.