ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Are AAA Games too bloated? 19 hours ago:
It’s not so much that the games are bloated (they are), it’s that many are incredibly gated as well. There’s always been super grindy and bloated games, but the degree it’s done today is just different. You can’t just spend two weeks putting in 100+ hours into a modern game and complete everything. It’s no longer kill a million mobs to get this achievement, it’s kill 100 mobs max a day until you kill a million. It’s do this phase and wait a month for the next phase.
Diablo 2 is honest and open about it’s grinding, modern day games aren’t.
- Comment on Anon is a fighter 20 hours ago:
The gorilla only needs to land one blow though, or even just bite your hand.
- Comment on Anon is a fighter 20 hours ago:
In his defense, you only have to run at 20mph for about a step as you’d be slowing down pretty fast.
- Comment on My doctor's office now has ads when checking in online 1 day ago:
I discovered even worse recently. The office i went to added a third party wellness company to the new patient sign up process, so you were agreeing to their payment policy then next page is a nice dark pattern to join some bullshit company.
- Comment on Anon gets dommed by his barber 1 day ago:
The beard is also doing a lot of work.
- Comment on A new Starcraft game is on the way from the publishers of Dave The Diver and The Finals, according to reports 1 week ago:
After seeing what their former devs have done to create blizzard style RTS games I’m not exactly hopeful that this goes any better. There’s so many pitfalls for them to avoid.
Focusing too much on players of 20 year old games that want a newer version of their favorite game. Focusing too much on esports, or pros from other games that don’t want to learn new mechanics. Lack of support for non-competitive modes that are by far more popular than vs modes. Slow response to balance issues or metas that become boring to play and watch. Not having a focus on what the gameplay you want to deliver should even be.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 1 week ago:
Games workshop would then have to use both of them. Space marines pre-date both of them.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 week ago:
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Kids. Being married before you have kids is huge in some states and important in many. In my state unmarried father’s have no rights to children even if they sign the birth certificate. Sure you can adopt, but that’s far more expensive than a marriage certificate.
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Protection in the case of breakup or divorce. You have rights to shared property in a divorce, you have no rights to anything you didn’t buy or put in your name otherwise. You can sort of solve this with making a partnership and putting all assets into it, but it’s not quite the same and far more complicated. Also if you aren’t the breadwinner, there isn’t really a way to ensure spousal support without a marriage.
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Legal protections. You can’t be compelled to testify against a spouse. While you can do things like medical power of attorney, you don’t get it by default like marriage, which means you either need that document on hand at all times or in an emergency situation you could be prevented access or decision making authority until you provide documentation. There’s also social security, you can draw on a spouse, but there isn’t an equivalent, same for pensions that offer survivor benefits.
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Insurance benefits from employers generally require you to be married.
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- Comment on 'Madame Web' Outstreamed 'Deadpool & Wolverine' in First Weeks (Despite Flopping in Theaters) 2 weeks ago:
Streaming is also a great place for seeing if something really was as bad as people said it was.
- Comment on How are the blatant anti-competitive practices of Apple just…allowed? How is this even possible? 3 weeks ago:
Monopolies are not the only thing that governments are supposed to prevent. Anti competitive practices are supposed to be illegal regardless of monopoly status. The same is true of cartel behavior.
- Comment on Simcity 3000 Retrospective/Mini Review & Screenshot Walkthrough 3 weeks ago:
Each game has their own little quirks and focuses. From what I remember sc3000 is best to start in a corner. You only get half the pollution from buildings on the edge, which is pretty big in the early game. You also get easier access to trade partners which is a good source of income later. Public transportation is also important, and very expensive, so you need to aggressively maintain a strong budget surplus to keep expanding.
There’s also some magic numbers to know as you get more familiar with the game. Airports, farms, ports, and subways all have sizes you need to keep in mind when planning.
