Wahots
@Wahots@pawb.social
- Comment on AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors dates and prices revealed 3 months ago:
Hmm, no 9800x. Disappointing. There’s no way I’m paying $500 for a CPU.
- Comment on This prototype turns your car’s windshield into a giant AR display 4 months ago:
Looks interesting, but it will probably need to be way brighter for daytime use.
Eye tracking is a no-go for anywhere with bright snow in the winter time where you need sunglasses, or in the summertime and need sunglasses.
I could see it being useful someday.
- Comment on VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture 4 months ago:
Just you wait, these will be iconic and sought after in about 20 years, lol. People will be doing pet projects on them just like the Subaru bugeyes of the 00s. Which people also thought were weird looking, haha.
- Comment on A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge 5 months ago:
Just cause 2 was great. But the franchise is not strong enough for a movie. 3 and 4 were trending in the wrong direction. It’s a series that needs to be shelved for awhile. Different games are needed, especially new IP.
- Comment on Motive Studio To Work On Battlefield As Iron Man Game Hits 'Major Internal Milestone' 7 months ago:
Battlefield 1 was the last BF game that felt genuine to me. Even that was a bit tainted by weapons that were either not present in WW1, were infrequently used, or required a three person team IRL in order to operate it.
Those updates were at the tail end, though. When shotguns were realistic and standard issue rifles were common, the game was glorious.
And the singleplayer stories were quite nice.
- Comment on Owners Report Valve’s Priciest Steam Deck Model Has A Cracking Problem 7 months ago:
First gen product problems. I’m on my third deck and second pair of index controllers despite light usage. Stuff will get better over time.
- Comment on Discord to Start Showing Ads for Gamers to Boost Revenue 7 months ago:
Discord in March announced plans to launch the new ads, which it calls Sponsored Quests, and they will become part of the platform beginning in the coming week. The ads will be targeted to users based on their gameplay, age and geographic location data, and they will appear in the bottom left corner of users’ screens, said Peter Sellis, Discord’s senior vice president of product, in an interview.To earn rewards, users must stream themselves, completing an in-game task from the advertiser while at least one friend is watching. Users who watch their friends can then set off on quests of their own.
The only Sponsored Quest I’m interested in is a blowjob by Peter Sellis, lmao. There are myriad alternatives to discord. Their hamfisted attempt is gonna drive away users. Move your office away from San Fran or something if the budget is tight.
- Comment on Cities: Skylines 2 now has mod support, so you can soon annoy drivers with Spaghetti Junction 2.0 7 months ago:
Disappointed that they are rejecting Steam workshop in favor of a proprietary mod platform.
- Comment on Abysmal revenue stats of 30K mobile apps show why devs keep pushing for subs 8 months ago:
Maybe I’m in the minority, but there are exceedingly few apps I use daily. Firefox, Spotify, Telegram, Email*, and Hue. Chase and Schwab weekly. News, YouTube and Lemmy clients every few days.
The only subscription I have is to a newspaper and Spotify. I don’t want or need a subscription to an app I use less than once a month.
*this is a third party client. I only use it since the original email client got ads.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 11 months ago:
The shark card whale bonanza killed any excitement I had for the franchise. I know they are gonna just milk the shit out of it, and it will probably cut into the quality of the game/experience. On the plus side, smaller games like Last Train Home kick ass and are a ton of fun, and I’m looking forward to another indie game coming out next year.
- Comment on So uhh.. how often should I be washing me towels? 11 months ago:
Washed once a week, and bleached every few washes. Helps keep them even cleaner.
- Comment on The Legion Go made me thankful for my Steam Deck 11 months ago:
Yeah, I know, I’ve dabbled with Linux on and off for nearly a decade at this point, hehe. It’s just annoying when I just want things to work for a fun little post-thanksgiving match with the younger generation. It’s a bummer when it turns to troubleshooting for 15 minutes while everyone sits there. I really wish Linux was a bit more…er…professional, in that regard. Some stuff still feels a bit homemade even on first-party devices all these years later.
I just want them to focus on the basics right now, like bluetooth Xbox controllers. VKB flight sticks eventually, haha.
- Comment on The Legion Go made me thankful for my Steam Deck 11 months ago:
I just wish Valve spent a bit more time squashing bugs. I’m on my third deck after the first one had a dead screen and the second one bricked itself through a mandatory update. The third one is better, but even tonight on stock software, the deck refused to play nice with two Xbox One controllers and a Switch Pro controller during 4 player games of Towerfall. Great game, just wish we didn’t spend so much time with controllers disconnecting, menus freezing onto the screen, and pairing issues. It’s so close in some regards to contemporary platforms. But it’s so frustrating whenever I need it to work in party settings, and it falls flat on its face where my windows laptop just…doesn’t. :/
- Comment on Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’ 1 year ago:
I wouldn’t hold your breath. So far, Valve has only released like, one generation of all of their hardware. But their hardware is pretty decent.
- Comment on How’s everyone enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3 so far? 1 year ago:
It’s slightly offtopic, but does anyone know if there’s a dedicated baldur’s gate sub? I’ve been getting some weird glitches and want to see if anyone else is getting them.