Jeffool
@Jeffool@lemmy.world
- Comment on Greatest video game ever played? 4 weeks ago:
I’ll probably always think that Tetris is the greatest video game ever. The inherent dramatic arc that comes with watching the blocks stack up is tension directly within you the player, not you watching tension unfold for characters on the screen. It’s different every time, even if the shape of the arc is similar, because you improve as a player. It’s the kind of emergent involvement the most designers could only aspire to create.
That said of course Shadow of the Colossus is also a favorite. That one probably feels a little more obvious, but I’m okay with that.
- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 4 weeks ago:
Thanks a lot!
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 4 weeks ago:
“War. War never changes.”
“Remember. No Russian.”
“Itchy. Tasty.”
- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 4 weeks ago:
You know, that feels like a pretty great use case.
- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 4 weeks ago:
Sure, but with that philosophy, why use a microblogging system at all?
- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 4 weeks ago:
It gives space to do servers based on specific interests if you want. I’m part of a game development server, and my “Local” tab has people on my server often talking about, and showing, things that are related to game development. And I can still follow anyone from any other Mastodon server too.
If you’re into video games, film, maybe a specific genre of music, you can have an instance dedicated to that. (It might already exist.) It’s like a virtual neighborhood, or forum. Remember forums? Those were nice. They cultivated a sense of community which made people a little more responsible in their attitudes, it feels like. Maybe that’s just nostalgia, but I like the server I’m on. It’s got friendly people I can talk to without feeling the need to fill my follows with them.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 115 comments
- Comment on 7 years after being delisted for a second time, the 2013 Deadpool game just got a mysterious update on Steam alongside 6 other delisted Activision games 4 weeks ago:
I do wonder if they’d garner enough attention to pay for the licenses to add them to Game Pass. I loved the MUA games.
- 7 years after being delisted for a second time, the 2013 Deadpool game just got a mysterious update on Steam alongside 6 other delisted Activision gameswww.gamesradar.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 5 weeks ago:
Even if they do repeat 3 (and I kinda feel they will,) it’ll have a cliffhanger too. And I’m okay with that.
- Comment on Woke up today to find out my demo has 100% Positive rating (from 10/10 reviews) 5 weeks ago:
Every little bit counts. And finding ten people (especially out of ten) who agree on anything is pretty impressive. Congratulations. I hope this does well for you.
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 1 month ago:
Nah you’re good. I’m absolutely going to suggest we give Warframe a try. And if we get off of Warzone, maybe I’ll end up moving sooner rather than later.
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 1 month ago:
hah, respect, but I play Warzone with some cousins who are on console. (Actually I just searched, and I didn’t realize Warframe had crossplay now! I might have to at least get them to give it a shot, thanks for the mention!)
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 1 month ago:
That WOULD be a fraction of the cost of a new PC. But given my current one is a 2017 build with a 1080 in it, I’m really hoping to make next year the time to free up some money for it regardless. But I do appreciate the thought!
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 1 month ago:
I actually used Mint for about a year a decade ago, and really liked it then. What made me switch back was the gaming. That said, I hear gaming on Linux has just gotten better and better; just like people in this thread are saying. Whenever I get around to putting together a new PC I’ll probably either dump something Linux on this one or dual boot myself. Sadly I don’t expect Activision to really support it. But hey, Lord knows I’ve been wrong before. (And yeah, printers are often kinda universally assholes though; that we all know.)
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 1 month ago:
I’d love to make the move, but there’s a one-two pinch of: I play Warzone with family. I think anti-cheat there is only going to get worse. Second? I already get caught with the fiddly bits of errors on Windows sometimes and spend too long searching for answers. Any time I see that on Linux it looks like I’d need years more of active learning new problem solving to reach my current level of comfort.
I’m at that “is it worth planting the apple tree now that I didn’t plant 20 years ago?” thinking.
- Playdate Season 2 drops in 2025, but firm release details, price, and games all still to be finalisedwww.eurogamer.net ↗Submitted 1 month ago to games@lemmy.world | 14 comments
- Comment on Has Google Search gotten so much worse in the last couple of weeks? 2 months ago:
A string is just a collection of characters, in programmer speak. When you use quotation marks in your search to find exactly what you want. If your search was:
dog “fast drive”
Google used to show results that only had both the word “dog” and the joined phrase “fast drive” in the same result.
Now it feels like Google uses that as a suggestion, giving you “dog” and any combination of “fast drive”, “fast driver”, “fast driving”, or whatever else Google thinks you want, instead of what you asked for. Or if they don’t find it, they serve you up whatever they want, with a small message about there being no matching results.
- Comment on Requesting control of c/gamedev 4 months ago:
Step one is more posting. Keep it on people’s feeds. Do that enough and then you reach out to others who were looking for this and know it. Disenchanted Reddit users, like how some Twitter users went to Mastodon. (Mastodon.gamedev.place and PeopleMaking.Games being two off the top of my head. And Discord servers.
Try to get enough of a community to keep it visible and alive. That’s the goal at this point.
Then you try to get the people who are looking for this and don’t know it. Now, this isn’t some giant Silicon Valley investment you expect to blow up. You build in the long-term, based on reputation and access. When people want something new, you have to be there. And when people get annoyed with the status quo, you have to be there.
As for the day to day, if we get to the point of what we can call a community, I’d like a few themed posts a week. Indies, game-tangential series (YouTube channels or podcasts,) maybe Q&As. At that point it’s really about the attention we can garner as a community, both the numbers and the specific people.
But let’s be reasonable. That’s several months down the line at best, given my assumption that many of the thousands of subscribers no longer use Lemmy at all. It’ll be an uphill battle. And worst case, if I did nothing, I’m no different than the current moderator. (Not a slam. Just saying.)
- Submitted 4 months ago to support@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on For free for 11.99$ 6 months ago:
It’s never worked for me either, but I don’t find them too intrusive in most streams.
That said if I’m watching a Warzone tournament I usually just pop out the mini player in Firefox’s PIP and listen to that. They get their money and I get to keep watching.
- Comment on Worst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2 1 year ago:
The contemporary Modern Warfare series is a remake of the original series. At least a general new take on a lot from that series. It isn’t 1:1 by far.
Instead of letting you launch each game individually, or creating a general launcher that you start and then pick the game you want to play… They chose to force players to launch MW2 as a fake hub, and in that menu, click the MW3 option.
The article says you can tell because apparently if you want to play MW2 you just pick the game type and it starts starving for a match. If you want to play MW3 you have to wait as MW2 shuts down and you wait for MW3 to start, after you already waited for MW2 to start initially.