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msprout, do gaming w Is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion still fun for a first-time player in 2025?

I like it. I think if I had been a first time player (far from it — I played it at release), this would be a worthy way to experience the game. That said, playing it again just feels deeply discordant for me. It’s drop-dead gorgeous with the visuals, but the sound effects, NPC models, and so much more just remind me of the original jank, and it snaps me back and forth, lol. Going back to KCD2, cus it’s new to me.

codexarcanum, do games w 12-year-old Doom 2 challenge map finally beaten after six-hour, 23K-demon grind

The YouTube algorithm has been real weird lately. It suggested a video to me and I had no idea why until now. I watch a lot of Doom stuff, so it wasn’t off base, I just didn’t have context for it.

It’s Coincident (the streamer this is about) commenting over a “lost” demo of Okuplok playing the map themselves. Spoiler: they do not finish it! But it was neat hearing Coincident discuss his own strategies for the map in comparison to how the creator (allegedly) approached it.

youtu.be/BgX2-RoAvHw

I’ll have to watch the actual stream now I guess!

keepthepace, do astronomy w [Eric Berger] Tuesday Telescope: A rare glimpse of one of the smallest known moons

What I like about this image is that this is probably the biggest object that I can compare to something I know, that I can “comprehend”. With 6 km wide, it is about the same size as Grenoble, a city I have seen from above while hiking. I can understand how far the picture looks from it, how small a human would be on it

Agent641, do astronomy w [Eric Berger] Tuesday Telescope: A rare glimpse of one of the smallest known moons

I actually think about Deimos a lot

threelonmusketeers,

In what context?

smeg, do games w First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80

Aren’t consoles and their new game always ridiculously expensive on launch? I know Nintendo stuff often doesn’t drop in price that much but I’d be surprised if they stay this expensive for long. Plenty of other games to play in the meantime!

Kelly,

These are the top 5 sellers on Switch:

These links take you to a price tracker with a chart showing historical prices. The RRP of each of these has been static, and discounts are short and infrequent.

In a break from form Nintendo hasn’t released a budget “Selects” label for older titles this generation.

smeg,

Fair point, but I still can’t imagine they’ll be double that price for long. The only GBP price I’ve seen for a Switch 2 game is the MKW bundle which is only £30 more than the console on its own.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

It will only stay as high as the market and customers allow it

If it sells out, expect a price drop in a few years

If it fails to meet Nintendo’s expectations (3DS at launch) expect a price drop a few weeks or months (3DS at launch)

Kelly,

If it sells out, expect a price drop in a few years

Switch sold out in 2017, and now the same basic Neon model is selling for the same price in 2025.

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited )

Maybe I should have been more specific…i meant mid to end of life. I totally figured forgot the switch lasted a fucking decade

lysy, do news w Telefon z Androidem serbskiego studenta zaangażowanego w protesty zhackowany exploitem od Cellebrite

Wiedząc o tym, jak polskie władze używają Pegasusa i jemu podobne oprogramowanie, zalecam wszystkim działającym mieć uaktualniony system w telefonie. Serbia też jest demokracją.

harcesz,
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Na Pegasusa aktualizacja nie ma za dużego wpływu - jadą na 0-dayach konsekwentnie. Bardziej pomagać ma… regularne restartowanie telefonu. Większość tych hacków nie utrzymuje się przez restart.

lysy,

Aaaaa, to dlatego w Divestosie jednym z zabezpieczeeń było samorestartowanie się smartfona po dobie czy dwóch

qyron, (edited ) do gaming w The Sims re-release shows what’s wrong with big publishers and single-player games

Can someone explain me what are the cloud saves for and achievements?

What is the point of gamifying a game?

barsoap,

Cloud saves are for playing on more than one box as well as backup. Achievements, from the developer’s POV, give some insight into player behaviour, you can also drop hints there (I would never have tried to pet the manta in Satisfactory otherwise), make suggestions for tasks people can set themselves, etc. Whether you, as a player, cares honestly nobody but you gives a fuck.

I can tell you, for example, just from the achievement statistics, that a metric fuckton, an absolute majority, of Cities:Skylines players play modded. They do track city building milestones and very very few people are reaching anything even close to mid-game with achievements still enabled.

qyron,

Thank you for the insight. I respect it but nonetheless those are features completely indiferen to me.

uxia, do astronomy w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Reading this headline instantly brought a huge smile to my face 😁

echodot, do games w Doom in an art gallery

I love how the layout is still the same.

Pika, do games w The $700 price tag isn’t hurting PS5 Pro’s early sales
@Pika@sh.itjust.works avatar

My hypothesis of this is that, this is happening because a lot of people were unable to acquire the PS5 at launch due to supply issues, and by the time the supply issues resolve themselves interest was lost and the customers were like I’ll just get the next one, then the next one ended up being $200 more but since they had already missed the previous iteration and they don’t want to buy a downgrade they were forced to either stay with their current PS4 or by the upgrade.

My point is I don’t think that this is a sustainable model, the more they increase the price the more app that the everyday consumer is going to say man this isn’t worth upgrading between the base model and the pro model, and while they might see short term profits rise, instead of buying both models people will only buy one which will lower long term profits

melroy, do games w Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Nooooooooooo

melroy,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

"You own nothing and be happy", right?

otp,

That’s games that you can and do buy of Steam. Delisting changes nothing except that you won’t be able to give them money in exchange for not owning the games.

GeneralEmergency, do gaming w Steam doesn’t want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead | Ars Technica

I hate that gamers have been so Stockholmed by Steams monopoly that they think this is a good thing.

Imagine if it was Ubisoft forcing customers to go through the courts.

Midnitte, do gaming w New AI model can hallucinate a game of 1993’s Doom in real time

Interesting thought for a game to not be 3D modeled and programmed, but to be “modeled”.

Evil_Shrubbery,

Envisioned in the general direction.

Like holodeck tech.

LunarLoony, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form
@LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Just me or do aluminium buttons sound really uncomfortable?

Melonpoly,

Why would they sound uncomfortable? Unless they don’t refine the edges it shouldn’t feel any worse than plastic buttons.

anivia,

Lots of cars have aluminum steering wheel and air conditioning buttons. They aren’t uncomfortable at all

obywatelle, do wolnyinternet w [ENG] Jeden z inżynierów Facebooka zmuszony do rezygnacji po ujawnieniu praktyk mizoginistycznych w miejscu pracy
@obywatelle@szmer.info avatar

No, na zachodzie bez zmian. A podobno to ta straszna kąkol kultur premiuje negatywną selekcję i forsuje baby bez kompetencji na wysokie stanowiska. :)

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