MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on Does more expensive phones have better reception? 1 week ago:
Yeah, iPhone 4 was notorious for having antenna issues if you held it in a certain way
- Comment on Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a first gameplay trailer and you can keep Tuvix 1 week ago:
They absolutely knew what they were doing when they put Tuvix in the trailer, and that actually gives me some confidence that they understand their audience.
- Comment on oh cool 1 week ago:
A word for this is ‘backronym’
- Comment on Xbox invests big into indies, signs Game Pass deals with over 50 studios 2 weeks ago:
Given the state of the industry right now, there’s a good chance these games simply wouldn’t have been made without these deals.
If the choice is between releasing on GP or not releasing at all, I don’t begrudge them for taking the deal.
- Comment on Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations 2 weeks ago:
it’s a huge fuck up by Valve
Agreed! I’m kind of surprised they don’t automatically scan updates for malware. Or maybe they do but this slipped under the radar somehow? Either way the system clearly isn’t working.
- Comment on Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations 2 weeks ago:
Right, so there’s no such thing as an unverified Steam game because every game has to be approved before it appears on the storefront.
So why does the article repeatedly bother to specify that this was a ‘verified Steam game’? By that metric, they’re all verified.
- Comment on Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations 2 weeks ago:
The headline and article repeatedly call it a ‘verified Steam game’ but at no point do they explain what that means.
As far as I know, the only verification scheme on Steam is Steam Deck Verified, but the screenshot of the offending game’s store page shows that it was rated as ‘Unknown’.
Do they mean verified as in ‘Valve approved it for release’? Surely not, because every Steam game is approved for release so ‘verified Steam game’ would be a tautology.
Either I’m missing something, or this source is just adding words for no reason.
- Comment on Looking for a PC FPS with deep gunplay, where NPC enemies are humans 2 weeks ago:
Epic pulled the game from storefronts and then released it officially on the internet archive, fully for free.
- Comment on Looking for a PC FPS with deep gunplay, where NPC enemies are humans 2 weeks ago:
And I’m just providing additional context that might help them make an informed purchasing decision 👍
- Comment on Looking for a PC FPS with deep gunplay, where NPC enemies are humans 2 weeks ago:
Purchasing Escape from Tarkov directly supports Russia’s war in Ukraine
- Comment on Looking for a PC FPS with deep gunplay, where NPC enemies are humans 2 weeks ago:
Good news - there’s a new, officially-sanctioned macOS port of UT99.
- Comment on Looking for a PC FPS with deep gunplay, where NPC enemies are humans 2 weeks ago:
Purchasing Escape from Tarkov directly supports Russia’s war in Ukraine
- Comment on Looking for a PC FPS with deep gunplay, where NPC enemies are humans 2 weeks ago:
I love the series, but if downtime bothers you, like OP says, then Arma is gonna be excruciating
- Comment on Nintendo wins $2 Million settlement against Switch modchip seller who previously denied wrongdoing 3 weeks ago:
“Typically, when a customer purchases a hacked console or the circumvention services, Defendant preinstalls on the console a portfolio of ready-to-play pirated games, including some of Nintendo’s most popular titles such as its Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid games.”
Yeah, that’ll bring the hammer down every time.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 5 weeks ago:
The GDPR applies to any professional or commercial activity which involves the processing of the data of EU citizens.
There are a few caveats, but yes - the GDPR does apply outside of the EU.
- Comment on After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack: "We feel greatly understaffed and undervalued" 5 weeks ago:
Weird that worker exploitation is so amusing to you
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Sorry but I don’t believe you.
A quick web search for relevant keywords (‘uk legally registering entry immigration border small boat’) immediately brings up not only the supposedly impossible to find link, but also a guide from the Royal Yachting Association that tells you that you need to register in advance and links directly to the form.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
The ‘beta website’ for announcing your arrival says right at the top that its been live since November 2023, so it seems more like you just didn’t bother to do the proper research before arriving?
- Comment on new Star Trek Voyager videogame: Across the Unknown 1 month ago:
A previous press release says they have the licenses for TNG, VOY, and DS9, and they plan to ‘deliver a deep, story-driven game that puts players into the captain’s chair’ 🤔
- Comment on Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster is the next Nightdive Studios release 1 month ago:
Love Outlaws and hope this makes it easier to play on modern systems as even the GOG version can be temperamental.
That said, the trailer here looks rushed, which raises concerns. Notice how the player goes out of their way not to actually shoot any enemies, often actively aiming away from them before firing. Suggests maybe the damage/death sprites weren’t even ready?
- Comment on Star Trek: Infection VR - Official Release Date Trailer | gamescom 2025 - IGN 1 month ago:
I think the sad reality of so many recent games being locked to the meta store is because meta are one of the only remaining publishers still willing to throw money at vr games, in exchange for exclusivity of course.
- Comment on Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More 1 month ago:
Because it’s impossible to get the execs to approve a 23-episode season of almost sitting these days, let alone sci-fi, and one of the (many) criticisms of Discovery was that it was lacking the more offbeat episodes and character pieces that helped define Trek’s golden age.
Rock and a hard place.
- Comment on Xbox Is Investing In AI For Their Next Gen Console 1 month ago:
What do you think is powering the latest upscaling and frame generation tech?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I’m from the UK and have visited much of Europe at one time or another. I’ve been to Munich a couple of times.
Germany is one of the countries where I would say I experienced the least culture shock - people in general seem to have very similar attitudes and social mores to folks back home.
- Comment on Why aren't there many controllers with the ability to physically swap out the ABXY layout between Xbox/PC and Nintendo layout? 1 month ago:
I always assumed Nintendo’s buttons are that way round because Japanese is read right-to-left.
You’ve got to admit it’s pretty funny that we’ve whittled the field down to three console manufacturers and they all put the ‘X’ button in a different place.
- Comment on Why aren't there many controllers with the ability to physically swap out the ABXY layout between Xbox/PC and Nintendo layout? 1 month ago:
Probably because it adds functional & mechanical complexity (and therefore cost) for a feature most people don’t need.
Are you really looking down at the buttons often enough that it would actually make a difference?
- Comment on Canon Connections: SNW 3x05 - Through the Lens of Time 1 month ago:
Much like Rick Berman
- Comment on Anon is Banished 1 month ago:
Doesn’t something similar to this happen in one of Jack Vance’s stories?
- Comment on Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games 1 month ago:
I can’t imagine a way of remaking DA:O for modern audiences without losing what made it special to begin with.
- Comment on Domino’s Pizza profits dive as people cut back on takeaways in UK 1 month ago:
So is McDonald’s and their UK profit doubled in the last year, so sadly I don’t think BDS is having much of an effect.