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Not super related, but a tidbit:

Can you remember when Amazon kept changing the goalposts for Metroid Prime 4? I can, and I’m still annoyed about it to this day.

Depending on Amazon to reveal the release date of a video game (they don’t publish) is a dumb fucking idea


Thank you so much, will check that as soon as I can

Edit: that was really useful, turns out older CPUs are not so feasible with Arc GPUs. Here’s a summary that I found quite simple and elegant from the comment section:


What’s a 8700K considered nowadays? And care to elaborate what driver overhead means? A link would also be fine, just trying to inform myself as much as possible :)


Yeah I’m not in a hurry or anything, just trying to get a feel of what’s in the market


I agree. Intel B580 seems okayish for low end gaming. Got any AMD recommendations to replace a GTX 1070?


Well, time to look for used then. $549 for the lowest end card is almost what the highest used to cost


Try F-Droid, there’s some good quality games in their listing, and it’s a lot more transparent than the Play store.

There’s also a lot more indies (whether new or old) that have made it to mobile, like Stardew Valley, Terraria and Dungeon Clawler, so it’s worth checking out the “premium” category on the Play store to find some decent games too


That’s not review bombing, that’s just leaving a negative review because the experience has turned negative.

They should direct their complaints at MS if that’s what broke their game, but I don’t expect the average Assassin’s Creed player to understand the difference.


Not much in that article to convince you to go and play it. I had a lot of fun with it.

The writing was funny, the characters were also really funny, and how it all felt like an easier version of Dark Souls was appealing to me.

I enjoyed exploring the world and all the different shells that has different abilities, although I definitely had my favorite (the DS equivalent of light armor for lean dodge rolls) there were a surprising amount of shells that were fun to use.

I only had one bug and that was at release, where I didn’t get one of the keys necessary to fully upgrade my attack power. A bummer, but it didn’t stand in the way of me finishing the game.


Can’t win them all I suppose! Had a similar thing happen to me recently, and trying to add nuance or explain yourself is usually frowned on for some reason, so it’s best to just move on. Hope your holidays are treating you well!


I agree with your guess, and while you say snarkily, I read it as a light hearted jab at the absurdity of the situation.

Relaying meaning, intent and emotion over text is hard.



Discoverability is a huge problem on Steam because there’s so many games releasing, you can’t really keep up.

18,000 games is almost 50 per day on average. That’s 50 titles fighting for your attention and wallet every single day.

If you don’t get noticed because you didn’t spend half of your development budget on marketing, or your game didn’t pick up well with influencers or more traditional media like reviews, you’re just kinda fucked. No matter how good your game might be.

Speaking about quality, how many of those 18k titles were uninspiring, asset flipping slop?


One looks like gambling but is actually a fun roguelite card game, the other one looks like fun but is actually a gambling game. Guess which one is rated 18+?

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Okay I lied, FC24 doesn’t even look like fun, but that’s my personal opinion.


Ah, I looked at the Steam release, not realizing it was an Epic exclusive


Didn’t this game come out this summer? Sometimes, we don’t even need to be that patient, it seems!





You can get comn banned for telling someone to go fuck themselves yet the characters in the game can swear all they want.

While in-game characters might swear, it’s typically in scripted scenarios that aren’t directed at people, let alone real people. Trash talking teammates is a whole different can of “swearing”.

I’ve been comm banned for telling someone to kill themselves because they said they were gonna rape my daughter and after I reported them for it “this activity doesn’t go against our ToS” was the response.

Telling someone to kill themselves crosses a boundary. I mean, so did their comment, but you should have left it at the report instead of trying to go eye for eye. Usually they troll and bait you into saying things that you can get banned for.

If the game is rated m for mature then mature content should be allowed.

Maturity in ratings refers to the content of the game. A mature label isn’t a green light for abusive behaviour, but a warning about the content.

That being said, I do agree that bans can be misjudged / unfair when put into perspective.


I have a tablet with magnetic keyboard. It’s about 20% as heavy as my laptop, doesn’t make a noise when it’s trying to keep itself cool and allows me to shop online, read some news, or browse Lemmy just fine.


Fuck all of them.

I’d argue that playing an M-rated game with gun violence and fairly absurd depictions of what is, in real life, increasingly pedestrian and legal drug use doesn’t entitle you to tell your teammates to kill themselves.

