thatKamGuy
@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck. 9 hours ago:
Nintendo launched the first Switch at $299; just accounting for inflation over the past years - that’s ~$390 now, BEFORE even trying to account for any Trump-tariffs they have been (or will be) imposed on electronics hardware.
I hate to give Nintendo credit, but $450 is actually somewhat reasonable given the current global shit-show.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 1 day ago:
That PS3 custom-mod is absolute mint!
I wonder if cribsnib has any intention of selling kits/shells — I can’t say for certain if I’d be able to afford it, but goddamn do I want one!
- Comment on Official poster for "Rust" 3 days ago:
The Looney Toons (Tunes? I’m too lazy to look it up) movie cancellation was by WB/Discovery - who have developed a bit of a habit doing that, but it’s not common in the wider industry.
At this point, the movie is so infamous that they may as well try to cash in and cover some of those lawyer fees!
- Comment on PROTEIN BRO 5 days ago:
I like a whole bunch of flavours, I was just too lazy to google for multiple flavour images.
- Comment on PROTEIN BRO 6 days ago:
Basically just seconding what Delphia said; if you’re getting adequate protein from food sources than BCAAs are a waste.
I just tend to drink >2L of plain water a day as a baseline, so when it comes to the gym — I’d rather have something with flavour. It’s best to just think of it as gymbro-cordial, with added caffeine on occasion!
- Comment on PROTEIN BRO 6 days ago:
- Comment on PROTEIN BRO 6 days ago:
They like BCAAs because they think it causes gains.
I like BCAAs because they taste good.
We are not the same.
- Comment on Video Game Workers Launch Industry-Wide Union with Communications Workers of America 2 weeks ago:
I can’t wait for the capital-G Gamers response to this…
…no matter how bad of a take I can think up, they always manage to out-do themselves and genuinely surprise me!
As for the workers, good on them - being on the strikes!
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Thursday, 20 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
That’s what I’ve been experiencing as of late, too. Inbound, where the Gippy Hwy joins onto the Monash is slows to a crawl, then picks up until the Eastlink merge, where it slows to a crawl and continues until around Warrigal Rd where (thanks to the added lane?) it opens up again.
Now I’m to try and avoid the impact I have to either leave at before 6am or after 9:30am in order to have a somewhat decent (sub-45 minute) run into the office; but at least I’m lucky enough to have that flexibility!
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Thursday, 20 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
It’s absolutely atrocious now; was going it might be temporary due to roadworks elsewhere, or bus replacements due to train works.
Makes my commute cancer, and I don’t even have the option to take public transport instead 😭
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Thursday, 20 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
Legitimate question; what has happened to the Monash Freeway the last four or so weeks? Morning commutes are now ~75 minutes from like 6:30am onwards. Used to be a clean run up until like 7:15 or so.
- Comment on What are your favorite Switch exclusives? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Wankpanzers 3 weeks ago:
While it’s rare, they do exist. Primary example being the Porsche Taycan with its 2-speed transmission.
Additionally, any EV conversion of an ICE vehicle where the electric motor is placed in front of the drivetrain can also take advantage of a transmission.
- Comment on Square Enix will be revisiting Chrono Trigger in several projects in 2025 to mark game's 30th anniversary 3 weeks ago:
While I doubt they’d go as HAM as they did for the FF7 anniversary, which resulted in:
- Advent Children
- Before Crisis
- Crisis Core
- Dirge of Cerberus
…I do wonder what they mean by multiple projects?
- Comment on What is your bath mat situation? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah; we’ve got one too - primarily for when you first get out of the shower.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 5 Will Require a Microsoft Account to Play on PS5 3 weeks ago:
Christ, I can’t believe I’m going to have to begin a comment with these words so early in my life…
…but back in my day, the vast majority of the back of a game case was reserved to screenshots, and to describe the features and plot of a game. Not the intricacies of the T&Cs you need to agree to prior to playing!
- Comment on no ragrets 4 weeks ago:
We have a cavoodle, basically a smaller version of this breed.
He’s not aggressive, basically a big wuss-bag, but he gets along with our 2yo like a house on fire!
My biggest issue with the breed is that they seem to hhave no sense of self-preservation - picking fights with much larger, more serious dogs (German Shepherds, Border Collies etc.), and are one of the only breeds I have ever encountered that aren’t primarily motivated by food… ours in particular is a ridiculously fussy eater.
Our in-house joke about him is that he’s not a dog at all, but a sentient teddy bear.
