justdaveisfine
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- Comment on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything 1 day ago:
I think its unfortunate because there’s a lot of games that fall into that next ~15-25% that are decently good games (though sometimes flawed) but won’t make enough to let the developers survive a second game.
That being said I don’t think there is a particularly easy solution, and to Valve’s credit, they have tried unique approaches to combat this, but it’s still a problem.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 1 day ago:
Monster Hunter World.
First thing I’d do is head directly to the canteen and get something served by those cat chefs, because that food looks insanely delicious.
- Comment on Is it just the norm now-a-days for grocery stores to have lots of stuff on the shelves that's past the best-by date? 4 days ago:
Hmm… I know a certain grocery store chain that got acquired by a bigger store a few years back, that’s located in the Midwest, and has been having a significant issue with leaving expired items on the shelves…
But no I don’t think its normal. Its very likely margins getting thinner because everything and management or the owners trying to keep the numbers looking good.
- Comment on How did Google discover public links of Claude chats? 4 days ago:
Without looking it up, I’d somewhat presume they pulled those URLs from people’s metadata if they’re using the Chrome browser.
- Comment on We've All Been Here 6 days ago:
She’s high and doesn’t want the cop to notice.
- Comment on Empathy: as essential as toilet paper 2 weeks ago:
They’re all just trying to get home from the lettuce eating competition 😔
- Comment on The hill I will die on: Games are the opposite of fun, and I’d ban them for anyone over 12 | Emily Watkins 2 weeks ago:
I semi-agree only in that those are some of the worst party games.
Usually when someone says they don’t like boardgames, its because they’ve only ever played Monopoly , Scrabble, or Sorry which are kind of terrible to play. It seems like she falls into this category.
- Comment on Is there a reason why bullets aren't squared? Glock's are squared on the outside but shoot round bullets. Why not square, was it ever tested? Not talking about all guns just usually handhelds. 4 weeks ago:
I’m no expert but as I recall, when a cartridge is fired, the casing is going to try and expand due to the pressure as it fires.
A circle design is the most resistant to case expansion. I think any other shape will have weak points which will lead to misfires.
That and aerodynamics as (just about) any other shape likely drift out of control and negatively impact ballistics.
- Comment on If Vampire's are semi dead, then how come a steak thru the heart kills them if they are dead already? Do they still pump their own blood? 4 weeks ago:
As I recall, its based on traditional burial methods. Vampires are considered undead and would rise again, so any method to stop them from rising and feeding was the goal. This also included decapitation, staking them to the ground, burning them, etc.
- Comment on I don't allow crime in my neighborhood 😡😡😡 5 weeks ago:
I think the only advantage these big bore single shot pistols have is that they’re relatively cheap compared to a revolver.
Not a situation I’d cheap out on but I could see someone doing it.
- Comment on As Xbox and PlayStation flounder, Steam is reportedly having another record year 5 weeks ago:
If you reach out to Steam support, you’ll get a response like this.
(Not my support ticket, this was stolen from Reddit)
But who knows what measures are in place and if that would include all games.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game 1 month ago:
They supposedly just canceled Avowed 2, which would have been about a year in development, to get the ball rolling on this.
Microsoft has a history of corporate meddling (if 343’s devs experiences are accurate) but you are right, they can’t really afford to mess this one up, so I’d hope they let the talent do their thing and make a great game.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game 1 month ago:
Microsoft’s leadership, specifically.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game 1 month ago:
I feel obligated to point out that this won’t be the same Obsidian who made New Vegas. Same company, but (mostly) not the same devs or the same leadership.
- Comment on In development: Survival game set in the world of Against the Storm 1 month ago:
Not really impressed with the teaser video but I quite like Against the Storm and hope this will be good.
- Comment on ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' 1 month ago:
When you buy Minecraft, it associates a game license to your Microsoft ID. So when you sign in to the launcher, the DRM server is what it checks with to make sure you own and can play Minecraft before letting you in.
- Comment on ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' 1 month ago:
I’m actually going assume they (ESA) meant the Minecraft DRM servers and not the hosting and playing with friends servers, because they refer to ‘counterfeiting and piracy’ lawsuits right afterwards. I mean its easy to say they don’t know the difference but I’d suspect this was a little more malicious.
- Comment on Will PS6 Be Like a Nintendo Switch? Sony Says Its Next-Gen Console Will Enable 'A Seamless Experience That Can Be Enjoyed Naturally Beyond the Living Room' 1 month ago:
The article brings it up too, but I suspect this actually means streaming games. I can see it sort of making sense where you already own a digital library and via some subscription, can stream those games to specific devices.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 2's co-lead designer was asked to make Baldur's Gate 4 after Larian declined: 'Having to compete against Baldur's Gate 3? That would be insanity' 1 month ago:
I suspect Hasbro went ahead and continued offering BG4 to studios until one of them took the bait.
- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 month ago:
I’ve been playing Idols of Ash and Echo Point Nova.
Both are pretty nifty, don’t usually see much conversation about either.
- Comment on What games meet this criteria? 1 month ago:
I think there’s actually a lot of games that fit all of those?
What genres do you play? Shooters, survival games, RPGs, sandboxish…? Might narrow down some ideas.
- Comment on Why has it became usual business for shows people like getting canceled after one season? They don't even have time to flesh out a decent story? Why not let them have at least 3? 1 month ago:
I’m not looking up numbers right now but didn’t all of those have strong first seasons, in terms of viewers?
- Comment on Why has it became usual business for shows people like getting canceled after one season? They don't even have time to flesh out a decent story? Why not let them have at least 3? 1 month ago:
As I recall, viewers typically go down as the show goes on. If its got a bad viewership, there’s not a great reason to keep pumping money into it when you can put that money into something new that might do much better.
- Comment on If I went to a mechanic for my car and told them I had a problem with the aft starboard tire would they think I'm a dork? 1 month ago:
Yeah but they’d probably find it a little funny too.
- Comment on Femality is stored in the nipples 1 month ago:
As I recall, Fallout does this with the tanktop/shorts combo.
- Comment on Femality is stored in the nipples 1 month ago:
Give the Type-A a chest binder. Now everyone is covered.
- Comment on Thoughtless violence 1 month ago:
I presumed it was AI. Lacking too many pine trees to be Skyrim.
- Comment on Is piefed or blahaj down? not been able to get on it today or yesterday 2 months ago:
I just saw a post about blahaj being down for a few hours to solve a security issue.
- Comment on How much money do you think Superman could make if he offered his services to NASA as a launch vehicle? 2 months ago:
A lot, but Superman wouldn’t charge them for it, being a superhero and all.
- Comment on So fucking chill 2 months ago:
What of its a Rodent Of Unusual Size?
