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- Comment on Why does Helldivers 2 have such a bloated install size on PC? Old hard drives, says dev 5 days ago:
Amazon has a Crucial BX500 2 TB SSD drive for 106 USD
While I fully understand the need for devs to support older hardware, this is also a very low cost upgrade that has a massive impact on user experience. Hell, for 20 something years now there have been articles about how getting an SSD (now nvme) is the biggest noticeable performance improvement someone can do.
As for the topic at hand: I like that they support older systems. But this is also similar to language packs (and high res textures back in the day) where it REALLY should be handled via an opt-in DLC-like system. Because the reason people “need” massive amounts of storage on their gaming systems is BECAUSE of stuff like this. That support for a spinner means the people with SSDs or NVMEs need to spend more disk space on this game which means they need bigger storage which means they start going cheaper and…
- Comment on Why does Helldivers 2 have such a bloated install size on PC? Old hard drives, says dev 5 days ago:
So uh… you find a lot of people around you tend to ask that, huh?
- Comment on Costco Confirms It's Removed Xbox Consoles, Calling It A "Business Decision" 1 week ago:
Not to the degree MS is expected to.
The next generation is going to be a complete shitshow. But right now? Signs are that the PS5 will stay mostly stable whereas the xbox is going to get a head start on said shitshow.
- Comment on Costco Confirms It's Removed Xbox Consoles, Calling It A "Business Decision" 1 week ago:
This likely has nothing to do with the ongoing brand problems.
Microsoft have increasingly been threatening massive price hikes because of “tariffs”. Costco doesn’t want to deal with an expensive but also volatile item.
- Comment on Meta Accused of Torrenting Porn to Advance Its Goal of AI ‘Superintelligence’ 2 weeks ago:
At this point we are going to find out that the only thing they WEREN’T torrenting were linux ISOs.
- Comment on Gaming handheld prices are out of control, except for the Steam Deck 1 month ago:
The only companies that can really compete with Valve for scale are MAYBE Asus. And if they just release approximately the same SKU as Valve or one with minor updates they can maybe get some market share but… why would you not buy the Valve one in that case?
So we instead get a case where they leverage something closer to their gaming laptops SKU… and the price goes up a lot. Although, to be clear, 1k for a “gaming laptop” is actually a REALLY good price… which is why gaming laptops are a stupid purchase.
And that mostly just leaves the Aya Neos and GPDs of the world. They more or less paved the way for Valve but they just can’t produce (and import) at scale to compete so you mostly get niche SKUs that specifically target a type of gaming (often emulation) or come with keyboards everyone hates and so forth.
Which sucks because I really would like there to be competition to encourage Valve to keep pushing the envelope… and Valve would likely like it so they don’t have to release a new gameboy every other year.
- Comment on Rumor: There Is A Performance Gap Between Switch 2 Game Cards Vs. Internal Storage 1 month ago:
Like the cartridges? No shit?
Different storage types have different read performances. That is true whether it is a random ass cartridge, an sd card, or internal (generally nvme) storage. Its why one of the biggest noticeable performance upgrades people could do in the 10s and 20s was moving their OS from HDD->SSD or SSD->NVME and why some games strongly encourage installing it to the fastest storage you have.
Hell, I specifically named my drive mounts based on the speed “category” of the NVMEs on my mobo.
- Comment on POSTAL 2 Redux has launched on Kickstarter 1 month ago:
Yeah, fuck that shit
- Comment on POSTAL 2 Redux has launched on Kickstarter 1 month ago:
Wooo. Just what we need in 2025! Animal abuse, pissing on people until they vomit, and very timely islamophobia!
- Comment on Itch.io are seeking out new payment processors who are more comfortable with adult material 2 months ago:
The canary was when the exact same thing happened (with much greater impact) to pornhub.
Nobody cared. and Pornhub Corp STILL can’t use credit cards and are dependent on bank orders and cryptocurrency.
And I can’t see a lot of developers going out of their way to prioritize this. Because it is easy to say you are sex positive. It is another thing to actually stand with smut and risk getting attacked by all the same groups.
Also, you know what else is a de facto monopoly? Steam! (cue all the usual suspects). You know what people will never stop whining about? Games not having Steam versions.
So yeah. Gamers Rise Up?
