smeg
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- Comment on I made an AI clone of my dead son - and let a journalist interview him 1 day ago:
This was quite literally an episode of Black Mirror, I’m sure nothing can possibly go wrong
- Comment on Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles | 404 Media 5 days ago:
I saw a similar story about how open source software projects (I think it was curl) have cancelled their bug bounty programme because it’s being overrun with LLM-generated reports and they don’t have enough volunteers to verify them all. The relevant bit is that while many were doing it for the financial reward, some do it for reputation and some genuinely do think they’re helping by adding info they think is missing but not realising that what they’re posting is unreliable.
- Comment on When life gives ya lemons. 5 days ago:
Also birds fly, meaning they tend to disperse the seeds further
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 6 days ago:
Sticker Star kind of ruined Paper Mario for me. Super Paper Mario had already gone quite weird, but in a good way - the combat was completely different but it still felt like the original and TTYD in terms of the levelling, exploration, and plot.
Sticker Star, Colour Splash, and Origami King are very linear in comparison, their lack of experience makes battles largely pointless, and the obsession with giant household objects and nameless toad NPCs is getting tedious.
The latest three games were all still enjoyable, but they’re really nothing on the first three.
- Comment on The Terribly Tragic, Totally Avoidable, Absolute Collapse Of The Gaming Industry 1 week ago:
- Comment on Bird 1 week ago:
I see you’re a follower of catholic doctrine
- Comment on The Terribly Tragic, Totally Avoidable, Absolute Collapse Of The Gaming Industry 1 week ago:
That’s not really part of the film though. Just go a couple of hours without eating or bring your own food if it’s that expensive, right?
- Comment on The Terribly Tragic, Totally Avoidable, Absolute Collapse Of The Gaming Industry 1 week ago:
What’s going on with your cinema pricing, I don’t think I’ve ever paid more than £6 for a ticket
- Comment on US education 1 week ago:
This reads like a Look Around You narration
- Comment on RPGs that are optionally pacifist? 1 week ago:
I think frying that guy’s brain was a lethal option, but the worse one from that level is the brothers who have their tongues torn out and get thrown into their own mines as slaves. Corvo’s blade really is the kinder option!
- Comment on kingdom come 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on High on snus in school: The hidden nicotine pouches shredding teens' gums 3 weeks ago:
FYI it’s “cigarette butts”, cigarette buds are the pals who join you on your smoke break
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Bit of a clickbait, the full quote is:
At Ubisoft, the golden rule when developing premium games is to allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more. Our monetization offer within premium games makes the player experience more fun by allowing them to personalize their avatars or progress more quickly, however this is always optional.
So still sniffing their own farts, but not quite as deluded as the out-of-context quote makes it sound.
- Comment on YouTube app is the worst 3 weeks ago:
Now you can install the homebrew channel just with developer mode. There’s also an app to automatically refresh the timer but I was a little hesitant about the access it wanted so I’m just doing it manually for now.
- Comment on YouTube app is the worst 3 weeks ago:
You don’t even need to root it, developer mode is relatively simple to set up and that lets you install whatever. A pihole is good for stopping it phoning home though.
- Comment on YouTube app is the worst 3 weeks ago:
Don’t forget SmartTube for Android TV / Shield / Fire and youtube-webos for LG TVs!
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 3 weeks ago:
Just try it, first one’s free! And the second. And the third…
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 3 weeks ago:
I know I shouldn’t encourage your addiction, but there’s !freegames@feddit.uk if you want to pump those numbers up
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
So is lead, and that’s also yellow
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
Compared to some of the others it’s pretty low in radioactivity (isotope dependent)
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 5 weeks ago:
Does that work? I always assumed games with DRM wouldn’t work if they couldn’t authenticate to your Steam account.
- Comment on Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop 5 weeks ago:
Simple explanation: if you have one console full of fond childhood memories then of course that’s the one you consider to be the best!
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 5 weeks ago:
You can still play them on your GameCube or Wii though, or take copies of the discs and play them on anything that runs Dolphin
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 5 weeks ago:
FYI if seems you can access older versions of Steam games, it’s just a bit hacky
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 5 weeks ago:
OK, just making sure you’re aware that the reason everyone is talking about gacha games is because they’re the ones that you brought up!
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 5 weeks ago:
How many of the mobile games that you specifically mentioned aren’t gatcha games?
- Comment on The UK Stop Killing Games petition has reached 100.000 signatures 5 weeks ago:
Fingers crossed!
- Comment on The UK Stop Killing Games petition has reached 100.000 signatures 5 weeks ago:
Didn’t it already reach the threshold last year and the government (or the civil servant in charge of rejecting every petition) closed it saying that current consumer protection laws already apply?
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 5 weeks ago:
It also launched a year or two before the ps3 and I feel like it was significantly cheaper. Xbox Live also seemed to be huge despite the cost, probably some network effect in action. I remember Gears of War being another big name they had.
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 5 weeks ago:
In the uk I remember the 360 being huge and nobody having a ps3, but now I’m not sure I know a single person who bought an xb1 or whatever the current one is called.
