TheHobbyist
@TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip
Just a stranger trying things.
- Comment on So that's when I deleted my account 1 week ago:
What was the subject of the email? Because if they are alerting you to some security issue regarding your account, I think it is reasonable to prevent the user from unsubscribing, otherwise how would they be alerting you and would you then blame them for not having alerted you?
Of course, if this is a marketing email, that’s something else but then is it an important message regarding your account and products you are using?
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
Gog does. The game manor lords is in early access on gog.
- Comment on Intel Arc B580 'Battlemage' GPU announced - 1440p Ultra gaming for $249 2 weeks ago:
With its 8GB, the 4060 performs quite poorly when scaling up the resolution. There’s a great video by hardware unboxed showing how limiting 8GB are, in 1440p.
- Comment on European Citizens' Initiative to Stop Destroying Videogames: 7 countries have now passed the threshold 3 weeks ago:
Indeed, I’ve shared this with friends but we need more people and more awareness! This is a golden opportunity, if this tentative does not succeed, who knows how long until next time?
Of course, if a person with large following spreads the word, it can have a great effect, but please do not wait for this to happen, do not rely on this. By individually spreading the word, we are putting much more weight on it and giving it a much better shot.
This is a serious shot! Take it.
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- Comment on Day 101 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 1 month ago:
Thanks! That’s what I wanted to know, I’ve been eyeing the game and interested in getting it. I think I’ve even seen it on gog, so that’s great!
- Comment on Day 101 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 1 month ago:
How’s the game nowadays? I think I recall the game having some issues when it came out, assuming it’s true, are they all now resolved?
- Comment on DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO – Launch Trailer 2 months ago:
In japanese for those who want the original experience:
- Comment on Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me? 2 months ago:
The story was difficult to follow, for me, and plays a significant role in the game and is likely to influence your decisions. What I wish I did and what I recommend you, is make sure you pay close attention to it in the beginning, knowing who’s who, who’s battling who and why. Consider taking notes haha
- Comment on Stop killing games 2 months ago:
It’s impressive how this initiative has gathered 360k votes in no time yet completely stagnated ever since. I don’t think it means that the initiative is done, actually I am quite optimistic it can pass, but these things go in waves. I think every time there is a new coverage on the initiative it launches it higher, we just need some folks who have some local presence in the EU to get their audience to act. Perhaps some famous video game streamers? Has that been done already?
- Comment on Denmark is the 6th country to pass the #StopKillingGames EU threshold - 340K out of 1M signatures in total! 3 months ago:
And the Netherlands are 6th! But the hardest part will be reaching that Million threshold… We still have a lot of time, but the pace has certainly slowed down the last few weeks compared to the skyrocketing in the early days. I think we will need to have more awareness spread around the campaign, perhaps try to reach mainstream media in some ways…
- Comment on An important update on Concord 3 months ago:
The age of DRM means that they can now “unlaunch” the game and force you into a reimbursement while giving up the game. Why? What if someone liked it and wanted to keep playing? is this an online only game? This is just sad.
- Comment on Day 33 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 3 months ago:
Loved this game and the story. The second half of the game is where it really become interesting! I remember that mission in the screenshot :)
- Comment on #StopKillingGames Update: Sweden and Poland pass threshold as initiative reaches 25% 4 months ago:
This is going very well it seems! I see the next few countries close to passing the threshold are:
- Denmark (88%)
- Netherlands (87%)
- Germany (75%)
Assuming we get those, we would need one more country. The highest remaining country is Ireland (55%). Getting all those still wouldn’t reach 1M signatures, but the rest could keep being distributed across the EU (even including countries which have already passed the threshold, I’m assuming).
This is all very exciting and gives me a lot of hope! Keep signing folks!
- Comment on For free for 11.99$ 6 months ago:
I’m trying to open your link but I get a Lemmy page saying this link does not exist. Is it a voyager app thing?
- Comment on Facebook now wants to write your posts for you with AI. 8 months ago:
If you login, why would it matter? You are logged in, they have identified you.
- Comment on The big Portal 2 mod Portal: Revolution is out now on Steam 11 months ago:
I just replayed the 1 and 2 recently, love’em. Is reloaded bad?
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
Yes, it seems you are right. Nonetheless, even at equal prices, isn’t it surprising?
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
I don’t have any, but I see the following: Cyperpunk 2077, which is available on steam, is cheaper than on the developer’s own platform (gog.com), despite both being at 50% off. Is there any incentive for CDPR to sell it more expensive on their platform?
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
I don’t see how any of that justifies that valve prohibits publishers from selling their games for cheaper on a platform other than steam.
If anything, the 30% cut is significant and if a developer finds a cheaper platform elsewhere, why wouldn’t he also be allowed to sell his game for cheaper there too?
It’s really dubious to see valve try to control developers market strategies on platforms other than steam.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
It’s not about what the publisher sets as price, it’s about restricting his options.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
I found out recently GOG was created by CD project, the same company behind CD Project Red which made The Witcher and CyberPunk. Was very glad to find out about that.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
There is nothing exclusive to steam with respect to Linux support. All of the things required for games to run on Linux which valve support are fully open source and even existed before valve got involved. They just threw money at the efforts and turbo charged it (which is great).
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
I’m fine with them existing, but if there are clauses preventing publishers from proposing their games both on steam and elsewhere while they can’t make it cheaper elsewhere, I would like these clauses to stop. I read somewhere there are such clauses and these kind of clauses seem very uncompetitive to me and I wonder why they are legal (if they are).
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 1 year ago:
30 fps defaults to 90 hz, where is the default frame doubling in that case?
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 1 year ago:
You’re confusing rendering and displaying. There is no doubt that rendering at higher fps requires more power draw. But were talking here about a fixed rendering framerate of 25 fps and a case of refreshing the screen at 50 or 75 hz using the same 25 fps rendering. This is not a usual scenario so there is little info about this, hence my initial point.
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 1 year ago:
Where did you see it draw less? And by how much? Computing 50 frames per second does draw less than computing 75, but a display to render at 50 or 75, I have not seen anything with respect to consumption, so I’m curious.
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 1 year ago:
This is not about VRR. I am talking fixed refresh rates.
This is entirely possible because the display can perform at any refresh rate between 40 and 90. As to why 75 over 50, your second paragraph answers that.
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- Comment on The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy 1 year ago:
Ownership of games is a pretty reasonable interpretation in this context. How can ownership of games exist in a context of digital access, activation, online requirements and no physical media?