- Comment on Valve change Steam's rules to let banks and credit card firms prohibit "certain kinds of adult only content" 2 months ago:
- No it won’t. People aren’t going to change their bank because their debit card doesn’t like a company
- It wouldn’t change anything. Take a look at said debit card. Notice how it is probably either Visa or Mastercard (Discover if you’re nasty (ain’t nobody use American Express)). THOSE are the companies that matter
- Don’t use your debit card for online purchases. Get a credit card. The fees are the same on the vendor end and you get much better protections AND cash back
And its always worth remembering what happened with Pornhub back in 2022. I genuinely don’t care what anyone thinks (or were told to think by the tates of the world…) about porn. “Special Interest Groups” largely speareheaded by right wing fascists built up a narrative that Pornhub was nothing but revenge porn (not wrong) and child porn (still way less than facebook or twitter. And I am talking 2022 twitter, not mechahitler twitter) which led to credit card companies immediately cutting it off and the company wiping almost its entire video library almost literally overnight.
And while I do think that was a net good, it is worth remembering where it came from and the implications of christofacists pressuring Visa et al to boycott a company for you.
So this is mostly Valve saying “We aren’t going to fight this fight and it is on you”. Which… considering how the usual response to a journalist fighting for the truth is “UGH! HOW FUCKING DARE YOU LINK TO PAYWALLED CONTENT!!!”… I don’t blame Gabe The Knife Collecting Libertarian at all.
- Comment on Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' 3 months ago:
Just to be clear: if someone has actively shown growth then I am all for them moving past shit (obviously the amount of growth required depends on the level of shitty before but). James Gunn being kind of the poster child for that where he was an edgelord dipshit when he was younger. But every time that comes up, almost everyone around him makes it clear that he has grown significantly and he owns up to it every time.
Like… look at idubbz. I, and many others, aren’t sure if we can ever actually “forgive” him considering how much abuse we received because of people directly quoting his hate. But he also (at least briefly. Not sure what he has done since) made it a big point of actually APOLOGIZING. And… getting a lot of shit and hatred from other youtubers who refuse to apologize for their shittiness for whatever reason (shoutout to moistcritical for breaking his apolitical stance to aggressively insist Ian didn’t need to apologize for slurs and bigotry…).
Contrast that with “he said the N word a lot a few years back but hasn’t done it recently” with no indication beyond that.
- Comment on Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' 3 months ago:
Yup. We see this with StopKillingGames too where it is “Well. So what if asmongold literally advocated for genocide and ethnic cleansing? He is on our side and that is what is most important!”.
pewdiepie I think mostly fell off the past few years so no idea if he has shown any sign of growth. But it is still a GREAT message to say “Racism is less important than my OS of choice”
- Comment on Net.Attack() is a very unique take on survivor-like roguelikes with programming your abilities 3 months ago:
Played a bit of this the last time… GOL posted almost that exact same article?
The interface and concept is cool but it feels less like programming and more like assembling lego blocks (the visual coding interface is also basically what the mindstorms had). Mostly because you have no real control over what functions/constructs you use outside of what you get as drops or what rolls in the store. So it is less “I am gonna do something clever to optimize my loop and do more damage” and instead just chaining a bunch of commands together and giggling when you get a
for(3)drop.And the survivors/bullet heaven aspect is also kind of lacking. Full disclosure, I only did the first character/encounter. But there were no boss enemies I could see and I basically only had 2.5 attacks (laser/ping and a shockwave or nuke). So it felt ridiculously samey even over the course of a single [looks like they delisted the demo so I can’t see my play time. Maybe 10 minutes?] run.
I dunno. The concept is REALLY cool to me and a zachtronics bullet heaven sounds AMAZING. But this ain’t it. Would probably be better if we instead had only certain instructions as drops and the rest (branches, jumps, loops… which are just the previous two, etc) instead controlled by complexity metrics (total instructions, memory, computational intensity, etc).
- Comment on Yakuza studio's historical action brawler is revealed as Stranger Than Heaven 3 months ago:
REALLY excited since it looks like it will be continuing the “detective” aspects of Judgment.
Also REALLY REALLY concerned because, as expected, this is going to be Taichi Century across different decades in Japan… and they aren’t skipping the 1940s. INCREDIBLY good potential for the kind of social commentary RGG is amazing at but also… INCREDIBLY bad potential for the really fucked up propaganda that Ishin reminded us all of.
