Deconceptualist
@Deconceptualist@leminal.space
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Oh wow I haven’t seen that in aeons haha
- Comment on power generator 1 week ago:
I know it’s a comic but I’m so tired of this. The high heat capacity and abundance of water make it excellent for energy transfer. But it’s not the source of energy. The source is what distinguishes different types of generators, not the engineering logistics of transfer.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Still not my thing but I guess that makes sense, and I haven’t seen one with a story. Thanks.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Sure. But what exactly is that commentary? To me it feels super cynical, like “Look, people are suckers and you don’t need to waste effort on story and gameplay, they’re happy to just mindlessly click buttons”.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Progression and tech trees are my favorite parts of rpg games.
Oh I like those very much too. They serve as a reward for playing the core game and unlock further choices and complexity so your skills and particular playstyle can expand.
Good incremental games distill that part to a fine, highly concentrated progression liquor.
Uh, no I would argue that they boil away everything interesting – narrative, gameplay, choices, skill, problem solving – and what’s left is naught but the kind of task 1960’s neuroscientists would set for rats with electrodes implanted in their crania. How is that appealing whatsoever?
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
I can’t really disagree with any of that. But I did enjoy playing back in school, and then women’s Olympic soccer is way better to watch than men’s IMO (they play hard, and don’t fall down and fake injury at the lightest bump).
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Huh? That’s like saying you love a shitty drug. You’re not enjoying a story or developing any kind of skill, you’re just raising your risk of RSI for a dopamine hit. What am I missing?
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Basketball. It’s practically the same game as soccer and hockey without the interesting constraints (no hands, or play on skates). I won’t deny that it requires athleticism, but then it has the non-skill requirement to be freakishly tall. If you’re not biologically tall, well too bad, that’s a huge handicap you have basically no hope of overcoming.
And NBA games are the worst, it’s always tied like 100-100 until the last 1-2 minutes which is where all the interesting plays happen (between a half dozen fouls) and the actual outcome is decided. The rest of the game you can often just ignore and not really miss anything important.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
Not a single title, but any incremental “clicker” game. What’s the point? Seems like “hurr durr number go up”.
Similarly, any game that’s more than a little grindy, where the grind isn’t a fun gameplay loop in its own right. e.g. I played Warframe for years, and the core gameplay feels great. But if it wasn’t for that I would have likely hated the game due to how repetitive it gets just to upgrade your gear.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Good luck! I couldn’t hold out and I hope I don’t regret it too much. The game is already good but I’m trying to give useful feedback so it’ll be even better for everyone later.
- Comment on Does anybody actually work from 09:00 to 17:00 1 week ago:
That’s all it took to get the song in my head lol
- Comment on Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies 2 weeks ago:
Go on the Discord, you’ll probably find folks giving away free keys periodically. I don’t know that for certain but it’s common for popular Early Access games.
- Comment on Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies 2 weeks ago:
Why? If you know you’ll play it it’s only $30 now, almost certainly higher at release. The Early Access is running great for me (on Linux no less) and the closest thing to a “bug” I’ve found so far (3 hrs in) is that some of the voiceover doesn’t 100% match the written text.
Seriously, it looks and feels very good already. My understanding is that only a few biomes are finished, and they’ll release more over time. But even the story beginnings are already solidly in place.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
What’s the GabeN quote? Piracy is a customer service problem? That seems applicable here.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
Yes this was what I actually meant.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
That’s a very good point. But they’re even more of a corporate behemoth now.
I was a Nintendo Power subscriber until the GameCube era, and I feel like they used to share a little bit of behind-the-scenes fun (e.g. making-of Donkey Kong Country VHS) and promote 3rd-party titles even on the magazine cover. But it seems like even that kind of stuff is long gone.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
Fair, my phrasing was probably too saucy there. Drunk post, my bad. I would still call myself a Zelda fan, even though the last one I played was Twilight Princess. It’s one of the all-time greatest series and the titles nearly always score 9/10 everywhere.
But I’m still going to say to “move on”. Not because of Zelda, no. There’s no real substitute. Rather, move on because Nintendo is scummy and doesn’t deserve your money when plenty of other publishers are making fun and creative games and working hard for it instead of suing their own customers.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
That’s true. I wouldn’t expect someone to play games that aren’t fun to them.
But you’re not exactly helping the gaming industry improve if you’re regularly giving money to douchey companies rather than more open-minded publishers. I think it’s pretty simple to argue that you’re endorsing the scumbag behavior if you help finance it.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
It’s been a looong time. But I think it drank those too? Engineers in those days maybe didn’t know how to optimize a full color screen with good brightness like that device sported.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
I was a bit conservative myself (or maybe lucky that neighbor kids had a 3DO and Sega CD I could try) but I did own a Sega Game Gear. That thing drank 6x AA batteries like there was no tomorrow. And the game library was very looser lackluster after the Sonic titles.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
Aw I came for this answer. I was fortunate to see through the BS because I was very immersed in the tech at the time, but the VB genuinely had cool potential and I wanted it to succeed so it could lead to new generations of full-color VR (which took like another 2+ decades).
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
I feel ya. I was a diehard Nintendo Power subscriber for probably longer than appropriate (thanks, parents) but they didn’t keep up with me.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
My friend, there are lots of reasons not to like the litigious corporate monstrosity that Nintendo has become.
- Comment on We owe a lot to Ohio 3 weeks ago:
Haha. Should have said American if they meant John Glenn.
- Comment on We owe a lot to Ohio 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent 5 weeks ago:
I find it breaks my game immersion 🤷♂️
- Comment on Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent 5 weeks ago:
Oh, maybe they added it later! Pretty cool if so. It just means you can tilt the controller without affecting the gyro until your thumbs are on the pads or joysticks. It’s configurable on the Deck.
- Comment on Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent 5 weeks ago:
Mostly yes, but it wasn’t flawless. Those trackpads are quite loud (compared to the Deck), the ABXY buttons are a bit too small and awkwardly placed, and there are just many times that I want a second thumbstick. Also it lacks touch-to-engage for the gyro but that’s a newer invention.
I think the most impressive innovation came from pairing it with Steam Input. That system is still wildly underappreciated; it’s what lets you turn the trackpads into things like custom radial menus.
- Comment on Nvidia Answers my DLSS 5 Questions - Daniel Owen 2 months ago:
That’s a very good point, and now that I’ve seen more coverage (including this video) and got a better understanding of how the tech works (based on 2D frames plus motion vectors) I’m inclined to agree.
I wonder if it would be possible to feed this system information about object materials and 3D lighting and spatial atmosphere so it’s not just “painting over” every frame? Or if that would even help it? Because the way it works now, I’m honestly concerned ever major game will start to look homogenous.
- Comment on Nvidia Answers my DLSS 5 Questions - Daniel Owen 2 months ago:
I haven’t seen this video yet (will when I get home) but based on another by Gameranx, DLSS 5 looks like it will simultaneously:
- Ruin any artistic intent or design in character faces or other key details at the center of player focus, and
- Noticeably improve backgrounds and other bits that don’t stay under focus.
If they can program it to just skip over character models, it might actually be good tech. Of course I have near zero faith in that happening.
