RightHandOfIkaros
@RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
- Comment on Marvel Rivals Apologizes Following Alpha Banning Controversy 4 hours ago:
I am surprised it was NetEase, as these kinds of policies are basically always from Japanese companies. Japan’s defamation laws are literal garbage that basically just protect big companies and abusers, so seeing a similar kind of clause from a non-Japanese company is quite strange. I mean, imagine a country whose defamation laws don’t care if something being said is true or not, if it damages the reputation of something even if it is true, then Japan’s law considers it defamation. Garbage.
I play some NetEase games (most notably Super Mecha Champions, its on Steam) and I have honestly been surprised that they are so welcoming of feedback. Most of their games literally have an option in the menus of the games to send feedback to the developers, positive or negative. They are fast to act on reports I have sent, and generally have been vastly less hatable than Tencent. So seeing that this happened was a shock to me. Glad they’re correcting the problem though.
- Comment on I'm so tired of hearing about US police brutality and China being authoritarian. Why does it feel like everyone is a hypocrite here? Where are the posts about Chinese protests and police brutality? 2 days ago:
Interesting, but a sample size of 8% (531/6500ish) from a Canadian focused Lemmy instance that is so small isn’t what I would consider a good sample size of Lemmy as a whole.
I would consider someone “older” if they’re over 50.
- Comment on I'm so tired of hearing about US police brutality and China being authoritarian. Why does it feel like everyone is a hypocrite here? Where are the posts about Chinese protests and police brutality? 2 days ago:
Oh absolutely, I am not saying that nobody that uses Lemmy is over the age of 30 or something. Just that the large supermajority are likely not to be older, in my observation.
- Comment on I'm so tired of hearing about US police brutality and China being authoritarian. Why does it feel like everyone is a hypocrite here? Where are the posts about Chinese protests and police brutality? 2 days ago:
No, I haven’t blocked a lot of Star Trek specific communities (unless they are on the .ml, .grad, or hexbear instances). I only have seen the TenForward community in any regularity. But I do realize a siable amount of Lemmy users are also Trekkies. Its just that the other demographics are larger, so I left Trek out.
Young people are into Star Trek, but usually only because their parents were cool enough to introduce them to it.
- Comment on I'm so tired of hearing about US police brutality and China being authoritarian. Why does it feel like everyone is a hypocrite here? Where are the posts about Chinese protests and police brutality? 2 days ago:
Lemmy skews a lot of ways, but I have a hard time imagining a sizable number of older users being here.
For example, if you said the stereotypical Lemmy user is a Linux Loving Left Wing Trans Environmentalist Programmer, then I think you’d be hitting the nail on the head, at least in terms of the other user interactions I have observed across Lemmy. But I dont believe that the types of people who fit into those categories are largely older, it makes more sense for them to be largely younger.
I think it more comes down to those events being new or known enough that people know a bit about them but old enough that jokes/conspiracy theories or whatever would not be considered so offensive as if they had happened very recently. Also, its the age of the Netflix Documentary, and those topics are popular among Netflix Documentary makers.
- Comment on EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again 2 days ago:
I don’t mind ads on ingame billboards like how old Need For Speed games had like, Old Spice or Gillette or Cingular Wireless ads. Or some of the buildings in the game had branding on them like a Beat Buy building. As long as it fits into the world setting I don’t consider those ontrusive or obstructive to the experience. For example, I would expect there to be none of those kinds of ads in a game like Skyrim since it is a fantasy setting and those kinds of settings never have ads for anything other than market booth signs on the market tent or something.
However, those are the only kind of ad I am okay with. Fullscreen popups and big boxes that take up space eon menu screens is a huge problem.
I predict EA will not return to the former style I mentioned and will likely only attempt the latter again with disastrous results.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
A handheld is a kind of console. It is not in competition or in the same class as a regular console.
