Blackmist
@Blackmist@feddit.uk
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 8 hours ago:
They didn’t have to but they did anyway.
- Comment on 'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers' 8 hours ago:
What did Episode 1 and 2 push forward?
- Comment on A Netflix exclusive 14 hours ago:
It will consist of 4 x 20 second rounds and they will both be wearing inflatable Hulk Hands.
The expected pay day is $100 million each.
- Comment on Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation 21 hours ago:
Do we really want the government to be the arbiters of truth though?
- Comment on Jake Rule vs Mike Ruleson 23 hours ago:
Pretty sure it’s all about the millions of dollars both men will make. If losing is becoming richer by more money than I’ll ever see in my life then I’ll lose all day long.
- Comment on Jake Rule vs Mike Ruleson 23 hours ago:
I wouldn’t worry because anybody that called this event “boxing” also hates the sport…
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 1 day ago:
The first is a bit rough. It got a remake with Black Mesa which used to be free, but I don’t think it is any more.
I’d honestly just start with 2. It’s a better game all round. You can always go back and play Black Mesa later if you like it.
If you have a VR headset and a decent rig, Half Life Alyx is well worth it. I’d definitely play HL2 plus Episodes 1 and 2 before heading into that one.
- Comment on Anon falls through the cracks 1 day ago:
I can honestly see that person surviving downsizing rounds.
No manager = nobody to name them on their “pick 10 employees to get rid of” lists.
- Comment on They used to be all metal too. Its time for a revolution 1 day ago:
Matchbox were always better.
- Comment on Is it really possible to tax the rich? 2 days ago:
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Yes.
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They would fight back, buy all our media sources, and buy our governments to make sure 1 didn’t happen.
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- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 2 days ago:
How many browsers open it natively?
- Comment on But yes. 2 days ago:
Fun fact. Coal plants release more radioactive materials than nuclear plants.]
Except the ones that blew up. Those ones were extra spicy.
- Comment on But yes. 2 days ago:
Seems to be just photovoltaics and spinny things.
- Comment on Anon tries programming in Java 2 days ago:
So will pretty much anything except JS.
- Comment on Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support 3 days ago:
This is what game launchers looked like in my day.
If I wanted a different game I’d put in a different tape!
- Comment on Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support 3 days ago:
It’s probably the inbuilt browser component that seems to be in everything these days.
Chrome pulled support for Win 7 and 8 ages ago, so anything that relies on an up to date browser is sure to follow.
- Comment on Freelance Video Game Journalists Are Propping Up The Industry, And Many Are Being Paid Dogshit In Return 3 days ago:
Gee, I wonder why it’s all AI generated horseshit from press releases these days.
The writing was on the wall when Jeff Gerstmann was fired over a bad review back in 2007. The whole game journalism industry has been on life support since then, and realistically been shafted ever since we went from purchased magazines to online.
Even then magazines would find themselves without timely review copies if they were not sympathetic to the need for good reviews.
- Comment on Anons discuss PC vs console gaming 4 days ago:
What kinda space mutant hands do you have where the 3DS of all things was comfortable?
I even played Zelda with the stylus, such was the shape of Nintendo’s handhelds.
- Comment on Withdrawal is going to make people go mad 4 days ago:
I think it depends more on how white you are.
- Comment on Anon meets up with a girl 4 days ago:
Aww, anon was so close to having his first friend.
- Comment on Anons discuss PC vs console gaming 4 days ago:
I still lament the loss of analogue face buttons from the PS2 controller.
It was mostly used on racing games where newer analogue triggers are a lot more precise, but it can make emulating older games tricky.
- Comment on Should I buy it? 4 days ago:
- Comment on World of Warcraft's monetization seems to be getting way more aggressive 5 days ago:
Meanwhile Final Fantasy XIV is doing a collaboration with hair dye.
- Comment on Should I buy it? 5 days ago:
Just use the Toilet Duck like a normal person.
- Comment on Premium Ads 6 days ago:
The growth must continue!
Even when you’ve reached complete market saturation…
- Comment on Premium Ads 6 days ago:
Ugh, you didn’t even pay for Premium Plus?
Bloody peasant…
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
It’s a polarizing one for sure. Every review is either 10/10 or 1/10.
I’m firmly in the latter camp, I see the gold and white dress, and I hear Yanny. Mileage may vary.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
Deathstalker 1 & 2, although the second is far superior.
It’s completely tone deaf by any standards, let alone modern ones. Watch as a gang rape is interrupted and turned into what can only be described as a “heroic sexual assault”.
The second swaps out the main actor for a much funnier one, and has probably the catchiest out-of-place theme tune of any movie.
You know you’re watching a terrible movie, but they breeze along and you can’t help but be entertained by it.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
I cannot stand 2001 A Space Odyssey
It’s glacially paced, there’s like 1 good scene with HAL and Dave and the rotating set is neat with him running around the edge. It’s about 20 minutes of decent movie padded to an agonising two and a half hours of pretentious nonsense.
People go “oh, but it was groundbreaking at the time!” We’d had Star Trek for two years by that point. It really was not that groundbreaking.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 1 week ago:
It’s fucked. But it’s been fucked for a long time. You just didn’t see it until the other day. It’s like the foaming at the mouth from rabies. By the time you get that far, it’s too late. But that animal bite months ago, and itching and fever were the warning signs, and everybody ignored it.
