MimicJar
@MimicJar@lemmy.world
- Comment on Do you cheat in games? 6 days ago:
I mean what is cheating?
Is it cheating to play Minecraft in Creative mode? You are invincible, can fly/teleport anywhere and have access to every block and more.
Is it cheating to play Grand Theft Auto and spawn in a tank or guns?
Is it cheating to play Goldeneye 64 and turn on DK mode?
Is it cheating to play Halo on any difficulty other than Legendary?
If it’s a single player game and you’re fine with it, then it isn’t cheating.
- Comment on Things you feel Star Trek handle poorly? (In general, political, technical, etc, share your opinion) 1 week ago:
I know the show often shows life support issues as lack of oxygen, but wouldn’t temperature be a issue much sooner? Maybe not hours, but days?
- Comment on ‘Star Trek’ Star Gates McFadden Pays Tribute to Patrick Stewart: His Portrayal of Jean-Luc Picard Gave People Hope Around the World 1 week ago:
Many of us would have loved to have seen him once more.
Beautifully written, but that’s the line that sticks out for me. Patrick Stewart gave us so much, but I would have loved one more.
(And yes, we will still get his final performance in Avengers: Doomsday, but I’ll still want one more after that.)
- Comment on I stand by it 1 week ago:
- Comment on Do people vote just by name recognition on the ballot or do they vote for the issues? 2 weeks ago:
I mean if people are going to a candidates web page I’d call that an improvement. Forcing a voter to learn something about a candidate is better than just checking the box.
There are states that have “straight-ticket voting” where you just select your party and then all your votes go to the candidate aligned with that party. You don’t even have to know the name of who you’re voting for.
- Comment on Anon watches The Office 2 weeks ago:
mfw
You look like Jim to me. Congrats, she found you!
- Comment on You've Just Been Hit By The Front Burner Gang 3 weeks ago:
Front Right is King, it’s where The Pan lives. The Pan is the heart of the meal. I am The Man I Am because of The Pan!
- Comment on AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. 3 weeks ago:
I think that’s fair, but just because everyone else is wrong doesn’t mean I don’t want to be right. But I’m glad I’m not horribly confused, the terms are just misused a lot.
- Comment on AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. 3 weeks ago:
I read this over and while lengthy I think we’re largely on the same page, which is good because I thought this was all too new and I was way off.
- Comment on AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been trying to understand the terms and the opening graphic on this site did a good breakdown.
So my understanding is that a decomp or decompilation is turning the machine code into something human readable. It’s the first step but technically isn’t anything the average person can use because it still needs to then be (re)compiled into a game someone can run.
However the term “decomp” in general usage refers to the human readable middle step, AND a way to create something for the average person.
Versus a recomp or recompilation is performing the conversion of machine code to some middle state, then immediately (re)compiling it into a game the average person can run.
However the term “recomp” in general usage refers to the same, but always with the use of AI.
Is that right?
- Comment on Anon is a ghost 4 weeks ago:
Ok but what if you’re American and the meme still applies?
- Comment on Hey, guess what 1 month ago:
Why?
- Comment on Why do people refer to characters in movies by their actor's names? 1 month ago:
I don’t think it’s always the actors in name, it’s sometimes what they’re known for.
Look at the recent adaptation of The Odyssey. It’s easy to remember that the name of the main character is Odysseus, it’s basically the title. But his wife? I’m sure it’s said a few times in the film but I don’t remember it, it’s Anne Hathaway. But they also have a son… Uh… Spider-Man.
- Comment on I work at Nintendo. What do you guys think of this starter evolution? 1 month ago:
I work at Nintendo.
You’re not my dad.
- Comment on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer 1 month ago:
I mean FWIW if the sages die as a theory then in one out of three realities the world is saved and they don’t die. In another reality they die but as a sacrifice to save to world so, while sad, ultimately leads to a better future. And of course in the failure timeline… Well ok that probably is sad all around but that’s only a third of the time at worst.
- Comment on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer 1 month ago:
I think most people would agree with you, the remakes have QoL improvements that basically make them the best version.
