QubaXR
@QubaXR@lemmy.world
- Comment on The end of Stop Killing Games [Accursed Farms] 15 hours ago:
It was nice to have some degree of hope for nearly a year. So I guess, thanks for at least giving it a serious attempt Ross.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 1 week ago:
I never used game pass, sorry. Only makes sense they have been hiking it for a while.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 1 week ago:
Of course it is. First of many. The price will keep rising, since currently Microsoft is losing money on it. The number of games will decrease, the price will keep going up, the users will cancel, rinse and repeat.
It truly is Netflix for gaming.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 1 week ago:
I keep wanting to love Hades but keep bouncing off it. It has all characteristics of what is want - great art, good story, solid voice acting… I think I am not into the combat mechanics though. Diablo, at least I would enjoy until I finished all the story and quests…
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 1 week ago:
Blue Prince is an awesome game, but it confirmed for me that I can’t stand roguelikes. Any game that’s based on repetitive loop where you do the same thing over and over for small progress is just not my jam. That includes multiplayer grindathons, MMOs and roguelikes/lites.
I guess as I got older, time became more and more of a previous commodity and feeling like I’m not moving forward in an experience kills it for me.
Nothing against the game. Just not for me.
- Comment on Atomic Heart 2 Announced At Summer Game Fest 2 weeks ago:
About Atomic Heart - a Russian game from a developer tied to Gazprom and Putin’s oligarch buddies.
- Comment on Atomic Heart 2 Announced At Summer Game Fest 2 weeks ago:
This game (and the box spinoff) amaze me in just how well Russian propaganda machine is tuned into an average American gamer. Show them some ass, give them a definitely anti-woke attitude and they will sing praises defending it forever. Meanwhile under the surface the games are all like “see, Soviet Russia is/was actually kinda cool, amirite?”
- Comment on Dexter: Resurrection | Official Trailer 3 weeks ago:
Stop trying to milk the cow. The cow is dead. Nothing good will come out when you pull in these udders.
- Comment on Rolled credits on Doom The Dark Ages. Had a blast. For me, well worth the price of admission and I'm looking forward to the expansion. 3 weeks ago:
Oh yes, I got all preachy and forgot to actually comment on your content :)
CRUNCHY!
- Comment on Rolled credits on Doom The Dark Ages. Had a blast. For me, well worth the price of admission and I'm looking forward to the expansion. 3 weeks ago:
The game looks like a blast, but seeing how Bethesda treated Mick Gordon who did music for the previous two, their general behavior and the fact the whole thing is owned by Microsoft… I just can’t in good conscience give them any money or time/attention.
- Comment on A tool to compare different sans-serif fonts? 4 weeks ago:
For others looking, it’s codingfont.com Singular, not plural fonts
- Comment on Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations | Massively Overpowered 5 weeks ago:
Pay to win what? Is there a game yet?
- Comment on If I cut up pictures to arrange things in a way that when traced over create something "new," is that a copyright violation? 1 month ago:
That “finite and rivalrous” is a definition that sprung up quite recently and I don’t know if I agree with it. How would one “steal a kiss” if it was a finite resource. Also while stealing is not always “punishable by law”, it can still be classified as wrongdoing. As an artist I find all forms of plagiarism to equate to stealing and while they won’t land you behind bars, they may get you a status of persona non grata with other creatives.
- Comment on If I cut up pictures to arrange things in a way that when traced over create something "new," is that a copyright violation? 1 month ago:
It’s transformative. You are creating something new that did not exist before. At the very least this will fall under fair use, but your intent will dictate what it ends up being.
Ie: is I take Bugs Bunny’s head and out it on Daffy Duck’s body - I may be doing it as a commentary on WB cartoons, or pop culture in general. That’s ok.
