ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on US | Supreme Court takes case that could strip FCC of authority to issue fines 1 day ago:
They might have better lawyers, but generally the big club of the government is the inevitability factor. Federal departments are basically immortal and have no profit motive to justify the continued budget.
- Comment on US | Supreme Court takes case that could strip FCC of authority to issue fines 1 day ago:
It doesn’t strip power though, it just moves it to something that hits the news cycle multiple times.
- Comment on US | Supreme Court takes case that could strip FCC of authority to issue fines 1 day ago:
This seems shortsighted by these companies. A jury trial is way more expensive and public with a chance of paying as much or more fines anyway. Sure it takes longer to get a ruling, but that seems like a small win.
- Comment on Peter Molyneux's final game Masters of Albion will release in April - "it's the culmination of my life’s work" 1 day ago:
He did that in the run up to fable too, but games media wasn’t very widespread then.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 weeks ago:
Cyberpunk isn’t a new release though. It might be new to you, but it still wouldn’t count for new releases.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 4 weeks ago:
2025: 14%
2024: 15%
2023: 9%
2022: 17%There’s room to be concerned with those numbers.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 4 weeks ago:
It’s only listed if you filter to Linux. It’s called steamOS Holo 64 bit.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 4 weeks ago:
Steam OS is listed in the survey, it’s 26% of Linux os use.
Tracking game use by device id isn’t that crazy, the steam app should know what OS it’s installed on.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 4 weeks ago:
The stats they show are pretty basic usage stats many are in the UI already. No one is showing the actual valuable data they are harvesting.
They aren’t really hiding the OS stats, it’s regularly published in the hardware and software survey. Showing my steam deck time is over the average of 0% isn’t really surprising news.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 4 weeks ago:
I haven’t even bought a game released in 2025. I think these stats are showing a real problem for the gaming industry in general. It’s probably a better use of resources to continue supporting a years old game with moderate popularity than making another new game.
- Comment on Hytale won't be on Steam right away, as its devs want to avoid "overindexing on negative reviews" from players who "aren't as well-informed yet" 5 weeks ago:
We want money, but can’t actually provide true value for that money yet.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 month ago:
They may very well be thinking “steam says this works for everything I own” though, the OS likely isn’t relevant if it still has a browser.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 month ago:
Ot9a pc first, so that makes sense.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 month ago:
The steam deck is likely the target machine at that price.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 month ago:
I think the goal is providing an alternate path for people migrating from windows 10 as much as it is a living room pc.
- Comment on Get a bunch of Devil May Cry and Monster Hunter in two new Humble Bundles 2 months ago:
If you don’t have Rise or World, it’s a decent price for them. These are by far the most approachable titles in the series. Rise is a bit more fast paced and has more QoL features. World + iceborne has more interesting combat mechanics with the clutch claw and environment interaction. Killing giant monsters with absurd weapons is fun in both games.
Stories is a totally different type of game in the same universe. It seems to be well received.
- Comment on If you've given up on Civilization 7, Civ 6 is free with all DLC expansions for a limited time on Epic Games Store 5 months ago:
A crappy game for a crappy store.
- Comment on Game Pass will "either kill everyone else, or give up", says Dishonored and Prey dev Arkane founder 6 months ago:
I had a free trial for PC and came to a similar conclusion. It’s a good way to try some games, but the value proposition isn’t great for long term unless you constantly play new games. Also the download speed was atrocious.
- Comment on Are AAA Games too bloated? 8 months ago:
It’s not so much that the games are bloated (they are), it’s that many are incredibly gated as well. There’s always been super grindy and bloated games, but the degree it’s done today is just different. You can’t just spend two weeks putting in 100+ hours into a modern game and complete everything. It’s no longer kill a million mobs to get this achievement, it’s kill 100 mobs max a day until you kill a million. It’s do this phase and wait a month for the next phase.
Diablo 2 is honest and open about it’s grinding, modern day games aren’t.
- Comment on A new Starcraft game is on the way from the publishers of Dave The Diver and The Finals, according to reports 8 months ago:
After seeing what their former devs have done to create blizzard style RTS games I’m not exactly hopeful that this goes any better. There’s so many pitfalls for them to avoid.
Focusing too much on players of 20 year old games that want a newer version of their favorite game. Focusing too much on esports, or pros from other games that don’t want to learn new mechanics. Lack of support for non-competitive modes that are by far more popular than vs modes. Slow response to balance issues or metas that become boring to play and watch. Not having a focus on what the gameplay you want to deliver should even be.
- Comment on What to claim from Prime Gaming, February 21st edition - plenty for Steam Deck / Linux 10 months ago:
That what I use for gog games.
- Comment on Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam 10 months ago:
I like prime gaming, sure I haven’t actually bought anything but Amazon has given me a decent gog library and an ok Amazon games one.
- Comment on Civilization 7's post-launch plans include free multiplayer and Age features and paid Ada Lovelace 11 months ago:
The words in the article. Great Britain/English is a paid dlc. You can’t play with the same number of players in each age at launch. You can’t do hot seat multiplayer at launch.
- Comment on Civilization 7's post-launch plans include free multiplayer and Age features and paid Ada Lovelace 11 months ago:
Post launch plans include finishing the game and packaging popular civs as paid dlc.
- Comment on Man in charge of Diablo thinks we should start calling games that he thinks are like Diablo 'Diablo-likes' 1 year ago:
I thought we used arpg for that already.
- Comment on Crypto genius 2 years ago:
You probably wouldn’t need laundered crypto, but you would need to be able to hide it from the bankruptcy court. This only works if you can clear the credit card debt.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 years ago:
This sort of exists. Amazon had unmanned convenience stores that used cameras to track purchases. Sam’s club had an inventory robot the last time I was there. It’s not star wars level tracking, but it’s somewhat close.
- Comment on When is it okay to drop out of college? 2 years ago:
- IT can be a good career without a degree, but it absolutely helps.
- Maintaining a full time job is far more demanding than college. If you can’t stick it out in class, I’m concerned about sticking with the job too. No job and student loans is even more stressful.
- You probably won’t go back, also classes expire if you aren’t actively taking classes. Yes it’s bullshit, but look into this before you decide.
- 40k debt isn’t awful, but 2 more years without payments is going to really balloon that. If you try to finish, doing everything you can to finish faster would be better.
- Comment on Never forgetti 2 years ago:
That makes more sense. I thought it was some 90s era novelty phone based on the pattern of holes.
- Comment on How long could one survive with only water and beer and no food? 2 years ago:
High malt, low alcohol beers could keep a person surviving for a pretty long time. You would likely run into some deficiencies in certain vitamins eventually, but that would take months to be a problem.