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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s definitely bad if you had planned to wait on ordering upgraded memory, GPU or flash storage because prices and availability were insane during the pandemic, only for it to triple in price. Not bad enough that I am eyeing consoles. I can’t stand the terrible framerate and low FOV they tend to have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Former Sega Developer Has Helped Recover Games Lost for More Than 30 Years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Blows my mind thinking how much stuff just gets lost to history but I’ve worked for companies that were purchased and when everyone left, stuff would just get cleared out by liquidators. Even if we were allowed to grab what we wanted almost nobody bothered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Ahoy] Singularity is a trip back to the FPS past.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep! Such a cool game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Ahoy] Singularity is a trip back to the FPS past.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Played a bunch of their earlier titles without knowing who they were. Parents were disturbed by Hexen but OK with DOOM. Go figure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Microsoft explored selling or spinning off Xbox division after Phil Spencer's exit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it had all the telltale signs from the get go. Bring in fall guy. Suddenly raise service prices to unignorable level. Force attrition. Excuse to kill it and studios. Announce big plans to distract. Gut studios more. Get called out. Explain pivot. Resume gutting. Get called out. Announce vapor ware. Distract distract distract. jingles keys All carefully balanced for the two week news/memory cycle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Next Chapter for Bungie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If they really got rid of the old guard mgmt…that is extremely good news. They seemed hell-bent on killing the game. Heck, they did. Was like being gaslit the whole time as a player.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  jfc we’ll eat anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired Rockstar devs don’t want you to boycott GTA 6 but ask for support - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fired Marathon and Destiny 2 devs supposedly said similar. Hmm…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saber who? adds to ignore list on Steam

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Return to office propaganda floating around LinkedIn⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We need a new plague.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games CEO says it’s ‘really irresponsible’ of Steam to make studios disclose AI use | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t tell if this guy just constantly has bad takes and a shitty world view or if he knows saying controversial shit is what gets headlines. Maybe it’s both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. There is a raging shitstorm of smooth brains on X going absolutely nuts over it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favourite gaming console you have played?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I played the absolute crap out of my Genesis more than anything else, i was obsessed with SF:2 CE and the six button controller was a game changer. But for every other genre the SNES has more of my favorite games compared to any system I have. There’s just a charm and feeling of care put into some its games that is just leaps and bounds above everything. Hard to describe.

  For pure slickness of the hardware and user experience—the Gamecube, NeoGeo Pocket Color and Dreamcast mesmerized me upon purchase from that alone. Of course they all have some bangers. Also the joystick on the NGPC is amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what’s your best “nitric acid acts upon trousers” moment?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it will also of course remove overspray if you’re out of lacquer thinner and as a side bonus the fumes will later reveal that the paint shop didn’t prep for top coat what they “fixed” next to what you’re working on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For one build I made that mistake. I went with SFF partly due to motherboard and RAM shortages and i could barely upgrade it… I won’t do that again. But before that i would start at low to mid spec for components, a mobo and PSU with room to grow, and slowly max them out over time.

  However, like i said in another reply it seems like i can repurpose less and less in later builds as tech evolves more rapidly these days and or I run into a wall with bottlenecking something or another even if i can upgrade a component. As a result I’m definitely taking a longer pause this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. I guess it’s not completely purposeless as I’ll reuse and repurpose what i can. But for last build especially I could barely reuse any of it. GPU, increasing power reqs overall and avoiding bottlenecking seem to muck up that strategy the most. If anything i enjoy what feels like a huge leap in performance every time i build one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I run my boxes for so long I end up having to basically build a whole new rig by the time it is obsolete thanks to socket, RAM and GPU changes. Feels like it almost defeats the purpose of rolling your own. I mostly just use my Steam Deck at this point. Tired of keeping up with all that combined with shortages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're so back⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Stuff like this in the only reason Twitter needs to stay alive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ECCO THE DOLPHIN: COMPLETE⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my favorite horror franchises.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top-selling video games ever (2025)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Made me realize I have nearly every decent variant of Tetris for all the consoles my Brick Hammer can run installed. Probably play Apotris the most, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Seeking connection’: the video game (Arc Raiders) where players stopped shooting and started talking...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Noticed people talking about this for a while regarding Arc. For myself it seems as gaming became more accessible and streaming took off (especially on PC) the toxicity and trolling in games with social features increased exponentially. As a result I now deliberately avoid games with any kind of PVP if it’s not separate or solo-able, and I disable chats and voice out of habit unless i’m with clanmates. I don’t even give it a chance. I ignore people in open world or “live” games in pve areas for the most part as well.

  During the ps3/360 era i could join random games and meet interesting people and most were just normal. Not sure what console atmosphere is like now since i stopped buying them.

  Hopefully this becomes more of the norm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon’s idea of improving Luna involves stripping back most of it⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t even know it existed until they pulled the plug on their MMO. Didn’t seem to be any marketing for it. After taking a quick glance I could see why, it was pretty… lacking in comparison to competitors. And now they want to strip more away? Just drop the sunsetting theatrics and let it die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Street Fighter 6’s Latest DLC Ending Is Upsetting Fans Because Alex Marries His Sister-Cousin⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda funny considering how unapologetically vapid the early games were. The endings were so short and corny. Almost like the devs were forced to put them in. Now it has come to this. Crazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want to be...⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eris… get your rock off my map.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox as a platform is officially dead⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In emulation and retro gaming forums I frequent the reactions seem mostly positive. Lots of questions surrounding backwards compatibility of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBC Interview abruptly ends after New Yorker blames private equity and landlords for the city's issues⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love when they do this because it saves us the effort of determining legitimacy. If shows how they really feel. It removes the pomp and circumstance of pretending to be real news. But I’m done reiterating my point 3 times. We have the fake news our orange pedophile always wanted. His only success.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I think the franchise is dead’: Saints Row design director says IP owner ‘ghosted’ his prequel pitch | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. Fuck Rockstar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I think the franchise is dead’: Saints Row design director says IP owner ‘ghosted’ his prequel pitch | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I felt like it jumped the shark when 3 came out. I did not enjoy it at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon works in cybersecurity⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I work with older guys. Unix engineers. They’re a bit reticent to change. They’ve been at it for 20+ years on average so they sneer at this Agile stuff. And I don’t blame them. They are at least interested in automation so I’ve slowly been getting them involved there. Positive movement there so far just takes time and lots of conversations.

  These dudes you describe sound like total imbeciles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the uncluttered design. If the buttons feel good I’ll have to check it out as it’s one of my favorite handheld profiles.