Sure some people will always be nostalgic for the originals, but as remakes continue what is the original?
Let’s look at Link’s Awakening. If you played it on the Game Boy, it’s a great game. But if you played it on the Game Boy Color it had the camera side quest and color dungeon, those were excellent. But if you played it on the Switch the camera side quest is now Dampe’s Dungeon Creator.
I personally liked the camera side quest, but Dampe’s Dungeon Creator was an interesting addition and I think it was cool to see.
- Comment on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer 1 month ago:
The water on people makes them look a bit too shiny. I hope they adjust it before release. Otherwise I think they mostly look pretty good.
- Comment on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer 1 month ago:
I believe the physical release is an actual physical release and not a game key card.
So far all first party Nintendo games have had a physical release and not a game key card, I would bet you’re correct.
- Comment on Cybersecurity as a Creative Writing major 2 months ago:
It’s me, I’m the character with the tragic backstory.
- Comment on Like a dragon sitting on a hoard of memes 2 months ago:
- Comment on Delicious 2 months ago:
Why would I be pissed that you don’t eat cake? That’s more cake for me.
- Comment on Which is it Lemmy? 3 months ago:
Except that one time when you use it to cut the neurotoxin pipes.
- Comment on New Star Trek Movie Gets First Official Details From Writers 3 months ago:
So that’s a can of worms I completely agree with, but I suspect even if it hadn’t been cancelled it still would have avoided.
I think we would have gotten more details, but I don’t think Enterprise was ever ready to declare the Federation starting, and then really go forward.
I give Discovery a lot of props for taking the series in a wild new direction.
I guess technically the Federation doesn’t really reinvent the galaxy overnight, but even such a tentpole moment is a season finale and then some.
- Comment on New Star Trek Movie Gets First Official Details From Writers 3 months ago:
We kinda see post Voyager in the TNG films, since we see Admiral Janeway. We also get a 20 year jump in the Picard series. So you could be set in that gap, or after Picard.
I think Discovery/Academy era is the most interesting. You get to tell a “start of the Federation” type story, which we haven’t seen yet. We’ve seen similar with Enterprise giving us the forming of the Federation, so this would be what’s next. Plus you can pull in all the legacy aliens whenever you want.
- Comment on Fallout 5 officially in pre-production, being built on Elder Scrolls VI engine 3 months ago:
Basically they’ve written the design document for the next game, which is why they can reveal the engine because that’s been decided on. It doesn’t mean they know the story yet, but they likely have a good general idea, because that would inform the design document.
For example if the game needed jetpacks, but that wasn’t an existing engine feature, then they have a plan for jetpacks. And if you NEED jetpacks, you probably know roughly where they’re going to be used, so you have some gameplay/story ideas mapped out.
But also a design plan and a finished product are very different things. You might plan for one thing, but create something very different.
So the game is probably still 4-5 years away.
- Comment on Saving 3 months ago:
- Comment on Patrick Stewart Reflects on 'Star Trek' at 60: Why He Wants More Spinoffs 3 months ago:
I really liked the idea of Starfleet Academy. The show we got has problems, but it still mostly works.
I think a medical drama show would have issues because one main issue of medical dramas is “lack of”, be it lack of people, lack of supplies, etc. But in Star Trek world you wouldn’t have a lack of anything. Although if you make it animated with really weird medical problems and/or set it somewhere like a warzone, maybe it could work.
- Comment on Of course 17-24 NEVER looked like the picture 3 months ago:
Nowadays, 6. As a kid, 9, 11 or 12.
- Comment on It's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownership 4 months ago:
Because they can release a game sooner and at a lower quality. In fact a day one patch is standard for nearly every game nowadays.
Before being patchable games were definitely still released with bugs, but it was rare for them to be truly game breaking.
- Comment on It's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownership 4 months ago:
They want the companies that make the games to release patches for any bugs that are discovered
Technically someone who buys a game just wants it to work. Many generations of games were released without the ability to patch them after release. Games had a higher quality to them before being released.
While I won’t disagree that there is a benefit of this feature for consumers, the larger benefit it to the company creating the game.
