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- Comment on 8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates 11 months ago:
I meant that I ought to use it for its intended purpose after all.
(But yes, I would still like the option of replacing the OS.)
- Comment on 8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates 11 months ago:
I bought one during the clearance sale for the price of shipping, assuming that it would be abandoned but maybe still useful as a low-power linux server. I guess I ought to set it up and take advantage of it.
Thanks, Valve, for not letting these things become instant e-waste.
- Comment on New malware restores cookies to break into your Google Account 11 months ago:
Joke’s on them. Google locked me out of my account when I refused to give them my phone number.
- Comment on The full source code for GTA 5 has been publicly leaked 11 months ago:
*Yuzu or Ryujinx. Not Cemu. Not Dolphin.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 11 months ago:
Valve was scanning your DNS cache
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 11 months ago:
somehow they managed to invent like 90% of all “evil” MTX and DRM in the process
Having worked with DRM systems since long before Valve existed, I’m reasonably certain this is just plain false.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 11 months ago:
In Steam’s case, the slowness looks more likely just a side effect of it being a Chromium Embedded Framework application with a lot of extras bolted on. It’s simply not built efficiently.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 11 months ago:
Epic cons
Let’s also acknowledge that Epic has already been caught scanning and collecting data from files on people’s hard drives that are totally unrelated to Epic or its games.
Ties with Tencent (super anti-consumer chinese state-owned megacorp)
To be more clear about it, Tencent is Epic’s largest investor, so they obviously have a great deal of influence over and access to anything they want from Epic.
Steam cons: Drm
Given that DRM on Steam is entirely up to the game publisher, I don’t think that’s appropriate to list that under “Steam cons”. I’m not even sure that any of my Steam games have DRM.
If you mean that most Steam games expect to find an instance of Steam running, you should know that is not DRM. Also, it’s trivially replaced with the open-source Goldberg Emulator or a similar tool.
Gog I don’t know anything besides the fact that it has drm-free games
Another plus for GOG is that they let you download games with a web browser. No special app required.
- Comment on Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Store 11 months ago:
I don’t think getting freebies from them counts as supporting them
I do. Some examples off the top of my head:
- giving them access to your stored data, both through account creation and by letting their code execute on your computer
- giving them access to your system fingerprints, through the same
- giving them access to your behavioral data, through the same
- giving them legal influence over you, by agreeing to their terms
- giving their legal arguments greater weight by increasing their market share
- giving them greater sway with publishers by bolstering their user count
There are probably other ways in which it supports them. Those are just the first ones to come to mind.
- Comment on 1 year ago:
Fyi, there’s now a fedi alternative called Faircamp.
I wish people would stop saying that. It’s not an alternative to Bandcamp. It has no means of selling music at all.
- Comment on "The Next Subnautica" aims to deliver underwater survival spooks in early 2025 1 year ago:
Please be good. I loved the first one (despite the bugs).
- Comment on 1 year ago:
I wonder if there’s a way that Bandcamp could split from Songtrader, and reform as an employee-owned cooperative. I haven’t touched their services since Epic bought them, but would return in a heartbeat if they were independent once again.
- Comment on KeeperFX 1.0.0 released - Dungeon Keeper opensource remake and fan expansion 1 year ago:
From the download page:
Currently only Windows is supported, but Linux and Mac users can use Wine .
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED announced 1 year ago:
$150 cheaper.
- Comment on StarCraft could return, according to Blizzard president, but not necessarily as an RTS 1 year ago:
So… it’s not Starcraft, then.
I think Starcraft has enough story and character development by now that its identity is more than just the mechanics that it started with.
It’s just another game.
It would still be a Starcraft game. If we were to ignore the lore and only consider the RTS format, then even the first Starcraft was “just another game”. Those mechanics weren’t unique or new.
Similarly, World of Warcraft is still a Warcraft game, even though it’s hung on a different framework from the original.
- Comment on Microsoft may lose $120 million due to the Overwatch League shutdown 1 year ago:
I feel so bad for those kids getting esport degrees.
What universities are offering e-sport degrees? This is the first I’ve heard of it. Can you post some links?
- Comment on Would like to giveaway some steam keys 1 year ago:
I’ve given away games on reddit in the past. In my experience, this worked best:
- Make sure it’s cleared with the moderators.
- State how long the giveaway will run (often 1-3 days).
- Top-level comments count as entries.
- (Optional) Require commenters to follow some simple instruction, like including the word duck, or stating their favorite game.
- Accounts with less than X karma are ineligible.
- When the time is up, pick a random comment as the winner.
This gives everyone a fair chance against bots, hoarders, and resellers.
- Comment on Latest Baldur's Gate 3 update adds colour-blind settings, hireling customisation and best of all, sponge baths 1 year ago:
- Comment on Ways of designing intimacy in games - GameDeveloper 1 year ago:
Thanks for explaining. I’m convinced that autocorrect and touch screen keyboards are responsible for a great deal of the bad grammar and weird sentences that we see online.
- Comment on Ways of designing intimacy in games - GameDeveloper 1 year ago:
That’s interesting, but I don’t think it’s because of a German commenter in this case, since only some some of the nouns are capitalized.
- Comment on Ways of designing intimacy in games - GameDeveloper 1 year ago:
Agreed on all points.
Out of curiosity, why did you capitalize random nouns in your comment?
