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They were probably thinking that by openly opposing it before it collected enough signatures, they would have given it more publicity and hence made more people sign it.



In the example they show DLSS doubles the frame rate from about 60 to about 120. Not bad. Of course, the inserted frames are all fake, but if they look good to the eye, that’s great!



Bought it anyways now. Have played both star wars games often enough, so need a new soulslike now


Elden ring only 40% off? I feel betrayed


After 1080p60 I kind of still notice a difference, but I’m not willing to pay much more for increasing that further.


That’s a wallet containing 50€ notes




Oh wow! I still have to play the first game, but this looks really interesting.



After playing Juno New Origins for quite a while, I am really hyped for this game. It seems like you can really build anything with engines.
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The Forgotten City
Just finished this game. It was really something new and unique. I got it on the steam spring sale discount, and can heavily recommend you do so too, if you are into story and mystery in games. Having played quite a share of games in my life, this one truly stands out due to its unique setting and high quality characters and art. If you liked for example Disco Elysium or Detroit Become Human, I believe this game is also perfect for you.
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I’m sure it was not. With specially prepared USB hardware you can read out main memory without any protection, and thus get around DRM. So they surely wanted to counter that.



Unfortunately, as long as all these storefronts sell mere subscriptions, players would suffer if any of them closes. Hence, players would benefit greatly from a monopoly that is too big too fail, since it prevents them losing games every few years when another steam/epic competitor closes doors.


I wonder if even without this law, one could claim false advertising against any subscription service that looks like a bit to own service.


Then they would need to pay everything back they ever earned if the company ever goes bankrupt. I imagine a bankrupt company doesn’t have much to pay back.


No reason has actually been given as to why. Most likely, this is coming from Netflix, who actually acquired Night School Studio back in 2021. Probably as they’re trying to pull in more people to play games under their umbrella directly on Netflix.

It’s sad that digital subscription services reserve the right to remove your subscription. If you are in EU, consider signing the Stop Killing Games Petition


FOSS medication app for unscheduled medications?
Most pill apps are meant for scheduled medications, like something you take every morning. But I take a medication on-demand, with the only rule to take at most X per day and wait at least Y hours between taking. So I only need to worry about taking it too often. Is there an app where I can track when I take this medication, and that tells me if I can take another one already?
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The article says they are trying to save money, but wouldn’t exhibiting at Gamescom also work great as an advertisement?

Or are they afraid of some protests due to some things they did recently? Not that I would know what that would be, but just wondering.



Kerbal Space Program, Derail Valley, Nucleares, …



Arguably, they could just make movement a separate kind of action in DOS as well.

There is one skill in DOS2 that grants a free movement action every turn. I use it for my backstabbing rogue, and it rocks!



If you like RPGs with difficult round-based combat and lots of story you will probably enjoy it.


So if they watermark, then this may become an issue. If you buy a game over steam for the purpose of leaking, steam or some payment provider knows your bank account. From that you can be traced down.

So to hide, a cracker would need to have a fake bank account, or live somewhere lawless like in Russia.


Still playing Divinity Original Sin 2. The sale will be over by the time I finish.


Interesting. Yeah my comment was just a shitpost. But what you are saying makes it seem completely nonsensical what AMD is doing.

But then maybe they just want to push faster video cards, and freesync is something that people care about. Then they can still sell better cards to those people that don’t know that freesync is less useful at higher refresh rates.


True. For FPS I often do that too. For top-down view games it’s often nicer with vsync. Even triple buffered.


Probably their freesync is mostly ineffective on 60Hz but better on higher refresh rates, and they just made a good spin out of that in the marketing department.


Fair point. But then, would anyone actually care that it is open source? I am not sure if there is a larger target group that would be more inclined to buy a game because of that. Maybe you can use it for marketing though?


If you actually want to make games for a living, then don’t do open source. Have people pay for enjoying your work. If it is a hobby, open source may be beneficial, because you can then team up with other hobbyists.


Sad. The first game was perfect to play together with the wife.

Arguably though, Disco Elysium is such a unique art piece, any successor would likely fall very short on any expectations.


As someone who has not played DRG, was it roguelike as well, or is this now a roguelike spinoff?


Wizards of the Coast owner Hasbro, which says Larian’s “mega hit” RPG, having driven around $90 million in revenue in the last year, is a good sign for more video games to come from the D&D license.

I don’t know them, but this seems like they have understood that D&D is beneficial to their purse.


Thanks. I meant how many percent they lost after 6 months.



If the fairphone good for privacy/degoogling?
I am thinking about buying a fairphone. Is it less of a privacy nightmare than your typical Android phone?
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