A square is a kind of rectangle, nobody that says “draw a rectangle” expects you to draw a square, they expect a box with two sides longer than the other two but equal in length to each other adjoined at 90° angles. A square is a subcategory of rectangle. Its definition includes some features of a rectangle, but it also has other features that define it as clearly different from a rectangle.
Likewise a laptop is a subcategory of personal computer. A tablet such as a Microsoft Surface could also be a subcategory of personal computer. But if someone talks about their PC, you don’t think of a laptop or Surface.
Its the same with consoles and handhelds. By technicality one could call a handheld a console in the same way a person could call a Surface a personal computer, but that would be the same as calling a hot dog a sandwich, or calling a submarine a boat.
Perhaps “home console” would be more descriptive, but since video game consoles were always understood to not be handheld devices, there is no need to subdivide the parent category. Just “consoles” and “handhelds” works fine.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
Well this is the traditional definition of a video game console, it includes all video game consoles before the current generation. For example, the SNES, SEGA Genesis, and PC Engine/TurboGrafx16 were all competing consoles, but the SEGA GameGear and Nintendo Gameboy were not competing with those consoles.
As I said, handhelds are a subcategory of console. Like how a laptop is a subcategory of personal computer.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
I see. I will try to provide as detailed of a concrete definition as possible for you.
A video game console is an electronic device that is built with the specific purpose of playing video games. It can do other things as well, but its primary function that it is designed around is playing video games. A console does not have a built in screen or control device, but instead those devices are separate and connect to the console in order to give it inputs and for it to output its signal to the user. A video game console does not run a standard computer operating system that one might find on a workstation, but it can run a modified version of a standard operating system that is specifically optimized for the console hardware to play video games more efficiently The console device is to be placed in a permanent location while in operation, and must be plugged into an electrical socket or similar power supply, as it is not powered by an internal battery.
A handheld is a subcategory of video game console that differs by having a screen and controller built into the device. It is not in a permanent location while in operation, rather it is operated while held in the users hands. These have a battery to provide power to the unit.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
Nintendo is not competing with Microsoft or Sony, and that’s why they can sell more.
People arent choosing between Xbox, PlayStation, or Switch. Theyre choosing between Xbox or PlayStation, and also buying a Switch. That is not competition.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
Does the wii u not count as a console because the controller had a screen and the price to performance is poor?
The WiiU Gamepad did not function on its own, it had to be connected to the actual console in order to function. It was literally a controller with a screen. It did not have any functionality without the console.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
While you can do that with a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch, that was not their primary design. Its no different than plugging in a laptop to a TV with a wireless controller and gaming on that. That is not a console, it was not designed as such.
Additionally, the quality of gaming experience you get from a Switch is worse than on Steam Deck for intensive games, even for native Switch games sometimes. But the quality of games on the Steam Deck is worse than a purpose built game console like the Xbox Series X or PS5. Keep in mind the Steam Deck is 2 years newer than the Xbox Series X or PS5. While the experience may be comparable on some less intensive games, the console experience is objectively better.
- Comment on Favourite controllers 3 days ago:
I mean, I gotta mention Steel Battalion for the OG Xbox. The experience of playing with that controller is truly saddening when game developers these days won’t do anything similar. Yes, it was expensive back then, and would probably be expensive now. But you know what? It was totally worth that cost. Any person that has played the game will agree.
But for more normal controllers, I like the layout of the WiiU Pro controller, with both sticks at the top. I never owned a WiiU, but I did get a third party Xbox One USB controller that had this configuration. While it was obviously a very cheap controller, I really liked the ergonomics of it.
I have enjoyed my Xbox Elite V2 controller, it has served me well the last few years. The dish shaped Dpad is a nice feature, even though I don’t play games that use it too much I can see where it could be extra beneficial for fighting game players to make circular movements easier.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
Being able to play AAA games is not a qualifier for a console. My PC can also play AAA games, but it is not a console.
