Glide

@Glide@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t wait to see the exemption for “part time workers” and suddenly everyone making less than a triple digit salary has exactly 32 hours a week, or whatever is legally permissible to pass as “part time work” in your country.

  You’ve provided a fantastic common-sense solution designed off the simple premise that no one needs 12x of a living wage, and I can’t agree enough, but I know the capitalists would fuck it up at every stage possible, while simultaneously arguing that they’re justified in doing so because the method of economy that they worships has given them moral purchase to look down on the poors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The ceo makes $96.5 million a year.

  This should be severely punishable by the law. It causes more societal harm than many crimes with serious penalties.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red balloon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta say, he fooled me too. I genuinely thought, “huh, it’s been a while since mickey7 graced us with his uncomfortable, sexist boomer humour” only to tab back. Shocked, I say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  While you are absolutely right, that doesn’t make it more engaging to listen to. Perhaps ludonarrative harmony can go too far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fantastic response tbh.

  It’s a good game, and very unique in what it does, but it’s not the objectively best written masterpiece it gets praise for.

  My friend who thinks it is also thinks the same o Shakespeare, which I think explains a lot. I tend to be impressed with works that say more with fewer words rather than say little with very many.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think this is about enthusiasts buying less games, though. We’re not talking about the average number of purchases the consumer makes. This is more evidence that there are a lot more casual players out there, who will make their 0-2 large game purchases a year and play their games over a long time. The college guy who literally only buys a couple sports games that they play online with a friend. The burnt out parent that can only make time for their 2 open world adventure games all year. I know a few people in my life who own a Switch, Mario Kart and Animal Crossing, and that will be literally the only two games they load all year. And this is to say nothing of people who strictly play F2P tirles, which apparently are 33% of players.

  “US game players purchase 1-2 games a year on average” is not the same thing as “the bottom 60% of purchasers only purchase 1-2 games a year.” This is evidence that, one, the medium is reaching a much more widespread market and, two, the casual market is often more engaged with F2P titles.

  I think if we looked at enthusiasts and hobbiests, there would still be a decline in purchases. I don’t think this is evidence that games have become too expensive for most.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is a real post from the official DHS account on X⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …in that order?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Outsiders, studio behind Metal: Hellsinger, is being closed by Funcom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Metal Hellsinger was one of the more inspired experiences I’ve played in the past several years. Really sad to see a studio making genuinely quality games have to shutter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seconded for Dark Cloud 2 specifically. Game is incredibly good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HOW TO CHECK IF YOUR ARYAN GENES आसक्त TUTORIAL *WORKING 2026*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OP read “shitpost” and thought it was a challenge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, fundamentally, I don’t hate Gamepass as a concept. “Netflix, but for videogames” is an idea I can get behind, as it widens the audience for something I love by lowering the bar of entry. There are plenty of people out there that benefit from being able to play a few games here and there without needing to commit hundreds of hours to $100 purchases.

  But Netflix has overstepped with price hikes and ads, and I’ve cancelled my service with them. That Microsoft thinks it can charge some ~$40CAD a month is pure hubris. I hope they learn quickly that, at that price point, the enthusiast market will happily cancel and just buy their games outright, and the casual market will decide it’s an expense they don’t need.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because if they’re shuttered, the company/people that make the company have the opportunity to go somewhere else and do something better. I’ve disliked everything they’ve produced since they were purchased by EA, so I’ve come to think the publisher holds them back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The last Bioware game I genuinely enjoyed was Dragon Age: Origins, which was the last thing (mostly) developed before the EA buy-up. I’m sure it’s scary for the employees, but I suspect this is good for Bioware in the long term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and the Switch port was (apparently) never fixed…

  What’s the supposed issues on the Switch port? I only owned the game on Switch, and I didn’t have any issues playing through it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not convinced this is worse than being publically traded. Now instead of being beholden to faceless investors who only care about number go up, it’s one specific owner? I mean, considering who it is, it isn’t better. But I struggle to imagine it as worse.

  Doesn’t matter, I’ll still either avoid their games or pirate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m already playing Hades 2 and FF Tactics comes out tomorrow.

  So that, I guess, then probably nothing. /shrug.

  Steam sales lose their luster when they’re so frequent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rhythm Doctor - Official Release Date Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  An absolute masterpiece of a game. What starts off as a “cute rhythm game” very rapidly evolves into some of he most immaculate gameplay design and in-game storytelling I have ever seen. I “joke” often than the final boss is the tears in your eyes, but it’s a lot less of a joke than you would imagine.

  If you like rhythm games, emotional storys and ludonarrative harmony, I cannot recommend this game enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lord of the Power⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I guess 9 is “several,” but the ratio tells a very different tale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine once described this kind of behaviour as acting like “welfare moms.” While there’s a certain level of sexism there that I am sure she really didn’t mean in the moment, I get the point she was making: parents who sit at home scheming up the next excuse to call social services on that other parent that they pretend to like but also keep an air of superiority about. And that’s all it is. Convincing yourself that you’re better than everyone else not by lifting yourself up, but by tearing others down.

  It’s commen behaviour in narcissists, too. Contrary to popular belief, narcissism is often found in people with low self-esteem. They try to validate themselves by bringing everyone else down below them. It seems like obsession with another person outwardly, but it’s still self-obsession: “this person made me look bad, but they’re so much worse than me. I need to prove it (even to myself).”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost of food and shelter driving people homeless and hungry is evil. The cost of Nintendo products causing people to play fewer Nintendo games is rude and unfortunate.

  I’m just pissed off at all this misdirected frustration. We should be lobbying governments to manage grocery and real estate megacorps, and instead we’re creating YouTube videos about Nintendo being evil because the price of an individual game went up $20. The gap between unfettered corporate greed of UHC causing suffering on scales previously only seen in wars against Nintendo getting an extra $20 here and there if you want to keep up with their products isn’t even a fucking comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And I’m tired of pretending a completely unwelcome and tone deff price increase is “evil.” I hate paying more for videos as much as the next gamer, but the cost of living has increased by 50% in basically every metric. Rent, food, power, gas, restaurants, movie theatres, snacks, alcohol… Literally everything I spend money on has gone up between 25-50%. Nintendo is the first asshole in the video game industry cocky enough to up their prices by the same about, and suddenly, “The Switch 2 is EVIL.” Really?

  Listen, I am not a fan. $10 for a tech demo that should be packaged in is insane. But pull your head back and look at the wider picture instead of coming in here with these terminally online takes. If you can’t distinguish between “evil,” (like health insurance corporations condemning millions to chronic pain and, in extremes, death) and “shit I wish wasn’t so expensive” (like a singular brand of videogames) then maybe it’s worth figuring out where the nearest patch of grass is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump to be welcomed by giant Epstein banner outside Windsor Castle⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The current US President and convicted paedophile famously crossed paths

  Crossed paths with who? There’s only one Donald Trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Got This Right, Right?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but why is this in shitpost, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon asks out a friend⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anon grows and changes in a 5 year span, and his romantic interests change.

  Girls opinion on romance is different in 5 years.

  “I don’t want to be the backup.”

  Men can grow and change over 5 years. Women? Nah. She just wanted to fuck around and now she’s settling.

  This conversation is some terminally online shit. Then again, complaining that green text is some terminally online shit is insane in its own account.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With you. We can’t sit here and make fun of him for thinking so poorly of empathy while refusing to show any empathy. He was a piece of trash and needed to be taken out like one, but I’m not going to throw a party over it. It’s a “you gotta do what you gotta do” situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you find it tiring? Doesn’t it make you feel like shit when you go back home? Don’t you feel taken advantage of?

  I find it so much more tiring to be caught up in what other people are doing.

  I realized a while ago that life isn’t, and will never be, fair. If I spend all my energy on thoughts that include the word “should,” I won’t have the energy for myself when I need it or others when I believe they deserve it.

  Being anything else just isn’t worth my time or energy and makes me unhappy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google AI Mode To Become Default For Google Search Soon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My Pixel 6s battery recently started expanding. I considered getting a new phone, but when I asked the dude at the kiosk what my options are for something that isn’t filled with AI integration, he laughed.

  I ordered a new battery online and has my phone fixed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After two years of development, Heroes of the Seven Islands, a cRPG that I drew by hand on paper, will be released on Steam, in four days the 9/9/2025 (demo available)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I teach 7s and up, so the absolute youngest I deal with is 11. I will absolutely check it out. Thank you for both creating and sharing this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After two years of development, Heroes of the Seven Islands, a cRPG that I drew by hand on paper, will be released on Steam, in four days the 9/9/2025 (demo available)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh lord this looks incredible. What’s the age rating/target audience for this? I’m a teacher who works to try and bring quality and engaging games into the classroom, and at a glance it feels like a perfect junior high entry into gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that's inventive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, what a shitty excuse to post softcore porn.

  There’s a huge difference between a shitpost, and a shitty post.