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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My recent experiences with big budget AAA after years of avoidance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Grim Dawn is fantastic! I can’t wait for the new expansion coming in a few months. I also heard they’re making a sequal after they finish their town building game which is coming out of EA soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My recent experiences with big budget AAA after years of avoidance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Diablo’s story is now entirely detached from its gameplay, the protag can see the villains cutscenes due to a plot device, no more clever writing to explain events after, you get rewards not from an NPC but from the menu from completing world events, and somehow there are localised areas of 100s of enemies just waiting for you to start a fight in a random spot on an open field, theres a GPS showing you the way to the next objective

  Diablo 2’s story is also detached, it’s nothing new lol. I’d say Diablo 3 actually had the most protag focused story besides Diablo 1. In D4, all of the cutscenes at least involve main characters you regularly interact with.

  Regardless, no one plays those games for the story. They’ve always been purely about gear grinding and demon/monster butchering. D4 is probably the most polished in the series, except for maybe D3, which was a very streamlined experience, for better or worse. I like all of the Diablo games, but I still think D2 and D3 are the most fun I’ve had playing with friends. Fun is always the most important aspect, and D4 was making strong strides to improving that aspect when I last played over the summer. Not sure if that’s still the case in the new expansion, but I figure I’ll try it out when the xpac is on a deep discount.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you voice chat without bothering roommates?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Discord has individual volume adjustor per person in chat. With my friends turning me up and me turning my mic volume setting in Windows all the way up, I’m able to talk quietly enough in the next room without bothering my wife if she’s sleeping. We also have a white noise sound machine we run at night, so I’m sure that helps a bit. White noise is probably your best bet if you’re in a smaller living area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Because, unfortunately, millions of people still use it. If you’re selling a product, it’s in your best interest to have as much social media presence as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Caves Of Qud': Roguelike RPG Finally Launches After 17 Years in Development (And It's Really Good)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s on the “other” site, but this post from a few months ago has several people saying they got it working quite nicely: reddit.com/…/regarding_qud_on_the_steam_deck/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A real landlord special.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it could be worse? That’s definitely pretty obnoxious, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creep. Smdh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. And I’m not religious, either. I’m not rigidly atheist, but I am highly skeptical of some omniscient, omnipotent being playing some divine version of RimWorld.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creep. Smdh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Does the Bible actually say it’s forever? I thought I’ve read a discussion before where it’s implied that one can still repent and be redeemed in the afterlife. I’m not a theologian or an expert in the least bit, so I may be misremembering or it could’ve just been someone from one of the various more modern, progressive religious sects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Powered bv SteamOS' gaming handheld validation leaks in Valve documentation, Asus ROG Ally may be among first handhelds with official SteamOS support⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the first description on the website. It says it’s a cloud native Linux image that comes pre-installed with all the apps for gaming, e.g. Steam, Lutris, etc. I was asking a question as to why it’s better than SteamOS, as when I see cloud native I just assume it’s something designed for and around streaming. I may be misunderstanding its purpose, but that’s the impression I get from the site.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Powered bv SteamOS' gaming handheld validation leaks in Valve documentation, Asus ROG Ally may be among first handhelds with official SteamOS support⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes Bazzite so much better to use on a Deck versus SteamOS? It doesn’t seem any different than just using Remote Play/Moonlight/whatever and streaming from your main gaming rig?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard may have violated the UK GDPR following my 2019 Data Erasure Request⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure the only thing that happens when violating GDPR is a fine, which is ultimately the same thing as “paying off” the government, but just in a legally obligated way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has an idea to get laid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s wild that insults are a crime there, I never knew that. Quite funny back and forth, though. I laughed at how the writing got more and more chaotic haha

  As for your other comment, the US also requires a judge to sign off on a warrant for raiding/searching someone’s home. Some judges are more strict about it than others, and the more high profile you are, the more the judges tend to be stricter with approving them.

