leoj
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- Comment on Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI 2 weeks ago:
Nah I don’t bait, I’m a real person but from another country so the Guardian is not a news source I grew up with, except when they had an article that filtered its way down, which was uncommon. Mostly only ever saw it on Reddit or other places, and it is often disparaged when posted, or at least it used to be, so I was asking what the general consensus was on the paper.
I also thought it was interesting to note that in the USA it is typically disparaged and viewed poorly, or presented poorly, to people, probably do to its left of center alignment, which in the USA would be considered farrrr left (sad I know).
Either way, I think that downvoting discourse unless someone says something that is really obviously a troll (3.50, cumbox, creepypasta, just being an asshole), is a dumb thing to do. It is a hallmark of my experience on reddit and I thought this was a place where real discourse could happen.
I believe that calling out poor practices with upvote/downvote is a way to consider what kind of culture we have here, and want to build, as the community expands.
I came from original Digg to Reddit now to Piefed, so I have watched the ways the culture has grown and expanded on these communities, in the past I just watched and said nothing. This time I feel compelled to be a part of the discussion because I watched both Reddit and Digg go to shit.
- Comment on Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI 2 weeks ago:
Your answer was golden my friend, nothing wrong with the language you used, thank you for it! I not have guessed you did not speak English natively.
- Comment on Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI 2 weeks ago:
not disappointed, but downvote brigades on actual discussion were a serious problem on reddit, I would hate to see it carry over here, you can discuss something even if you disagree. You shouldn’t downvote good faith discussion or questions, but maybe we fundamentally disagree on the point of up/down voting.
- Comment on Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI 2 weeks ago:
Dang, was asking a question and discussing the way it has been presented to me and got buried, great discussion guys!
- Comment on Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI 2 weeks ago:
Is the Guardian mainstream? I thought it was often derided as being fringe or a tabloid in the UK (this also may of been an effort to misinform, as I typically find myself agreeing with their articles, or at the least the ones I am presented with)
- Comment on Just sayin’ 2 weeks ago:
For managed democracy.
Kind of hits different written under this image…
- Comment on Confirmed: PS5 console prices are being raised by $100 | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Yup see palworld!
- Comment on Confirmed: PS5 console prices are being raised by $100 | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Also I feel like Nintendo is losing its stranglehold on really good games in their own niche of wimsical platformers that are accessible and fun, but still provide some challenge if you seek it out.
See Astrobot. Hoping for more games in this same vein because its a winner.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn | Official Gameplay Trailer 3 weeks ago:
oh yeah, give me a good flip and burn baby, PDCs at 20%.
I need some juice.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn | Official Gameplay Trailer 4 weeks ago:
gameplay kind of reminds me of the Division/Division 2, which could be promising - curious to how the space flight works out.
Cautiously optimistic.
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 4 weeks ago:
Honestly this is exactly like the united states, thats why I used a weighted average tax - the taxes can be different county by county, although usually not by more than 3%…
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Something is Coming... - GameSpace.com 4 weeks ago:
glad to hear they are so beloved, I think an unpolished full release is a cash grab, as first impressions are important, but we can disagree on that point.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Something is Coming... - GameSpace.com 4 weeks ago:
thats good to know, it definitely looks like the worst project they are associated with, I’ll note that its published by.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Something is Coming... - GameSpace.com 4 weeks ago:
Interesting that they would bother making the game with that perspective on the financial side, but we can agree to disagree.
I’ll maintain cautious optimism but the video game industry has definitely let me down plenty of times, and companies have ruined their reputation for a mere pittance - does not mean anyone will do it on purpose, just that making video games is difficult.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Something is Coming... - GameSpace.com 4 weeks ago:
That is comforting to hear about the studio, the Expanse Dragon’s tooth earned 1.4 million with 12k backers on kick starter, and that was in my opinion with little marketing, seems like enough for a cash grab to me!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boom-studios/the-expanse-dragon-tooth-reveals-the-missing-years
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Something is Coming... - GameSpace.com 4 weeks ago:
I’m hyped because I love the source material, but worried this is just going to be a cash grab from loyal fans… Seeing as the comic books exceeded their funding threshold by a large margin, I could see other industries trying to cash in as well.
Hopefully this is a well thought out quality game, has anyone done any playtesting who wants to talk about it?
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 4 weeks ago:
I was under the impression Canada included sales tax in their pricing since usually people from the US are mocked for not having tax on their prices, the more you know!
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 4 weeks ago:
Oh I thought Canada would have it included, interesting!
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 4 weeks ago:
State+local sales tax at around 7.5% (weighted average) takes it to 480 USD (sales tax in the US can be 0 in a couple states, but is usually much more)
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 4 weeks ago:
they got too greedy, why would I buy a system with games that expensive? Maybe once the library is full and there are people reselling their used copies for cheaper I’ll jump in, but for now I’m holding the line at 60.
- Comment on Valve says 5,863 titles earned over $100,000 on Steam in 2025 1 month ago:
that changes the math… a bit…
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 1 month ago:
Yeah I think a government sponsored program could actually draw a lot of votes, I know Ms. Harris briefly touched on this with her 20k for small business start ups, but its kind of off mark from what I was proposing.
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 1 month ago:
Yeh I’m aware of employee owned and co-cooperatively owned companies, but in my experience those are often used as marketing buzzwords.
I think video game development could actually be a space where this could work, but with the saturation of indie and low effort games, a golden opportunity may have already passed.
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 1 month ago:
Yeah those are great points to consider.
I hope you have a good day.
- Comment on EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN 1 month ago:
I wish we could band together and create a company not with the motive of profit for shareholders, but with the motive of wages for employees.
What if the goal was to hire and pay as many people as much as possible, all while creating something really neat.
How do we start this?