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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have an AMD GPU? You can build your own SteamOS Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Different instances act differently. Not every deletion goes through, both ways. So often enough what’s deleted there isn’t deleted here and the reverse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have an AMD GPU? You can build your own SteamOS Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  just because

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games is hiring a Security Engineer to champion Linux anti-cheat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? The guy who hates Linux? Colour me shocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, according to the poor explanation given shortly after, someone did do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not saying it was like that here, but I’m giving an example for your understanding.

  Two kinds of jobs are specialists, or someone who knows what they’re doing and drones, or someone who doesn’t have to know what they’re doing as long as they get things pushed their way done.

  A drone doesn’t know and doesn’t care what those symbols are, they just do their job regardless of the connotations.

  A specialist knows entirely what it’s all about and makes informed decisions.

  Now a company can have, among other types, drones or specialists top to bottom or a random mix. So often enough there are cases where everyone just does what they’re told without wasting a single brain cell in the process, whether as drones who just do as told or as malicious compliance officers due to various constraints.

  The world is large and diverse. Situations beyond our knowledge happen all the time. Which is why I’m opting for keeping an open mind. Otherwise, should anything beyond the ordinary happen to me, reality won’t matter anymore, just these fixed expectations of public opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re downvoted for throwing the Nazi word around like it’s cabbage. People might agree this situation was a fuckup, going full tilt on it though is an overreaction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In itself, the argument is sound. A lot of media is censored specifically for China or predominantly muslim-governed countries. It’s just standard corporate bootlicking.

  The context makes it awkward. For example, most of Asia neither knows nor cares about nazis because it’s not who oppressed them, so I don’t seem them having an issue with it in this sense. But then again, I’m not sure of Gog’s presence in Asia…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New No Man's Sky Update⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My presumption is that due to the original rocky start, the dude feels responsible and keeps churning out free updates instead of asking money for it as DLCs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft will reportedly invite 7% of their US workers to retire early, as the Xbox division talk up "strong cost discipline"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird. I read somewhere else about Microsoft naming and shaming Meta for firing 10k employees… Huh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is best in life? A free Conan Exiles update that completely revamps the game's graphics and more⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh. In pve, you build and explore. In pvp, you get raided while offline. Both in PvE and pvp, your thralls/minions can fall through the map on spawn and die.

  Incremental crafting progression, lots of equipment/buildings dlcs and exploring a large map where almost everything wants to kill you.

  It can be fun. But only in specific circumstances. Without a server to keep the world state, the offline version resets npcs, animals, materials everywhere except your base each time you load up the game. Their official servers were apparently in maintenance mode with zero admin interaction. Private servers though, if you don’t know the owners, they usually suck.

  Hit or miss really. Personally, I’m thinking Dune Awakening didn’t perform as expected, so they’re trying to pump up sales on something they pretty much abandoned until recently. Or they’re operating with minimal staff…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The shake up to Arc Raiders Expeditions may turn the extraction shooter into a week-long bloodbath, but it could pair well with the "significant changes" planned for its skill tree⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last year, the constant updates were for Helldivers 2. Wonder what next year’s going to be…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox is introducing a subscription service that encourages more shady practices, is it? Sounds about right⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like a pyramid scheme. “Get more people to subscribe and you get a cut of their subscription fee.”

  Or am I missing something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just played AC Odyssey ...Currently playing Origins. Is there any games out there like the AC stuff. Also like finding new stuff and location.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was told Breath of the Wild and Crimson Desert have a similar vibe, but I’m not sure as I’ve not played them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What leaked “SteamGPT” files could mean for the PC gaming platform’s use of AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ppl are greedy and lazy. We tend to use stuff beyond their specific parameters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warren Spector's Thick as Thieves gets a bit less interesting as it ditches PvPvE for solo and co-op play⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PvPvE is really just PvP, with the vE part as cannon fodder bait. Cooperation against the environment? Nah, just stalk the extraction points to murder and rob. Easier, faster, more rewards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[TheGamer] GreedFall: The Dying World Launches To Mostly Positive Steam Reviews, Favourably Compared To Dragon Age⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird, it was Mixed when I last looked at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[TheGamer] CD Project Red Founders Reportedly Tied To Mysterious Death Investigation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crusader Kings 3 is getting a Roblox adaptation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Money talks, morals walk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Website that let Marvel Rivals players pay each other to throw matches pivots to "transparency initiative" after NetEase get mad⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When pay-to-win, but skipping the middleman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Division 2's new Realism Mode chops back the HUD, ammo and health regen, and is free for a month⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The game is on sale now and the realism mode is part of a separate expansion with its own price, which can be tried out until April. Still have to buy the base game and the expansion afterwards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Styx Blades of Greed publishers Nacon file for insolvency, will "assess all possible solutions" to "protect employees and "preserve jobs"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Blades of Greed indeed. Now I’m wondering if the naming was intentional…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This week's new PC games are a treasure trove of the scary, eerie and occult, plus a charming Star Trek game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean. The ship management gameplay is more like fallout shelter or XCOM (newer ones) base building.

  Ship combat, well, I forgot what it was like. Which kinda says a lot about how engaging it was at the time. Possibly like FTL.

  Ground missions depended on officer skills for outcomes, with RNG and exhaustion components.

  Each had its own thing, which makes me wonder how deep the systems really are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This week's new PC games are a treasure trove of the scary, eerie and occult, plus a charming Star Trek game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What the… They’re releasing the Voyager game now? I was expecting a summer or autumn release since first look was only a few months ago and the demo was barebones.

  Red alert! Raise doubts and lower expectations! We may have a shallow puddle before us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ashes Of Creation director quits over decisions he "could not ethically support" as staff report mass layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So he says.*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft propose cutting up to 200 jobs at Paris headquarters, as unions reportedly agree three day strike⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. The underperforming system in this case is clearly upper management. They should get rid of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls Online seasons will add new zones, but "it'll be a different flavour"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably “more grind, more subscription” flavour.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamer builds ‘hardcore’ first-person shooter simulator that actually shoots back — gaming PC also has real weather effects⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “article” is a basic LLM summary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired GTA 6 devs suffer setback in legal fight against Rockstar as UK court denies request for interim relief⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Far as I know, UK courts are quite awful for the working class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pilot a big ol' fort with steampunky legs in the deserty extraction shooter Sand: Raiders of Sophie when it launches in March⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Generally yes for this genre. Coding for single player bot plays costs and takes time.
  Without a big team and money to burn, it’s unlikely they can afford to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh yes, I will take a look at the Vampire the Masquerade and Indian folklore inspired RPG Rakshasa, thanks⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would like to note that while not many would care to admit it, a big draw to the game was due to the crazy, sexy vampire lady that inspired a many “I can fix her” sentiments. (and extras)
  As such, in my opinion, to reach similar levels of attention, this game would require its own unique characters and care.