thatKamGuy
@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on So um, america just started another war in the middle east. We're going to need a shit ton more memes to distract americans from the nightmare they are enduring. Thanks in advance... 11 hours ago:
A Wild Matt-o appeared!
- Comment on Exclusive: data reveals pro-Israel bias in ABC coverage since October 7 2 days ago:
In other news, water makes me wet.
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 6 days ago:
In a world where games are scored across a full spectrum 0-or-1 to 10, then yes - anything 4-6 would be considered middle of the road.
However, due to a number of factors - that’s unfortunately not the reality we find ourselves in.
Firstly, “mid” is hard to define as it can mean anything from ‘mediocre’ to ‘fine, but forgettable’.
Secondly, ratings/scores tend to skew upward as people tend to reserve 1s for outright scams, broken games and review bombs. With 2 & 3 often used for ‘asset flips’ and similar non-games - so we end up grading on a curve from 4-10.
This also works well for mainstream outlets as it keeps advertisers happy, due to arbitrarily inflated scores.
Lastly, in a world of cumulative media (new releases don’t cause older ones to stop existing) - even ostensibly good games will fall by the wayside as players have access to 10/10 titles from previous years.
So all things considered, a 7/10 is well and truly “mid” in this topsy-turvey IGN-eque world
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Price Has Been Confirmed 6 days ago:
Conspiracy Theory: All that hubbub about an $80 base price was just to deflect from the fact that most sales are likely going to be funneled to the $100/130 editions…
- Comment on Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting 6 days ago:
Honest question; was it not possible to mod the original JoyCons to add hall-effect joysticks?
Yes, end users should not be responsible for having to do this - but if a cottage industry exists to repair/upgrade drifting joycons that would be awesome to see.
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 6 days ago:
Yes, it was developed by Curt Shilling’s 38 Studios - but it was actually largely financed by the state of Rhode Island, and the studio ended up defaulting on payments!
Honestly, the story of the game’s development was more interesting than the story within the game itself!
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 1 week ago:
Oh no doubt, my (vague) memories of it are definitely in vivid bright colours.
I originally got it as I was looking for a single player World of Warcraft-like experience, and I did play through a significant portion of the main story - but eventually went back to WoW as it didn’t quite scratch that itch enough.
I probably should revisit it sometime in the near future - hopefully on the Steam Deck (haven’t checked compatibility).
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 1 week ago:
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Had all the individual makings of an exceptional game (with input from Todd Macfarlane, R A Salvatore and Grant Kirkhope), and while it was definitely enjoyable enough - it lacked any wow-factor whatsoever, winding up an otherwise forgettable 7/10.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 is already running custom graphics through exploit one day after launch 2 weeks ago:
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Largely yes, though there are a number of titles which are currently experiencing issues: Official Compatibility Guide
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Yes: Official Guide to Transferring Data from a Switch to a Switch 2
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- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 is already running custom graphics through exploit one day after launch 2 weeks ago:
There’s a lot of noise and disinformation floating out there, here’s the simplest explanation:
The Switch 2 will launch with three different types of physical cartridges denoted by serial numbers to describe their purpose:
LB - The cartridge will work on Nintendo Switch 2 consoles only. LP - Game Key cartridges in which a digital download is required LN - The cartridge will work on both Nintendo Switch 1 and 2.
- Comment on Lumines Arise - Announce Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Please, please, please don’t be a micro-transaction laden download only title! 🤞🏻
I loved the PSP versions growing up, and this series holds a special place in my heart. I really hope they do it justice…
- Comment on Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater - Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Consider this an opportunity to take the money you could have put towards buying this game, and instead use it to purchase stock in Konami.
Not only as an investor will you have the ability to voice your concerns during meetings, if enough gamers were to do this - they could eventually wrestle controls of the company away from those that seek to monetise every single goddamn thing, while shitting on the creatives that created the work they are now trying to leech off of.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐬 Thursday 5 June 2025 2 weeks ago:
Oh, totally! 🙄
I have a feeling I’m going to have a LOT of (unpaid, as I’m on salary) overtime in the next three weeks as a result!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐬 Thursday 5 June 2025 2 weeks ago:
Am meant to transfer to a new department at work next week, but the new team didn’t initiate the transfer correctly - so my old role couldn’t be backfilled…
…now there’s a fight brewing over when I should actually transition. It’s good to be wanted, but I feel like a kid who’s divorcing parents are fighting for custody!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Wednesday 4 June 2025 2 weeks ago:
Any recent restaurants that stand-out as worth mentioning?
- Comment on Minimum and award wages to rise 3.5 per cent from July 2 weeks ago:
Honestly prices should increase to cover the increased costs; but seeing as how labour costs are only a fraction of overall business expenses, this should only translate to a sub-1% increase - if that!
- Comment on Greens defector’s use of slur against fellow senator exposed in text leak 2 weeks ago:
Grossing up in the 90s and early 00s, saying “that’s gay” for something that sucked/was bad, and “that’s retarded” for something stupid/nonsensical were just common phrases amongst millennial kids.
Not saying that either should be acceptable nowadays (especially the former), but having a brain-fart and reverting to a phrase from Torre childhood can happen. Best we can do in that situation is to apologise, and move on.
