ryven

@ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you don't understand it instantly you will never get it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This image would be funnier without the caption, I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds about right⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Gemini edit images? If it does my guess would be that at some point someone asked Gemini to obscure the identities of the original posters instead of doing it themselves (see: they have the same profile pic but different handles, and the reply has the wrong handle in the “replying to” section). I bet this is also why the color is all fucked up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I used to be with it"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called “burning” because a laser is used to etch information into the disc. It burns tiny “pits” into the polycarbonate material.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the second or third version of this story that I’ve heard in this comment chain and I’m having trouble searching for articles about the original incident, hits from the new one are flooding the results. Do you happen to have a link to more info?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, because this isn’t anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she’s spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn’t even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he’s permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.

  What the fuck? They banned her bodyguard for protecting her and then asked her to come back without him? It’s like they wanted her to get assaulted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has InZoi been better than the Sims in your opinion?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I played one zoi through most of the idol career track. The career gameplay is very similar to Sims 4, in that you go to your work lot and try to perform all your work tasks before the end of the day. Similarly to Sims 4, I didn’t feel like there was a meaningful sense of progression in my skills and career. I went from having 0 in the career relevant skills like singing and dancing to having them maxed out in, IIRC, a little over an in-game week, in which time I didn’t perform in any idol shows because that didn’t seem to be implemented: work was always training, never performing. Like Sims, you never struggle to advance a skill or have any kind of challenge to overcome, you can improve at anything indefinitely by practicing alone. I started a romance with a coworker, but it wasn’t very interesting: it didn’t cause drama at work, it didn’t affect how my other coworkers thought of me (which was mostly “not at all”), and it wasn’t clear to me if the other zoi had any skills, interests or hobbies outside of work. Similarly to the Sims, I think we were at the point where I could have proposed after only one date, which mostly consisted of hanging out at the park. It seems like, similarly to Sims, the actual game mechanics are fairly basic and you need to invent a good deal of your own fun.

  I liked being able to customize items by importing textures. The AI texture generator isn’t any good, but the option to noodle around in GIMP and then put my texture on something in the game is neat. I also imported images to make custom posters for my zoi’s room. There is also an option to turn a photo of an object into a 3D model of a decoration to place in your house or wear as an accessory, which I had mixed results with but was at least novel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have so many good memories of playing Rock Band in college. I just picked this up for PS4 for like $10, but it looks like the instruments are going to cost an arm and a leg…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truly⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The machine seems to be called “Cashnado Alert” so I think you’re onto something about the touch screen mechanics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a section in this video where he talks about game elements he thinks are “bullshit” and I don’t know if I agree about any of them. But I will also admit that playing NetHack at an early age, where

  You fall into a spiked pit! The spikes were poisoned! The poison was deadly! You have died. Do you want your possessions identified?

  was a completely normal and expected way to lose a run, may have warped my sense of what counts as a fair game mechanic. ^_^;;

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s unfair about getting booped into spikes? That’s a classic video game death!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ethical alternatives to Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still on Pandora and honestly have no idea how they stack up. I just use it as a radio station on long drives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can only invite the vampire in if you’re inside the house. If the judge signed the warrant while inside the house for some reason, the vampire could enter. But in the usual case where they were anywhere else, it wouldn’t count.

  I suspect that for people who spend a large amount of time in the house, the quality of “inside-ness” rubs off on them: you can probably text your vampire friend the location of your spare key and ask them to check on your cat, even if you’re not there. But someone who has never been inside can’t reasonably offer an “invitation.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I honestly think they're impossible to understand⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love learning new rules. It’s honestly almost as much fun to me as actually playing the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh cool, I guess I just didn’t see it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With regard to vehicle combat, I find it very strange that the very first NPC we meet has a man-portable surface-to-air missile launcher, but there don’t seem to be any anti-vehicular weapons that players can use.

