BmeBenji
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- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 1 day ago:
Call of Duty: World At War Zombies
Every map in WaW zombies has been re-released at least twice. WaW zombies is cool because of how simple and barebones it is, but holy fucking hell that game was not coded for any sort of melee combat. The zombie bodies are so damn large, according to their hit boxes. Try to run past them but brush up against their pinky? Guess you’re done. Also for some reason the co-op splitscreen is not split vertically, and it’s not split horizontally, each of the two players just gets a quarter of the screen in a tiny box. Who knows why.
I love it to death but it’s real hard to go back to it.
- Comment on HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks 2 days ago:
The headline also sucks. “HP are [doing something] because [a different company’s] user experience sucks” reeks of utter hypocrisy
- Comment on Do you think Social Media is just exaggerated as being placed of being the source of all problems? 2 days ago:
Social media is not just a tool; every single major social network has an algorithm with an agenda
Tools for connecting people cannot make editorial decisions. Tools for connecting people don’t try to manipulate those people into thinking certain ways.
If social networks were purely tools for connecting people who want to communicate, then we’d be having a different conversation.
If you ask me, we should recategorize Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc from “Social Networks” to “Content Distributors” because that’s what they are. They take content from the users and advertisers and prioritize what they want to promote in front of the users.
Signal, Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc don’t have algorithms with agendas so their purpose is purely social networking. They are the actual social networks.
- Comment on Is there a good way to buy chrome lettering in the same font as the brand's original lettering on the back of the car? 3 days ago:
More towards the funny side. Just looking to customize my car with the same font
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- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 6 days ago:
Yes. The media is suppressing them. See c/50501
- Comment on Rainbow Six Siege X update detailed, as game goes free-to-play on June 10 1 week ago:
I’m curious- what PvE mode were you hoping for? Like some kind of expansion on what T-hunt used to be?
- Comment on Rainbow Six Siege X update detailed, as game goes free-to-play on June 10 1 week ago:
The ranked pool is limited to paying players still, which is a good way to help keep cheaters out
- Comment on Starbucks continues to be terrible 2 weeks ago:
96 million could pay the salaries of basically 2000 baristas
- Comment on Why build for tomorrow when it's someone else's tomorrow? 3 weeks ago:
Odds are that there are dozens of people way cooler than me who would benefit from the work that I can do in preparation for them.
Also, eternal life, like immortality in the annals of human history, is only something I can hope for. Making other people’s lives better is the only way I know for sure I can make a mark in the world.
As Bo Burnham puts it, “You pray so badly for heaven knowing any day could be the day that you die. Maybe life on Earth can be heaven. Doesn’t just the thought of it make it worth a try?”
- Comment on Should all AI generated images be age restricted? 3 weeks ago:
Ok.
- Comment on Pokémon games have become consistently ugly, and it's alright to wish they weren't 3 weeks ago:
Yeah that’s fair. I haven’t cared about Pokemon since the remakes of Sapphire and Ruby during which I didn’t lose a single battle. It was a cool nostalgia trip but since there was absolutely no strategy necessary I never ever wanted to go back since there’s not enough reward for the time sink; it’s just not fun imo.
- Comment on Pokémon games have become consistently ugly, and it's alright to wish they weren't 3 weeks ago:
Dudes be like “devs too focused on making a game pretty instead of fun” then be like “this game is too ugly and it’s making me upset”
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 3 weeks ago:
This is probably not at all what this person is like, but the way I read this made me picture someone desperate to prove that they’re cool and hip by being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. I have never heard of anyone like this, though I have heard of someone very European claiming to be native American for the street cred so I wouldn’t say no one would ever do the same with sexuality.
- Comment on Should all AI generated images be age restricted? 3 weeks ago:
“Now I need a fake ID to rent ultra-porn!”
