MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. 4 days ago:
Well yeah, sort of. Phil Spencer got replaced.
- Comment on Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. 4 days ago:
If they close Double Fine I’ll… well, I won’t be surprised, but I’ll be sad.
- Comment on [Demo] Star Trek: Warp on Steam 4 days ago:
A card battler? What is this, 2016?
(FWIW I think it’s good to take more swings with the IP, but I don’t think this will pan out.)
- Comment on A&E patients with non-urgent ailments may be told to come back later under NHS plans 1 week ago:
Good! If it’s not urgent why are they clogging up A&E?
- Comment on Xbox pulls Gears video featuring a PS5 logo, 24 hours after announcing it as an exclusive 1 week ago:
A devkit with that version is absolutely gonna show up on eBay at some point in the next 20 years.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
What if I told you that remasters aren’t solely or even mainly targeted at existing fans of the game who, yes, may be familiar with community mods and source ports?
They’re also - perhaps primarily - for people who are otherwise interested in playing the game but don’t want to piss about with extra downloads, patches, and config files. Especially on console.
- Comment on Fable is delayed to Feb 2027 | via Wario64 3 weeks ago:
And sometimes they lay off all the developers, too!
- Comment on UK experiences ‘tropical night’ after hottest ever May day 3 weeks ago:
Our loft got so hot during the day it set off the heat alarm up there. Absolutely nuts.
- Comment on Enterprise being able to terraforming planets. 3 weeks ago:
TOS used a completely different warp scale with no upper maximum, hence the higher numbers in use.
When they made TNG they redesigned the scale to be exponential, with warp 10 being the upper limit because at that point the object has infinite velocity and exists everywhere simultaneously.
- Comment on If you managed to create batteries that can last for a century, will charging be redundant? 3 weeks ago:
I did not! I actually had one back in the day and never had battery issues, but pretty funny to hear it was a common complaint.
(Still, I think the broader point stands.)
- Comment on If you managed to create batteries that can last for a century, will charging be redundant? 3 weeks ago:
Given the pace of technological progress, I doubt a phone bought today will be all that useful (except as a retro novelty) in 25 years time, let alone 100.
- Comment on UK judge’s decision not to jail boys for rape like a ‘rock in my face’, says victim, 16 3 weeks ago:
the second 15-year-old had an IQ in the “bottom 1% of his contemporaries”
‘My client is too stupid to go to prison, your honour.’
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Idiots misinterpret thing.
This isn’t news; it’s barely-disguised rage bait designed to make you angry.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Did you actually read the article or are you just kneejerk griping based on the title?
It’s a quote from an individual developer talking about their experiences during Bungie’s layoffs, hence the reference to ‘unrealistic constraints’, but for some reason you seem to be taking it as an opportunity to air your grievances with the overall creative direction?
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 4 weeks ago:
Two reasons:
- Active multiplayer: Yes this is kind of a chicken and egg situation, but people who play online multiplayer want to play the version of the game with the largest community of active players.
- Roster updates: If you’re a fan of a sports team, you probably want to play using their current active roster. Yes, fan updates are sometimes available for older titles but the latest release will have everything included with face scans etc.
- Comment on UK Government told to 'urgently intervene' as flotilla activists kidnapped by Israel 4 weeks ago:
Article is paywalled.
- Comment on Sorry, bit of a UK-related rant, following this post I saw on Re**it 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know the specifics, but something about doing the school run either creates or attracts some of the worst drivers I’ve ever seen in my life. Literally zero awareness or concern for others, including sudden stops, driving in slippers, mounting the pavement, blocking access, failing to indicate, and a general disregard for safety.
If you regularly have to drive during commuting hours, there’s a genuine and striking difference between term time and school holidays.
- Comment on UK Ranked Second-Worst Place in Western Europe for LGBTI+ Rights 4 weeks ago:
Yes, I is intersex.
There are a few variants that add or replace various letters; sometimes it’s a personal preference, sometimes it’s an age thing, sometimes it’s a deliberate exclusion.
The generally accepted ‘catch-all’ is LGBTQIA+, but ultimately it comes down to the individual. One person can never speak for such a broad community.
Whether you consider queer a slur or not is also a personal matter. Anecdotally, I see a lot of people happy to use it to self-identify, but it does have a hurtful history that others can’t separate it from.
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 4 weeks ago:
Yes to all except Outer Wilds.
I love OW but it is not a game to recommend to someone who explicitly says they don’t want a game with time pressure.
- Comment on Can travel anywhere in late June, not sure where. Anecdotes/advice? 5 weeks ago:
Split in Croatia sounds like it’d fulfill basically all of your criteria.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 5 weeks ago:
Nintendo has always been litigious. I don’t understand this myth that they used to be wholesome and friendly in the good old days.
They sued Atari for making NES games. They sued Galoob for making the Game Genie. They sued Blockbuster for renting their games.
Kirby the character is literally named after Nintendo’s lawyer John Kirby.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 Leaks And Is Being Pirated On PC More Than A Week Before Release 5 weeks ago:
Absolutely! I saw a talk at Develop last year from some of the Farming Simulator team, and they said a huge chunk of their audience are farmers.
Tons of pilots play flight simulators. I believe the same also applies to Euro/American Truck Simulator, based on the community discussions I’ve seen. I’d be surprised if the same went true for train sims too.
- Comment on The left earbud of my IEMs is incredibly quiet, what's wrong with it? 5 weeks ago:
Wasn’t there a viral Reddit post for a similar issue where someone recommended sucking on the left earbud and it worked?
- Comment on My quest to get a steam controller has failed 1 month ago:
Ah, one of the dozen people who actually liked the original Steam controller! A rare sight indeed.
- Comment on Does this count as 1 stop or 2? 1 month ago:
Ah, I didn’t consider that! It’s not a thing in the UK.
- Comment on Does this count as 1 stop or 2? 1 month ago:
You mean if there was enough traffic ahead of you at the lights that by the time you reached them they’d gone red again? In that scenario you still pulled forwards and then had to stop again, so I’d consider it two stops.
It’s only one stop if you stopped once and then didn’t move at all between one red light and the next (in which case I’d ask why).
- Comment on Driving game poll 1 month ago:
IIRC they’re adding this to American Truck Simulator. ETS2 is getting coaches, but not sure about cars (at least as an official option - I’m sure there are already community mods for it).
- Comment on How do people force themselves to write something, even if they're NOT inspired? 2 months ago:
I’m a professional writer and this is the way. You’ve just got to force yourself to write. Even if it’s nonsense. Even if you don’t want to. Especially if you don’t want to.
People ask what the difference is between a professional writer and an amateur. Some might say it’s getting paid, but that’s not true - plenty of professional writers don’t get paid. The difference is discipline. When you’re a professional writer you need to be able to turn it on every single day, even when there’s not an ounce of inspiration in your body.
- Comment on What OSes do Apple's servers run on? 2 months ago:
Which servers? (But the answer is almost certainly Linux.)
- Comment on Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up? 2 months ago:
I think the issue is that there are two separate questions here that are being conflated:
- What are the circumstances leading to homes becoming vacant?
- Why are local authorities not able to effectively intervene?
The article deals exclusively in the latter, without addressing what the root causes might be.