thatKamGuy
@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 3 hours ago:
I thought they’d absolutely love objects without flared bases - keeps them employ, and entertained!
- Comment on Discussion Thread: 🐌 Saturday 30 August 2025 22 hours ago:
At least it wasn’t “Large, Grande, and Venti”!
- Comment on Discussion Thread: 🐌 Saturday 30 August 2025 22 hours ago:
My understanding is that the author of an APK will now need to be verified through some Google service, in order to be able to sign the file and be accepted by an Android device regardless of if it came through the Play (or alt) styles, or sideloaded directly by a user.
So it’s not quite as locked down as iOS, but definitely a step in that direction (and in the wrong direction, IMO).
- Comment on Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized 1 day ago:
As a bit of a thought exercise, I went through every mainline GTA game using that website to get an idea of each title’s respective headcount:
- GTA : 86 people (DOS)
- GTA2 : 170 professional roles (Windows)
- GTA3 : 185 professional roles (PS2)
- GTA:VC : 688 professional roles (PS2)
- GTA:SA : 780 people (PS2)
- GTA4 : 1,333 professional roles (PS3)
- GTA5 : 3,686 professional roles (X360)
So while the general headcount growth over time tends to track, as each generation of platform requires more and more people to churn out higher fidelity content, I can’t help but wonder what portion of that headcount is just there to churn out micro transaction and Games-as-a-Service garbage.
- Comment on No Man's Sky: Voyagers update releases today, introduces customizable "colossal, fully furnished, completely bespoke Corvette-class starships" 2 days ago:
I don’t get how/why it’s still profitable for them to keep working on it - but I’m in full support.
It’s not to dissimilar to Minecraft in a number of ways, in a sense - there’s not really any drive to do anything in particular, it’s ultimately up to the player to do what they feel like.
It’s a literal sandbox, rather than a narrative experience. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, that’s perfectly fine!
- Comment on Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized 2 days ago:
According to the Diablo IV credits, over 9,500 people worked on that title in some capacity:
- Comment on PS5 may get more price increases in the US, analyst warns 4 days ago:
…and so it fucking should; the more pain average Americans feel, the better - honestly.
We are less than 8 months into this administration, and they are already doing their damnedest to rat-fuck the elections in an effort to fully seize power for at least a generation and remake the nation in their own twisted vision.
The last chance left to stop this takeover is the 2026 midterms, and the GOP are already pulling out all of the stops to stop that from happening:
- Gerrymandering the absolute shit out of Texas
- Closing polling booths in locations likely to vote against the GOP
- Imposing voter identification laws to further disenfranchise ‘undesirables’
- Rail against mail-in ballots to further suppress turnout
Hopefully the dam breaks and inflation well and truly begins to run away - so that the majority of the population feel the impact of this President’s policies to their wallets, and vote out his lapdogs and lackeys.
If not, then the nation and its people are truly lost and more expensive consoles are going to be the least of your worries.
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 6 days ago:
Heck, even opting for median age over the mean would work in this case!
- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
Honestly, should send them with AirTags or similar hidden inside and track their progress - would easily get to the bottom of who the culprits are.
Just have the recipients of the shoes return successfully delivered tags in a replay paid envelope for a refund/credit.
- Comment on Steam: Updates to User Review Scores Based on Language 1 week ago:
That’s awesome to see!
Print media is basically dead here in Australia, though I did just discover Edge is apparently still a thing - I adored that publication back in the pre-WoW days.
- Comment on Steam: Updates to User Review Scores Based on Language 1 week ago:
Which magazine? I’m legitimately surprised that (m)any have survived, to be honest!
- Comment on Elden Ring on Switch 2 Is a Disaster in Handheld Mode - IGN 1 week ago:
I wouldn’t hold my breath, but at least a port to ARM would also give Mac users access to Elden Ring - and God knows macOS is in dire need of more natively compiled games in order to be taken as even a semi-viable platform.
- Comment on They'd just appear out of nowhere 1 week ago:
Ah, I found that mine were largely caused by prolonged squinting to try to account for the astigmatism; along with some combination of dehydration, lack of sleep and/or excess caffeine consumption.
- Comment on They'd just appear out of nowhere 1 week ago:
Do you happen to have astigmatism or relatively poor vision, by chance?