If I try to launch my own Looney Toons cartoon with this new hybrid character - that’s stealing and WB lawyers will be all over any money I may make.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games needs EU citizen signatures! 1 month ago:
Done it and reshared a lot back when the campaign started. Can’t believe the “gamerzzz” are so freaking lazy to reach the needed goal. The campaign makes it such an easy step be step process…
- Comment on Why was Hitler so mean and hateful toward one group or another? I find it hard to believe he woke up one day and said you and you suck but these people over here are good. Taking it so far as killing? 4 months ago:
Did nobody mention Nietzsche? Nazi worldview was largely inspired by twisting out cherry picking concepts from his works. The criticism of Christian religions idealizing the meek and looking back towards ancient Rome and Greece for strong, powerful, heroic characters and gods. The ideas of existence of superior and inferior humans. Etc.
- Comment on Game Pass sets quarterly revenue record, sees 30% growth in PC subscribers 4 months ago:
Didn’t they just have the news recently on how buying Activision Blizzard did not move the needle on Game Pass subscriptions?
- Comment on Permabanned from Reddit? 4 months ago:
Imagine you are a smoker and the addiction makes it impossible for you to quit. Then one day nobody will sell you a cigarette or let you bum one off them.
Count your blessings and move on.
Reddit Karma ain’t worth shit. Imaginary Internet points.
- Comment on Steam has the best UI 5 months ago:
Lol, must be a headache for the devs maintaining it, but from the end user perspective it is way more pleasant of an experience than epic, origin, gog, ubi and whatever else is out there.
- Comment on Has anyone attempted to create a Fediverse-based Character AI like service? 5 months ago:
Sure hope not.
- Comment on After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal 5 months ago:
Yea, if I recall correctly, the Yuzu team was sharing roms of latest Nintendo releases internally and Nintendo was able to prove it. At least Jeff Gerstman podcast suggested something to that accord when reporting on it.
- Comment on What realistically would happen if someone came back to life from the dead ? 5 months ago:
Either nobody would believe it, or it would be on every screen and headline for a week, before the next news cycle Swiss the attention away.
- Comment on Why So Many Video Games Cost So Much to Make 5 months ago:
Of course the companies pin the graphics as a culprit. Otherwise they would have to admit the mismanagement is the reason they burn through millions of dollars. Mismanagement brings with it another aspect the author did not mention: stress and burnout. Either working too hard, or spinning wheels doing nothing is pure poison to a creative person. Constant direction changes, lack of clear communication, never knowing whether you did well or are on the verge of being laid off - all these make people work harder but output less/worse quality assets.
It’s how all big tech companies work.
- Comment on Chants of Sennaar, a puzzle game where you decipher an alien language (Demo available) 5 months ago:
This was my top 5 of 2023 for sure. Wonderful experience. Certainly my favorite of the “learn a language” type games.
- Comment on [People Make Games] 100 Slaps: The Breaking News The Games Industry Ignored in 2024 5 months ago:
This was brutal to watch in an already grim reality of 2025, but an important one. This is not just a remote, 3rd world problem (as if that was an excuse) - this is how our AAA games are made.
- Comment on Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries? 5 months ago:
Pretty good points there, though i’d argue it’s not just pure numerical IQ, but mostly life experience. The more variety of life you experience, the more you know of human history, different cultures, ways of thinking and seeing the world - the harder it is for you to get impressed by something as shallow as AI.
Tech bros live in a bubble of their own creation and don’t understand the true richness of the human condition.
- Comment on What is the origin of aliens looking like humans? Why and when did it become the norm? 5 months ago:
Also Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: Great book about communicating with species that differs from humans in almost every possible way.
- Comment on Modulus Announcement Trailer 5 months ago:
The game looks OK, that quote though: pure gold
- Comment on Is there another term for crafted, interactive activities besides games/video games? 5 months ago:
Interactive Entertainment?
- Comment on Surprise! Death Stranding is available on Xbox now – WGB 7 months ago:
So glad Xbox players will be finally able to enjoy it! It took a while!