MagnificentSteiner
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- Comment on Marathon's credits include the artist whose work Bungie used without permission 3 days ago:
I’m sure they’re super duper sorry and they’ll never do it again!
- Comment on Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws 3 days ago:
It’s easier for them to impose their will on a small amount of people (OS devs) who will in turn impose that will on everyone else thus tightening their control.
In short, hierarchy.
- Comment on Microsoft's next console will play PC games too, and it's currently codenamed Project Helix 3 days ago:
Project Helix
In lieu of a final name I’m just gonna call it the Slopbox.
- Comment on Bungie ask Marathon critics to delay "full reviews" till the release of an endgame zone, and I am wistfully reminded of Vault of Glass 3 days ago:
Big “it gets good 20 hours in” vibes here!
- Comment on Banning children from VPNs and social media will erode adults' privacy 1 week ago:
Yep, and “age verification” is just a euphemism for identity verification.
- Comment on UK fines Reddit $19 million for using children’s data unlawfully 1 week ago:
Yep, it’s essentially “give us some pocket change to stop us really doing something about it”.
- Comment on Before We Blame AI For Suicide, We Should Admit How Little We Know About Suicide 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Unity CEO says an upcoming Beta will allow people to "prompt full casual games into existence" 2 weeks ago:
This’ll end well lol
- Comment on Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting 2 weeks ago:
I thought you were reciting the lyrics to Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo lol
- Comment on Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting 2 weeks ago:
Welcome to the dystopian future… except it’s now :(
- Comment on An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me 3 weeks ago:
Surely that should be “A Person using an AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me”?
This smells like PR bait trying to legitimise AI.
- Comment on Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified 3 weeks ago:
Oh no, won’t someone think of the billion dollar company and their cultists! lmao
- Comment on Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified 3 weeks ago:
If that’s the case I’d bet it’s because the 3rd party launcher is embedded which is what Ubisoft did with Assassin’s Creed.
- Comment on Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified 3 weeks ago:
Haha yeah. At least for online ARPGs. No such problem with Grim Dawn, Chronicon, Wolcen etc
- Comment on Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified 3 weeks ago:
Hey! Buy our 25 year old game for £36!
It comes with a free always online requirement! Also included is the opportunity of a lifetime to open an exclusive Battle.net account to use the mandatory 3rd party launcher!
Don’t forget the new QoL additions we’ve locked behind a new class DLC!
- Comment on MindsEye studio reportedly installed monitoring software on staff PCs without their knowledge, as execs continue alleging sabotage 3 weeks ago:
Perhaps I’m too cynical these days but what chance did they have with a name like Build A Rocket Boy?
Every time I see it I think is it “Build A Rocket, Boy” a la GoW or “Build A Rocket Boy” a la Astroboy… like WTF does it mean!!!
- Comment on Discord is about to require age verification for everyone 4 weeks ago:
R.I.P. Discord 2026
- Comment on EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" 4 weeks ago:
Percentages are relative. They’ll still be able to dry their eyes with the billions they’ll have made in profit.
- Comment on EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" 4 weeks ago:
It’s reckoned that Bytedance’s profit margin is about 20% which is insane. They’ll easily absorb the 6% (as a general rule of thumb, most businesses would be over the moon with a 10% profit margin).
- Comment on EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" 4 weeks ago:
It makes it sound a lot when you put it like that.
If instead I say that 6% of €1000 is €60 then it doesn’t sound so much despite being in the same proportion.
- Comment on EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" 4 weeks ago:
large fineslap on the hand - Comment on Why Civilization VII is the way it is, and how its devs plan to win critics back 4 weeks ago:
we didn’t realize quite how strongly players identified with the idea of, ‘I need to take some people and grow them and have that specific civilization cultural set be what’s growing to face the challenges of world history,’
That’s the core idea since Civ started and they don’t get that that’s what people like? That explains a lot.
Instead of what they’ve been doing I’d love to see them release a fantasy Civ like Warlock 2.
- Comment on The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing 5 weeks ago:
I bet the power companies see it on their bottom line though!
- Comment on Yes, Paradox are aware that a “barrage of DLCs” can scare away new players, for all their bundles and discounts 5 weeks ago:
The problem that keeps some people away is that they release a game that is a bare bones experience and then fuck their customers with piecemeal DLC for years afterwards. They are so bold as to release a game with features removed from the previous game then sell those features as DLC.
I have no doubt that the devs working for Paradox make good games, and I would certainly like to play them and experience their work. Their management however are fucking scum who will never see any of my money unless they change their ways (they won’t).
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 studio boss calls out "hurtful", "personal" videogame reviewers - "sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for critics to be scored, Metacritic-style" 5 weeks ago:
This “Larion CEO says…” reporting trend is starting to become as annoying as the Kojima worship.
- Comment on Crusader Kings 3 has joined the big fleet of Paradox strategy games offering a paid DLC subscription service 5 weeks ago:
Damn. I didn’t think Paradox’s DLC practices could get more scummy but here we are, they actually did it!
- Comment on Ubisoft implementing cost-reduction restructuring, cancelling various games and closing studios 1 month ago:
They say this new model for how Ubisoft works will be centred on “Open World Adventures and GaaS-native experiences, supported by targeted investments, deeper specialization, and cutting-edge technology” and of course “accelerated investments behind player-facing Generative AI”.
TLDR further enshittification.
- Comment on Rockstar North offices taped off by fire service, reportedly following boiler room explosion 1 month ago:
Maybe the maintenance staff were trying to unionise?
