joelfromaus

@joelfromaus@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call to Power: How a Forgotten Civilization Spinoff Game Accurately Predicted the Future⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I still hold Call to Power as the best “Civilisation” game. I started playing the actual Civilisation games from Civ3 onwards and was pretty consistently disappointed because most of the ‘new and exciting features’ had already been in CtP and were often DLC in Civ. Kind of wish a modern CtP would get released.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'A game, once sold, belongs to the customer': Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the biggest controversies ant the start of all of this was Ubisoft pulling The Crew whilst pushing people to buy The Crew 2. Frankly it’s amazing we haven’t seen that more often with the near identical sequels such as the Madden, FIFA, F1 etc games.

  No one’s forcing you to buy a remaster… unless they are because they revoke your right to play the original so it’s your only option.

  Remasters and remakes will still happen but companies won’t have as much freedom to yoink a purchased product from your pocket years down the track in the name of some profit strategy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'A game, once sold, belongs to the customer': Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But I want to resell it to the same person for further profit 👉👈🥺 - AAA Game Publishers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Alternatively, when the console control scheme is tight and well made but the PC controls are ASDF + whatever random keys spread at opposite ends of the keyboard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon describes apple's practices⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had 3 batteries replaced in three separate phones. The closest thing to an “issue” is they broke 2 of the phones, sounds bad right?! But wait, there’s more. Since it’s the phone manufacturer and quite obviously their fault they replaced them with brand new phones of the same model. No more scratches and such. Just had to restore them from backup.

  Also had a brand new phone start doing weird shit. I took a video of it doing the weirdness and went into the store. They couldn’t fault it or replicate it in any way. Still replaced because I had proof and the dude was super chill about it.

  Obviously, not everyone is going to receive the same service or see having a complete new phone over a replacement battery as a positive but from my experience I can’t fault Apples service so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whut⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shaggy looking like he should be watching Better Homes and gardens while crocheting a blanket.

  And I relate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Check yourself⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What came first; moths or lamps?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My inner monologue even said “2 delta V… wait.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Big Shigeru Miyamoto Interview: 'I See Nintendo as Like a Talent Agency and We Have Within Our Roster a Lot of Talented Characters'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see Nintendo as a law firm and they have within their roster a lot of talented lawyers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All the political mail I got this election⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost makes me want to move there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labor made plenty of promises at the last election. Did they deliver?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not all heroes wear capes. Thankyou for your service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bees don't have lungs.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it but the movie Mimic had bugs that had grown to the size of a human and taken on a vaguely human form in order to hunt us.

  The movie used the reasoning that the bugs had developed basic lungs which enabled them to grow past the limits of their usual breathing apparatus.

  No point to make here, I just remember it being cool that they put a small amount of thought into why the bugs could grow to human proportions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨glutezz⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “She obvs squats. Look but be subtle about it”:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Wicked’ Made $100M On PVOD, Says Universal Distribution Chief As Windows Debate Rages – CinemaCon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, good ol’ PVOD. Who’d ever forget PVOD, what a guy! or gal!

  Anyway, completely unrelated but I once read that you should always use an acronym in full before abbreviation so that audiences who don’t know your jargon at least know the words you’re referencing.

  It’s Premium Video On Demand according to my brief search btw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dunning-Kruger⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I swear I was learning about extra X and Y in high school 20 years ago and that studies (at the time) were showing correlation between different traits displayed by effected people. Just that alone shows incredible gender fluidity.

  So where we are, 20 years later, you’d think we’d have a better understanding within society but instead somehow it’s literally regressed since then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prepare For Discord To Get Way Worse [Kotaku]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If another service such as Matrix can built similar screen sharing into their applications then I’d be able to convince my friends to make the shift. As it stands there isn’t really a 1:1 equivalent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mystery, you say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bigbutt finna make me act up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is confused⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve currently been trying to get divorced for almost 12 months. My ex left me for someone else so you’d think it’d be an open and shut case but she’s also being belligerent within the legal process and drawing out the timeline.

  I find it incredible how many hoops need jumping through in Australia just to not be legally bound to a cheating spouse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coalition vows to match Labor's $8.5 billion Medicare [campaign] pledge 'dollar for dollar'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just like the NBN. Right? Hard pass. Nice to know they aren’t just opposed to it for no reason but at least we can be somewhat confident Labour won’t fumble the ball on purpose and then blame the whole premise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nuked from orbit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hahahahahaha and furthermore hahaha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨horizontal boogie⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That got me too. Like, what?! Is corpo social media so sensitive that people can’t mention a scientific name for something now? Soon when joining Facebook it’ll give users a handy infographic of allowed words.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polling on treatment of asylum seekers.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, I have the opposite experience. Living in rural Australia I often come across people who treat any non-white person as “other”.

  A good example of this is an ex-coworker who refused to eat Indian food because she’s not a “curry muncher”. I pointed out that she likes butter chicken and that’s curry. She admitted that she did indeed like butter chicken but not curry.

  That’s the logic we’re dealing with. It’s hostility driven by a lack of exposure to other cultures and people and the demonisation of those cultures and people in media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spyware firm cuts Italy access after alleged targeting of activists - reports⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the world coming to when we can’t even trust spyware 😞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No rules!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My progression path through most video games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shein, AliExpress, Temu: More than 85% of products from Chinese platforms fail to meet EU regulations regarding health and safety⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you! Well, maybe not that shocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk says X’s algorithm pushes “too much negativity" while reports suggest the platform will suppress "criticism of the government" and "attacks against powerful people and institutions"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering who the hell this Grok person was. I was thinking about what an unfortunate name for a person! No surprise that it’s actually a product and [probably] directly named by an immature billionaire edgelord.

  To be clear, I know he didn’t invent the name. But if someone’s parents named them ‘Grok’ I’d understand if they went for a name change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Free" Speech Absolutist™⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one of those things where, while I’m sick of hearing about his bullshit, I need to know if he does something that directly affects me. E.g. if he started doing a similar thing in my country as the stuff he’s trying with Britain at the moment then I’d write to a couple of representatives to let them know they’ll lose mine and many other votes if they side with the dopey billionaire muppet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rainbolt never misses⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s weird, Australian schools didn’t teach them either… does the rest of the world exist, perhaps?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's strict mom⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On the internet? In 2025? Surely not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes to therapy⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read it as “better help uhh therapist” because of the stupid ass self censorship. I’m not blaming the user for doing it, just annoyed for natural real world language getting hamstrung to satisfy advertisers. How long until “tisk tisk tisk! You can’t say ‘ahh’, that’s a naughty word!”?