ech

@ech@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have most people never seen a full starry night sky⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Was lucky enough as a kid to get to visit one of those giant, astronomical telescopes one evening. The astronomer got it pointed at what he called a “star cluster” and invited me to take a look. I expected, like, a handful of stars. Ten? Twenty? I saw more stars in that cluster than I’ve ever seen in my life, and it blew my little mind. It was stunning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Layoffs hit CNET as its parent company goes on a buying spree⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “You need to cut the fat so we can buy more companies that we will use as ballast just like you.”

  Like, I get some companies will feel like they don’t have a choice if they want to stay open, but man…it really feels like a terrible idea to sell out to these people. They don’t care about anything except their own bottom line, and every asset they pick up will be used and discarded with that in mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slime Rancher 2 - Release Date and Physical Pre-Order Announcement⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel that doesn’t really apply for a game that’s been playable for several years now. It’s not a triple-A preorder, it’s just the physical relase for an early-access game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Hellraiser video game. What do you all think?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  single-player survival horror action game

  It’d be really interesting if you played as the Cenobytes.

  I do agree an all cutscene trailer tells use basically nothing. Does some good for tone setting though, I suppose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where will it stop ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My first reaction was disgust too, but then I remembered fried pickles are delicious, so I’d be willing to give this a try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is not satisfied⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Addiction doesn’t really care about this kind of logic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is not satisfied⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can still be addicted, even of you don’t shotgun a dime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every last one of these questions is terrible⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would you answer the actual question anyway? That just means if someone knows the actual answer, they can get into your account. The question shouldn’t matter. It should be treated as a secondary/tertiary password.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To open the community center (the primary goal for the first year+) specifically takes quite a lot of money actually, and outside of talking with NPC’s once a day, money is necessary to get every other advancement I can think of. I agree that many players probably go too hard into trying to min/max things, but the game isn’t as loosey-goosey with costs as you suggest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, I probably could have been more clear that I was referring more to people that play SD for irl years and have crops spread all across their farm. I can definitely sympathize with new players that spread out too much without the experience to know what that entails. Hell, I’m pretty sure did the same my first time playing. It seems petty natural to make that choice.

  Fwiw, if you end up trying the game again, I found QOL mods really enhanced my enjoyment of the game, particularly the one that provided the option to change how long days were. Even just a 20% change really helped make the game less stressful for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone that hasn’t seen it, Portal: Reloaded is a fan-made dlc that’s really quite good as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I never understand why anyone puts together those maybe farms. Personally, I always end up leaving the vast majority of the space unused. My farms only ever occupy the space directly in front of the house, and even that needs sprinklers asap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now You Can Buy In-Game DLC And Pay It Off Later⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I’m rich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now You Can Buy In-Game DLC And Pay It Off Later⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only if you’re right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The content doesn’t matter in the slightest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do wonder if they planned for it to be this blatant, though.

  It’s at least a little funny that they struggled so hard to stop it from punking their own posts, and the only solution is apparently turning it into a hyper-nazi bot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them all⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AAA devs are finding out there’s no such thing as infinite money doesn’t mean there are no good games. Look around and you might just realize they’re actually the least interesting content out there. There are more games coming out per/day than at any other point in history. Take some initiative and you’ll find something great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy Accessory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t get a light until the gb color. It held into port well enough, but yeah, that thing chewed through batteries as well. I was so happy when I got an sp.