The Steam Deck, and Switch, are both handhelds. It is a subcategory of game console, but it is not considered a game console just the same as a Game Boy is not considered a console, but it is a handheld. Both the Steam Deck and Switch have a screen and internal battery, along with a controller that is built onto the device, like a Game Boy.
A Steam Machine is a Linux PC, but is more similar to a console than the Steam Deck.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
The Steam Deck is jot a console, it is a handheld with “console gaming” TV output as an afterthought, just like the Nintendo Switch.
- Comment on Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape 3 days ago:
I was specifically talking about writing for video games and movies, I haven’t read very many books or comics lately so I couldn’t know if it applies there as well or not.
- Comment on What is the point of Xbox? 3 days ago:
Gaming journalists sure want a Sony monopoly of gaming consoles don’t they?
If Xbox didn’t exist, consumers could only choose PlayStation. Nintendo has shown they have no interest in making real console hardware to compete with Sony or Microsoft anymore, so consumers will get literally only one console choice. That’s bad. Especially since they could set proces at whatever they want and nobody could challenge it.
I get journalists hate Xbox, but Xbox needs to exist as a consumer option.
- Comment on Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape 4 days ago:
BG3 is another good example but surely you can agree that was like a drop of water in an ocean of sand. Games that well done are incredibly rare, and it mostly comes down to just writing. The actual game mechanics and graphics quality of games now are better than they have ever been for the most part. But the games are bad, not because of those things, but because the weiting fails to capture the players interest.
- Comment on Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape 4 days ago:
Writers these days just seem to not know how to write an enjoyable story period. So much bad writing in the entertainment sector now, its not like back in the 80s and 90s where movie theaters were showing slapper after slapper, you’ll be lucky to find maybe one or two that match up to the likes of Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, or Titanic.
Its similar with games, but shifted forward a decade to the 90s and 00s. Games these days have a very hard time matching up to games like Ocarina of Time, Chrono Trigger, Silent Hill, or Metal Gear Solid. While games like Silent Hill 1 have laughably poor quality voice acting by todays standards in terms of sound quality, the story was well written and kept the player’s interest. Of games from my recent memory, the only one that matches up is Elden Ring, which has gone the direction of basically removing all the writing from the game.
- Comment on Anon has a quantum computer 5 days ago:
Yeah, now its a BPU.
- Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals 5 days ago:
Seems everyone these days makes politics their identity, left and right. And center.
- Comment on what's a good way to stick a laser leveler to the wall? 6 days ago:
Damage the paint on the wall, what painters tape are you using? The orange gorilla tape?
- Comment on what's a good way to stick a laser leveler to the wall? 6 days ago:
They make new ones now with a battery powered vacuum built into it. Maybe look into one of those if you use the laser often.
In the meantime, you can use a wide variety of things. Painters tape if its light enough, a camera tripod, stacked books on a desk, nails though the holes as you suggested, app valid ideas.
- Comment on Glorious Victory 6 days ago:
How about we just not advocate violence at all? Regulations can be helpful but also the government needs to make sure it is not creating unconstitutional laws that violate people’s rights, and that includes their right to make bad choices. Otherwise the law will end up more authoritarian than free.
- Comment on Glorious Victory 6 days ago:
I didn’t have anything to do with this and never got involved. I watched from the sides. I don’t even play or own Helldivers 2.
- Comment on Glorious Victory 6 days ago:
NGL, you sound like a capital-R Redditor.
- Comment on I'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game' 1 week ago:
A Story from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of the Shire
- Comment on I'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game' 1 week ago:
Trademark moment
- Comment on Helldivers 2 community manager says internal discussions are ongoing regarding mandatory PSN account link 1 week ago:
I know my $40.00 is pretty important to them, so I thought I would mention it here.
Not gonna lie chief, I don’t think anyone from SIE is on Lemmy.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 1 week ago:
Needing to run a programm just to launch a different program is stupid. I don’t need a middleman, just let me launch the second program directly.