- Comment on Australians are choosing foods that contribute to leading causes of disease. Why? 2 weeks ago:
Hyper-palatability, and convenience are the two factors that fill in the blanks.
An individual person can be a rational, thinking actor - but when we are discussing macro-modelling, we begin to fall towards the mean/median of whatever takes the least amount of work to trick our brains to release the most happy chemicals.
Again, I say this as someone who has been on a ketogenic diet for over 7 years now - because I know I am someone hyper-susceptible to sugar addiction, it only took the slightest nudge (tired, tipsy, stressed) to push me towards the lazier, less healthy option - even knowing the long-term implications.
- Comment on Minimum and award wages to rise 3.5 per cent from July 2 weeks ago:
In Australia we have a general minimum wage, that is indexed to inflation once a year.
In addition to this, certain industries (e.g. agriculture) have a higher minimum wage amount that we call the award rate. These are also indexed to inflation, so that they always stay a certain amount over base.
Think of it as Minimum Wage+
- Comment on Australians are choosing foods that contribute to leading causes of disease. Why? 2 weeks ago:
Marketing definitely plays a part, don’t get me wrong - but unhealthy food is cheap, and we are still in a cost of living crisis here in Australia.
These foods are pumped to the gills with simple starches, sugars and fats to make them hyper-palatable - short-circuiting our brain impulses, leading to addiction - and play havoc with our leptin/ghrelin hormones levels leaving us hungry shortly thereafter, leading to over-eating.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.
An absolute masterpiece in terms of blending and transitioning between live action and animation; plus the whole Disney/Warner Bros character crossovers… just 👌🏼
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Bonus Points for the Undertaker’s (uncredited?) cameo appearance: ^you’re a dead man, Ramsey!^
…oh, and extra credit for birthing the “I wAs FrOzEn ToDaY!!” meme too!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Saturday 31 May 2025 3 weeks ago:
Just got home from the gym, and going to head back for another session in the morning - all because I’m stubborn and want to prove the wife wrong…
…she definitely knows how to push my buttons, heaven help me if she ever decides to use those powers for evil! 😅
The in-laws are heading back overseas in a month, so we are going to lose their babysitting services shortly, so I’m trying to get in as much exercise as I can!
Any tips to stay on track and motivated to work out from home once they leave?
- Comment on EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games - IGN 3 weeks ago:
I don’t want the current iteration of EA to succeed; but I do want them to return to help nurture quality releases of Command and Conquer, Mass Effect, Dead Space, Burn Out, Need for Speed, Road Rash, Theme X, Sim City and about a dozen other dormant (or mismanaged) franchises.
Could I get similar experiences from other publishers and developers? Absolutely — but I’d much rather we as gamers have a broader choice in the future of our hobby, rather than continually whittling down our options as quality developers get swallowed up and spat out by the current industrial machine.
- Comment on EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games - IGN 3 weeks ago:
Realistically yes, you are correct.
I’m sure we all (at least those old enough) to remember that Boycott Modern Warfare II Steam group screenshot.
Idealistically, imagine that for every release - instead of giving EA that $80 dollars, 10% of gamers put that money towards a share instead.
So that would work out to be ~$200m in lost upfront sales, and up to $540m in lost recurring spend (microtransactions, battle passes etc.).
That would only be enough for gamers to own 0.5% of the company after the first year, but keeping this up for multiple years could have a downward pressure on EA’s stock price long-term as they miss their financial forecasts - increasing gamer’s buying power on shares.
Within a few years, these “Gamers United” would begin to have sufficient stake to influence board decisions (for the better).
The best part being that, the entire time, EA would continue to pay dividends to them (currently at a rate of ~$3.10 per share, per year), while they still technically own that money - almost like a corporate savings account.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Machiavelli, Ley is definitely not.
The problem is that the Nats smelled in the water, and pushed to dissolve the previous Coalition agreement to one that favours them - or at the very least gives equal standing to both parties due to the current seat count.
In order to truly rebuild the Liberals, she needed to go off alone and rebuild the ‘wets’ side of the party - the gays and plays, basically - the ones that were peeled off by the Teals, due to the party’s hard right shift over the past decade.
At some point in the future 2-3 election cycles down the track when the Liberals rebuilt their identity they could arguably re-enter a coalition with the Nats from a position of power. Doing so now, is just tying an albatross around their neck.
More power to them, let a thousand blossoms bloom - I say. Never interrupt your opponent while they’re making a mistake!
- Comment on EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games - IGN 3 weeks ago:
I really wish gamers could unite in a way that they buy out sufficient ownership stakes in these terrible publishers that they force them to treat development studios better, and not push out half-finished slop filled to the brim with predatory monetisation.
EA, Konami, Ubisoft would all be ripe for a renaissance if that were to pass.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says 3 weeks ago:
I’m going to hold out for Cyberpunk 2222, personally.
- Comment on Developer Interview: my Q&A with The RomM Project 3 weeks ago:
So is the main benefit to this that you could host your totally legitimate back-ups on a NAS, and access them from any on-network device?
If so, can you share save states this way?
- Comment on (・∀・) 3 weeks ago:
Which is why in Australia, when we tell someone to eat shit - it’s actually because we care about their digestive health!
