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Doom, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman
@Doom@ttrpg.network avatar

Y’all got free healthcare?

Star, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

And? What’s the problem with that? In an ideal society with present technology we can afford to feed and house literally everyone. Let artificial scarcity rule you no longer. Let the people play games, and when 'work’is no longer, the obligation of wages they wil do it willingly, happily, and with enjoyment. Or at least wnough of us will to feed all.

So what if some get fed more than they work? I like helping people. We should have plenty to spare without the parasite class.

jj4211,

With the caveat that we can accommodate everyone so long as sufficient people put in their fair share of effort. In an ideal world that will mean very short working hours and/or nicely early retirement/late entry into the work force.

Certainly the usual talking heads are spoiled rich guys that have never known labor and have not done their fair share, but it is a difficult thing to balance to make sure we do take care of each other but make sure enough people are engaged to successfully do that

Star,

People will use labor to make food if they only have the means. No one sane would rather starve, and even the bourgeoise can be taught the value of their labor once it saves a life, perhaps their own.

flop_leash_973, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

What about all of those congress critters that get that big bad “socialized medicine” that the common people can’t (funny how it is fine when it is for them isn’t it.)? I bet that costs a shit ton given the average age of congress critters. How about we make some cuts there?

Goretantath, do games w 10 years later, no one has replicated Rocket League's mojo

Isnt there literaly a game thats rocket league but with humans? Aka Soccer with boosts?

GoTime,

Yeah it’s called Rematch. It’s like soccer with humans and much fun. They should make an IRL sport like it /s

Gork,

I dunno. A sport that uses balls? Never gonna be popular.

Nothing can compete with Basketcube, Basetetrahedra, or Foottesseract.

Damarus,

Rematch hasn’t released yet, but a few public playtests happened. While there are some strong similarities to Rocket League like controlling a single player, the walled arena and having a form of boost, it’s still very different and hasn’t yet given me the same thrill.

Rematch does not have the verticality, and so it’s missing a whole dimension (and multiple degrees of freedom) of skill expression. The arena is significantly larger, as it’s built for more players, which results in a much slower game. It has the potential to be a very solid new esports game, however I can’t see it pulling away many players from Rocket League.

RamenJunkie,

During Overwatch Summer Games, they have Lucio all, which is just Rocket League with Lucio, maybe that is what you are thinking of?

kbal, do games w Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'
@kbal@fedia.io avatar

People still care about Starfield in 2025? I thought everyone went back to Skyrim a year ago.

RightHandOfIkaros,

Yes. I enjoy the game. I wasn’t expecting Star Wars, and therefore I was not disappointed. I got a Bethesda style take on Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen, without an always online multiplayer requirement or getting a game still in the alpha stages of development for the last 10 years.

While there are certain elements that I don’t like, they are small issues that mods can easily fix. I cannot do that with Elite or Star Citizen. And unfortunately, this genre of games is incredibly tiny. Like, basically the only other option I haven’t mentioned is EVE Online. No thanks.

ripcord,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

I like how you got downvoted for liking it.

RightHandOfIkaros,

Average Lemmy moment, honestly.

regdog,

Here is a dilemma: If you like getting downvoted for liking something, then do you upvote your own comment or do you downvote it?

MDCCCLV,

Practically I believe up\downvotes are public, so you can’t. Otherwise you look like you’re just a troll if you’re downvoting your own comment.

regdog,

Your own comments are upvoted automatically, so every new comment starts with 1 point. You can remove your own upvote from your comment, so that it starts at 0 instead.

MDCCCLV,

Yeah, but people can see if you downvote your own comment, right?

regdog,

Removing an upvote is not the same thing as downvoting

MDCCCLV,

Ok. I’m not sure what that raw data looks like, how easy it is to see the specifics.

dan1101,

I started playing it again after going back to Elite Dangerous. I’m on an expedition in Elite Dangerous so there is no one around. I’m back in Starfield to try and remember where I left off.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

The game isn’t good, but reading how bad it is is a certain entertainment to me, not gonna lie.

