gk99

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gk99,

I wouldn't be so hopeful, Twitch has pretty much remained unbeaten and the only "ad block" solution I've found still gives a 30 second interruption of the stream, it just doesn't show the ad anymore. It's why I don't use the site anymore, even with Twitch Turbo as an option these days.

gk99,

I grew up browsing the Facepunch forums, where self-rating posts was also possible and public at least at one point in time.

To be blunt, it kinda just made everyone who did it look like a tool and they got hella made fun of. So no, you're not the only one, I avoid upvoting my own stuff like the plague.

gk99,

In essence, yes. These blockchain games exist for two reasons:

  1. They want "play to earn" gameplay where people are grinding to get items of real value to sell, like a job.
  2. They want it on everything, not just Steam where the community market already exists.

Problem is nobody likes or wants NFTs.

gk99,

I feel as if this is the first real sign that this shit has had an impact. Minecraft isn't a small community by any means, and them ditching the huge subreddit over this is shocking.

gk99,

That's actually pretty crazy. Is this the first major official team to bail on reddit because of these changes? And such a hugely popular subject, too.

gk99,

Nvidia seems committed to their awful pricing and they're raking in the money via enterprise AI nonsense, so I'd expect no price change.

Not to mention that you're still just buying their latest card so the strategy is working after all.

gk99,

I think it was the right call overall, but I wish they'd started with C++ from the get-go. The game would probably be out by now and they could be working on things like a mobile port while the long-content starved Minecraft community would have something brand-spanking new to check out and explore.

But things happen, I'm just excited to see the fruits of their labor in the future.

gk99,

I've been playing Yakuza 5 and, as always, I cannot recommend this series enough. There's a pretty large quality drop-off going from Kiwami 2 to Yakuza 3 Remastered, but at minimum Yakuza 0, Kiwami, and Kiwami 2 are all worth playing 100% and after the hurdle of 3 it gets great again.

The stories are well-paced crime thrillers, the characters are interesting, the combat manages to feel good without just being another Arkham clone, and the games being set in Japan makes it a fun experience to walk through as someone who doesn't live there. They're a blast. Not on sale at the moment, but the Steam Summer Sale starts tomorrow.

gk99,

I'm also hoping for DS. I own most of them because of deals over the years, but I've never played pre-SotFS DSII or Dark Souls Remastered.

gk99,

It's also a really dumb complaint but Waze also has fun stuff, like I could make my car a Halo warthog at one point. Google Maps doesn't have that.

Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances

I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...

gk99,

If that's the case then they can shut it down and move to lemmygrad where at least they're not pretending to be normal people. My biggest problem with lemmy.ml is that they will enforce their beliefs with "orientalism" bans without ever saying that this will happen if you post contrary to their stances.

Personally, I hope it's intentional and leads to other places defederating lemmy.ml as a result, finally cutting them out of the mainstream instances.

gk99,

My biggest problem with GOG is that Galaxy doesn't rival Steam, same as every other launcher. For example, GOG hosts a lot of older games, that used to be their bread and butter and even their namesake. These games generally don't have native controller support, so if I want that, I have to launch them through Steam anyway to use Steam Input. If I want to play something on a Linux device, which is now more likely than ever since I own a Steam Deck, the fact is that it's a pain in the ass to deal with GOG even with their minimal DRM stance (because they allow DRM now seemingly so long as it doesn't prevent the player from beating the game) because of the lack of support, making it more reasonable to buy games on Steam, even when it's a game that does support controllers (like how I own The Evil Within on GOG).

The big feature of GOG Galaxy is that you can pull every other launcher into it, but that doesn't matter to me when I still have to launch everything via Steam anyway. Feels like they're missing the point a little bit.

gk99,

There are several pages in this thread so these might've been mentioned already, but

Mirror's Edge, the original.

Tomb Raider (2013) and up

If you enjoy the Ubisoft formula, Far Cry 6

Saints Row 2 and up

Mass Effect franchise before Andromeda

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    gk99,

    @yujiri Unfortunately, prior to I believe MW2 this is just how these games worked. Enemies infinitely spawn until the player reaches certain triggers that stop the spawns, so if the game doesn't let you through to touch those triggers, you're not getting through the game. It's like 90% luck, whereas more modern CoDs generally allow a more tactical playstyle on Veteran.

    gk99,

    You say this like there aren't plenty of movies and shows that don't have this problem at all, even YouTubers generally knock this out of the park.

    Dialogue is one of the only things that should always be clear, it exists to tell the story and missing critical parts of that because they can't be assed to make sure it sounds half decent in more than one specific environment using one specific audio technology is not something I'm willing to support.

    gk99,

    I share this struggle with this same book.