- Comment on What's the worst instance of plot armour on characters you've seen in TV? 3 weeks ago:
The acclaim is mostly for the first and second seasons which are much better than the latter ones and more closely followed the source material.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
It also plausible they don’t even need to buy the expensive bits ahead of time. There’s a ton of downtime in these shows where they are shooting different scenes. There’s likely plenty of time to text a PA that’s already in the grocery store to buy the lobster or the filet while the elimination is being shot and next round prep is happening.
- Comment on in case of emergencies, light it. 4 weeks ago:
Praise the Omnissiah
- Comment on What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you? 4 weeks ago:
In a slight defense of Rings of Power, I don’t think the lore “problems” are really a big deal. It had to not follow the Silmarillion for legal reasons. As someone who hasn’t digested that “book” the lore parts seem ok. The problem is most the writing still sucks and has many problems that are more substantial than that’s not what Tolkien said in the book that can’t be named. Also the weirdly cheap appearance is totally accurate. I think there’s also a lot of merit to the rumors much of the writing and props were originally intended for a dragon age adaptation.
- Comment on Can I sue my apartment management company? 4 weeks ago:
This is just small claims court. You can just leave and not pay for a month you aren’t there, I wouldn’t expect the security deposit back though.
Move out first, then if you don’t get the security deposit back, try small claims court. You have to decide if the deposit is worth the fight though. It’s around $250 to file and serve your landlord. Assuming you win, there’s no enforcement of them paying you. You would need to then take that order to another judge and likely provide details on how to get that money back to get an order that should eventually get that money back.
- Comment on What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you? 4 weeks ago:
That would explain it. One person that actually gave a shit or even knew the content.
- Comment on What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you? 4 weeks ago:
What’s really surprising is how once piece ended up being pretty good, after all the garbage adaptations.
- Comment on What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you? 4 weeks ago:
Halo was something that shouldn’t have happened, the writers admitted they wanted their own story unrelated to Halo.
- Comment on Minecraft movie spawns ‘annoying’ cinema trend that viewers claim ‘ruins’ the film 4 weeks ago:
To me the theater is now a place for collective enjoyment. The home viewing experience is good enough if I want to watch something in silence, not that I have even a modest set up. The theater is now about having that energy and cheering because it’s all that’s really left.
- Comment on Minecraft movie spawns ‘annoying’ cinema trend that viewers claim ‘ruins’ the film 4 weeks ago:
The crowd and reactions are one of the biggest parts of the theater experience that’s actually positive.
- Comment on Andor Showrunner Tony Gilroy Says Decision To Scrap 5-Season Plan Was "Born Out Of Desperation" 4 weeks ago:
5 seasons would be tough to fill, good thing they didn’t do that.
- Comment on First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80 5 weeks ago:
It probably will. Given the modest spec bump and the high even for Nintendo hostility to switch emulation, it’s probably trivial to support switch 2 as well.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
The public domain allows free use of anything in it. It allows people to innovate and expand upon established knowledge without having to pay tribute to original creators or their estates.
Intellectual property was created as a compromise to get people to be more open with their works. It allowed artists and writers to create things without risking their creations copied and losing their livelihood. Similarly inventors were also encouraged to publish how they invented because it granted them a period of exclusive access to controlling that method. In the long term the public benefits by getting access to everything.
- Comment on ‘Snow White’, Poisoned By Controversy At Box Office, Won’t Have A Happy Ending With $115M Loss: What Went Wrong 5 weeks ago:
Is she getting worse or are more people aware she’s always been bad?
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 5 weeks ago:
It’s my second store, but it’s still a distant second to steam.
- Comment on What are some of the worst actor miscasts in TV? 5 weeks ago:
It is supposed to be acting, bit just being yourself.
- Comment on What are some of the worst actor miscasts in TV? 5 weeks ago:
Pretty sure nepotism is mandatory for the entertainment industry.
- Comment on Unwanted gravy starter in frozen turkey breast 5 weeks ago:
The drippings from a turkey breast are pretty much just water. It doesn’t have the skin, fat, cartilage and bones that add a lot to a gravy.
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 1 month ago:
Wild boars are an invasive species, they don’t have natural predators.