MimicJar
@MimicJar@lemmy.world
- Comment on Saving 1 day ago:
- Comment on Patrick Stewart Reflects on 'Star Trek' at 60: Why He Wants More Spinoffs 2 days 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 2 days ago:
Nowadays, 6. As a kid, 9, 11 or 12.
- Comment on It's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownership 6 days 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 6 days 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.
- Comment on Poll: Will you buy GTA 6 when it launches on your platform? 1 week ago:
I looked it up, since I wasn’t sure, it looks like online launched about two weeks after the single player game. But it also was console exclusive for two years. When it came out for PC is when it actually began to catch my attention, and it launched on PC as both GTA5 and Online.
So that’s probably where my confusion came from. I already hadn’t played GTA4 so it wasn’t high on my list to investigate further.
It’s funny I looked into GTA4 and GTA5 support on the Steam Deck. GTA4 says playable and online reviews say it works well. GTA5 says unsupported but online reviews say it also works great, but you can’t play it online. So both are options for me.
The stories and single player is definitely what interests me, so maybe someday.
- Comment on Poll: Will you buy GTA 6 when it launches on your platform? 1 week ago:
No, but also I was never going to buy GTA6.
I loved GTA3, Vice City & San Andreas. Played for hundreds of hours. I played GTA4 for a few hours but it never really clicked the same. I also played Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 3, which I really enjoyed and scratched that same itch (those games eventually went a little over the top, but I still had fun.)
When GTA5 came out all I ever heard about it was it being “online” which turned me off of the series completely. I think I later understood that there is a single player component and an online component, but by then I didn’t really care.
If anything I’m likely to try revisiting GTA4 this year. Maybe.
- Comment on Operation enduring algae 2 weeks ago:
A bottle garden can also be sealed.
- Comment on Operation enduring algae 2 weeks ago:
I have a degree in Internet oddities if that counts. I know bottle gardens are a thing, where you have a sustaining ecosystem of plants inside a bottle. Could you make them small spheres instead? Maybe?
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
GTA5 on Steam says it requires 105GB. It’s not unreasonable to think that GTA6 would take more than 128GB.
Of course with compression (at the cost of longer load times) and/or lower quality textures, I would bet you could make it fit.
I also seem to recall some disk based games in the past containing a subset of the full game. Although at that point you don’t really “win” by having it on disk of isn’t the full game.
Or you could do multiple disks.
- Comment on Doctor Who and Star Trek showrunners discussed possible crossover 2 weeks ago:
Brilliant! Then we’re done.
- Comment on Doctor Who and Star Trek showrunners discussed possible crossover 2 weeks ago:
That was my immediate thought after reading the headline… Which showrunners? Neither franchise has any upcoming show to run.
But I think Pelia’s call out is enough of a crossover. A wink. I think you could do something similar with The Doctor, call out something like space whales and you’ll be good.
- Comment on Anon loves marvel movies 2 weeks ago:
I like to read the names aloud with friends and talk about the made up things they did. Bob Smith? Best Boy? Yeah he is. Helped me move last weekend. Jane Johnson? Second unit director? First in my heart, the one that got away. Etc.
- Comment on Why can't this happen to me? 3 weeks ago:
Ok, you’re the
bosspeanut butter. You tell me what to do. - Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake – Coming 2026 4 weeks ago:
Super Mario 64 DS has new levels & you start the game as Yoshi. It’s a reimagining.
Ocarina of Time 3D just has some QoL changes like making the iron boots an item (and different graphics).
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake – Coming 2026 4 weeks ago:
“Switch 2 Remake” to clarify from the “3DS Remake”.
- Comment on Weird 4 weeks ago:
This is why it’s important to isolate your children from life as you speedrun them through YOUR childhood first. You’re not just giving your kids one good life, but two bad ones!
- Comment on Take that you lousy backrooms. 5 weeks ago:
It’s a Treehouse of Horror, the one with 3D Homer.
- Comment on A Baldur's Gate 2 remake is apparently in development, with the original co-lead designer returning 5 weeks ago:
You could definitely make 2e a little more user friendly by skipping THAC0 and just having big numbers be better like everything else.
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 5 weeks ago:
I can only assume anyone who doesn’t like it hasn’t played it. It’s a platformer racing game, which is rare, but excellent.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Sure, in the same way a hot dog is a sandwich (or taco).
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I’ve put a lot of hours into this game, but haven’t played in 8+ years so maybe it’s changed a lot. But! There is A LOT to explore and play and I suggest doing that first. But! Unless they’ve added a bunch of explainer gameplay/tips the you’ll need to eventually look up some stuff online.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access 1 month ago:
I bought Forza Horizon 4 on sale for $20 last year. I think it came with all the DLC or whatever. That seemed like a good price. I played a bunch and I’d say it was worth it. The game really pushes you to pay more money to buy more things, but I just ignored it.
Overall $20 felt right.
I’d buy Forza Horizon 6 or whatever for $20 in a few years.
- Comment on We're so back 2 months ago:
refused to say that ivermectin is a miracle cure
What sucks the most is that ivermectin is a miracle cure! It just isn’t helpful again COVID or Hantavirus. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded (in part) for discovering ivermectin.
It’s what frustrates me the most about discussion with people like this. They’re willing to take a random drug, a drug that is fully backed by the medical community, but they’re not willing to take the drug actually recommended by the medical community.
- Comment on Anon thinks about Truman 2 months ago:
There is a deleted scene in the film where they discuss replacing Truman. Basically they bring in a new “Truman”, film both of them, then the original Truman dies, and the show only follows new “Truman”.
I assume if Truman were heading down a path where he needed to be replaced they’d do something similar.
- Comment on Anon found a plot hole 2 months ago:
So the stories of Sherlock Holmes are public domain and freely available online. I did my best but I can not find an instance of Sherlock Holmes locking a home. He does instruct someone to lock a door within their home, which they do, but that’s the closest I could find. There are also lots of cabinets and things that need locking and unlocking, but that’s hardly a home.
- Comment on Internet Comment Etiquette: Staying MAGA 2 months ago:
Erik and his rocketships keep me sane
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- Comment on What is the Shortest Possible Ride in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2? 2 months ago:
Marcel Vos!
If you ever wanted to learn more about RollerCoaster Tycoon 1/2/OpenRTC than you thought possible, this is the channel.
This video is a follow up to the longest coaster, and if you’re thinking “I want to get off Mr Bones Wild Ride” then yes, that coaster is long but…
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We’re on Minecraft 26.
- Comment on Is Flappy Bird a good game? 3 months ago:
Is Tic-Tac-Toe a good game? I know people who played it a lot at one time. Does it hold up?
If you had fun playing it, it was a good game.
Fruit Ninja? Doodle Jump? Angry Birds?
Games take a simple concept, possibly copied from elsewhere, possibly a mash up of others, possibly original ideas, and of it’s fun, it’s good.
Now was the hype over Flappy Bird strange and over the top? Probably. But remember fidget spinners? Yo-yos? Sometimes trends/fads happen.
