Kelly
@Kelly@lemmy.world
- Comment on What do You think about level scaling in cRPGs? 4 days 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.
- 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 days 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 days 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 days 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 days 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] 6 days 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? 1 week ago:
True, but we don’t use HDD for much anymore.
- Comment on How likely will "Cloud Storage" eventually replace Local Storage? 1 week 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 1 week 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? 1 week ago:
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 1 week ago:
This wasn’t as general as many people think:
- 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.
- It applied only to US ans Japan so anywhere else was unrestricted. The entire PAL region was unaffected.
- 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.
- 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.
- Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 1 week ago:
ISO 8601 gets a bit weird with times.
Using
Tto separate the date and time components looks a but strange but is unambiguous and widely compatible.Then the
:delimiter between the time components is just impractical because, well again we put data in files and files live in filesystems. Any special characters that can’t be used in filenames on all major filesystems is a nonstarter. - Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 1 week ago:
/can’t be used in a filename on most common filesystems so that doesn’t enter the conversation the real question is if you include-as a delimiter at all.20241212or2024-12-12? They are fixed width fields so I skip the delimiter when I’m storing data* but tend to use the delimiter when writing for a general audience.* Y10k problem right here!
- Comment on GTA 6 will have a 'significant online mode' to generate revenue for years into the future 1 week ago:
The source the Tweektown article is quoting also says:
Anticipation is so high that some competing game publishers are waiting as long as possible to commit to their release dates for the fall, according to people familiar with their deliberations who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The publishers want to see whether GTA 6 will make its deadline or slip into 2026, these people say, and they’re determined to keep their own games far, far away.
bloomberg.com/…/-gta-6-release-date-will-decide-m…
This is probably more interesting, that some upcoming games which don’t have release dates may be waiting for this before they commit to a schedule is somewhat noteworthy.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 - Update 2.2 is live! 1 week ago:
Allow me to summarise:
Yes, but actually no
- Comment on GTA 6 will have a 'significant online mode' to generate revenue for years into the future 1 week ago:
- Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown 1 week ago:
It looks like this is the one:
funkofusion.itch.io/funko-fusion
- It closely copies the branding of Funko Fusion by 10:10 Games.
- The title and account have been pulled.
Both match Leaf’s description:
[…] some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game.
[…] I had removed the page and disabled the account. - Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown 1 week ago:
I think Iwantmyname may be the worst player in this story.
Everyone else kind of did what they were expected to do:
- Itch provides a platform for user generated content and took down some questionable content when asked.
- Funko is an IP based toy company and asked a tech company to protect their IP online
- BrandShield is a fucking cancer of a service that acted aggressively to protect its client’s interests
But:
- Iwantmyname is meant to provide a domain name registration service, it’s a cutthroat industry where often times customer service is viewed as an unnecessary cost, but itch was their client and they should have been helping itch respond to the notice in a manner that allowed it to continue to exist. Instead they were willing to shut it down without any real dialog.
The rest might be decent business partners if you are looking for their kind of service but Iwantmyname isn’t to be trusted.
- Comment on GOG’s Game Preservation Program Gets Tested Early By Blizzard 1 week ago:
I’m all for platform level comparability (one of my major gripes with xbox BC was that BC of original xbox and 360 titles was implemented per-title and while some were supported most of the library was left behind).
But from a pragmatic perspective my home PC has always been Windows and preservation efforts that allow me to run the games I know on the hardware I am running will mean more to me.
I support the principal and encourage the cross platform efforts but its unlikely to mean much to me personally until its bundled in with a plug and play solution like Batocera.
- Comment on GOG’s Game Preservation Program Gets Tested Early By Blizzard 2 weeks ago:
Is proton offering any advantages to players running Windows as their daily driver?
- Comment on GOG’s Game Preservation Program Gets Tested Early By Blizzard 2 weeks ago:
Going forward, even if a game is no longer available for sale on GOG, as part of the GOG Preservation Program, it will continue to be maintained and updated by us, ensuring it remains compatible with modern and future systems.
gog.com/…/warcraft_12_will_be_delisted_from_gogwh…
This commitment to ongoing support is more than any other shop front offers for their delisted titles.
For these titles it probably just means updating the dosbox wrapper but its still more than we get from anywhere else.
- Comment on FOAMSTARS to stop making new updates this January 2 weeks ago:
It dropped on PS+ at launch, I tried to play that weekend and the servers were empty … It couldn’t find me a match. I changed server region and still no match.
It was DOA, I’m surprised the supported it for as long as they did.
- Comment on Does an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American? 2 weeks ago:
There are around 27 million people in Australia so it would be roughly comparable to blocking Florida (22 million) or Texas (30 million).
- Comment on Does an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American? 2 weeks ago:
Once you’ve become a Verified Model on Pornhub, you have the option to block certain countries, American states, and Canadian provinces from viewing your Pornhub and Modelhub profile and videos.
- Comment on Does an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American? 2 weeks ago:
[…], and those are more likely to be shown to people in Australia.
Maybe not, some sites have uploader controlled geoblocking so they can exclude their home region.
- Comment on What is this genre/type of music called? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Is there a bulk comment deletiin tool for Lemmy? 3 weeks ago:
If I’m linking to a personal blog or something that may not have long legs I sometimes take a snapshot on web.archive.org.
I still link to the site directly so they get the traffic and visitors get any updates they might make but I know that if the direct link dies the page, as it was then, is still available for anyone who looks it up.
- Comment on Is there a bulk comment deletiin tool for Lemmy? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve found edits don’t federate consistently.
Given that so much depends on the implementation details of the various instances I’m not sure anything more than a “best effort” is possible.
I wouldn’t post anything that would be a problem.
- Comment on Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension? 3 weeks ago:
Amazing write up!
Likewise, ‘pm’ (private message) became ‘dm’ (direct message).
I’m pretty sure Discord is entirely responsible for that.
They started calling private chats ‘direct messages’ even though basically every forum or what have you up till Discord called them ‘private chats’ or ‘private messages’.
Twitter was calling them DMs in 2013, this was probably influencing the language while Discord was being designed ahead of its 2015 launch.
- Comment on Not something urgent, but the Aussie parliament passed new laws yesterday and it could impact Lemmy.world (in a year) 3 weeks ago:
The sole purpose (or main purpose) of a Lemmy instance is to aggregate links
We call them “link posts” and I think they may qualify as posts under this broad definition.
For the purposes of this Act, material is posted on a social media service, relevant electronic service or designated internet service by an end - user if the end - user causes the material to be accessible to, or delivered to, one or more other end - users using the service.
