EarMaster
@EarMaster@lemmy.world
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 1 week ago:
Transport Tycoon was fantastic and thanks to OpenTTD I still play it from time to time.
Gothic 2 is by far the best Action RPG of all time. Witcher 3 comes close, but still fails to surpass it in so many places.
Banished always gets me with it’s atmosphere. It feels cozy but at the same time you are close to complete annihilation. Oxygen not included hits the same mark, but also has a distinctive art style and humor to it which I love.
- Comment on What are your favorite Switch exclusives? 1 week ago:
The 99 series is fantastic. I loved everyone of them from Tetris 99 to F-Zero 99.
- Comment on From the trailer of Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) 3 weeks ago:
If that’s where you draw the line…
- Comment on Valve have just updated the Source 1 SDK on GitHub to the latest code based on Team Fortress 2, effectively making TF2 code source available 5 weeks ago:
I don’t doubt that this happened. All I wanted to point out is, that this move doesn’t conflict in any way with such things happening.
- Comment on Valve have just updated the Source 1 SDK on GitHub to the latest code based on Team Fortress 2, effectively making TF2 code source available 5 weeks ago:
Just because the source code is available it does not mean it is free to use and do with it what you want. The license explicitly states that you may use it but have to publish it for free and follow the Steam subscriber agreement. Also this is just source code, not the assets (at least as far as I understand it).
- Comment on Nintendo discontinuing Gold Points on the Switch eShop, ahead of Switch 2 release 5 weeks ago:
How dare they get rid of a dark pattern… /s
- Comment on Fantastic Four: First Steps poster seems to have been made with AI 1 month ago:
Absolutely. There are no signs to me that this is AI. This is comped by some artist either with stock photography or with material from the set.
- Comment on Fantastic Four: First Steps poster seems to have been made with AI 1 month ago:
I read that as “We O(we) U” and to make it fit the theme they painted a 4 in the middle.
- Comment on Interview: Alex Kurtzman on Section 31 and the "evolution" of Star Trek 1 month ago:
I understand that he thinks he has to do something different. That lies in the nature of storytelling. Hardly any author likes telling the same story again and again in the same way. It is the same thing nobody seems to understand when there is a reboot or remake of an old movie or show (but that’s another story). But I also have to strongly disagree that doing something different means doing it like every other drama series. Lower Decks of all things has shown that the original idea of Star Trek not only holds up but even transcends to other genres very well.
- Comment on Interview: Alex Kurtzman On How ‘Section 31’ Embodies Star Trek Values, And The Future Of The Franchise 2 months ago:
Comparing this movie to Deep Space Nine is a disgrace…
- Comment on RuneScape is planning on introducing Black Mirror inspired membership plans 2 months ago:
You can downvote all you want, but that is the logical escape the industry will take. They will make the online part of games expensive to pay until no one wants to play it or pays them an absurd amount.
- Comment on RuneScape is planning on introducing Black Mirror inspired membership plans 2 months ago:
This is what Stop Killing Games will look like…we should get used to it…
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 2 months ago:
Yes
- Comment on Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+ 2 months ago:
So he didn’t claim even half of them?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x10 "The New Next Generation" 3 months ago:
What a perfect finale. It really shows what I most loved about Lower Decks. The crew - aside all comedy - is formed by professionals which are capable of working together and advancing beyond their single capabilities. There is no drama or trying to hide important info from each other like in PIC or DIS. This is what I always loved about TNG, DS9 and VOY and it is great to see it still works - even on modern television.
One silly, little joke got me out of nowhere (maybe I was a little bit emotional about the impending end): Ransom: Mr. Rutherford, a little birdie told me you made some pretty inspired updates to the plasma injectors. Rutherford: Was it Dr. Migleemo?
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 3 months ago:
It can’t be that easy. PEGI says that games containing gambling (real money or not) are rated with PEGI 12 to 18. So there must be something else to the game that led to this rating.
- Comment on All Access Star Trek Interview with Garrett Wang 3 months ago:
He can’t be an Admiral and an Ensign at the same time…
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Lower Decks* 5x07: “Fully Dilated” (SPOILERS) 3 months ago:
Mariner asking about the purple carpet of the Enterprise D also references a somewhat vulgar saying about women.
- Comment on What games have you put the most hours into? 3 months ago:
According to Steam the top 3 are:
- Oxygen not included
- Civilization 5
- Factorio
But that of course does not include the games not running from Steam and pre-Steam games. So World of Warcraft is somewhere in there too. And the final Top 1 must be Transport Tycoon Deluxe (even if you don’t include OpenTTD).
- Comment on Where to start? 4 months ago:
There are several guides on what episode can / should / mustn’t be skipped.
Let’s watch Star Trek has it for every classic show: www.letswatchstartrek.com/tng-episode-guide/
But there are of course other guides and as they’re subjective ratings you might want to give episodes a chance even if others didn’t like them.
- Comment on Where to start? 4 months ago:
My main advice is: Don’t be afraid to skip an episode if you watch it and you don’t like it. Especially the early seasons of TNG, DS9 and Voyager have some episodes which can easily be skipped. You won’t lose any context.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x03 "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" 4 months ago:
I can see what Jadzia liked about them…
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x01 "Dos Cerritos" & 5x02 "Shades of Green" 4 months ago:
Who said they were contacted by Starfleet? They could have known about his opportunity by any means and were just the first to take it? A normal thing for a free looting based economy…
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x01 "Dos Cerritos" & 5x02 "Shades of Green" 5 months ago:
They are hiring them to handle the disposition of unneeded tokens of currency. I don’t see how that violates the prime directive…
- Comment on Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone? 5 months ago:
Titanfall 2: You have a titan as a companion for most of the game (there are segments where you’re on your own though). And it’s a fantastic single player campaign.
- Comment on Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me? 5 months ago:
I believe kill is the wrong verb…
- Comment on Balatro Mobile - Official Release Date Trailer (Sept 26!) 6 months ago:
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playsta…
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/balatro/id6502453075
- Comment on What are your opionions on fortnite? 6 months ago:
I started playing it last year because my nephew wanted someone to play (apart from his friends at school). I kept playing it on a regular basis (I had bought the base game years ago, but have not paid anything since). I enjoy the colorful graphics which run fine even on my 10+ old gaming PC. Some rounds are short and you’re dead within minutes but often I reach top ten, but even then the rounds aren’t taking that long (20 to 30 minutes), which is something I like about the game, because I barely take the time to have hour-long gaming sessions any more. Despite its looks skill makes a difference when it comes to aiming and movement (most special weapons are movement skills). I mostly play the no building mode because I can’t manage shooting and building at the same time.
- Comment on Theory: The EMH in "Academy" is going to be the copy from "Living Witness" 6 months ago:
Are the two of them so different that it would matter?
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
Quake 3 Arena, but only if the tournament lasts no longer than 15 minutes. My heart can’t take more…