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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Having a consistent definition of “woke” is too woke for some dinosaurs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who knew decanters could be in funny shapes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  dickanter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If darker coloured materials get hotter in the sun faster, will a display with the screen on or off change how quickly it heats up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What about LCD? Switching the state of a cell results in mechanical changes, which might influence how much sunlight it absorbs (even if it’s minuscule compared to the heat generated by the backlight)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Understanding your target audience when marketing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “So you slipped in the bathroom… and fell on top of the shampoo bottle?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You “own” your car, but the dealership stole the keys, removed the engine, and locked the wheels because you bought a used set of winter tyres from a reseller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Best argument in favor of emulation so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oblivion Remastered or something idk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wrestle the cave bears.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon blames millennials⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • Hollow Knight
  • Stardew Valley
  • Factorio
  • Outer Wilds
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Clair Obscur

  Gaming is fucking phenomenal right now, OP is looking in the wrong direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets investigated⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to listen to a podcast titled Small Town Dicks (unfortunate title without context). It’s about the forensic procedural work that goes on behind law enforcement. One of the details that stuck with me was the effort that goes into a CP investigation and criminal trial.

  When evidence is uncovered, like a hard drive full of CP, the goal is to present the worst of it to the jury. One of the hosts, a retired detective specializing in child abuse cases, had to go through a disk full of the most degenerate shit with victims in the single digit age, rank them, and also run facial recognition to figure out if other perpetrators may have been involved in a different case concerning the same victim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays ff14⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You meet the Mandervilles once, next thing you know, you’re oiling up Gerolt’s abs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic reduce their cut to 0% for the first $1 million in revenue for devs on the Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Physical media died when games expanded beyond their capacity. Optical discs are physically fragile, they have a limited shelf life, they have to be reproduced by specialized equipment (not considering piracy here), they have to be physically transported to the customer, some regions are financially unviable (imagine the Helldivers 2 situation but with every game), and production has to end at some point. Having to set up a physical supplier also severely limits the ability of indie or solo developers to have any kind of success or even presence.

  Physical media is obsolete, and people clamoring for its return are nostalgic for a world that doesn’t exist anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World of Goo 2 is out now on Steam and a great pick for puzzle game fans⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also available directly and DRM-free on the developer’s website: worldofgoo2.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was there with KSP from the early days. Squad was not in the video game business, they were a billboard advertisement company. The lead dev HarvesteR started it as a passion project. It found success with the alpha and full release in 2015.

  Then in 2017 Take-Two bought the rights to the game. Squad kept working on the original, but development of the sequel was handed off to Star Theory with Private Division publishing. The game was delayed, then development was moved to a new studio, Intercept Games, which was owned by Take-Two. They also poached a third of Star Theory’s personnel, which resulted in the studio’s death. They fucked around for a few years, released the early access version, then sold Private Division, closed Intercept Games, and abandoned the game.

  In short: corporate interests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Religions have some of the wackiest rules⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rabbits, beavers, and hippos are fish, you see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woah, there's a cool little spider on my wall. I wonder what it's called?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Did somebody let an ornithologist into the entomology enclosure?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For dramatization, when some event is so stupidly, unexpectedly bizarre that you have to check your figurative notes to make sure you’re not just remembering a fever dream. Example:

  America is rolling back renewable energy development to promote the use of beautiful, clean… (checks notes…) coal, of all fucking things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even his doctors are full of it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are two different measurements.

  He’s six foot.

  And he’s three inches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IYKYK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not just go through Sloan? Seems so much easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a statistic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s also the matter of guns not being tossed around like candy at a Willy Wonka publicity tour in most of Europe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a statistic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I remembered a different source. The one I linked uses a different definition for “mass shooting”: it counts events where at least four victims are dead or wounded, and includes cases of domestic violence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a statistic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In 2022 or 2023 there was one mass shooting for every day of the year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a history buff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We fought for our rights! Our rights to be racist!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would question their omniscience if they did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Praying every day to gods I don’t even believe in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨community work is revolutionary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because one hog ain’t enough, and two’s too low, it is I, Thirty-To-Fifty-Hogg!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Since the article fails to link it (and also reads like slop), here is the actual publication: …europa.eu/…/8af13e88-6540-436c-b137-9853e7fe866a…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was a TV show you like ever ruined by the addition of a particular character to the point that you had to quit, or nearly quit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Browder’s acting was fine. It’s the character I didn’t like. A third “charismatic, witty, sarcastic leader” archetype was just too much after O’Neill and Sheppard. His tragic background also feels tacked-on, rushed, and inconsequential, and doesn’t have the same impact as Cold Lazarus.

  Claudia Black, I actually like, mainly because of her stellar performance in the Uncharted games. Vala showed promise early on as a sort of opportunist anti-hero who may help or hinder SG-1 depending on the circumstances, but her inclusion in the SGC’s personnel was too much, let alone putting her in SG-1. Teal’c proved his loyalty and reliability, Vala did the opposite.

  On the whole, the SGC had turned into a parody of itself. Beau Bridges was fine, but I couldn’t take him seriously as a general. Dr. Lee, an obvious comic relief character, did not help. Without Hammond’s straight man to counter the shenanigans, I just couldn’t take it seriously anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was a TV show you like ever ruined by the addition of a particular character to the point that you had to quit, or nearly quit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Stargate SG-1, Anubis. A very evil, evil-looking evil guy who is evil and did a bamboozle once. That’s all the character depth he has.

  Also Cam Mitchell, who is just a non-brand replacement for O’Neill (no offense to the actor).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had the same mechanical pencil for ten years. It’s comfortable, reliable, easy to reload, but if I had to choose one for the rest of my life, I’d still go with the traditional wood/graphite pencil. It’s cheap, it’s everywhere, it’s durable, and not a great loss if you lose it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong updated Steam page with 2025 copyrights and cloud gaming jnfo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tomorrow for sure!