Strayce
@Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on You know what would be cool? If all those (job name) simulator games could all be joined. 6 days ago:
!outside@lemmy.world
- Comment on Dont you DARE correct my asdhfhska 1 week ago:
This feels like some AI bullshit. Like, the correction is statistically more likely in the training data.
- Comment on Premium Ads 1 week ago:
Fucking called it
- Comment on This is a real food I just found 2 weeks ago:
But is it though?
- Comment on Colours of Blood 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on I just opened an overpriced can of fancy soup and on the label, along with the expected stuff like 'gluten-free' and 'GMO-free,' was 'mustard free' and 'celery free.' Is that a thing now? 1 month ago:
Mustard isn’t a super common allergenAFAIK, but I have heard of it. People can be allergic to anything.
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 1 month ago:
Even if it isn’t changing IP, you still want it in your DHCP table so that IP doesn’t accidentally get assigned to something else. It’s unlikely but it can happen.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 29th 1 month ago:
The Forever Winter. Released in early access due to popular demand. It’s rough, divisive, and difficult as hell. It’s also incredibly grim and hauntingly beautiful. It’s a PvE-only, stealth-based, extraction (non-)shooter where you scavenge resources to survive in the shadow of a military-industrial complex run absolutely amok. You are incredibly underpowered, to the point where if you need to start shooting, you’re probably already dead. Gameplay is tense, frightening, and really drives home the overwhelming feeling of being a small fish in a really fucking big pond.
I’m not sure I’d recommend it in the state it’s in, if at all, but it’s definitely making me feel some kind of way. I don’t normally enjoy extraction shooters, but I find myself coming back to this one. Not that it’s really a shooter. Maybe that’s what’s doing it for me. The most divisive part is the water mechanic. It’s a key resource for your settlement; If you run out of water you lose all your stuff. But, it drains in real time not game time so the it’s kind of a big commitment at the moment. Personally I understand both sides of the argument and I haven’t decided where I fall yet. It’s definitely worked on me because I find myself thinking about the game when I’m not playing, but if I end up taking a break I’m not sure I’ll have the commitment to build back up from scratch again.
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
I picked up a wireless Cooler Master mouse on impulse for $20 from a bargain bin and it’s … Actually okay. The software doesn’t even need to stay running. You open the util, change the settings, close it, and that’s it. Downside is the cable… While it is technically USBC, they’ve done that thing where the port is recessed in a specifically shaped divot that only their cable will fit.
- Comment on Aussie Government announces Loot Box and Gambling content classification changes - Vooks 2 months ago:
Be cool if they could do something about the amount of gambling ads attached to sports. But no, it must be video games that are bad.
Tbh I’m glad they’re recognizing loot boxes as a problem, but this feels backwards. Like, a single, completely optional slot machine in an RPG that only takes and pays out in in-game currency gets you an R rating, but a predatory real-money gatcha mechanic is only worth an M.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Not really. They have a lot of bits and in-jokes which are going to seem incomprehensible to anyone from the outside, but most of them are pretty chill if you engage in good faith. It’s like a lot of tech communities; if you don’t do your research and ask intelligent questions, you’re likely to get told to RTFM.
- Comment on Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates 2 months ago:
Installed this on my Legion Go today. Took about an hour, all hardware supported out-of-the-box. Hardest part was mapping the controller. Haven’t actually played much on it, but I’m very impressed with the experience so far.
- Comment on Are there any video games in the Warhammer universe that are actually good? 2 months ago:
Speed Freeks is extremely underrated. It plays like Unreal Tournament x Twisted Metal.
- Comment on Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions? 4 months ago:
Short answer: yes.
Shattered Pixel dungeon is based on pixel dungeon, adds a bunch of new stuff and is reasonably actively developed.
- Comment on trending on facebook 4 months ago:
That AI moderation thing is working real well I see.
- Comment on POV when you have bad computer 7 months ago:
Either that or bad speech recognition
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
The specs are insane, but you can’t use it because the servers it needs to phone home to don’t exist yet.