- Comment on Mr. Deepfakes, Largest deepfake porn site shuts down forever due to critical service provider terminating their service permanently. 5 months ago:
The 404 Media article is much better (than a screenshot…) www.404media.co/mr-deepfakes-the-biggest-deepfake…
it was a tube site with UGC. So more likely they lost user/account data (hopefully to sources that will leak that shit) and don’t want to try to start from zero in the modern hellscape where there is no reason to use them over any other non-consensual porn site.
- Comment on WW2 shooter Squad 44 from Offworld updates Easy Anti-Cheat enabling Linux support 6 months ago:
ER2 is also MUCH less oriented towards the sweaties.
The Expanded Squad Universe games are just a deranged phenomenon. No actual progression outside of a match but it is basically always half people roleplaying (generally in the most racist way imaginable) and half the most insanely sweaty people on the planet. Like… pro FGC players care less about the moment to moment than those Squad players.
But yeah. Easy Red 2 is REAL good. And it looks like the new DLC dropped today.
- Comment on An official Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake will release as soon as next month, claims report 6 months ago:
I would be amazed if it wasn’t since Bethesda proper heavily depends on user mods and the remake would likely want to reuse at least the logic in the .esm files (or whatever they were back then).
That said: Expect all existing Oblivion mods to not work without a LOT of effort (so all the usual anger) and likely an even bigger push for the Creation Club/paid mod marketplace.
- Comment on The MechLock wall mount for Steam Deck looks ridiculously slick 7 months ago:
So…
Is this an obesity thing? I remember back when I thought the switch joycons were “cool for docked mode” but was shocked when I found out how many people just put it on its (horrible) kickstand and played with their arms at their side. And when researching a kobo discovered that there is an entire culture of people who prop their e-readers on their chests and buy projector dongles as “page turners”.
And now this.
- Comment on Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam 7 months ago:
I know we all want to clown on this because amazon sucks and we all stan Steam as our corporate overlords.
But there are actually a lot of REALLY good insights in the original linkedin post. Particularly the reality that anything that competes with Steam needs to be
It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well.
Epic is a shitshow and barely competent on the store front. But they took a very smart approach of starting from basics and adding what people want… and people want their video game store to be facebook.
Maybe if amazon had more tightly coupled that to twitch it could have worked but it is clear that coupling any services is a shitshow for them (remember when we could do actual watch parties if people bought stuff on amazon video?).
- Comment on Valve is looking to add an optional battery charge limit to the SD, to preserve battery life 8 months ago:
How hot a battery should/can get is a whole topic that tends to contain the key words that trigger “UGH!! PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE!!!” stupidity.
But understand that these devices are generally being held in hands or even against our bodies. That is why so much work is done to let them dissipate heat quickly. We will care about the heat long before the components and glue does.
A quick chat gpt says that PSAs tend to soften around 60-80C and Hot Melt Adhesives around 70-100 C.
As for the electronics themselves? They can all run a LOT hotter than people expect. Using desktop PCs (just because I DO know those off the top of my head), a general rule of thumb is to not actually care until a component throttles or the case temperature hits 100F. Individual components have different thresholds (generally anything that is mostly semiconductors is in the danger zone around 100C), but individual components are almost all attached to heat sinks which are “attached” to air which is a really good insulator. So if the air is getting close to 100F (35-ish C if I remember right), stuff is bad.
So yeah. There are definitely cases where you could see the adhesives fail. But they will generally be associated with hardware failures/damage if during use or, more likely, someone leaving their gameboy on the dashboard of a car during the summer.
- Comment on Valve is looking to add an optional battery charge limit to the SD, to preserve battery life 8 months ago:
In theory that is nice. In practice that is just as expensive to re-tool for and isn’t needed. Any adhesive being used should (and, in my experience, does) soften up under a simple heat gun (or hair dryer if you are lazy). That obviously gets REAL sketchy if you are dealing with a spicy pillow but… in that case you should not be touching things unless you know how to handle those (bucket of sand). At which point dealing with a battery you probably don’t want to get hot is not an issue.
Like a lot of stuff, I blame “popular science” tech youtubers like Linus Sebastien. He thought it was funny to lose his mind with a butter knife and stab at his steam deck and everyone pointed out how dangerous that was while memeing it around. When the reality is that you just get a plastic spreader/old credit card and a heat gun and stuff pops out pretty quick in these “reasonable” uses of glue/tape situations.
