thatKamGuy
@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why Games Now Take 6+ Years To Make 1 hour ago:
You’re right, we tend to distill value per dollar - but that’s a 2-dimensional equation: games can either be longer but more expensive - or shorter and cheaper.
As an extreme example, I have gotten so much value out of games like Minecraft and Vampire Survivors that my cost-per-hour played is in single-digit cents. Neither is pretty (graphically), and both were very cheap early-access titles when I bought them.
Comparatively, I can’t think of any recent AAA releases have had anywhere near the level of replayability of indie passion projects.
Bit of a tangent, but I personally think the gaming experience peaked in the PS3/X360 era - and the industry has been largely treading water ever since. Nothing that’s come out over the last two console generations couldn’t have been done on those earlier platforms (albeit with lower graphical fidelity).
- Comment on Why Games Now Take 6+ Years To Make 1 hour ago:
How would you rank Max Payne 2 in that comparison? It was more fun (subjective), prettier (objective), but shorter (from memory).
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 hours ago:
Legitimately, SR4 was my introduction to the series and I absolutely adored the shit out of it.
If you haven’t checked it out yet - The Gat Out of Hell expansion had a very similar super-powered play-style.
- Comment on Can the second coming of Tony Abbott resurrect the Liberal party? Or is it another step toward ‘self-destruction’? 1 day ago:
Anyone intelligent enough to warn a PhD is probably smart enough to want to avoid the Liberal Party implosion like the plague.
- Comment on Trump's now trying to get a golf course in Australia.. After his tower was blocked 2 days ago:
You say corruption, I say he’s eyeing to get an invite to the new tropical pedophile island for the Epstein class.
- Comment on Former prime minister Tony Abbott elected unopposed as Liberal Party president 3 days ago:
Sloan Zone (just before his current hiatus) touched on this topic and unsurprisingly, the Liberals have chosen to double-down on barreling towards irrelevancy as quickly as possible.
- Comment on Another redundant app 4 days ago:
AR glasses auto-applying your preferred FaceTune filters?
- Comment on Valve has raised Steam Deck prices in the US 5 days ago:
It’s weird that I’m actively rooting for China to do it’s thing and begin to rapidly pump out cheap memory modules in such high volumes that they are able to over-satiate demand and put a downward pressure on pricing.
Before anyone tries to accuse me of copium or some other affliction, I would like to remind you that this is EXACTLY China’s modus operandi for the past 20-something years.
Both Samsung & SK Hynix were just in the news for issuing their DRAM division staff annual bonuses of well over $300K USD from a 10-15% pool of operating profits. The margins are there for China to squeeze once their manufacturing capability catches up - and it’s catching up very quickly.
- Comment on Dinner for one 6 days ago:
Watch it count down to the end of the day, the clock ticks life away
- Comment on Wowee 1 week ago:
If you think that’s bad, wait until they try to fit 17!
- Comment on If she had lived into the Botox era. 1 week ago:
Getting a bit of Goonies vibes from this:
- Comment on power generator 1 week ago:
Because it feels archaic and inefficient, maybe?
We also have developed solar panels, wind turbines, hydro-electric dams as well as tidal/wave energy devices in the intervening years - so adding another method to boil water just feels “outdated”.
I’m not trying to cast judgement myself, just trying to explain that it feels like it’s just “vibes based”.
- Comment on Vibe management 1 week ago:
Cap?
- Comment on Finally bought a physical PS2 copy of Most Wanted — for the kid in China who couldn't pay back then 2 weeks ago:
The only thing preventing a re-release of any of these “EA Trax” era titles is that they’re not willing to pay to renew those licenses.
- Comment on Finally bought a physical PS2 copy of Most Wanted — for the kid in China who couldn't pay back then 2 weeks ago:
加油 !
I know how you feel, I have similar regrets about Psygnosis the PS1 era - so many games that meant so much to me growing up, that I we couldn’t afford to buy. Most I either got to experience through demo discs, renting, or piracy.
But it’s OK - they might not exist as a company anymore. But their former employees still do, their art continues to live on, and you now own a piece of it yourself.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
Master System 2 Super Nintendo Game Boy PlayStation PlayStation 2 GameBoy Advance SP PlayStation Portable PlayStation 3 New 3DS Steam Deck
I honestly think the 3DS was probably the most disappointing; I bought it on a whim 2nd hand from EB Games along with a copy of a Pokémon game (I don’t remember which). Mechanics hadn’t evolved much since Pokémon Blue, and the experience was kinda “meh” overall.
I also dabbled with a few other games, but nothing gripped me. The only saving grace for that console was that it rapidly appreciated in value since my purchase (like 5x?) due to the relative rarity of that particular colorway.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
I was in primary school when the Game Gear was a thing, so my memory was foggy - but the adapter was definitely a thing:
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 2 weeks ago:
I think one saving grace for the Game Gear was that you could also play Master System games using an adapter, if I remember correctly?
- Comment on Why the budget might not 'shift the dial' on home ownership 2 weeks ago:
It might, or it might not - but the more whining about it I see in the media, the more certain I am that it is the correct thing to do.
- Comment on We're so back 3 weeks ago:
Yup, was scary finding myself agreeing with her for a while there…
- Comment on The 22 Richest Men in the World Have More Wealth than All the Women in Africa 1 month ago:
Goddamn - Americans really will use any other measure besides metric, ‘ey?
- Comment on Game franchises you like, but wish were anothet genre of video game? 1 month ago:
World of Warcraft, but predominantly as a persistent single-player world where you can invite players in (ala. Diablo 2).
I love the world building of Azeroth (even the bow out-dated, throw-away, pop-culture additions); just wish I could play and experience it all at my pace - family life currently precludes me from being able to invest sufficient time to play an MMO.
- Comment on Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed 1 month ago:
Can they just fucking not?
We have to persevere with US corporations remaining completely and totally unregulated for the next 2.5 years at least - but we should resist any more enshittification for as long as possible - until someone _competent _ like Lina Khan can resume control of the FTC.
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 1 month ago:
Didn’t think I played that, until I Googled some screenshots and it flooded me with unloved memories!
That was from a time when my parents would let me rent a new game from Blockbuster or a Video Ezy once a month or so, to supplement the 1-2 new games I would otherwise get per year.
I ended up playing a lot more than just the handful I remember owning - Bonanza Bros. being the most notable.
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 2 months ago:
World Grand Prix for the Sega Master System 2.
Technically the second ever game I owned, as the system came bundled with Alex the Kidd in Miracle World.
Was maybe 6? at the time.
- Comment on Petrol prices are rising, but Australians don’t appear to be driving less or taking public transport more – yet 2 months ago:
Similar issue in Melbourne too, we’re still dealing with the outdated hub and spoke public transport map - but at least they’re working on that with the Suburban Railway Loop project.
My commute to work is 35 minutes without traffic, but normally blows out to 60-75 minutes in peak hour.
My only options for PT are 80-90 minutes and involve either two trains, a train and a bus, or a train and a tram… and that’s including the ~30 minutes of walking each way to and from the train station each way!
- Comment on Dumb glasses 2 months ago:
Hey, asking for a friend…
But does anyone know of a clip-on LIDAR emitter we could wear? Those things absolutely burn holes through digital camera sensors!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 18 March 2026 2 months ago:
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 months ago:
At least it would stop Gamers^TM^ from complaining about how “ugly” that character is?
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 months ago:
AiSS: Arbitrarily Interfering Super Slop
