CosmoNova

@CosmoNova@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI was a common theme at Gamescom 2025, and while some indie teams say it's invaluable, it remains an ethical nightmare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It can be stopped just like climate change but we won‘t and kill humanity instead apparently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘We want to protect what we have’: Blizzard cinematics workers discuss the reasons for joining a union⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Working for a billion dollar company is the only reason you need here. There are far more of course but that should be enough reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Even after 20 years, I still cry’: the enduring brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That could be a reason to not discuss the game, though. It‘s probably not as rough or memeable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam: Updates to User Review Scores Based on Language⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean yeah and that‘s very unfortunate. Users need more control about these things. This is as rushed as Youtube‘s automatic translation slop. Most people speak more than one language. When will Americans learn that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That will backfire hard when AAA gaming implodes next year and consumers will demand quality over quantity. But I expected no less from a bunch of execs high on profits who never even booted up a game in their life. The bonus crap they promise you for a pre-order at the end of many trailers paint a grim picture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It will mean they’ll offer less, cost more and have even more bugs and crashes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Even after 20 years, I still cry’: the enduring brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven‘t played it but it‘s arguably the least discussed Metal Gear Solid game. At least people talk about 4 and 5. 3 literally just sits in the middle and sort of… exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam: Updates to User Review Scores Based on Language⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What is „my language“? Because depending on where the game is from this changes. Have they thought of that? Because I know from experience that US companies cannot comprehend speaking more than one language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event(Gamescom) Booked Random Meetings for Attendees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally scheduled stupidity. I’m actually surprised they were this upfront with it being AI and reacted this quickly to backlash. This could’ve gotten a lot worse with a lesser understanding team believe it or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Turns Out, Steam’s Adult Content Ban Has Been Plotted For A Year And Is Spearheaded By One Of Project 2025’s Leading Voices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It will never happen on a large scale. Not as long as there is this much money to be made. I have no doubts these freaks will keep trying and make our lives harder, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Time We Talked about Disco Elysium, Again - People Make Games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it‘s very one sided again unfortunately because only one side is interviewed. Although it is interesting to hear how much harm the writers receive through corporate bullshittery. Given how ZA/UM started out and where this odyssey has headed since I‘d say this is nothing short of a modern Greek tragedy about greed and selling out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is exactly what I expected them to do. I laughed at Blizzard fans being hopeful about the acquisition because things didn’t go well at the time. It was always just another step towards closure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG and game publishers launch FreedomToBuy.games to raise awareness on censorship in gaming – GOG Pressroom⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam is criminally understaffed and always caves in with no resistance when any actor wants to block access to thousands of games to millions of potential customers. This is just the latest chapter in a long history of them neglecting their users.

  For example a large number of affected games in this case have already been blocked in Germany for a while because Steam refused to implement any type of age verification. They didn‘t even want a dialog with authorities and flat out region blocked affected games instead.

  Now, I will say that this move by Germany was complete hypocrisy because it only affected unrated games and porn, when other 18+ games are still perfectly available because they „only“ contain massive amounts of violence. Somehow age verification isn‘t necessary here for some reason and gambling with cosmetic items is fine too? Good to know we have our priorities straight. /s

  Whatever the case, the point is Steam always choses the path of least resistance. Germany has a system that lets users verify their age anonymously. Sony has implemented it for their store no problem but Steam doesn‘t even bother to have a single German speaker in their support team.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam gets a brand new video player for trailers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally we can watch all the trailers that radical christian groups allow us to watch without interruptions!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft's annual report dictates that the consumers are the problem⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I noticed something was off when looking at the childish comments of the video and although it started out normally it quickly began hinting at the same anti-woke bullshit talking points they always try to apply to everything that doesn‘t match their twisted, self-enforced and ultimately self-contradictory world view. It‘s a terrible video by a terribly bitter loser who couldn‘t figure out why Ubisoft and other AAA companies are failing when it‘s spelled out for him to save his life. No idea what that even gets posted here and users are certainly only upvoting it here because they only read the title but I find it fascinating how we found the guy who could probably run Ubisoft even worse than it‘s current head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm doing my part!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really just highlights the growing injustice in the world and that our problems are growing too severe to solve them with personal responsibility. We need to make billionaires illegal or things with keep spiraling downwards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8BitDo Pro 3 Controller Announced with Swappable Buttons, Available for Preorder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How do their gamepads compare to the DualSense? They‘re in the dame price range after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European Commission preparing token gesture for angry gamers and game developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are “challenges concerning scaling up companies, attracting financing” and “managing cyclical waves of labour lay-off”, the Commission announcement stated.