  Or at least I think there aren’t; I’m not nearly as far as you are, but I looked ahead in the research tab and didn’t see any.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am about 4-ish resource tiers in out of 7-ish or so, and I don’t feel like it is especially grindy by the standards of survival crafting games. There is obviously some grinding for resources, but there is also a good amount of exploring and doing quests, during which you can pick up a lot of the things you need. Getting through the iron tier was a little bit long because you don’t have access to a large vehicle inventory yet at that point, but I also took that time to reveal a bunch of the map, clear out bandit camps, etc. so it didn’t become too monotonous. There are a good variety of secondary resources that will keep you visiting different kinds of locations (wrecked ships, old mining operations, etc.) so that even if you just want to farm resources, you won’t just be spending all your time running between ore nodes.

  If your friends would be playing together, they could also do things more efficiently by sharing bases so that they don’t each have to build their own infrastructure, and eventually you get access to a mining buggy that is faster to operate with two players (a solo player has to switch between the driver and mining laser seats).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE Protests Pop Up on Roblox as Kids Organize Virtual Demonstrations: 'FRICK ICE'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The kids are alright.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the one where we bully our little brother into going back to the world where he can’t walk, right? :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Canceled Pride? Well, I canceled my sub!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays Metroid⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The first screen is sort of a tutorial, though. If you go right first because you’ve played Super Mario Bros. or some other platformer and you think going right might be the way to win, you’re presented with a narrow passage you can’t crawl through. At this point, you’ll discover that you can also go left. There’s another rock formation with a narrow passage, but from this side you can jump on top of it to get over it, and you’ll find the Morph Ball. From the Morph Ball side, you can’t jump back over, so you have to figure out how to get through the narrow passage by pressing down to enter Morph Ball mode. Now you understand the game: find obstacles, acquire the corresponding upgrade, use it to bypass the obstacles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the young always think they have all the right answers but THIS eventually happens⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah man, the older I get the less I trust adults. They let me be one and I’m the biggest fuckup I’ve ever met!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nathan Fielder Created a Fake Singing Competition for ‘The Rehearsal.’ One Contestant Lost $10,000 and Feels Betrayed: ‘I Signed Up to Be a Singer, Not a Lab Rat’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How is it hard to get mad at Fielder? I don’t see how this isn’t a huge dick move.

  All of these shows where you recruit people under false pretenses about what kind of show they’re going to be on are extremely gross, and have been since the invention of reality TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a cancelled game you really miss?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been a long time, but it’s supposed to be coming out this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Path of Exile 2 Dev Announces More Emergency Changes as Recent Steam User Reviews Hit 'Mostly Negative'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “If you’re a masochist who enjoys being punished for little to no reward, this game is for you,” reads another negative review.

  Hot damn, they made this update just for me? I was holding off checking out POE2 but I guess I should.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨in case of emergencies, light it.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the good thing about the inert gas systems is that they work even if the fire starts when you aren’t there. We didn’t have the budget for one, so we just hoped there wouldn’t be a fire after 5pm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨in case of emergencies, light it.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is like the place I worked where our server room fire suppression system was a handheld extinguisher and a “Guardian Angel of Computers” wall hanging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Americans are notoriously terrible at protesting. I was in high school in the '00s and our textbook had a sidebar about the 1999 Seattle WTO protests. The bit that stuck with me: a French dignitary interviewed on the scene was unconcerned about the protesters. He pointed to an untouched BMW. “In Paris,” he said, “That car would be burning.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨surgeon generas warning⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Smoking proves that you officially Don’t Give a Shit about your long-term health, and Not Giving a Shit is the essence of being cool. I mean, I guess for a long time now “cool” has just meant “good,” but the original “cool” aesthetic was all about acting like you were probably going to die young and looking sexy doing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tokyo Xtreme Racer is a novel throwback to classic PS2 racing games like Midnight Club⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The cars make contact so much in this game that it feels like a missed opportunity to not have damage, at least visually. I want to see those cars crumple!

  I know it’s typically because of licensing issues, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WoW guild uses exploits to get world 'first' on new raid, gets banned, puts its name backwards and does it again⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any% clear!