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Die4Ever, do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?

Monkey Island

darkmogool, do piracy w Am I obligated to be a pirate in Starfield if I got the game via piracy?
brickfrog, do piracy w Any torrent sites with relatively lax sign up/upload rules? Or some place to easily upload torrents

Looks like you can add Ext to the list, according to this post in !piracy they do allow uploading torrents there.

lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/3401527

GarbageShoot, do piracy w Am I obligated to be a pirate in Starfield if I got the game via piracy?

No, because that might be an incentive to buy it. Being a pirate is probably more fun anyway, though.

kmkz_ninja, do gaming w hardware: use TV as a monitor?

Have been gaming in front of a 44-inch 4k TV for years (sorry eyes) with no issues. The biggest thing is making sure the TV has some sort of low latency or “gaming” mode that will turn off the TVs post-processing. WITHOUT THAT, the other commenters are right that the input lag may be unplayable.

AdventureSpoon, do piracy w Youtube adblock blocking

I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated

Its not debated. Its bullshit.

flat earthers existing doesnt put the earth's sensual curves up for debate either.

nicetriangle,
@nicetriangle@kbin.social avatar

The argument that it is piracy is as stupid as saying my not paying attention to ads while watching antenna tv is piracy

j4yc33,
@j4yc33@kbin.social avatar

It's Cybersecurity.

100%

Absolutely.

Adblocking is good cybersecurity practice. It puts into stark relief how much of Marketing is actually just manipulation and malware.

VulcanDeathGrip, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery

They set our expectations realistically.

dani6h, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?

At least half my library on both Steam and GOG are games that I pirated, played the hell off and then just bought. Most I don’t even touch after buying them, I just do it to support the developer and actually own something I enjoyed.

Sharpiemarker, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery

It’s a brand new game that has pretty high end system requirements. It’s pretty normal to have to mess with the graphics settings to get new games to run smoothly.

unonessun0centomila, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?

very much like you

frog, do gaming w What would you be interested in out of a modern games focused journalism outlet?

Your list of ideas meshes pretty well with what I’d like to see: something that’s independent and not just shilling whatever their sponsors are selling; something that presents various perspectives to give an overall view of a game, rather than one influencer’s opinion; and coverage of a wide variety of games beyond the AAA titles. Loving the idea of covering mods and older titles, and don’t forget the indie games.

I’d definitely be more inclined to follow such an outlet if it was in a written format on the fediverse. Maybe I’m just really old, but following influencers and streamers on Twitch and YouTube has never clicked with me. Too much self-aggrandisement, not enough on-topic discussion. For that matter, the other thing I really miss is written guides to games. That’s probably beyond the scope of what you have in mind, but it’s another area of games coverage where too much is on YouTube and Twitch.

Just… more games, less capitalism please?

(Personal finances permitting, I’ll happily support an outlet with good quality content, especially if it’s freely available and not put behind a paywall. I’m so much more amenable to “donate if you like my content” over “you can’t see this until you cough up some cash”.)

Pulp, do piracy w Re-Encode Advice?

I recommend using H.265 and Opus for audio. In my opinion, encoding to H.264 in 2023 is not a wise choice. AV1 is a good option, especially with hardware encoding and compatible devices.

poudi8,
@poudi8@reddthat.com avatar

Also, software enfolding only, hardware encoding really isn’t as good.

Pulp,

I would say good enough for personal use unless you have good cpu

nooneescapesthelaw, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?

For me personally i find that i play pirated games more lften than the ones i bought, i hate having to use the launchers it is a complete pain in the ass, they all require updates everytime i open them, they’re very sluggish and often try to shove ads and offers down your throat (with exception of steam). I own the dishonored series legitimately but i still play the pirated version.

One of my favorite games is Titanfall 2 and i don’t play it anymore so that i don’t have to put up with the cancer of the EA app

iHUNTcriminals, do gaming w What would you be interested in out of a modern games focused journalism outlet?

Drama. Just drama. Reviews about other video gamers drama.

kadu, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery
@kadu@lemmy.world avatar

They actually collaborated with ID Software to port Doom 2016’s per object motion blur.

Reddit (and Lemmy) absolutely hate motion blur, but it’s actually extremely important to create fluidity and it works super well.

The difference in that normally games just blur the entire frame, which can be distracting and look ugly. If you do it per object and actually handle the camera and parallax correctly, 30 FPS with motion blur can feel significantly smoother.

The game is also reasonably good at balancing CPU and GPU loads, so although you’re running at low frame rates, you’re probably getting a stabilized frame pacing.

moonsnotreal,
@moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Doom 2016 on the switch is almost unplayable without motion blur, but is a decent experience with it on.

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