bin.pol.social

9point6, do gaming w How times change

My dude, people were buying Stones of Jordan on eBay at silly prices so they could trade for set items over 2 decades ago

jjjalljs,

True, but that was kind of black market and gauche , not advertised every time you log into the game

9point6,

Agree it was black market and gauche, but it was always advertised to you indirectly as soon as you signed on to battle.net

Every 3rd message in the public chat was either an eBay SoJ seller or people buying/selling based on SoJs.

Perhaps I’m wrong, but the prevalence of all of that had me believing at the time that anyone with a complete decent 5 piece set had just paid for it.

Cruxifux,
@Cruxifux@feddit.nl avatar

Yeah but that was insane and those people sucked ass

Dremor, do games w Day 300 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing
@Dremor@lemmy.world avatar

Congrats on day 300. Thank you for all the time you take to make those well written threads and beautiful screenshots. 😁

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Thank you! I know some people don’t really care for it or consider it spam so i’m thankful that i’ve been allowed to do these by the mods. I really enjoying doing these

JakobFel, do gaming w Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year
@JakobFel@retrolemmy.com avatar

That could be what they’re waiting for.

However, I do not believe SteamOS is going to be the silver bullet people think it is. I’m somewhat of a fanboy of Valve but SteamOS is really only good for a console-like PC experience.

People who want to ditch Windows need to look at Linux as a whole, not just SteamOS.

Michael Horn talks about this in greater detail: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4g1dZfF5KA

DeathsEmbrace,

If people want to ditch Windows then the gaming industry needs to stop gating the community. Either get rid of the shitty anti Linux anticheat or tell them to turn on Linux support naturally. For fucks sake I can’t believe I find out most anticheat just needs a simple email to turn it on for Linux.

JakobFel,
@JakobFel@retrolemmy.com avatar

I agree entirely. An argument could be made about native Linux releases being too much but most games run with Proton if the devs don’t intentionally cripple it through kernel anticheat or other arbitrary limitations.

Blackmist, do gaming w Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year

Reminder that supporting a single GPU is a lot simpler than supporting all of them…

mic_check_one_two,

Also, SteamOS would make a dogshit desktop OS. It’s designed specifically for Steam’s Big Picture Mode. It has Arch running in the background, but that’s not the primary focus of the OS.

It would be great for something like an arcade cabinet or a family TV, but not so great for a desktop.

JohnEdwa,

Yup.
I’ve spent a good while running Deck in desktop mode compared to my laptop running Manjaro, and so far the only thing I’ve noticed is that the Deck has that handy “add to steam” context menu item that automatically sets a 3rd party game to run in proton through steam.
And there’s an AUR package for that.

So unless there’s something major I’ve managed to miss, Manjaro + that package gets you the entire desktop SteamOS experience on any device.

DieserTypMatthias,
@DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml avatar

They can make SteamOS Lite at any point.

mic_check_one_two,

My point is that it already basically exists… It’s called Arch.

possiblyaperson, do games w Developer interview: my Q&A with the creator of Lutris

Just wanted to say that it’s always a highlight of my day reading these :)

PerfectDark,
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world avatar

Well this is just the kindest comment I could hope for!!

Thank you! More to come, but first another News Post will be next, I’d say :)

AceTKen, do games w Giant Bomb, a web site about video games, has been purchased from Fandom
@AceTKen@lemmy.ca avatar

Now bring Jeff back and make him play Mario Party.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’d start watching regularly again if Jeff somehow came back

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Which Jeff? Jeff, Jeff, or Jeff? Jeff and Jeff are now co-owners, and Jeff has his own solo thing, being a family man, which seems to be how he wants to live his life these days.

NOT_RICK, (edited )
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’d say the Jeff that hates Mario party, but now that I think about it, I don’t know how Jeff, Jeff, or Jeff feels about it. I only know how Jeff feels about it.

Jeffool,
@Jeffool@lemmy.world avatar

I always wanted to do a podcast called Just Jeffs, where I interview other Jeffs. But I’d love it if they used the name instead.

