Kelly

@Kelly@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RuneScape is planning on introducing Black Mirror inspired membership plans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds dangerous.

  Don’t you need the playerbase to attract and retain the whales?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I search lemmy for answers similar to how in 2019 you could google search "[problem] + reddit"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The meme about googling site:Reddit comes out of how deeply shitty Google has let their search engine become.

  It was two-part, the other side was that reddit’s own search was so crap people use google search instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG bolsters game preservation efforts by joining European game archivist organisation⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thjs gamesindustry.biz article is offering less info and context than the press release it is cribbed from.

  gog.prowly.com/375292-gog-joins-european-federati…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All the Games Reportedly Set for Release on Nintendo Switch 2 - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If two platforms share compatibility then developers can choose to target the weaker system and release on both.

  For some games this might involve a bit of compromise and cause resentment with the owners of the more powerful system, but for other (simer) games it might involve any compromise at all.

  Either way there are a lot of Switch consoles in the wild and there will be some publisher support for the Switch for a few years yet.

  As an example from the other side of the fence ps4 is still getting titles:

  opencritic.com/browse/ps4/last90

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you wish that you could recycle games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just had a look at their offer and it has a few issues.

  • Customers can’t resell a game license until 90 days after its release day and 7 days after their purchase (whichever is later).
  • The option to list a license for sale may be revoked if the publisher delists the title
  • The resale price is 100% of the current store price for the title but the reseller recieves only a 25% “resale commission”.
  • This commission can be paid as store currency “IRON” or credited to your original payment method for a fee. If you original payment method has expired then only IRON is available.

  help.robotcache.com/…/360029179691-Resale-Policy

  So they keep 75% of resale revenue, the purchaser doesn’t see any discounts, and it can’t be used to access delisted games?

  Its a bit of a monkey paw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you wish that you could recycle games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Any platform that offers transferable digital licenses will get a lot of customer loyalty but is likely to have mainstream publishers boycott it.

  It could be structured so that everybody wins e.g. the purchaser pays ⅓ less than the “new” price, with their payment then split evenly as cash for the original publisher and store credit for the seller.

  That way:

  1. the purchaser gets a discount
  2. the publisher gets a cut of the sale
  3. the seller gets credit to spend on new games,
  4. the platform gets that credit spent on their store (plus any additional money that might be required to complete a purchase)

  As a customer I would find that attractive but I think most publishers would consider it a slippery slope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SKG Has an Official Discord Server Now!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems SKG = Stop Killing Games.

  I hadn’t seen the acronym before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next Xbox Rumored To Launch In 2026 With New Call Of Duty⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  unless they have a real reason for this new one lol

  If they spin this so gen10 Xbox games don’t have to offer feature parity on Series S that will please a few people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a new toll I'll have to pay to drive anywhere.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At that point you might as well build another set of roads above the current street level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like there has been an update

  TLDW?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luck be a Landlord Might Be Banned from Google Play⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Simulated Gambling: 
  Interactive activity within a game that:
  a)     resembles or functions like a real world age restricted betting or gambling service; and
  b)     does not provide rewards that can be redeemed for real world currency or traded to other players in-game for real world currency.

  Note: For example, interactive activity within games that resembles or functions like real world commercial casinos, slot machines, lotteries, sports betting services or other betting services will be simulated gambling.

  www.legislation.gov.au/F2023L01424/asmade/text

  As far as Australia is concerned the mere appearance of a slot machine is enough, it doesn’t need to function like one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luck be a Landlord Might Be Banned from Google Play⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its a themed slot machine with fictionalised in game currency.

  If rated today Australia would give it R18+, but it was reviewed before last years changes so it has been grandfathered in at M with the description “Simulated Gambling”.

  …gov.au/…/new-classifications-for-gambling-conten…

  Simulated gambling seems to have been grouped in as loot box adjacent is some jurisdictions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I PS5?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, if you want to have a master list of games available to install then the purchases have to be under one account.

  Otherwise each account will see their own list of available titles, if purchases are arbitrary then these lists may appear random.

  I have 99% of my family’s games on my account but have placed titles gifted to or purchased by my 8yo on his account. This isn’t important now while we share a loungeroom and set of consoles but as he grows up we will need to separate our libraries at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I PS5?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • Each account has there own saves.
  • Each account has their own digital purchases
  • Each account can nominate one physical console as their “primary”, any other account on that console is then licenced to run that game. Note however:
    • child accounts can be restricted from running mature content
    • accounts that don’t own the content can run the games but not install them. This is a hassle for me because I own my family library but have to cycle through the games when my son was to replay something.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Epic needs to pump their MAU stats to look like a legitimate platform. They know what’s going on and are happy to pay.