- Comment on What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices? 10 months ago:
Australia isn’t that much better. Yeah, you’re much less likely to get shot unless it’s by the cops, but housing and grocery prices are insane. Public health is kind of okay at the moment, but it’s slowly and surely being gutted along with most other public services. Disability and unemployment are a labyrinthine nightmare of maliciously incompetent bureaucracy. Workers rights don’t suck in some places. Some industries have very strong unions (construction). My state has sick pay guarantees for casual workers and jail time is a possibility for wage theft. I think it’s the only one where that’s true tho. Otoh we just voted nationally to continue systemic racism, we have nazis sieg heiling in the streets, our prime minister is a non-event and the opposition leader is an angry potato.
- Comment on Is The PlayStation Portal Worth A Purchase? - GameInformer 1 year ago:
Maybe with a jailbreak
- Comment on How well do Swedish fish keep past their best by date? 1 year ago:
Not familiar with Swedish Fish specifically, but generally candy is mostly sugar, which is a preservative in itself so it doesn’t really go off. Also not familiar with the regulations in your area, but in my country foods are generally good for at least three months outside of a “best before” date if kept in their original packaging or at least airtight. Flavour and texture might decline a bit, but they won’t make you sick. It’s the “use by” dates you want to be observant of.
- Comment on Here's what a random person on the internet thought of The Outer Worlds 1 year ago:
No, I said I haven’t enjoyed one since 3. I tried NV and I’ve seen enough videos to get why people like it, but I just didn’t. The crafting system and changes to combat mechanics felt too complicated at the time. Like, I had to go gather three different materials to build the ammo to break one guy’s tank. I didn’t have any issue with the plot or writing, it just felt like busywork. Likewise with FO4, it’s a mile wide but an inch deep. There’s a ton of stuff to do, but very little reason to care about it. Like, yeah, some asshole stole my kid but I’m just gonna go spend however many hours building out this gas station. FO3 just felt like the perfect balance between grindy RPG mechanics and plot driven missions.
- Comment on Here's what a random person on the internet thought of The Outer Worlds 1 year ago:
Yeah, I think you got it. The humour in Fallout is subtle, it’s satire. OW borders on farce.
- Comment on Here's what a random person on the internet thought of The Outer Worlds 1 year ago:
I really wanted to like this one. On paper it sounds like exactly my jam, but it just didn’t grab me. The whole game felt tedious. Mediocre combat, very little weapon variety (just different tiers of the same kind of gun) and I found the humour kind of simultaneously weak and overdone. The satire is heavy-handed, and the wackiness falls flat. I haven’t enjoyed a fallout game since 3 either though, so maybe my taste has changed without me realising.
- Comment on Check your kids' candies 1 year ago:
- Comment on if it turned out there was a sentient AI capable of running the world would you accept it or rebell against it? 1 year ago:
Depends. It’s not a fundamentally terrible idea. Most of the issues in the world stem from resource allocation issues, and that’s something an algorithm would be great at.
- Comment on Armored Core - Show off your Tank Cores 1 year ago:
Story wise it’s self contained. You might be on slightly better footing with the building mechanics if you’ve played another, but it’s not required.
- Comment on Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy? 1 year ago:
A lot of these companies are locked in to 5,10 or 20 year leases. If they were sensible they’d just eat the loss and take the extra productivity and happier staff, but that’s not how the corporate hivemind works. They’re paying rent so they have to justify it by having bums on seats, or they’re bleeding money for what looks like no reason.
- Comment on It’s going good so far 🤞🤞 1 year ago:
Where is c/angryupvote
- Comment on Wikihow brutally kills 36 year olds 1 year ago:
- Comment on Why do we not eat pig or cow? 1 year ago:
I’m from Australia and I’ve never heard that one. I don’t eat lamb (or sheep. Or mutton. Or whatever.) though, so maybe I’m not the best judge.
