IronKrill
@IronKrill@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Justice should be equal 2 hours ago:
37 under 18 compared to 33 over 18. Close to a 50/50 split. Link
- Comment on Justice should be equal 6 hours ago:
We’re just going to ignore that school shooters are generally students and thus not tried as adults? Okay then.
- Comment on Justice should be equal 6 hours ago:
I, too, watched Legal Eagle’s video.
- Comment on 2024 Steam Awards Nominees Announced 4 days ago:
Relies on people knowing about it, sadly.
- Comment on 2024 Steam Awards Nominees Announced 4 days ago:
Occasionally good games get nominated for the correct categories (Terraria for Labor of Love) but it’s very rare. I haven’t even played any 2024 games but wanted the badge so I just nominated some off brand games that will never win.
- Comment on Pretty interesting when you really think about it. 4 days ago:
It is possible to agree with something and still believe it is terribly presented.
- Comment on Anon gets plastered 4 days ago:
Spending 50-100% more time doing something because you are slow/taking breaks/chatting is being unproductive.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 - Official First Look | The Game Awards 2024 1 week ago:
I’m an absolute Borderlands slut so I am pumped for this. I really hope the monetisation scheme is fine and that they added some QoL features I’ve been wanting since 2012 (multi quest trackers?!) but either way I’ll probably play this.
- Comment on Do you have any recommendations for casual games? 1 week ago:
Depending on what you mean by casual, Terraria fits the bill. I love sitting down with a journey mode character and taking the game at my own pace. For the first playthrough I would probably point people to softcore normal mode as it’s the “proper” way to play, but once you’ve grinded out goals once journey is a really nice way to take control of the game’s difficulty on the fly.
- Comment on Do you have any recommendations for casual games? 1 week ago:
This really depends on the type of person you are. I find every time I launch it I get caught up in a mess of wiki pages and spreadsheets figuring out the ideal crops to plant and when, what gifts people like and when to gift them, etcetera etcetera. It became stressful and I stopped playing it after finishing most of the main objectives.
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 1 week ago:
This problem is solved by having paper towels (air dryers suck) and placing the paper towel trash bin next to the door so that you can use your hand-full of towels as a barrier between the handle and throw the towels away as you leave.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
They do have achievements, yeah. Not much else though.
- Comment on why is my whisky evaporating? 4 weeks ago:
An amusing observation. It’s a general statement to indicate a lack of mallice and imply I’m not just trolling. Posting grammar corrections with no fluff or preface is a fantastic way to earn downvotes, sadly.
- Comment on why is my whisky evaporating? 4 weeks ago:
Not to be ‘that guy’, but it’s “would’ve” or “would have”, never “would of”.
- Comment on Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X 5 weeks ago:
I forget the exact reasons but I believe it was due to a perceived bias. I don’t read BBC so can’t comment but they described it similarly to how a liberal would describe Fox News.
- Comment on Apple Explains Why 256GB Storage Is Better 5 weeks ago:
Did they really put the power button on the bottom? Lmao that’s up there with the magic mouse charging port.
- Comment on Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X 5 weeks ago:
And then they, too, can be defederated by salty Mastodon admins. At least I saw a lot of instances talk of defederating BBC when I still was trying to enjoy Mastodon.
- Comment on are winter leggings worth buying? 5 weeks ago:
If you’re not getting cold, then no. If yiu lived in a colder climate or had worse heat generation then yes.
- Comment on Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election 5 weeks ago:
Email does not have issues finding emails. For a much better post than I can write, read TheChargedCreeper’s comment above about the on-boarding experience they (and I) experienced.
- Comment on Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election 5 weeks ago:
Well said. This almost perfectly describes my experience with Mastodon as well. I ended up joining a Firefish instance later which was better, but no amount of “antennas” or topic follows helps when your instance has 20 users and it can’t find anything.
I’d imagine a platform supposedly started by the people who founded Twitter, built from what supposedly was once an internal test of modifications to Twitter, to have an easier onboarding experience than whatever Mastodon did back when I tried it.
Bluesky works almost exactly like Twitter right now. It makes a vague mention of federation on signup but it’s basically irrelevant and everything right now still goes through their central server, so there is no issue finding content or users.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 month ago:
I remember everyone saying the exact same in 2016. “Maybe Dems will reflect.” Other than putting up a white man for 2020, I can’t see a single difference in their approach ever since.
- Comment on is it possible to download Tiktok videos on mobile? 1 month ago:
Bless you for not making people use Tik Tok.
- Comment on Steam Game Recording is now out of beta 1 month ago:
I’ll have to give it another go! I was absolutely loving the feature in beta, however the experience was dampened by intermittent game crashes that stopped the moment I disabled this feature. Classic AMD driver issue, most likely.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I didn’t know we were in c/news! Oh wait, we aren’t. :D
- Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' 2 months ago:
Are you being purposefully obtuse? Proton is based on Wine yes, but it is it’s own distinct entity.
- Comment on Cybertruck? More Like Cyber-Sucks! – SOME MORE NEWS 2 months ago:
That title is terrible.
- Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete 2 months ago:
Glad that he eventually got it fixed.
Fortunately, Lifeward eventually capitulated and Straight was able to get his exoskeleton repaired — but that was only after an intense campaign
Still, these are the issues that make me question why anyone is excited for products like brain implants. The longer we can go without commercialised body modifications, the better.
- Comment on Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations 2 months ago:
I played this when it came out because some people were hyping it up. It’s solid and a fun game, but I didn’t feel it brought anything whatsoever to the table that other shooters hadn’t brought 15 years ago. It isn’t even the first free game to provide a similar experience. Not surprised it isn’t holding players.
- Comment on Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse 2 months ago:
I’m not sure I agree with “tolerating” keyboard. I quite like it over a joystick! The benefit in complex games (like RTS, as you mention) is obvious, but even in most 3D games I prefer the instant reaction and definite axis of WASD over the fine-tunable precision of a joystick. There are not many times I would rather move at 2° forwards-right at a ramping 95% speed instead of simply moving forwards at 100% instantly. As for racing or other games that require precise analog inputs, I would generally prefer something that is bigger than my thumb i.e a racing wheel.
That isn’t to say I completely disagree, though! The ergonomics are a clear disadvantage. Most keyboards are not ergonomic for typing, let alone gaming. It would be fantastic to see more gaming-specialised keypad devices other than that one Razor one and whatever Chinese Amazon specials are kicking around. But the keypad format is not something I would want to forego as any FPS I play for more than 20 hours I usually have the entire left half of the keyboard bound to something for quick access.
I upvoted you because this is a great discussion point. :)
- Comment on Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse 2 months ago:
Can you not? I’ve played various third person combat games (are they all part of “hack n slash”?) with a mouse just fine. I do prefer controller, but there’s nothing wrong with using a kb/mouse in most of those games. Is Dark Souls control scheme really that bad?