PerfectDark, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #14
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world avatar

Forgive any formatting or typos, this one ended up quite lengthy (and reading over it…length for what reason?!), but as ever - thanks to all for letting me share these kinds of posts with you!

TheDoozer, do games w What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games?

This is an extremely specific situation in a game, but…

In World of Warcraft, back in the day, there was a dungeon in Outland, I believe it was Helfire Citadel. It wasn’t particularly hard, but if you died, you were screwed. The way dungeon deaths worked was your spirit would spawn in a graveyard out in the regular world, and you would have to run your spirit ass back to the dungeon entrance to respawn. But finding the entrance to Helfire Citadel was so difficult I told the group if they don’t rez me, they’d have to just kick me, because I’d never make it back in. It was awful.

MirthfulAlembic,
@MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world avatar

There is a reason that as long as Hellfire Citadel has existed, the first Google auto complete suggestion is “Hellfire Citadel entrance.”

Frostbeard, (edited )

Lots of the vanilla WoW instances was like that. Often the way to the entrance was populated by the same level elites as the dungeon so you had to run a gauntlet just to get in.

The Deadmines and Uldaman comes to mind. And since you spawned at the entrance you had to dodge and sneak past patrols avoided on the run. Gnomereagan and Maraudon and parts of Dire Maul was very maze like if my memory serves me right

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Blackrock Depths was fucking big, too. Later on, with the LFG tool, it was separated into 2 or 3 parts, I think. I mean, running alone back in WotLK days, where you could easily kill everything side, would still take you 2 to 3 hours to fully clear the place

Frostbeard,

Forgot about BRD. I also remember stranding in Ironforge begging for someone with the key to Upper Blackrock Spire to unlock it. Man that key was hard to get, and the gems did not even have a 100% droprate

Obi,
@Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

Maraudon was the worst of all imo, big empty rooms so not only did you get lost it just took forever to run everywhere. Good times.

frank, do games w Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?

Frostpunk 2 is a really interesting one to me.

I LOVED the first game. Soundtrack on in the background sometimes, liked the board game (just manual meh balance FP1), got all the achievements, really enjoyed it.

The second IS a good distinction from it, it’s not just rinse and repeat the same game. Great story, epic music, different scale and problems. It’s just like… They took the second tier of ideas they had for FP1 and implemented them. It actually probably would have been a good game if it didn’t have those footsteps to follow in.

Surprisingly, a few recent sequels have been amazing. Shapez2 is an unbelievable follow up to the OG. Hades II is the same imo. Massive, beautiful, fun distinction in gameplay, but still great ideas and balanced and such.

Monster Train 2 is great in demo, Kingdoms 2 crowns is a bit less recent but is such a great follow up to what’s effectively an arcade game in the first. It’s not all downhill or anything

TwoBeeSan,

So excited for monster train 2.

Elevator7009,

Big shapez fan who wasn’t interested enough in the sequel to buy it. What do you like about it?

frank,

I’m glad you asked!

I didn’t really like the aesthetic at first so I was on the fence.

It’s 3D, and most things take up more space with plenty of them taking some height as well. This makes the builds a bit more complex in a fun way. Also, the scaling is wild. You need a LOT more shapes, so you can duplicate or make more efficient things, ship them by train eventually, really makes it feel like a different game by the end than it does in the start.

They have a huge content update coming June 2 as well

mesamunefire, do games w Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators)

So why not matrix?

Is revolt federated?

pineapplelover,

It’s easier to use and more polished. Also, not federated or decentralized. Although you can self host it

mesamunefire,

Self hosting and open source to me is the most important part. Federation can come if the need arises. I was just curious.

I’m personally going to stay on my matrix channels as they seem more established. But it’s good to have options.

Right now discord seems fine but I’ve already lived through many de-platforming events. And one day it too will go the way of the dodo. People getting attached to nameless online services is funny.

Thanks!

SnotFlickerman,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

No and they don’t plan to federate it. Not on their roadmap.

Further Matrix is guided by the Matrix Foundation, a non-profit group.

But I mean sure let’s just dump one for-profit app for another as if it won’t follow the same path.

PerfectDark,
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world avatar

I think you need to re-read my post.

  • I did not say to dump one for another
  • I literally mention Matrix exists
  • I say this won’t be for everyone

Another reminder, this is not my server, I just thought this was fun and I’m sharing an alternative. But I’ve tried reading all I can about Revolt, and I can’t see where they say it’s “for profit”. Can you link me to that?

mic_check_one_two,

Unfortunately, nothing else has really matched Discord’s combination of voice, video, and text chatting. Matrix doesn’t have feature parity, and doesn’t even have a functional client… Which means it’s only really viable for the people who care enough to learn how to set it up. And the average user does not care enough to learn.

mesamunefire,

I’m not sure what you mean? I have voice, video and text working on my yunohost without any real issues. My wife and I use it all the time. Element (the client) could be a bit easier def on the initial experience, but to me that’s it.

The thing discord has is the people. When discord went down a couple of weeks ago, my tiny instance quadrupled in users. And the local city specific matrix got quite a few.

edgemaster72, do gaming w are you ready, or shall I keep going?
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

blow first (or not at all), then q tip, in case you got saliva in it when you blew on it

DragonTypeWyvern,

Blowing didn’t actually work (generally). The connection was just fragile and taking it out and reinserting (giggity) was what fixed the problem.

Q-tip cleaning was what would work if the problem was actually dust and dirt.

DWin, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #11

Just wanted to say I’m loving these posts, thanks for writing them

PerfectDark,
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world avatar

You’re so very kind to say so :)

I feel very lucky that someone enjoys these, because there’s a definite ‘cozy’ feeling when I sit down to type them up!!!

sneezycat, do gaming w My basement wasn't always so clean I admit. Bad habits can be broken.
@sneezycat@sopuli.xyz avatar

My favorite game is FL Studio as well!!

Digestive_Biscuit,
@Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk avatar

Fruity loops was (is?) the shit. Cracked versions with loads of plugins.

scrubbles, do games w Useless rant about Witcher 3 romance
!deleted6348 avatar

Don’t go back. Geralt’s relationship is… complicated. Personally I’m a Yennifer fan, mostly because of Geralt’s history with Triss. Triss knew that Geralt’s memory was gone a while back and took advantage of that, even though she knew that Geralt really was with Yennifer. So… I was always salty.

That being said, this is a game I recommend playing again someday. So just choose Triss next time. Enjoy Yenn, IMO they compliment each other well vs Triss who is just obsessed. Triss’ relationship isn’t as healthy

Lojcs,

For me Yennefer seemingly popped into existence at the end of the last game but even then it wasn’t clear what she was to Geralt. I guess that’s a way to interpret the “took advantage of” line but to me it sounded more like it was about how seemingly half the women in this world is trying to seduce Geralt and Triss succeeded… She didn’t strike as particularly obsessive neither. If that’s why Geralt is upset at her I don’t see why he’s not also upset at his other friends who turned a blind eye and didn’t mention Yennefer.

Anyways I’m more upset about the game seemingly overriding my choice with Triss than ultimately ending up with Yen. I’m not sure how to to roleplay a Geralt who up until this point didn’t care for Yen but suddenly divined that he fucked it up with Triss so she’s the only option left…

And I don’t know if I’ll ever fully replay this game, it’s simply too long

UnityDevice, do gaming w Oblivion "remastered"

The brown is bad, but to be fair to the right side, it’s the left one that has bad reflections and is blurry - it was released when bloom effects were new and it used them way too much.

  • Wszystkie
  • Subskrybowane
  • Moderowane
  • Ulubione
  • test1
  • esport
  • FromSilesiaToPolesia
  • rowery
  • krakow
  • muzyka
  • Technologia
  • NomadOffgrid
  • fediversum
  • retro
  • ERP
  • Travel
  • informasi
  • Spoleczenstwo
  • gurgaonproperty
  • shophiajons
  • Psychologia
  • Gaming
  • slask
  • nauka
  • sport
  • niusy
  • antywykop
  • Blogi
  • lieratura
  • motoryzacja
  • giereczkowo
  • warnersteve
  • Wszystkie magazyny