I used to get these every month or so since I was like 10 until a few years ago, when I finally pulled the trigger and got LASIK. Have not experienced one since, which is a Godsend given that they would usually last for an hour or two and be accompanied by a gnarly headache which would otherwise render me useless.
- Comment on Labor and the Coalition have very different ideas about ties to the United States 1 week ago:
Her job is probably to cop all the negative publicity for the LNP for the next few years, only to get dropped ~90 days from the next election and be replaced with a generic white guy with the same abhorrent views but none of the baggage.
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 2 weeks ago:
Bloody? Trashy? This should be right up your alley!
- Comment on Final Fantasy X programmer doesn’t get why devs want to replicate low-poly PS1 era games. “We worked so hard to avoid warping, but now they say it’s charming” - AUTOMATON WEST 2 weeks ago:
That’s definitely a significant bit of it for me too.
I remember a while ago coming across a YouTube video on how racing games have become less interesting, as graphical fidelity has reached a point where it’s actually harder to distinguish what’s going on, and differentiating between backgrounds and obstacles.
Additionally, game worlds were smaller and easier to memorise back then. I can still navigate GTA3’s Liberty City as well as Vice City largely from memory - but there’s no chance I could do the same for GTA6 when it releases.
The other last benefit of older titles is getting to experience everything without missing out due to inaccessible DLCs, battle passes and whatnot.
- Comment on How do gameplay youtuber develop interesting commentary? 3 weeks ago:
Ask yourself what niche do you want to fill, and what is that space like already? What would set you apart from others already there? What is your unique selling point, in order to get eyeballs on your videos?
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto Games 'At Risk' From Being Pulled From Sale Ahead Of GTA 6 3 weeks ago:
in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity
Rockstar have been leveraging controversy to their advantage for over 20 years now, with great success.
While I’m paranoid enough to believe that they’re behind it all, I definitely do think that they do subtly help amplify such messages towards their favour.
- Comment on Plants vs. Zombies Coming Back With Classic Chaos & New Features 4 weeks ago:
At a cost of $20 USD/EUD, you’d better fucking hope not!
- Comment on Should Australia lower the voting age to 16 like the UK? We asked 5 experts 4 weeks ago:
Somewhat only tangentially related, but I personally would like to see what impact having an age threshold for voting on the top-end.
Like, once you’ve got retirement age — you are no longer eligible to vote.
It would prioritise the will of those most affected by any new laws, and incentivises the older cohort to vote with an eye for the future, as screwing over the next generation would have discernible impact.
While we’re at it, the same thresholds should also apply to eligibility to run for a political position.
- Comment on "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal 4 weeks ago:
e pluribus anus
- Comment on Sony Sues Tencent Over Horizon Lookalike 4 weeks ago:
Not as relevant as you would think, and actually somewhat common in the industry; Warcraft (the RTS) was developed ahead of asking for a license for the Warhammer franchise. When that deal fell through, it was rejigged to be its own thing and published.
- Comment on The New South Wales government has called on Gareth Ward to resign after the state MP was found guilty of sexually abusing two young men 5 weeks ago:
Former member of the Liberal Party, before going “independent” in 2021.
Why am I not surprised?
- Comment on Rumor: Star Wars Outlaws Sequel Canceled By Ubisoft 5 weeks ago:
Damn, that comparison is brutal.
- Comment on Renovation was right—and we're ahead of schedule 5 weeks ago:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Genesis/Mega Drive games ran at 320x240px - right?
So we could theoretically fit 12x9 (108) games at the same time on one 4K screen.
…now I kinda want to see that in action!
- Comment on Flu numbers rise while vaccine rates remain low, overwhelming hospitals 1 month ago:
Pretty much; classic, textbook Dunning-Kruger Effect in action.
- Comment on 'Death Stranding 2' proves more video games need to get weird, experts say 2 months ago:
We need both; even if passionate developers are put in charge of projects — they are still likely to be stymied by an overly conservative C-suite.
Successful ‘weird games’ in conjunction with indies would lead to a positive feedback loop in the industry and allow for more creativity across the board.
- Comment on It is what it is 2 months ago:
Yeah, one would have hoped that’d be the case - but apparently not.
I just remembered reading this a while back (start of last year, it seems?), and it honestly felt like a tacit admission of wrong-doing - so they’re likely going to be facing an uphill battle, or at least are expecting one.
- Comment on It is what it is 2 months ago:
