paraphrand
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- Comment on Stop Destroying Videogames initiative to get a public hearing organised by the European Parliament 11 hours ago:
Following the immense success of the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative
Wait, what immense results have come from it?
- Comment on 'What the f***': Modding arch-sorcerer casually invents Minecraft x Hytale crossplay, defies laws of god and man alike 1 week ago:
Translation, not emulation.
- Comment on How do you build revolutionary optimism in these dark times? 2 weeks ago:
Thanks.
- Comment on How do you build revolutionary optimism in these dark times? 2 weeks ago:
Can you be more specific about software? Because it feels like the consumer software I grew up loving is all a buggy mess of poor design decisions these days.
Am I just not able to accept the bugs anymore and they were always there? I can’t tell anymore.
- Comment on As Fortnite Enables Third-Party Microtransactions, Steal the Brainrot's Developer is Slammed By Fans For Immediately Adding $45 Premium Bundles and Gambling-Style Mechanics 2 weeks ago:
But you launch Fortnite to access it on every platform. There isn’t an “Epic UGC” app. So this is what Fortnite has become. An umbrella for experiences that include Battle Royal.
- Comment on As Fortnite Enables Third-Party Microtransactions, Steal the Brainrot's Developer is Slammed By Fans For Immediately Adding $45 Premium Bundles and Gambling-Style Mechanics 2 weeks ago:
Those in the industry know that the guy running the content in question is just using the most profitable techniques available to him.
- Comment on What happened to lem.ee? 4 weeks ago:
None of that makes you look at mutilated children, though.
- Comment on What happened to lem.ee? 4 weeks ago:
Moderation is the most difficult aspect of tuning social media platforms.
- Comment on Why do some website logins have the username and password entry on different pages? 1 month ago:
I always assumed some sites harvest what ever you enter in the first box. Especially if it’s an email address. But other people in this thread have the legitimate answer.
- Comment on ELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack? 1 month ago:
As someone who is trying to climb out of this hole, I can back up your sentiment.
Being acclimated to shitty food, and thinking flavor is just sharp strong sensations in your mouth is what perpetuates over consuming fast food. Your brain gets trained to crave the dopamine rush that the sensations of fast food briefly cause.
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 1 month ago:
It’s a sort of in-group cringe.
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 1 month ago:
I’m sorry 😔
- Comment on To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder | In a small study, pet cats greeted male owners with more vocalizations than they did female caregivers. 2 months ago:
Male owners. Female caregivers.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 2 months ago:
IIRC, it wasn’t a terrible game. It just wasn’t a unique enough game to compete in the space. Just another hero shooter. Just another live service.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 2 months ago:
I’m aware of Valve being very generous with warranty/replacements of controller hardware for the Index. Even years after the warranty is up. But I think this is because of the major durability issues and known defects that the Index Controllers have.
In any case, Valve seemingly has lost money on a certain percentage of Valve Index kits/controller hardware. Based on how many people I know, including myself, who have gotten replacement hardware from Valve. Sometimes many times for recurring issues.
- Comment on Steam Machine is huge for indie development 2 months ago:
Steam is flooded with indie games, yeah.
- Comment on To the rapidly aging person reading this: GameFAQs is 30 years old, and people are sharing their memories of the venerable guide hub 2 months ago:
I did the same! But never go caught.
- Comment on To the rapidly aging person reading this: GameFAQs is 30 years old, and people are sharing their memories of the venerable guide hub 2 months ago:
I would take the txt guides for RPG games and print them on the laser printers at my high school.
- Comment on How Old We're You when You Learned the Word, "Fascist"? 2 months ago:
I finally had a definition stick when I heard Dan Harmon yell that Trump is a fascist on his old podcast. Back during the first term.
I’m part of the problem, I guess.
- Comment on Rockstar Games Employee Calls Out Studio For Spreading “Disinformation and Lies”, Union Busting 2 months ago:
Five year olds know how a store works.
Five year olds won’t figure out how to pirate a game.
- Comment on Rockstar Games Employee Calls Out Studio For Spreading “Disinformation and Lies”, Union Busting 2 months ago:
The make so much money on their games. I don’t understand why they have to be like this.
- Comment on Shout! Factory shuts down physical media website; will now be moving to GRUV 2 months ago:
I never exposed my Halo 2 case to anything, but it sure got rusty. And if you google it right now, halo 2 steelbook, the photos that come up look similar to mine.
Maybe it’s an outlier.
- Comment on Shout! Factory shuts down physical media website; will now be moving to GRUV 2 months ago:
Do steelworks still rust these days?
- Comment on Details for the Dogma 4K Steelbook release have been bestowed upon us 3 months ago:
4k shit monster.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 months ago:
Oh, that sucks.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 months ago:
To avoid all the blocks you are getting?
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 months ago:
Yes 😔
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 3 months ago:
He was someone who was a fruititarian at various points in his life. He was also someone who didn’t shower at certain points in his life.
- Comment on Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan — Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading 3 months ago:
I hope they really shit the bed and make ads appear like Achievements periodically. Complete with the same notification sound.
- Comment on THE END IS NIGH – DOGMA 4k & Blu-Ray, T-shirt Collector’s Bundle (10th December) 3 months ago:
4k shot monster