- Comment on Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week 1 year ago:
I thought King was a subsidiary, rather than part of the parent company’s name. Has that changed?
- Comment on Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week 1 year ago:
AKB
What’s that K for?
- Comment on Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core - Teaser Trailer 1 year ago:
…steampowered.com/…/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Rogue_Core…
About This Game
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic with a roguelite twist. The roguelite twist means you start from basics in each mission and cooperatively build up powers and abilities for the team, sometimes leading to insanely overpowered builds and other times to spectacular flops.
STORY
Expenite, a new mineral of incredible value and utility, has been discovered within planet Hoxxes IV! Space mining company Deep Rock Galactic immediately sets up covert mining operations deeper than ever, to harvest this precious material. But without warning, all the dig sites go dark, and all contact is abruptly lost.
In this action-packed 1-4 player co-op roguelite, you’ll join a team of elite dwarven Reclaimers called to planet Hoxxes IV to deal with the situation. Bring the lost dig sites back online, unravel the mystery of The Greyout, and keep it from happening again using all the guts, guns, and grit at your disposal.
The Core has gone Rogue. DRG needs your help!
GAMEPLAY
Each Rogue Core mission begins with selecting your loadout. Pick a Phase Suit equipped with an Active Ability of your choice, as well as one of a range of unique Reclaimer Weapons. Once loaded up, you board your Drop Pod and land at the outer boundary of a lost dig site, facing the Greyout Barrier surrounding it. Luckily, R&D has equipped you with a device capable of carving a hole through the Barrier – but once you go in, there is no way back except mission success. Proceed through the Barrier on foot and fight your way down multiple procedurally-generated stages to the deepest and most dangerous level of the dig site.
During each stage, you will salvage caches of DRG equipment and weapons to expand your arsenal for that mission. The dig sites are also full of the wonder-mineral Expenite. Deposit any Expenite you can find into your trusty Processor Drone to generate a wide range of powerful temporary upgrades. Thus, as you progress ever deeper, your power will grow, but so will the challenge. Every advantage will be necessary to make it through all the stages, reach the Core, and reclaim the dig site.
Between missions, you return to your ship - the RV-09 “Ramrod”, parked in low orbit above Hoxxes IV. By completing mission tasks and reclaiming dig sites, you will earn the means to research and permanently unlock new Reclaimer Weapons, Phase Suits, and Suit Mods. Expand your gear options and experiment with various setups to tackle the deepest and most dangerous dig sites.
OPEN DEVELOPMENT
With the announcement of ROGUE CORE, we want to invite you along for the early, early, early open development journey of Rogue Core. That means that you will be exposed to early ideas, early sketches, early mockups, and early implementations, way before stuff is “done”. …Did we mention this was early development? Also, this is a good thing.
We started our Open Development journey on Deep Rock Galactic two full years before we even launched into Early Access, and by now we feel very experienced with the process. The engagement we established with our community during and after that time has simply been awesome. The process made DRG a better game than it otherwise would have been, and we very much want to reproduce that for Rogue Core as much as possible.
In other words, this is our open invitation to you. Come join us on this journey as we tackle making a game right from the very earliest stage of development, way before we launch into Early Access. We recognize that this kind of thing is not everyone’s cup of tea, and if that’s the case, no worries. But we have faith that a lot of you will.
We will keep you up to date on the Steam forum and on Discord. If you are interested, join us and help us make Rogue Core the best game it can be!
Further down the line, there will of course also be Closed Alpha testing to be done. So follow us, if you’re interested in getting your feet wet in the early-early access versions of the game.
Deeper, darker, and more dangerous than ever. Join the Dwarven Reclaimers.
- Comment on Diablo® IV is coming to Steam 1 year ago:
They wanted a picture of my ID to unlock my account.
This is inappropriately invasive, and doesn’t even accomplish the stated goal, since an ID can’t prove account ownership when the account wasn’t created with an ID in the first place.
This practice has become alarmingly common for online services. We really do need strong privacy laws.
- Comment on Paramount Releases ‘Mean Girls’ for Free on TikTok in 23 Parts 1 year ago:
What does David Lynch have to do with Mean Girls?
- Comment on Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext. 1 year ago:
Nobody suggested otherwise.
- Comment on Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext. 1 year ago:
Your guess is confirmed here.
There are plans to update the forum, including for better security (the main issue with changing the forum software is concern over reliably migrating all of the existing content). After emailing (admittedly not current best practice), the passwords are hashed and only the hash is stored.
Also, no, the password would not necessarily still be stored in plain text on their end. The cleartext password used in that email might be only in memory, and discarded after sending the message. Depends on how the UBB forum software implemented it.
- Comment on What games can you recommend that didn't get the appreciation that they deserved? 1 year ago:
Wildermyth is a lovely combination of storytelling and tactical combat. My only significant gripe is that I want more of it: More tales, more character customization… just more. (Although I now see that an expansion is available; I’ll have to check it out.)
Gigantic caught my attention when I was looking for an Overwatch alternative, because of the art and the praise from fans. I wish development hadn’t shut down before I had a chance to play it. (I hear there’s an unofficial client and server out there somewhere, though, so maybe I’ll have a chance to at least try the work-in-progress that was never finished.)
- Comment on All your favorite Cyberpunk 2077 mods are disabled in Phantom Liberty, CDPR says 1 year ago:
Take note of the account that posted it. It won’t be long before you notice a pattern.