Hazzard

@Hazzard@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anons discuss PC vs console gaming⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, definitely hoping they consider bringing that to windows at some point, because it could be incredible. Obviously ultra-complicated, but it works unbelievably well on Series X. Being able to say, skip the loading of an emulator and hop directly back into the middle of a level in Demon Souls, jumping past all the logos and whatnot, would be amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anons discuss PC vs console gaming⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, I’ve been console for ages, but this January I bought a gaming PC and hooked it up as my dedicated console, and it’s been amazing. If you like a bit of tinkering, PC can dominate as a console.

  • Playnite makes an amazing front end, stitching together everything my PC can do. Emulators, Steam, itch.io stuff, GoG and Epic and Xbox Game Pass, all seamlessly stitched together and 100% controller accessible.
  • Emulators are fantastic, my PC plays Switch, PS3, Wii, everything.
  • Real settings are a godsend, as is more powerful hardware. Actually play Elden Ring at a proper framerate. Play old games in true 4K/120.
  • Tinker like crazy. Mods, ReShade, actual in-game settings, GPU Driver settings, if it bugs you, you can do something about it. Currently messing with emulating Demon Souls with ReShade, some mods, and connecting to RPCN for online multiplayer, and it’s a delight.
  • More powerful hardware too. Great to be able to push games past console, in whatever way you prefer.
  • Heck, even sharing features. My GPU can save 5 minutes or more of instant replay clips, which I used to save all of my Elden Ring boss fights, just hitting a controller shortcut when I killed the boss. My PC shares those via FTP, so I can just grab those on my phone and upload them to YouTube. Faster than Xbox uploads, and actually my files, with no arbitrary storage cutoff like I hit on Xbox.

  Basically the only thing I miss is Xbox’s Quick Resume, or suspending a game on Switch. But a good PC fires up games fast, so it’s really not a huge loss in the face of all the benefits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seeking feedback: how should lemm.ee move forward with external images? (related to frequent broken images)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shame that option #2 has these downsides. Personally, I’d probably prefer #2, and to live with some broken images.

  That said, lemm.ee is one of, if not the largest Lemmy instance, and has a certain responsibility to prioritize usability as a sort of “sane default” choice for many people looking into the fediverse. As such… yeah, I give it to option #3 here. If I (or others) was truly deeply moved by the privacy concern, there are an abundance of alternative options for that higher privacy standard, including full self-hosting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo, famed for hating emulation, likely using Windows PCs to emulate SNES games at its museum⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  100%. I literally bought Echoes of Wisdom on Switch day one, dumped it, and played it in Ryujinx, installing mods to increase settings.

  I have the money, and am willing to part with it, but prefer a PC Quality experience. Heck, I’d even pay more for a PC version that didn’t have shader stutter and had real PC options.

  That said… I don’t expect it. Nintendo is very stuck in their ways, which has pros and cons. On the one hand, we’re getting good traditional game design, no layoffs, and no micro transactions, which is wonderful. On the other, we’re getting outdated hardware that’s just powerful enough to support their game design ideas (although we’re even seeing the cracks there now), and a diehard dedication to the old console exclusivity model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I didn't think I'd be doing this at my age.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dang, this full out fooled me. Concerning, I guess we’re here now. Lots to catch once you’re aware of it, but totally passed by me while scrolling, even as someone who’s well aware of AI Image Generation, even in an image that’s intentionally ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tests a pilot's reflexes⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, my first thought as well was that “pulling up” would be pulling the steering wheel back, which wouldn’t do anything. Certainly wouldn’t swerve the car all the way off the road, you wouldn’t want to jerk a plane left or right in that scenario either.

  So… definitely made up. But still an amusing greentext.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC offers $25,000 prize for detecting AI-enabled voice cloning⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be very surprised if anything functional actually comes out of this. Far more likely they get scammed out of the money by garbage like the current “AI writing detection” methods, with terrible success rates that cause more societal problems than they solve.