- Comment on Valve is looking to add an optional battery charge limit to the SD, to preserve battery life 8 months ago:
Yeah. People underestimate the thermal and “durability” benefits of just holding that in place with some double sided tape.
Going by www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/168676 it doesn’t look great but it looks “reasonable” and the replacement battery comes with new tape.
The other month I was reading up on a white paper proposing an industry standard adhesive designed to pretty much dissolve instantly when exposed to the right solvents. Whether said solvent is at all human safe or what the cost of switching to these kinds of strips were was not discussed which… kind of is an answer in and of itselff.
- Comment on Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter 8 months ago:
That keyboard looks like one of the worst abominations ever made. Keys that tiny and that close together basically means you need to get a stylus and peck or REALLY contort and angle your thumbs to type anything.
- Comment on Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets 9 months ago:
There are a lot of misconceptions regarding how effective the automated scanners are.
In theory? Yes, you can compare the license plate against the make and model and even color of the car. And there are plenty of demos of exactly that.
In reality? It is almost never used outside of something completely egregious like “This says this is a sedan but that is actually a giant semi truck”. Because cars just aren’t distinct enough for this to be reliable enough to justify the cop brushing the donut off their stomaches, trying to remember where they left their gun, and tapping on a window.
What it IS good for is checking for plates that have an APB out on them (so the amber alert scenario) and making up a bullshit excuse for why a black person’s car needs to be checked.
- Comment on Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets 9 months ago:
I mean, it is also pretty trivial to just steal a license plate. Or even to put a decal on the back of your license plate to make that 9 into an 8 and so forth.
The reality is the same as with a digital one. If your number is for a stolen car or an amber alert, you are gonna have a bad time. Otherwise? You are fine for a red light camera. You are fucked once the cop pulls you over and wants to see your license and registration and realizes the plate doesn’t match.
- Comment on How Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 uses machine learning AI, and how much of your data it might need 10 months ago:
Actually “data” is a better term for that.
Bandwidth is capacity in the moment. Data is what is metered by Comcast.
To put it in less technical terms: Bandwidth is your max speed at any given moment. Data is your max range. The more Bandwidth you use, the faster you consumer your Data
- Comment on Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2 and a ‘Roy’ for its Deckard 10 months ago:
They worked great for 4x games and even slower paced real time strategy games or grand strategies. And they are an excellent shim for more action oriented games that are built around M+KB and don’t support a gamepad.
The problem is that this came out at the time when EVERY PC game was rapidly getting gamepad support. And with very few exceptions (Terraria and Stardew come to mind), it was a worse experience to set up your own mess rather than just use the bindings that let you play civ on an xbox controller anyway.
But yeah. If we can get both this time? That would be perfect AND encourage people to really dig deep on their setups for steam deck games. I know I would use the trackpads and even back buttons more if it wasn’t learning a completely different scheme for a game I also want to play at my desk or in front of my TV.
That said, I am also very wary of fitting all those controls on a single controller. Most of the mock-ups people make have HORRIBLE ergonomics. But… Valve knocked the Steam Deck out of the park so day one.
- Comment on GOG launch their Preservation Program to make games live forever with hundreds of classics being 're-released' 10 months ago:
So glad you contributed that.
Also: Be involved with an acquisition or a “pilot program”. You have multiple managements.
- Comment on GOG launch their Preservation Program to make games live forever with hundreds of classics being 're-released' 10 months ago:
That is not at all what I said.
Sell software. But customers need to understand they are being sold a license with terms. That was the big controversy on Steam semi-recently and that will continue to be a big controversy because people always forget because nobody wants to think about it
And yes, I do think providing offline installers is good (it is why I still re-buy games on GoG). But unless people have massive amounts of dedicated storage, they are not going to keep all their games downloaded. AND, because there is rarely a notification of an update, they are going to not even be keeping all their games and will instead have “launch” versions of some.
And, as GoG themselves demonstrated, when the site goes down you aren’t getting all your games out in time.
So… you have a license with terms and you are going to go download some torrents when the service shuts down. So… what is the meaningful difference against a Steam or EGS game (assuming there are no additional DRMs on top)?
Or we can just get angry and yell at each other because someone… said they liked your favorite store? Do I need to say why that is fucking stupid and self defeating?