  What I don’t know is what they actually pay the publishers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have diarrhea and you hold it in will your body retain some of the water?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like an X-Y Problem .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game journalist Jason Schreier's top 10 games of 2024 list⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of the OP list atro bot is ps5 only, final fantasy has a PC release scheduled for january and the rest are currently available on steam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game journalist Jason Schreier's top 10 games of 2024 list⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  astro bot (4 titles over 11 years), dragon quest (11 titles over 38 years), ace attorney (11 titles over 23 years), or balatro (winning best indie game at both the game awards and the golden joysticks this year)?

  It must be a big rock?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What makes a video game triple A (AAA)?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the video game industry, AAA (Triple-A) is a buzzword used to classify video games produced or distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which typically have higher development and marketing budgets than other tiers of games.
  […]
  The term “AAA” began to be used in the late 1990s by game retailers attempting to gauge interest in upcoming titles, and first appeared in print in a press release from Infogrames in June 2000. The term was likely borrowed from the credit industry’s bond ratings, where “AAA” bonds represent the safest investment opportunity and are the most likely to meet their financial goals.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(video_game_industry)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do You think about level scaling in cRPGs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for presenting your rational, its well reasoned within the definitions you give.

  However the definitions might not be as universality accepted as we might like, for example this presents CRPG as synonymous with “role-playing video game” with ARPGs, TRPGs, MMORPGs, etc as subgenres.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions

  And you should win things by watching!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do You think about level scaling in cRPGs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure I agree.

  Claiming that Skyrim is not a Computer Role Playing Game requires some supporting reasoning.

  Something like the Berlin Interpretation might help but as it is you don’t specify which features you use to qualify/disqualify for inclusion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More PlayStation-Exclusive Games Coming To Xbox, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As of now, it’s unclear if Corden is referring to first-party or third-party games making their way to Microsoft’s consoles.

  This is news only when either: a 1st party strategy is confirmed, or 3rd party titles are named.

  That 3rd party timed exclusives go multiplatform eventually is just business as usual.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did people in the 90s/early 00s say that the internet "couldn't be taken down"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”

  As an example of this, one of the easiest and most performant methods a nation has of blocking a website is dictating which DNS records its ISPs return for domains.

  This has the advantages that it doesn’t require traffic inspection and doesn’t slow traffic at all.

  But it has the disadvantages that it has an all-or-none effect on the domain e.g. it can’t be used to bock specific pages.

  It can also be bypassed by simply using an international DNS server. There are people bypassing this kind of censorship without even knowing they are doing so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s always some sort of excuse with them. Have to go pick him up from the bus stop, have to go pick him up from school because they got in trouble, dance recital during the middle of the day, always something.

  I am a single parent and work the same hours per timesheet and get the same allotment of personal leave per year as everybody else at my employer.

  If I happen to use that personal leave to pick up a kid who threw up in their classroom while somebody else uses it to see their optometrist or attend a funeral isn’t really anybody’s business.

  I take one early afternoon each week to take my kid to an after school activity, this puts a weekly 2 or 3 hour deficit in my timesheet that I either make up by working a bit longer on the other days or if the sheet doesn’t balance I make up the difference by spending some annual leave. (I try to avoid using AL like this because I would rather save it for holidays but it is occasionally required.)

  I don’t telegraph all of this timesheet accounting to my colleagues, they will know which day I’m leaving early that term and the rest isn’t really their business. At the end of the day/month/year I have my schedule OKed by my line manager and work the commitments of my contract.

  But when it comes to ordinary normal people who don’t have kids, it feels like there’s a lot more scrutiny. Why do you need a doctor’s appointment in the middle of the day? Why do you need to go pick up a prescription at lunch time, like why can’t you work through lunch?

  If your employer / manager is second guessing your leave thats an issue between you and them and shouldn’t have your looking at your peers with resentment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely will "Cloud Storage" eventually replace Local Storage?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but we don’t use HDD for much anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely will "Cloud Storage" eventually replace Local Storage?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still consider a microSD card a must for my portable devices so I can hoard media locally.

  But I pay for a cloud backup of anything I produce.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okami sequel - Project Teaser Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure we need a remake. The ports released in 2017/18 for windows/PS4/XboxOne/Switch work just fine and are compatible with current gen consoles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the Music Industry allow Spotify/Apple to profit off of them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

  Nothing has been as big as CDs but total revenue has been growing since 2015.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld removes Pal Sphere summons amidst lawsuit over Nintendo patents⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This wasn’t as general as many people think:

  1. It applied only to “axillary games” so anything using the primary engine was e.g. running in the fog for assassins creed or practicing moves in a combat game.
  2. It applied only to US ans Japan so anywhere else was unrestricted. The entire PAL region was unaffected.
  3. The patent was held by Namco / Bandai Namco, they are a prolific publisher but made very limited use of there ability to use loading screen mini games freely.
  4. The patent expired in 2015, despite this very few games have used loading screen mini games since.

  patents.google.com/patent/US5718632

  I can only conclude that the industry just wasn’t that interested in the idea.