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- Comment on Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future 1 week ago:
I agree tech bro wise completely. But there’s all sorts of Engineering strides to come still. Plenty we don’t yet know about.
But computing has been a solved problem for many years on all but the most intense levels. Since then silicon valley has been desperately trying to hang on to their former glory days like a has-been football player in his 50s
- Comment on Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future 1 week ago:
What book? The passage above seems great. Kind of Terry Pratchett–esque
- Comment on Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games 2 weeks ago:
Ah, finally, a name for my favorite type of game. With a LONG list of suggestions to play. I love the potential of ‘i could beat this in a short amount of time if I had a clue wtf I was doing’
- Comment on Get in the pod, inhale the fumes. 3 weeks ago:
Looks like the blue ridge Mountains. Super pretty!
- Comment on What's green and slimy and smells like bacon? 3 weeks ago:
Interesting. It doesn’t seem to on Firefox mobile for me.
If I navigate to another date it throws up a paywall. Anything else you have going on to bypass it?
- Comment on What's green and slimy and smells like bacon? 3 weeks ago:
This one is paywalled? Was the previous one also?
- Comment on title 3 weeks ago:
Dude is clearly just wrong and there’s only one group
- Comment on Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well 4 weeks ago:
Quadruple A+ management*
- Comment on Anon loves The Lord of the Rings 1 month ago:
It does, so maybe it’s not the best example. But the labor of love part for sure
- Comment on Anon loves The Lord of the Rings 1 month ago:
I feel like the labor of love part being something like Factorio, Satisfactory, NMS is fitting. Also grand scale, holds up well, graphics aren’t the main point
- Comment on Dots! 1 month ago:
If you eat just one bite you’ll never have to eat again for the rest of your life!
- Comment on If you live in the EU or UK, don't forget to sign the Stop Killing Games petition! 1 month ago:
Live, or citizen? I kept hearing citizen not resident
- Comment on Let delivery drivers keep their 1 month ago:
Completely agree, the mystery makes me rank them higher than knowing
- Comment on Hades II - The Unseen Update Trailer 1 month ago:
I have done a bunch of runs each update and I do kinda wish I did what you did.
You’re gonna be blown away by how much more there is already!
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 1 month ago:
Yeah I don’t see those are negative honestly. The send missions inflated the numbers and I don’t love that you can get locked out of stuff easily but it’s totally fine
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 1 month ago:
I loved FFTA and have replayed it multiple times. I’ve played FFTA2 some as well, which was definitely not as good.
I thought A was much better than the original. I didn’t even know it was “not good”
- Comment on Console war, console war never changes 2 months ago:
That’s such a great way to phrase that.
The switch 2 has a lot more competition than the switch had, and hasn’t made up much ground.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 2 months ago:
I think Outer Wilds is the most unique and fantastic way to tell a story I’ve ever experienced. Truly open in a way I’ve not seen before or since.
With the banger of a soundtrack too, I just can’t bring myself to rate other games higher than it; even if I enjoy them more, Outer Wilds is probably the best game I’ve ever played.
Slay the Spire probably makes the list as it’s inspired countless tweaks on its incredibly balanced deck building experience
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What distro are you using? I really wanna take the leap and have the same worries
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 months ago:
Okay but it’s still definitely soulless AI slop, fingers aside
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 months ago:
Mom has more fingers than daughter? This just feels like AI slop
- Comment on Grieve with me 2 months ago:
Yup, same. And that smug sense of superiority that comes with it.
I’ll be excited to whip out a Phillips head screwdriver on the day my USB c port acts up to swap it :D
- Comment on A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish 2 months ago:
Whew what a whirlwind I’ve had leading up to this while intending to play on deck
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 3 months ago:
Met my coworkers after work yesterday. 21 minute bike or car ride by the GPS. By the time they parked downtown it was 35 mins, meanwhile I shaved a minute off the GPS :) feels goooood
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 3 months ago:
I’m glad you asked!
I didn’t really like the aesthetic at first so I was on the fence.
It’s 3D, and most things take up more space with plenty of them taking some height as well. This makes the builds a bit more complex in a fun way. Also, the scaling is wild. You need a LOT more shapes, so you can duplicate or make more efficient things, ship them by train eventually, really makes it feel like a different game by the end than it does in the start.
They have a huge content update coming June 2 as well
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 3 months ago:
Frostpunk 2 is a really interesting one to me.
I LOVED the first game. Soundtrack on in the background sometimes, liked the board game (just manual meh balance FP1), got all the achievements, really enjoyed it.
The second IS a good distinction from it, it’s not just rinse and repeat the same game. Great story, epic music, different scale and problems. It’s just like… They took the second tier of ideas they had for FP1 and implemented them. It actually probably would have been a good game if it didn’t have those footsteps to follow in.
Surprisingly, a few recent sequels have been amazing. Shapez2 is an unbelievable follow up to the OG. Hades II is the same imo. Massive, beautiful, fun distinction in gameplay, but still great ideas and balanced and such.
Monster Train 2 is great in demo, Kingdoms 2 crowns is a bit less recent but is such a great follow up to what’s effectively an arcade game in the first. It’s not all downhill or anything
- Comment on TIL about dating 3 months ago:
Southern Scandinavia checking in with 13 and sunny with a light breeze
- Comment on America is fucked 3 months ago:
They’re efficient and have no sense of humor
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 4 months ago:
I do basically only play indie games sans like, 2-3 Nintendo games per console generation. but yeah, sure feels like you get it all in the worst way
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 4 months ago:
Okay, fair enough. Just appreciating the lack of shit and (for something like an Animal Crossing or a BoTW quality Zelda game) I’m super happy to pay that much for a game I’ll sink hundreds of hours into, and I’d rather reward that price hike than any other form of monetization by them.
I’m real enraged by like 99% of things on the internet and in the world these days, but this pales in comparison to the rapid pace of enshittification I feel like I’ve had in virtually every other place in my life.
Still don’t love it.