JakenVeina

@JakenVeina@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aaron Paul stars in Dispatch, a story based superhero management game from ex-Telltale devs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit, that sounds worth a look.

  Makes me wonder, they have such a big budget as to afford Aaron Paul? Dude ought to be commanding a pretty high salary these days. Is his fee just a lot smaller than I’m thinking? Is he just LOOKING to get into video games?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. I literally got caught in one last week. Picked what I thought was the top non-sponsored Google result, when looking for concert tickets. Turns out it WAS a sponsored result, proxy-selling the tickets I was looking for at triple price. I got lucky that my bank was willing to dispute and get the charge reversed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This right here. This article title. This is why you don’t name your company “Nothing”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shapez 2 is a big hit with over 150,000 copies sold in less than a week⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They took the genre and distilled it down to the purest gameplay-focused form that they could. And for an Early Access title, it could absolutely be a full release today. No bugs, no performance issues, nothing feels missing or incomplete, except maybe a few minor QoL bits. The success is deserved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨would I enjoy tunic?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s say it’s a cipher, but with a twist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨would I enjoy tunic?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It sure sounds like you would like it. I will say that for me, everything about the game is fantastic, except for the combat, which is kinda terrible. Especially the boss fights. Feels to me like they’re trying to mimic a souls-like style, but really really overshot on difficulty.

  Basically, I say go for it, but don’t hesitate to drop the difficulty settings, if you’re like me.

  Also, get yourself a physical notepad.

  Also, also, don’t feel bad about having to look up some stuff for the really late/post-game puzzles. One thing they toom WELL from Dark Souls is the idea of puzzles that are really made to be solved by the collective wisdom of the community, not just you.

  Also, also, also, don’t disregard the language puzzle, completely. I did, and when I looked it up later, I wish I hadn’t I wish I’d at least have given it a shot, for myself.

  Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Factorio devs detail their 'Linux adventures' in a new blog post⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I adore posts like these (the Factorio blog one, that is), that go into low level detail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Who Code: Influential tech network shuts down unexpectedly⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The most recent annual report, for 2022, showed the charity made almost $4m that year, while its expenses were just under $4.2m.

  A $200k budget shortfall with $4m revenue is not a “we’re insolvent” situation, it’s a “we need to cut $200k worth of events and other expenses” situation. I wonder what the full story is here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Short games with lots of replay value?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hades probably fits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is ready to drop news in Illinois if forced to pay local publishers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I believe theyre talking about newborns there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but like, holy crap, there’s a way to make phantoms not spawn?! TIL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Wish:" Disney's Biggest Disappointment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting concept, but ultimately a mid experience. Not entirely sure why, but the ending being a significant non-sequitur was part of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  FromSoft made DAVE THE DIVER? :P