    I'm more of an audiobook guy, like to listen to my books at work, but obviously that's simply not possible here.

    Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ! (privacy.thenexus.today)

    I'm changing my stance on the whole Meta/project92 thing after reading this article. I think the entire* fediverse should block project92 by default. Later, some instances can re-evaluate whether to maintain those blocks, once we have a better idea of what the benefits and consequences of federating will be:...

    gk99,

    The upper hand of Facebook getting BTFO. I don't like mentioning the quote about his Harvard data collection because people post it all the time and it feels overused, but I feel it's particularly relevant here:

    Zuck: People just submitted it.

    Zuck: I don't know why.

    Zuck: They "trust me"

    Zuck: Dumb fucks.

    I'd rather we not repeat the same mistake. This time we know full well not to trust him, and I say this as someone with a considerable amount invested in Meta right now.

    gk99,

    “But you don’t understand! They are the bad guys!”

    Y'know, that's the funny thing. I live in the U.S., and all the people losing their rights seem to be the good ones that are nonviolent and just wish to live their lives.

    gk99,

    Personally, I don't think there needs to be any indication beyond how hidden the content is. Karma's goal is to push "good" content up and "bad" content down. Users don't need to see what's essentially a like/dislike counter for that to work, and I don't think it's conducive to civilized discussion. The fediverse makes votes publicly available information, but that doesn't stop kneejerk anger-downvoting, it just means people can retaliate easier, which feels good to do, but isn't healthy.

    Is the PS4 still a viable console?

    One of my close friends decided that she's no longer enjoying games so she offered to sell it to me for really cheap (100$). I love gaming but since I switched to Mac a few years ago my choices have been very limited. I've been mostly playing indie games that are available on Mac. So I've been thinking about her offer....

    gk99,

    Edit to add: A new PS5 would cost 7 times as much in my country. That's also another thing to consider.

    While a PS5 would be notably better, I don't think it's 7x better. Get the PS4, there are over a decade of great games for it.

    gk99,

    They're publishing Alan Wake 2. Alan Wake 2 will be digital-only.

    gk99,

    Considering the last time they released anything with official mod support was Skyrim SE (the non-Switch, non-VR versions) I'm surprised to see them mention mod support at all, especially considering that Gamepass will almost assuredly break script extenders in some way.

    gk99,

    At least it's not laxatives.

    (I got Taco Bell.)

    gk99, (edited )

    Make a product, make it good

    I hypothesize that if this worked, Xbox would be outselling right now. From a features standpoint, Xbox has been on the ball for years trying to improve their platform. Backwards compatibility, a cheap 1080p console to go along with their 4K flagship, 1440p support from day one of this generation instead of taking nearly two years to put it in, Xbox Adaptive Controller and Copilot for accessibility, Series X|S having Xbox One controller compatibility, replaceable controller batteries so that slow controller death isn't an issue, Microsoft Rewards exists to get stuff like Xbox giftcards for just playing games and typing shit into Bing, a fully-featured Chromium-based browser (meaning you can do pretty much anything on there that you could do on a normal browser, like GeForce Now or browser games like this (and yes, it works with the Xbox controller on the console), Gamepass (specifically Ultimate, which comes with hundreds of games on its own, EA Play Basic, a bunch of stuff for Riot Games games, game streaming, "perks" like game DLC, movies, and trials for services, and more point-gaining opportunities for MS Rewards), and on top of all of that, you can pay $20 for developer access and install emulators for pretty much any console Xbox 360 or below.

    On the PlayStation end, they also have a lot of great features, like the DualSense controller (built-in controller microphone is a super nice-to-have, the DualSense haptics are sick as fuck when they get used to the fullest, and they've got gyro functionality for console users wanting to play with gyro aim in competitive shooters), the fancy PS+ guides feature, the most high-end VR headset on the market, and I really appreciate them not using a proprietary expansion format that completely fucks people all the way from launch until like a couple of weeks ago when Seagate exclusivity runs out finally, but that's about where my praise of the platform itself ends (Edit: The monthly PS+ games are also way better than the XBLG games, which is excellent for people who don't want the Netflix-style subscriptions but do pay the online fee).

    The real value to people seems to come pretty much just from what games are on the platform. So,

    and people pick what they need based on WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED.

    they actually are. People just wanna be able to play the cool new games, and Xbox hasn't had any in a long time. Starfield might actually be the first game since the Xbox One where a large amount of people are pissed off that it's exclusive to Xbox, whereas PlayStation gets game after game that Xbox gamers would really like to have. Hence, exactly why they bought Bethesda and made Starfield exclusive.

    gk99,

    This is explicitly why I avoid mixing my gaming/forums/Discord accounts with my IRL/social media accounts. People out there are lunatics.

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