kahjtheundedicated
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- Comment on You don’t realize how bad it smells till you quit 2 days ago:
I’ve never been a smoker, but every now and then I catch a whiff and it smells amazing.
But one time a smoker chick started making out with me at a party and dude her mouth tasted so bad I almost puked. Just burnt and tarry. Blech. If it wasn’t the cigarettes, she must have been eating hot roadkill and the slab of asphalt it was on. Just unbelievably bad
That kind of sealed the deal for me not wanting to smoke, but it still smells good sometimes lol.
- Comment on Game Pass Was Supposed To Save Xbox – Instead, It’s Killing the Company 3 days ago:
But the beauty of an open platform is that people can and have made emulators, vm’s, translation layers, etc.
How much 16-bit software are you running on a ps5?
- Comment on "We still value the culture of physical media" As PlayStation prepares for an all-digital future, Sega president comes out in support of discs 6 days ago:
It would be niche, but it would be relatively low investment and low risk. Going full console with exclusives is extremely high investment and thus high risk. They would have to sell enough consoles via those exclusives to make up for what they would make selling the game cross platform, which seems very unlikely. As a publisher, this would also severely hurt relationships with current clients. These are all reasons why they got out of the console game and pivoted to being a game publisher back in the day. I don’t see them making that mistake twice.
- Comment on "We still value the culture of physical media" As PlayStation prepares for an all-digital future, Sega president comes out in support of discs 6 days ago:
The Xbox is almost the exact opposite of what I’m talking about, and I think that’s their problem. There’s nothing special about it, it has no exclusives, and it doesn’t have access to the practically infinite number of pc games, mods, emulators, etc.
So what I’m proposing is just a prebuilt pc. A prebuilt pc with a unique case, distro, and maybe a cartridge slot of some description. And with the cultural cache of a company like sega, I think it could easily earn its spot as a prebuilt living room gaming and media pc, much like the steam machine.
- Comment on "We still value the culture of physical media" As PlayStation prepares for an all-digital future, Sega president comes out in support of discs 6 days ago:
Oh yeah, now would be a terrible time to do something like that. But when* the hardware market chills out
- Comment on "We still value the culture of physical media" As PlayStation prepares for an all-digital future, Sega president comes out in support of discs 6 days ago:
Hypothetically, if some of these companies start just making little steam machine style computers, with their own Linux distro and themes and etc, do you think they would sell? Like the mini-retro console craze from a few years ago, but just modern computers.
Sell them basically as a console, in this case maybe default to Sega’s store, but it’s still just a Linux PC. Install steam if you want. But out of the box it looks and feels like a sega console. And maybe just promise that it’ll play any game they make for the next 10 years. Which really wouldn’t be much of a promise, just a defined “minimum specs” target for them.
Sega still has a lot of fans, which is why I think something like that could work for them, and it’s way less commitment than making their own walled garden console like they used to do. They wouldn’t be competing for exclusives or even work with other devs and publishers for ports. Just a fun themed pc to get some sega hardware out there again.
- Comment on "We still value the culture of physical media" As PlayStation prepares for an all-digital future, Sega president comes out in support of discs 6 days ago:
I hope this points towards what I think is going to happen, which is an increased push for physical media special/collectors editions.
Maybe even a slight chance of seeing physical PC games in places like GameStop again.
I don’t expect it to ever be mainstream, and probably shouldn’t even expect restocks of most games, but just as a collectors item for fans and collectors. And I think that does fit in with the current business model of places like GameStop, which is mostly collectibles sales.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
That’s fair. I do find the combat pretty clunky. But I’m also not the type that really cares about combat. I drop most games straight to easy, unless it’s turn-based. I seem to have the reflexes of a cat undergoing rigor mortis. So in games like the Witcher, the combat only serves as a plot device, rather than the point of the game.
What I ended up loving about the Witcher 3 is the characters and the worldbuilding
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Just curious, did you make it to Novigrad?
The first few time I tried to play it I did so with my usual completionist mindset, and got bored of wandering around the swamps before dropping it. I replayed it more recently, and just got to Novigrad as fast as possible, and that’s when it finally hooked me. Finished the main game and the expansions, finished all quests except the couple I skipped early game and couldn’t go back to. The start of the game is painfully slow, but when you get into the meat of it, it’s so good.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I replayed the main game, and played the expansions for the first time a few months ago. It still feels like a new game to me, and since they did a big graphics update in 2022, so it pretty much is. The movement is a little clunky to me, but that’s the only thing that even comes close to letting it down. I had a hard time getting into it when it was new, but this time around it got me hooked line and sinker. I find it strikes a really good balance between a story driven narrative, and rpg, and I just got so invested in it. It was a little sad when I ran out of content, so I’m really looking forward to the new expansion.
So if not obvious, I highly recommend it.
- Comment on We have Reese's peanut butter cups at home: 2 weeks ago:
Both don’t stand a chance against Teddie. The only ingredients that should be in peanut butter are peanuts, and maybe salt
- Comment on Copper 3 weeks ago:
Respect for taking the time to model that. Goes to show why heat sinks look the way they do, and not just big lumps of metal lol
- Comment on Time to bring back physical media on PC? 4 weeks ago:
Exactly
- Comment on Time to bring back physical media on PC? 4 weeks ago:
I could see physical releases, at least as special editions, being a thing people would like. Though I think today SD cards would make more sense, at least if flash memory prices ever come back down.