- Comment on Emulating PS2 for my Steam Deck, would love any recommendations! 5 weeks ago:
Not yet mentioned:
Prince of Persia Trilogy (Sands of Time, Warrior Within, Two Thrones)
God of War 1&2
Devil May Cry 1-3
Bully (Canis Canem Edit in PAL)
Killer7
Under the Skin
Viewtiful Joe 1&2
- Comment on BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, sources tell Bloomberg News. 5 weeks ago:
Replace mega corp with ‘a publicly traded entity’ and you’re spot-on the money.
There are a very few studios that aren’t beholden to the whims of vulture capitalist investors, and they’re the only ones still putting out absolute bangers (Larian), upholding their promises (Hello Games) or keeping the entire gaming industry from consuming itself in a blaze of pure shitfuckery (Valve).
- Comment on 1987 5 weeks ago:
At least once…
…the brown slop on the left could easily be a two’fer!
- Comment on Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming 5 weeks ago:
I’ll give Libre Office a crack over the weekend, if/when I get my Bazzite installation going and will see how it goes; I wonder just how much support it has for the newer functions that have outputs that overfill into adjacent cells (e.g. UNIQUE)?
- Comment on Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming 5 weeks ago:
I think the biggest hurdle against transitioning away from Windows to Linux for most government offices isn’t the OS itself - but rather the MS Office suite!
You’d honestly be surprised how pervasive Excel is amongst white collar workers; and I think the biggest hurdle is the uncertainty of compatibility (of formulas, macros, workbook links etc.) from Excel to Open/Libre Office alternatives.
- Comment on Balatro wins formal appeal to reclassify poker game as PEGI 12 5 weeks ago:
Very true, same applies to the ESRB in the US. The ESA literally only formed the organisation to self-censor rather than leave it to the Gov’t following outrage over Mortal Kombat — if I’m remembering correctly?
Here in Australia, the ACB is a government body — but just about as useless, if not even more so! For the longest time, we had to have our games additionally censored because they were viewed as for children and therefore couldn’t depict excessive violence, any sexual themes or drug use. Manhunt, Grand Theft Auto 3 & Vice City were notable examples.
What am I getting at, even I don’t know. I guess to say that both implementations can be shit…? 🤷🏻♂️
- Comment on Samurai Pizza Cats - Official Game Reveal Trailer 5 weeks ago:
Rocko’s Modern Life, Angry Beavers, Ren & Stimpy, etc.
That was a rabbit hole to fall down, unlocking so many childhood memories! For some reason, I thought those were all by Klasky Csupo, turns out I totally misremembered… 😅
May as well throw CatDog onto that list too, I sing the theme song to my daughter to make her laugh…
I kinda feel sorry for later generations, there really is no way that modern kids animation holds a candle to what we millennials got to experience.
- Comment on I am from a different millenia 5 weeks ago:
You know what really grinds my gears?
Region-specific bonus tracks that are literally not available on any streaming service in an official capacity; the only place I can find them are on YouTube - where they could get DMCA’ed at a moment’s notice…
Two tracks off the top of my head like this are:
- Don’t Tell Me It’s Over by Blink 182, from Take Off Your Pants & Jacket
- Subject to Change by Sum 41, from Chuck
- Comment on Samurai Pizza Cats - Official Game Reveal Trailer 5 weeks ago:
Didn’t know about the NES game, thanks for the heads-up! It looks like it was only released in Japan and based on the original Kyatto Ninden Teyandee version, and not the deranged English dub.
Even calling the original series notionally relevant is probably a stretch, it wasn’t even renewed for a second season! 🤣 But I guess we have its general failure to thank for setting in the Rube Goldberg series of events which led to the absurd English dub?
- Comment on Samurai Pizza Cats - Official Game Reveal Trailer 5 weeks ago:
I honestly have no idea who greenlit this or why; but given just how obscure the source is - I have hopes that it’s a passion project, and will be made with love and care.
- Comment on Samurai Pizza Cats - Official Game Reveal Trailer 5 weeks ago:
“One of us, one of us, one of us!”
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on Balatro wins formal appeal to reclassify poker game as PEGI 12 5 weeks ago:
While the win is good, the fact that it’s still a PEGI 12 game while FIFA is a PEGI 3 shows what an absolute joke the whole process is.
Australia had to deal with similar levels of bullshit for way too long before our ratings board finally capitulated to common sense and introduced an R18 rating (for games like The Last of Us, not even XXX content!).
We have an endemic gambling problem too, so I don’t foresee much common sense coming out of that mob anytime soon - either.
