De_Narm
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- Comment on happy 2 days ago:
I just always assumed the song was about Woodstock, simply because it was during the summer of '69. You made me look it up.
- Comment on Hades II is now available in Steam Early Access! 1 week ago:
Thanks for checking! I’ll keep an eye on it and may give it a try with the option enabled. I honestly never even checked whether or not Hades I has something like this, maybe I should do that do - I’m still a bit bothered I had to stop after only 4 successful runs.
- Comment on Hades II is now available in Steam Early Access! 1 week ago:
Would love to play it, but the first one caused a major tendonitis flare up - I shouldn’t risk it. The Poseidon dash boon was just too good, but that always meant a full 30 minute run of just hammering one button.
- Comment on Your move, China. 1 week ago:
Lots of people still use the other confederate flag, so I guess this one kinda counts too.
- Comment on Did your taste in movies change over time? How did it evolve from your 20s, to your 30, 40's and beyond? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think it did change but I’m only around 30. I’ve always liked movies that make you think somewhat, have some major twist or are just plain funny.
Think stuff like The Prestige, Moon, Ex Machina, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Knives Out.
- Comment on 💤💤 2 weeks ago:
I’m old enough to remember this comic, back when it had text in the 4th panel explaining the joke. Then people collectively decided it’s better without that.
- Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 5 weeks ago:
You’re right, nothing stops them from becoming shitty. However, unlike public companies, a private company isn’t encouraged to prioritize short term profit over long term profit. Doing something blatantly stupid to bolster your short term profit only makes sense for your shareholders or if you want to extract as much money before jumping ship - neither should happen anytime soon with steam.
Your pain points from the developer side all seems valid, and they should absolutely be improved. They probably treat unknown indie devs like dirt because for every good game they get thousands of submissions with blatant lies in them. E.g. your typical asset flips. Of course, that’s no excuse, but at least I can kinda get where that could be coming from. Have you experienced the old system? I simply cannot tell whether they have truly become worse for indie devs or just traded some problems for others.
Regarding the sales, I have mixed feelings. Sales were a lot more exciting, that’s just true. However, because of flash sales, I mostly never bought anything but those, at least until the very end of the sale. While it is boring in comparison, as a consumer, I also quite enjoy the ability to only check the sale once, get what I want, and be done with it. Seems way more convenient.
- Comment on Anan La Italian BMT 5 weeks ago:
So…he thinks his syllables are ‘Chri’ and ‘s’?
- Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 1 month ago:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but enshitification seems like a problem entirely contained to publicly traded companies. Valve is a privately owned company and doesn’t need to grow, thus they can just enjoy the millions if not billions of dollar revenue.
- Comment on So sad 1 month ago:
It’s more about the absence of most other nutrients, assuming he keeps a similar life style at home.
Also, I’m not sure what the current opinion about eggs and colesterol is. I’ve heard both sides thousands of times and don’t eat them anyways.
- Comment on So sad 1 month ago:
I’m surprised you can survive this for multiple months. The human body is amazing.
- Comment on Do fingers ever stop growing? Do they shrink as you get older? 1 month ago:
As far as I am aware only your nose and ears keep on growing, nothing with a bone in it does.
- Comment on I hate that I enjoyed singing that 1 month ago:
I’ve got that far, after all, I know the song. I’m just so bad at anything rhythmic, I cannot read any lyrics as anything else but plain text. In my head, even my favorite songs lyrics are read like an essay about the cultural importance of potatoes in China.
- Comment on I hate that I enjoyed singing that 1 month ago:
I’m amazed other people can actually do that. I’ve heard that song hundred of times, but I can neither recall the tune nor the lyrics. I don’t think there is any song I could hum more than 10s of.
- Comment on *So far* 1 month ago:
No way, we haven’t even found all of them yet! Based on estimations, about 50~95% of all species have not been identified yet. (I looked that up.) You can go out there right now and find the new tasties vomit yourself!
- Comment on Hasbro exec says Baldur's Gate 3 "proved for us that people really wanted great D&D games," supports Larian's plan to "take the time we need" 1 month ago:
That simply isn’t true, I think. A game based on Pathfinder made by Larian would most certainly do better than anything they could pump out based on D’n’D without Larian. It’s Larian and Baldur’s Gate specifically who got more recognition, not D’n’D as whole.
- Comment on What are the best indie games you've ever played? 1 month ago:
Bug Fables It’s a really well done RPG in the spirit of the original Paper Mario games. Charming and fun to play. Got some depth to the build choices using a similar badge system as Paper Mario or even Hollow Knight.
- Comment on me too 2 months ago:
I don’t know about this quote specificly, but Darwin spent almost 10 years working on barnacles to establish himself and came to hate them. It was supposed to be a quick detour before releasing ‘On the Origin of Species’. During that time he made a lot of similar statements.
- Comment on MAR10 Day 2024 - Nintendo 2 months ago:
Awfully presumptuous of you, I’ve played most major releases within the genres I like. Let me tell you, the Xenoblade series is among the best RPGs I’ve played - up there with Persona and everything Fromsoftware among others.
Also, what’s up with the 30h comment? A good chunk of their games are longer than that. But it doesn’t matter anyway, or you’re also arguing against the quality of every God of War, every The Last of Us, Bloodborne, every Portal, Hades, every BioShock, every Resident Evil - you get it. A good chunk of these is also below 20h, and all of them are beloved and sold at full price.
- Comment on MAR10 Day 2024 - Nintendo 2 months ago:
Many of the most fun games I’ve played the past 5 years are made by Nintendo. You might not like them and that is okay, but tgey are by no means garbage.
The next take is probably more controversial, but I don’t think they are overcharging. Why drop the price after a year or two? Games don’t get magically less fun and their games are usually polished enough to last for the entire gen without being overshadowed by later releases (expect for Pokemon, they are hot garbage - at least on the technical side). I’d even argue that not dropping their prices is one of the reasons Nintendo doesn’t need the mtx bullshit most other developers pull with their games. Just look at how well Mario Kart sells despite being something like a decade old at this point.
- Comment on Especially on Lemmy 3 months ago:
It’s actually funny though. I said my fair share of generally downvoted stuff, but most of my replies that weren’t completely overlooked end up with something between 10 and 100 likes as well as exactly 1 dislike.
- Comment on This console generation seems skippable 3 months ago:
I mostly game on consoles, but we’re multiple years into this generation and there still isn’t anything I’m interested in that isn’t on PS4 too.
However, I’ll get the next Nintendo console. The switch was more than worth it. A steam deck could work too, I guess, but I liked quite a lot of Nintendos exclusives.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 4 months ago:
Nioh
I’ve played most of the original Soulsborne games and this is my first game in the genre not made by Fromsoftware. I’m quite enjoying it! I like the loot approach to gear and the Ki pulse is a great addition. Bosses do feel quite a bit different from Fromsoftware ones, blocking being this strong makes it a lot easier to learn and fight them.
- Comment on You can only pick one 4 months ago:
Some are great. Take the Chrome one: Go to wikipedia and know something about pretty much everything. A lot of knowledge is useful even if you don’t properly understand everything.
Youtube is a lesser version of Chrome.
What’sApp entirely depends on how easily gullible rich people would give you money. You could probably just sell those information too.
Netflix and Amazon could yield some nice money.
Spotify would massively decrease the barrier of learning new instruments if you’re into that. But many of the benefits can be achieved by scrolling through notes/lyrics with the Chrome benefit.
- Comment on What's your favorite game you played this year? (Doesn't have to be released this year ) 4 months ago:
Xenoblade 3: Future Redeemed
I’m a huge of the series and this is one of the best entries, even though it’s a DLC campaign.
- Comment on Wait until they get to pineapples... 4 months ago:
Too be fair, I really like the name - you just gotta french it up! (Agnès; ɑɲˈɛs)
But I guess Bravely Default was not as popular as I’d like and I’ve never heard the french version elsewhere.
- Comment on NASA has some explaining to do 4 months ago:
They actually do hang from the firmament! All satellites come equipped with a rope and a suction cup.
- Comment on A Skibirational message on Christmas 4 months ago:
…can someone translate? Be quick, I’m over 20 and my frail old body could fail me any minute now.
- Comment on IGN's Games of the Year 5 months ago:
What layoffs? If you’re refering to the posts earlier today: The layoffs happened at Hasbro and Larian was only commenting on it because they worked with them. Larian itself had no layoffs I know of.
- Comment on It's dangerous to go alone. Take this. 5 months ago:
The penny for sure. The mask might give you 7 more hours but the penny gives you 8, if you use it for money.
The glasses could be nice, but that depends wholly one the value system. Is charisma naturally rated 1 to 10? +35 is awesome! On a scale from 1 to 1000 not so much.