- Comment on Should all AI generated images be age restricted? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on need retro game recommendations 3 weeks ago:
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland was my absolute favorite GBA game as a kid. It’s extremely linear but so well put together
- Comment on 'The point is to be generous': This $20 FPS releasing next month is trying something new—giving away a full version of the game 3 weeks ago:
I love party games like these
I just wish my friends did too :(
- Comment on GARBAGEOLOGY 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Continuously runn8ng screen recorder for linux? 4 weeks ago:
I believe you can configure it to record the desktop as well
- Comment on what’s with some adult tv shows using tiktok speak/“brainrot” or acting like the example below, wouldn’t this approach work better with children’s shows? 4 weeks ago:
Brainrot is a very unique kind of joke. To old people, it’s funny because “haha kids are stupid.” To middle-aged people, it’s funny because it sounds like a meme and that on its own makes it funny. To young adults, it’s funny because it’s an ironic meta joke that’s funny just because it’s supposed to be funny even though it really isn’t funny. To teenagers, it’s funny because “haha old people are stupid because “haha kids are stupid” so let’s play a prank on old people to make them think we’re stupid.” To kids, it’s funny because it’s funny to teenagers.
So I dunno take your pick. Also marketing and sales people can be notoriously up their own ass and out of touch (see the Wendy’s “memer” commercial) so who knows why they do things
- Comment on Some examples of video games with an UI layout ripped off of another game? 5 weeks ago:
Design, ESPECIALLY user-centric design is so difficult to get right. Epic Systems, one of the largest medical software companies in the world, has an entire research department dedicated solely to finding the optimal way to present information and options to their users. Since their users are typically old doctors who hate needing to learn new ways of doing things, this is among their highest valued divisions.
When UI designers find something that works, people are going to copy it. That doesn’t mean it’s ripped-off, it means R&D paid off.
Case-in-point video game controllers have slowly but surely converged into the ABXY, D-pad, 2xbumper+trigger pair, 2 analogue stick design with a system button and two more meta control buttons. Any ventures beyond that (index finger paddles, track pads, etc) have all found a way to fit into that schema.
Additionally, that “click the stick to see important items” mechanic that was made famous as Arkham’s detective mode has made its way into basically any game that has any sort of secondary puzzle-solving mechanic (Batman Arkham, The Witcher, Spider-man, etc). It also shows up in tactical games to let you tag items or characters of interest (Splinter Cell, Crysis, Last of Us, etc)
Furthermore, entire genres are built out of good user experiences. FPS wouldn’t exist without the slick mechanic implementations of Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM. FPS on console wouldn’t exist without Halo’s intuitive control schema which Call of Duty 2 would later improve upon and ultimately become the default console FPS layout.
Good design is hard to come by, so yeah if it’s good it will be replicated.
- Comment on Some examples of video games with an UI layout ripped off of another game? 5 weeks ago:
*Nintendo has entered the chat *
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 5 weeks ago:
I’m mad. I’m very mad. I’m also very tired of watching political movements get shut down by the people who respond with “yes, we need to do better” followed by a handful of performative actions, and absolutely no substantive change.
I believe in a general strike. Wholeheartedly. I believe it would make real change. How the hell do I organize one safely? How do I trust any of the other people online who claim to be organizing them?
- Comment on How did people end-up agreeing on the name of rivers/mountains and seas ? 1 month ago:
Consider the Thames river. Which one? Depends on how you read it out loud.
The “Temz” runs through London while the “Thayms” runs through somewhere in Connecticut.
- Comment on If scientists could make you immortal but could only do it by transferring your consciousness into a single video game for ever, which game would you choose? 1 month ago:
Spider-man 2 mainly because who wouldn’t want to be Spider-man
- Comment on For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis 1 month ago:
There’s a lot of things you can do with a hatchet… and a Nazi -BJ Blaskowitz
- Comment on What is a metaphor you like in your language? 1 month ago:
One is phrased with specificity, implying the action is extremely particular. The other one makes it sound like the horse is likely to bite you if you’re looking in its mouth too closely
- Comment on Could Trump Force X To Become The Everything App For Government Payments 1 month ago:
“Please insert envelopes of cash to our dowse-with-gasoline machine that only sometimes randomly sparks
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
A good place to start is investigating if someone else already is (like generalstrikeus.com already is) and try to join them. Strikes are all about strength in numbers, and joining an existing effort is way more effective than starting from zero