Exactly.


That’s quite telling, thanks for sharing.


Actually, I searched some more and they did say things, so here’s a new post: https://lemmy.world/post/22975147


Statement is from https://xcancel.com/OriginalFunko/status/1866255848366039468#m ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cfc70e5a-62d8-408d-a3de-64f3b43780d2.png) From: https://xcancel.com/BrandShieldltd/status/1866161489528180988#m Edit, bonus panel! What scum. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/31723936-b150-40a0-94ee-75ad37fa10fe.jpeg)
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Depends to whom you mean…



Don’t think it was ever “planned” to end, it’s just unsure how Mauritius will handle the ccTLD, right?


Sad to see you catching downvotes for answering a question.

I agree that not everyone is comfortable with all the different platforms, and I understand you opting for something potentially could be viewed by more people because of it.

Thanks for your reply, upvote from me


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No update about this yet, but they have added info about how to edit your hosts file to get access: > We're probably going to wait this one out. We considered putting up a new domain but there are implications with third party services that make it not a trivial swap. In the meantime, if you know how to tweak your hosts file use: 45.33.107.166 If you did this, don't forget to remove it again: > ⚠️ If you do edit your hosts file, please remember to *remove* all the lines after domain is restored. > > Although we typically hold an IP for a while, it can change if we update our back-end infrastructure. Source: https://xcancel.com/itchio
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Dismantle and put all games and IPs in the public space for the crimes committed by the publisher. (and by that I mean actual crimes like sexual harassment, not making mid games).

It won’t happen because in today’s world, shit goes to the highest bidder instead of any social justice being delivered, but a donut can dream!


Just link the Bsky posts. I like Aftermath as an outlet but when a “news” article is just 2 embedded posts and some fluff, why not just directly link the source?


And Funko as well as BrandShield are getting trashed on both platforms.


Welcome to 10+ minute YouTube videos. This is why I rather read an article or just the source information.


Completely lackluster and insufficient response in my book

What would you like to see differently?

I have no NZXT products but I’m wary recommending them now, depending on the use case.

Does anyone know any alternatives for people with an active subscription?



It’s time for game publishers to think about in-game video as something beyond marketing alone," said Rhys Elliott, games analyst, MIDiA Research. ‘‘By reclaiming video engagement, publishers have the potential to unlock new revenue streams, like advertising, and drive growth.’’


I’m afraid you’re gonna need to sideload an APK as you get no choice but the latest version with the official Play Store. Here’s the version before the latest: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla/firefox/firefox-132-0-2-release/


Thanks for confirming. I didn’t realize it was about a tablet. Have you checked the accessibility settings of Firefox mobile and played around with that?

Honestly, I’d check if there is an update or rolling back to a previous version to see if that changes anything. Troubleshooting can suck, but at least you know it’s Firefox as Chrome works fine.


Is it just the text that’s larger, or the whole webpage including pictures and web elements?

Firefox copies the font settings from your phone (you should have a font size slider depending on your Android version), maybe this changed?


Not an uncommon strategy, I can see this happening for sure


I’m not gonna watch the whole video, so apologies if this is addressed in the video.

It’s not necessarily a problem of the engine. Sure, there are bugs, compatibility problems, regression, etc that will happen from time to time, setting back development milestones or simply just break existing games until they are patched.

But, the cause here is the people using the tools: AAA-studios have laid off so much staff that experts regarding UE(5) aren’t involved anymore. Plus, QA, and by extension optimization, has been hit hard too.

So you got developers who don’t fully know how to use the engine to its fullest, and a gutted QA department that won’t be able to get all the issues reported, tested and prioritized anymore.


**Official description:** Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon! **My take:** I played the demo earlier this year and it was a blast. I'm really enjoying the "roguelite with a gameplay twist" fad at the moment with Ballionaire, Balatro, Solitairica, and now Dungeon Clawler. The name of the game is absolutely not SEO-friendly, although it's a good name it's incredibly hard to find with search engines for some people. (Especially because Google likes to show you what Google thinks you are looking for, as opposed to what you are saying you're looking for) At €/$ 8.99 (10% launch discount) this game is almost a steal. It's also on mobile for €/$ 4.99
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