  So they don‘t actually want to do anything right now because the same scummy companies that kill live service games are laying off workforce en masse as well? Ugh, I didn‘t expect much but that‘s rich.

  They‘re basically saying: „Apologies, but we can‘t improve things right now. You see, the industry is too rotten already.“

  As expected from the EU commission that is just as corrupt as AAA studios.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He is cooked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But that‘s literally what this is: A screenshot. What you are describing might be exactly how it transpired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda is allegedly working on ‘multiple Fallout games’, including Fallout 3 Remastered, teases report⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fallout 3 isn‘t even a good game on the surface and I doubt anyone actually wants a UE5 slop version of it but people will buy it anyway not knowing they actually won‘t enjoy it because they haven‘t touched it since release if they ever even played it. It‘s success was entirely carried by hype but was ultimately already outdated when it came out. There is no logical reason to revive it because there are endless better alternatives out there but luckily for Todd Howard Bethesda fans aren‘t logical creatures and will buy that shit and proceed to not beat it and forget about it within a week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That‘s different than a dock which you could argue is part of the console.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How would it be? Unfortunately there are still a lot of consumer hostile practices going on that are completely legal in the EU. I‘m no expert of course so I‘m curious what EU law would regulate this exact practice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The game had a huge cast with many memorable characters and moments. Not everyone was going to shine through especially with some fantastic performances like you mentioned.

  I think the title of the post is just deceiving and should be changed to the title of the actual article. And perhaps the article title was changed too but it is a more accurate title of the situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  She probably did more work on BG3 alone than all previous works combined though. The experience alone boosted their performance immensely. Neil Newbon compared his 4 years at the studio with 4 seasons of shooting a TV show and his role was about the same size as Jennifer‘s. BG3 wasn‘t just any job. Especially not for her. Anyone who actually follows her can attest to that. To say it didn‘t change the trajectory of her life and career takes some serious ignorance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  She just has become pickier with what she auditions for.

  Most actors in gaming are certainly not becoming pickier with AI looming at the horizon so this is a strong sign that she is in fact doing very good. Certainly better than voicing Child #5 in Original Sin 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those roles are tiny. Like I don‘t even know why you‘re so strongly against the idea that she wasn‘t that big before. You literally just have to look up her actual roles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t about me or my perception. I am saying this because she said so herself and the Imdb Page you linked tells the same story. She broke her mold with Shadowheart and now she is getting much bigger and more diverse roles. But feel free to tell me about a game prior to BG3 where she took center stage for marketing like she did for Expedition 33.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can‘t deny it did boost Jennifer English‘s career to a high degree. You could say it‘s not all about her role as Shadowheart alone but it definitely helped kickstart her online presence. She went from voicing children side characters to being one of the most prolific and recognizable voices in gaming within two years and I doubt her role in Expedition 33 where she was heavily featured in promotional material was the last we‘ve heard of her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Will Take Cues From Mass Effect, Souls Games and More⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would have much more trust in their vision if the creative director did compare it to a deck-builder instead of more souls slop.

  To be fair it‘s not clear to me whether the author of the article or the CD made that comparison but seeing how many huge and beloved IPs they‘re throwing around doesn‘t make me hopeful unfortunately. I‘d rather see them show off their (hopefully deep) understanding of the toolbox they‘re working with than dropping big names like Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate 3 or Darksouls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think so, yes. Although I dipped out of their blogposts around the time they rented some big office space. That was years ago at this point.