spark947
@spark947@lemm.ee
I am an enthusiast of Tech, gaming, food, culture, and all interesting things.
- Comment on Threads? 6 months ago:
What are you talking about? I can’t find anything to back this up, but I am curious. Their about page claims they are funded by patreon donations, and doesn’t mention cloudflare anywhere.
Is it just that they use cloudflare services for traffic control, or they host on cloudflare? Especially if it is the former, that is pretty inane.
- Comment on What makes this website resistant to enshitrification? 8 months ago:
This is the whole point of federation, having multiple instances, and being open source. It’s also why a bunch of the people on here are Linux heads.
Keep on mind that lemmy isn’t owned by a single corporation ir organization. It is a bunch of individually owned instances that talk to each other. This means that if you own an instance, you have contr of how it is moderated, but you have to balance that freedom with making your instance a place other instances will have to connect to. Its very democratic.
This goes all the way to the source code, which is open. So, even if the devs try to change it and exert more control, it could be forked.
Of course, you could still be a doomer and say something could come along and ruin it. But, it’s at least better than private, venture funded internet platforms on paper.
- Comment on Every game developer company should be like this 10 months ago:
I mean but come on, dlc for in game items - I don’t care how you slice it, that’s a microtransation, even if you don’t purcase from within the game UI.
- Comment on Why is it usually advised to power off your computer to have Bluetooth work again if it stopped working after a kernel update? 10 months ago:
Can’t confirm, but I would assume that there is a capacitor in a few bluetooth modules that keeps some of the components charged, and that they only try to comminicate with the kernel after a power cycle.
- Comment on Every game developer company should be like this 10 months ago:
I think wizards of the coast will demand more products that are part of baldur’s gate 3. Tbf, baldur’s gate 1 and 2 are known for their expansions. I wouldn’t be opposed to an expansion or two.
- Comment on Every game developer company should be like this 10 months ago:
Coming from someone who doesn’t really like DOS2 with a controller - they made it work a lot better in Baldur’s Gate 3 and it is at the point where I am mostly playing with a controller. Turn based mode goes a long way in this game to not having mouse selectivity.
- Comment on Every game developer company should be like this 10 months ago:
What are they talking about? Yes they do: …steampowered.com/…/Digital_Deluxe_Edition_DLC/
Mind you, I am not even mad, because they are extra superflous items from DOS2, so whatever, but they definitely have at least dlc for in game items. I guess that isn’t really technically an in game purchase in the same way a dark pattern loot box is, but also in a single player game it is pretty much the same thing.
I am really supportive and happy for what Larian has done, but I think it is kind of naive for them to be beating their chest about this. Wizards of the Coast will one day probably force them to release monetized items, or charge for extra modules. I don’t think they will be unfair about it, but come on.
- Comment on 100, here I cum 10 months ago:
Y’all get out of here. Middle age starts at 40. Don’t at me.
- Comment on Forgotten fantasy: after 11 years, Dragon’s Dogma makes an unlikely return 10 months ago:
Dragons Dogma has steadily been building a cult following, and pretty much the thing I miss most about reddit is the dragons dogma community. People play it to this day, actively making and sharing pawns with others.
The game still has pretty much the best action RPG combat system of all time - the guy who usually directs devil may cry directed it. It is a must play if you happen to like both classic fantasy rpgs as well as modern platinum and capcom action games.
If you are on the fence, I would definitely recommend waiting for a sale, where you pick the game up for 5 dollars usually. I have hundreds of hours maxing out my character in almost every class, and I still have to get around to beating the dark arisen dlc content - in just having too much fun with the rest of the game.