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- Comment on PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Certain Online Features 1 day ago:
Some companies already use this heuristic to skip asking.
- Comment on PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Certain Online Features 1 day ago:
Platforms should always have that be the first check before falling back to multiple other data sources.
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests Butler Assassination Attempt Was a Hoax 3 days ago:
That’s the MTG we know.
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 1 week ago:
Free to play, and “ever games” or whatever you want to call them. Solid classics that are easy to return to for years. Left 4 Dead 2 is a great example.
- Comment on The Judge in the #Afroman case actually scolded the jurors for their verdict/ 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites 2 weeks ago:
What attitude do I have? I’m into VR, I love Valve. I’m excited for the Steam Frame. I’ve met people who work there.
- Comment on PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites 2 weeks ago:
I’m just clarifying.
- Comment on PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites 2 weeks ago:
“Fault” isn’t an attack here. No need for the weird analogy.
- Comment on "Any update is a bonus not a right": Peak co-developer Landfall reminds impatient fans it's not a live-service studio 2 weeks ago:
Patches are also a tool to keep a game in the news cycle in more recent times.
So much comes out every single week. It’s quite a lot of noise.
- Comment on PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think DS is first party? I might be wrong. It came to Macs and iPhones too.
- Comment on PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, if anything, this is Valve’s fault. They upturned the playing field and proved a new path.
- Comment on PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites 2 weeks ago:
Neither the price increases or the fact that Microsoft is giving up on a pure console are Sony’s fault.
It’s still unfortunate that this is happening. PC is no longer neutral ground.
- Comment on I've been waiting for this for a long time. 2 weeks ago:
See, this is a toxic attitude. They are not charging an outrageous price. It’s not a subscription. It’s not an unfinished game. It’s not locked to the Epic Games store. It’s being actively maintained. It’s not being sold by a toxic publisher like EA. It’s an indie developer. Etc. etc.
It’s just a simple product, with a simple price. And you insist you have the right to obtain a copy of it without paying because they don’t offer discounts. This just isn’t reasonable. You don’t have a right to a copy of this game. It’s entertainment. It’s a product that those who work on it derive their lively hood from. It’s not food. It’s not shelter. It’s not healthcare.
- Comment on Why do people call Michael's house from GTA 5 a mansion? 3 weeks ago:
Yes. This is either a bot farming account history, or someone reposting for internet attention/points.
- Comment on Nvidia CEO Says He Gets Where The DLSS 5 Outrage Is Coming From: ‘I Don’t Love AI Slop Myself’ 4 weeks ago:
Everyone should be saying even more provocative and violent things. More often in more places. It gets upvotes and views and increases time on the platform.
Let it rip.
- Comment on NVIDIA confirms DLSS 5 uses a 2D frame plus motion vectors as input 4 weeks ago:
This was intuitive and obvious to anyone paying attention to AI and who knows video game engines.
Calculating each mesh or surface in the scene instead of one big collective pass would be even more demanding. And will likely beyond their capabilities for a very long time.
- Comment on NVIDIA Launches Nemotron Coalition of Leading Global AI Labs to Advance Open Frontier Models 5 weeks ago:
It’s like green washing.
Google does it with Android too.
- Comment on Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year 5 weeks ago:
They likely want to start collecting data. So the need to get something rushed out so that they can build up the pile of data they will need to build out and refine this feature in time for the launch of their next console.
- Comment on Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe 5 weeks ago:
Good
- Comment on UK junk food ad ban so diluted it may be largely ineffective, experts say 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell | Video Game History Foundation 1 month ago:
Classics of Game [YT] appears to be working through the game right now. Their channel format is absurd clips from obscure games. So it’s a perfect fit.
I’m not familiar with the channel enough to know if they have been previously hit with a take down. (And I didn’t read the article link)
- Comment on Dubai's 'cringe' influencers have a new rule: Don't mention the war 1 month ago:
Traditional media is heavily regulated in the UAE, but these days everyone — not just journalists — has been put on notice.
After the war erupted, authorities announced that people who shared misinformation or even something that “results in inciting panic among people” could be prosecuted. Only officially verified information is safe to post.
This tough, arbitrary edict effectively means the country’s government gets to decide what is and is not true.
- Comment on Xbox’s leadership shift proves it: the gamer era is over, AI runs the show now 1 month ago:
I really think that part of what is changing is that the hardware people run games on is becoming less and less differentiated in both power class and capability. And the hardware that does bring a large performance gap is very expensive.
- Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft 1 month ago:
Yeah, I’m glad I’m not alone in having that vibe about Phil.
- Comment on Is ironing clothes significantly less common now? 2 months ago:
It does, but not in the sense that it “repairs” them or whatever. There are plenty of natural fibers and styles of clothing that would be a wrinkled mess eventually if they were not ironed. You may be use to synthetic fabrics or blends of synthetic and cotton that don’t wrinkle in the same way. And by synthetic, I mean petroleum based fabrics.
- Comment on Anyone has videos of JD Vance getting booed? I can’t find proper booing videos, but those supposedly exist 2 months ago:
Dude just drop a fucking link.
- Comment on Growing number of adults avoid booze, says NHS survey 2 months ago:
It does if you try hard enough.
- Comment on Games that have now or will be turned 40, 30, 20 and 10 years old as of 2026 2 months ago:
This is the one I always think of.
- Comment on Stop Destroying Videogames initiative to get a public hearing organised by the European Parliament 2 months 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 2 months ago:
Translation, not emulation.