But a SD card with a custom label in box with proper box art and a little art book inside would be cool for fans and collectors.
- Comment on Gargle the wine 4 weeks ago:
PissWine is stored in the balls - Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2026 Has Begun 5 weeks ago:
I still miss the steam sale delivery girl
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 5 weeks ago:
No, it’s two DDR5 SODIMMs
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 5 weeks ago:
Yeah I was looking at mostly similar parts, but squeezing for a 9060xt. I got to a little less than $1200 on an am5 platform with all new stuff, or $1000 using used ddr4 and ssd on an am4 platform, but still with the 9060xt
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 5 weeks ago:
You can still build a pretty great pc for a little over $1000, though there are some compromises imo. You can get under the $1000 mark if you’re willing to get make some more compromises and/or do a mix of new and used parts. But either way you can get way more performance than the steam machine for the money, though maybe not in as svelte a package.
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 month ago:
Agree, it’s a spectacular world to bop about in on your boys road trip. But a pretty junk final fantasy game outside of that
- Comment on PC Games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 1 month ago:
But with a lot more yapping
- Comment on Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries 1 month ago:
Eh depends how many factories or even just lines in the factory they’re using to produce them. Cheaper to retool some of the lines than all of them. Should they have made them all with replaceable batteries in the first place? Yeah. I doubt they were blindsided by these regulations. Maybe they were hoping to somehow get an exemption? Either way, fuck them and everyone else making devices with non-replaceable batteries.
- Comment on Palworld 1.0 Cinematic Trailer | July 10th 1 month ago:
Does….does it go back together?
- Comment on 🗿 1 month ago:
Can you find any sources supporting that?
Everything I’ve come across from this millenium says otherwise. I found this article from Harvard Magazine from 2003 that talks about the archeological findings
- Comment on 🗿 1 month ago:
There’s good evidence that the people that built the pyramids were not slaves, but mostly skilled seasonal workers. There is evidence of the workers having luxurious foods and decent housing in something akin to dormitories. Seems like it’s still unknown if everyone was paid in actual coin, or if some or many were doing it more for religious purposes and were just treated to good food and accommodation while they were there, though some pay rates for some workers have been found in writing. But it does seem like they were mostly rotating crews rather than people living and working there for the years or decades it took to complete them.
If they were slaves, they probably would have been there long term, and not afforded those luxuries.
Wish I had a convenient source for all that, but it’s probably buried in academic journals and papers, but this bbc article includes some of it, and I have found some terrible ad-ridden articles mentioning pay rates and such. I just remember some of that from watching YouTube videos/documentaries tbh
- Comment on Need for Speed: Most Wanted – The game that got me into racing 2 months ago:
Okay so I spent some time driving around, and replayed some missions. The actual drifting dynamics feel how I remember, which is to say intuitive and responsive, though a little too forgiving imo. More on the “arcade” side of “simcade”. So overall good. Though I think they retuned the grip? Lower hp and generally unmodified cars feel way easier to initiate and hold in a drift. In low hp cars the handbrake used to rob too much of your speed and make your engine bog when you got back on power, so clutch kicking was the move. Now you really don’t need to clutch kick at all except in the super low power cars, and even then it’s usually optional. Also they gave the tofu delivery car way more steering angle, which is a positive imo.
Grip driving is definitely not this games forte. Even when a car is set up for grip, it feels like it wants to be a drift car. I can’t quite get the steering setup to make it not feel like a drift car. Every steering input when gripped feels more like trying to initiate a drift than actually turn.
Still, I think it’s fun, and I’m going to do some of the new missions that have been added.
- Comment on Need for Speed: Most Wanted – The game that got me into racing 2 months ago:
I remember there being a major change to the handling like a month after release that was a big improvement, but I haven’t played in several months, so not sure if it’s changed further. But I can play some tomorrow and report back
- Comment on Need for Speed: Most Wanted – The game that got me into racing 2 months ago:
I miss racing games had real progression and plot lines. Are there any more recent big games that deliver on this? I had high hopes for the new Assetto Corsa, but sounds like they abandoned a progression system.
JDM: Japanese Drift Master does in a lot of ways, but you can burn through the story pretty fast, though I did still throughly enjoy it. The grip driving is kinda jank, and is pretty much unplayable with my wheel. But is a lot of fun to just drift around Japan with a controller in some heavily modified jdm legends
- Comment on Hands On with the Anbernic RG Rotate: Weird, Unique, and Instantly my Favorite 2 months ago:
Very strange this doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack. That’s one of the main reasons I daily carry a handheld (psp) these days. It’s as valuable to me as a mp3 player as it is a gaming device.
- Comment on 60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market 2 months ago:
Yeah they all either look like a scam or cost more than they did new…
If they don’t rerelease it, I’ll probably pick up a used 5800x(t). Still a big upgrade from my 1700