  However, if you’re in a poorer area and you’re not rich, it’s not unheard of for home raids to occur quite liberally. Hell, one of my old coworkers got raided a few years ago due to the police going to the wrong address (the intended house was across the street). And no, the police didn’t give shit for compensation and his family couldn’t afford to take it to court and he just didn’t want to deal with potential repercussions of the police harassing him afterwards since he’s an immigrant (here legally, but yeah, lots of people here don’t care about that…).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has an idea to get laid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, that might happen for a high profile family/person. For average people in many places in the US, they’ll be lucky if the police even pay out to cover damages to property, nevermind anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any proof behind the idea that "reddit is filled with bots"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your example is too damn spot-on, haha, man I haven’t seen one so brazenly fake in a couple months. Then again, I only stick to the smaller subs on Reddit whenever I do use it, so bot activity is a lot less frequent on those.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Damn it YouTube!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They might be referring to people who have it occur due to a technical problem (needing to clear their cache or something). Other than that, tons of my friends and coworkers have Premium and they’ve never complained of ads, so I don’t think it’s a normal thing that occurs frequently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL the etymology of goodbye is a contraction of “god be with you.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If kids are dumb today, millennials are on the hook for it, boomers didn’t do this one.

  The bulk of older teenagers/college kids are from Gen X, not so much from millennials.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions our energy sector⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, lithium mining and processing is extremely toxic and destructive to the environment. On one hand, it’s primarily limited to a smaller area, but on the other hand, is it sustainable long-term unless a highly efficient lithium recycling technology emerges?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the event you believe a contract killer is in breach of contract, who adjudicates?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Think it’s supposed to be a pun since John Wick and Wicker Man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Straight representation? Lol, what? Like every major branching choice RPG with romance options offers plenty of hetero choices (Witcher, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldurs Gate, Cyberpunk 2077, etc). Even in Veilguard, the first AAA game I’ve played that offers nonbinary choices, still has plenty of hetero representation. Culture wars are so god damn exhausting and unwinnable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pocketpair Confirms Which Patents Nintendo And The Pokemon Company Are Suing It Over⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How tf does Coromon get away with it? If say that’s waaaay more of a rip-off than Palworld.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Houses in my area increases 82% in just 4 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I 100% agree that one of the biggest issues is due to corporate mass house purchasing and squatting. But my understanding was that is a problem in some large metros and the surrounding suburbs around those. For example, in San Francisco, much of the issue is due to NIMBY laws preventing high rise condos/apartments in many areas of the metro, which artificially suppresses the supply of new housing.

  Really, there isn’t an all encompassing, singular reason that’s driving up the prices everywhere, but a multitude of them. It’s a difficult problem to tackle, but it’s incredibly frustrating that most governments (local, state, and federal) thus far have made barely any effort to address it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Houses in my area increases 82% in just 4 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep in mind that inflation has risen over 30% in just the last 4 years, which explains at least part of the rise in prices. I wouldn’t be surprised if inflation is even higher in certain areas of the country. I’d also not be surprised if Georgia is getting a lot of natural disaster refugees from places like Florida.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Houses in my area increases 82% in just 4 years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  100% WFH jobs have rapidly dried up. They’re not super common like they were in 2021-2022. Most places either went back to the office or require a hybrid setup (x # of days in office every so often). I won’t deny WFH jobs have definitely contributed to a general rise in home prices in some areas, but I’d need to see data proving it is heavily contributing to a rise all over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trickle down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t watched Wolverine in a long time, although I’ve heard the new one with Deadpool is actually pretty good. (It’s the ad on the TV)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being an already decided voter in a swing state is swell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What is that from?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to clean a rescued pigeon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well obviously not for fish. Sounds like someone’s never bought fresh pigeons from the grocery store, smh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tough Shit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or they did and are now enduring giving birth to a turd football.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s one review from Steam Deck. Game just might too resource hungry and/or unoptimized for it at the moment. The user also didn’t state what Proton version they used. I’m going to install it on my other Linux PC and report back later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh? I have a Steam Deck and I rarely ever run into a game that performs badly or has issues. Proton and GE Proton have done amazing things for bringing mainstream gaming to Linux.