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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crimson Desert Includes Denuvo DRM, To Nobody’s Delight⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Beyond stupid. I get the game for free because I bought a AMD GPU. So I can’t exactly choose a different game…

  I hope performance is fine, otherwise this is going to get neg review from me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming didnt exist in 1970⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Been self hosting my own content since Netflix removed King of the Hill. Cancelled my sub immediately.

  For the most part I was doing everything manually with a seedbox, SFTP, and then renaming things.

  Just scrapped that setup and did a docker environment with gluetun, qbit, and some *arr apps. Pretty good so far, some annoyances, but was a bit easier than I expected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 596 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is one of my biggest gripes with Gen 3. The HMs are weirdly placed/acquired IMO and after gym 5/6 you’re doing a lot of back and forth across the map.

  Still a great game, but terribly paced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 594 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up playing Gen 1-4 as they came out. But I think Gen 3/Emerald is my favorite and honestly I think it’s where Pokemon peaked. I loved Gen 4, but that and the later gens never “clicked” with me.

  Anyways, if anyone is looking for a replay of Emerald I would highly recommend the ROM hack “Modern Emerald”. It’s Emerald with Gen 1-3 Pokemon all being available(with like 5 Pokemon from Gen8&9) and some QOL updates and other content stuff. It’s probably the best Gen 3 experience out there at the moment(well from a vanilla perspective).

  Or if you want a twist, Pokemon Emerald Rogue is another great hack for Gen 3 that makes the game into a Rogue lite genre game.

  And a shout-out to PokeMMO if anyone wants a MMO experience.

  My kids are still a bit young…but my oldest is about to turn two years old and I bought them a Anbernic RG35XXSP and I’m going to put Pokemon Red or Blue or Yellow on it and have them play. I remember playing Pokemon Blue at 3 years old on my Gameboy Color and I genuinely believe it helped me with reading comprehension before I started school.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Confirms 'Project Helix,' a Next-Gen Xbox That Can Run PC Games⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I hope no one buys this “console”. There’s been way too many rumors and general discussions that this will be the “last Xbox” and Microsoft has already lost the “first party” game front.

  There is zero reason to buy Xbox at this point. Game Pass is stupidly expensive(and you can’t even buy Gold separately anymore). This new “console” is supposed to be stupidly expensive as well.

  I would hope this would force people to just switch to PC, but the hard heads will buy Xbox and the noobs will buy PlayStation.

  I loved my original Xbox and the 360, but Microsoft has been on a steep decline since. The writing’s been on the wall for a long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Xbone is what made me go PC full time.

  Been a Xbox gamer since the original Xbox with Halo CE. LAN parties galore. Halo 2 and the beginning of Xbox Live was amazing. Bought a X360 at launch, got Gears and Crackdown for the Halo 3 multiplayer beta. Halo 3 was peak.

  And then Xbone announced. Always online. Kinect required. “Sports” “Live TV”. Yeah, not falling for that. “Can’t just flip a switch”.

  Yeah I cancelled my Xbox Live sub and built a PC. 2500K with a 550ti. Haven’t looked back since. All of my friends in our group did the same, but some bought a PS4 as well for the SP games.

  Microsoft just doesn’t care. They have enough money to not care. But the writing has been on the wall for a long time for Xbox and I’d be genuinely surprised if they release another console and I’d be even more surprised if anyone actually buys it. It’s a dead ecosystem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pricing is dictated by what someone is willing to pay for it.

  For me, $70 USD is too much for the average game that is being sold at that price tag because those types of games(AAA/AAAA) are:

  • Broken at launch
  • Unoptimized/framegen crutch
  • Basic features missing
  • Nickle and dimed to all hell

  Again, not all, but the average AAA slop title usually has one or more of the above points.

  BUT, that doesn’t mean that Indie games at $20 USD are a “steal” or “bargain” either. There are many Indie games I bought at their launch(Silksong), but others I have waited for a decent sale.

  If everyone stopped buying games at $70 USD then prices would fall and/or projects going forward would be re-evaluated to either keep costs/expectations down. But people are paying the $70 USD so that price point is here to stay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kellogg ---> Epstein⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what the cost for my insurer was, because we never even got a bill in the mail. I even called the financial office or whatever it’s called for Kaiser and made sure we didn’t owe anything and they said that we were covered and owed nothing out of pocket.

  My post was a reflection of my own personal anecdote because I see stuff online all the time that insurance is terrible in the US and that we all pay $20k for a birth when that isn’t the case for everyone. I mean if the average is $18k then someone is definitely paying that amount(or more, because average) but some also pay zero. My post wasn’t meant to diminish. I also think all of this should be free for everyone anyway.

  I do also think some people pay more than they have to, as in they are having unprotected sex and can switch to a HMO over a PPO, but they stay on the PPO plan because it’s “cheap” and end up paying $20k for a birth when they could’ve switched to a HMO before hand and paid the $50-$500 a month(depending on employer or if your state has a marketplace) and saved the difference. But they don’t think that far ahead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I mean why not?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of my workplace (I’m the trolley and others are jumping on the tracks)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kellogg ---> Epstein⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just had two kids back to back. Both born in California and at Kaiser. The only thing we had to pay for was my wife’s post-partum medication, I think $50 total between both kids.

  All prenatal appointments/care? Covered. Two separate scares where wife was admitted overnight? Covered. Both births with epidurals and overnight stays and meals(for mom)? Covered. We didn’t even pay for parking.

  Idk if it’s because we planned this and intentionally had a HMO plan, but wanted to share my recent experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes this is a more apt description, sorry, this whole thing has been stupid tbh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are being accused of price fixing with the whole “can’t sell games for cheaper on other store fronts compared to the steam listing” thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HAWK SHARK⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, my wife quickly figured out that my Old Spice lasted longer than anything she’s ever bought before.

  She’d have to apply her old deodorant 2-3 times throughout the day(working an office job). But the old spice? Once in the morning and she didn’t have to worry about it again unless she worked out after work.

  Now her sister and her mom use old spice for the same reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, Steam Deck + EmuDeck and using the “Eden” switch emulator. I have the same or better performance than when I did with Yuzu.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder where they got 100hr?

  I wonder if there’s some metric they’re going off of where the majority of the subscriber base only plays less than 100hrs and the “abusers” or whales play over the 100hr mark.

  100hr / 30 days is 3.3 hours a day. Which as a father of two… I’d be lucky to get that much in a day.

  100hr / 20 days(5 days a week) is 5 hours a day.

  100hr / 8 days (weekends only gaming) is 12.5 hours a day.

  None of these are outrageous and probably are the “average” user of the service.

  Now if you’re doing 8 or 12 hours a day for 30 days, that’s 240-360 hours a month. Which is pretty much gaming full time.

  I think 100 hours is a weird number to land on. I think 120 hours makes more sense (4 hours a day over 30 days).

  I do expect Nvidia to lower the hours over time. Expect to see 80 hours or 50 hours soon IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is now live⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just a heads up that you can browse and set filters on steamdb to see new historical lows for games(obviously based on steam pricing only).

  Some notable historical lows are Silksong, KCD2, Arc Raiders, Hades II, Megabonk…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m small down there and get my fiancé off with a big dildo. Do you see any issue with this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Get a cocksleeve. Blissful creations makes some really great pieces