Funny thing is that I decided to pirate it around February 2024, after seeing how much people were hating it. “It can’t be that bad, can it?” - my low expectations were disappointed by reality

PeterisBacon,

Ooooo shhhh you didn’t go to the seas for it, I sold you my old copy at a discounted rate. Nothing more to see here big corporations.

RabbitMix,

I really like it, I’ve got over 1000 hours in it i know its got its problems and I understand why people don’t like it, but none of the things it does wrong are that big of a deal to me and I have fun running around doing little quests. It scratches an itch for me so I keep returning to it. Of course I want tons of support for the game, but if nobody made anything more for it I’d probably still put another 1000hrs in.

TheDemonBuer, do games w On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down
@TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world avatar

They’ll charge whatever they think people will pay, and I’m pretty confident that many millions of people will fork over the $80 - $90 at launch. Prices come down when people stop buying.

Etterra, do gaming w Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO

A former Activision CEO. Can you announce “hostility to our users” any louder, Discord?

Kazumara, do games w Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early on Steam, and the publisher has decided to just go with it

Correct reaction, good on them.

Moobythegoldensock, do games w The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst

While at one point GTA was my favorite series and I was absolutely hyped for GTA V, I’m not for this one. I kind of feel like I’m getting a little old for GTA.

Maybe I’ll change my mind after it releases and there’s a good chance I’ll play it anyway, but right now… meh.

Rhoeri, do games w WoW guild uses exploits to get world 'first' on new raid, gets banned, puts its name backwards and does it again
@Rhoeri@lemmy.world avatar

Wow is still a thing?

ArchmageAzor,
@ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world avatar

Must be comfy under that rock

Rhoeri,
@Rhoeri@lemmy.world avatar

The rock where I’m actually doing enough with my life so as to not be aware that a cartoonish video game still exists?

Yeah. It’s pretty comfy.

winkerjadams,

Yet you are on a much more obscure thing called Lemmy. I don’t really care, just pointing out the irony.

Rhoeri,
@Rhoeri@lemmy.world avatar

And yet- my not caring about a video game enough to know whether or not it still existed is somehow wrong?

5714, do games w Rebellion CEO seems kind of awed by major studios making massive videogames: 'How do you organize a game that has 2,000 people working on it?'

Open Source does it all the time, just with a slower pace.

tonytins,
@tonytins@pawb.social avatar

Excluding the “Open Core” projects, those people don’t normally have management breathing down their necks.

vrighter,

open core isn’t open source, imo.

tonytins, (edited )
@tonytins@pawb.social avatar

That’s why I put it in quotes.

magic_lobster_party,

How many open source projects have 2000 concurrent contributors working full time on it?

brucethemoose, do games w The Simple Act of Buying a Graphics Card Is the Defining Misery of PC Gaming in 2025

Funny thing about AMD is the MI300X is supposedly not selling well, largely because they priced gouge everything as bad as Nvidia, even where they aren’t competitive. Other than the Framework desktop, they are desperate to stay as uncompetitive in the GPU space as they possibly can, and not because the hardware is bad.

Wasn’t the Intel B580 a good launch, though? It seems to have gotten rave reviews, and it’s in stock, yet has exited the hype cycle.

SupraMario,

I looked for months for a b580 for my wifes pc. Couldn’t get one in stock for MSRP during that time. Finally caved and grabbed a 6900xt for $400 used. The intel cards are awesome, if you can get one. I do hope intel keeps up the mid range offerings at sane prices

Thorry84,

Well the B580 is a budget / low-power GPU. All the discussions going around are for flagship and high-end GPUs. Intel isn’t in that space yet, but we can hope they have a B7xx lined up which makes some waves.

newthrowaway20,

Intel b580 still showing out of stock everywhere I normally look.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble,

In stock, but not at the right price. MSRP is $250. The cards I’m seeing are $350 and up.

For $250 it’s a good card. For $350 not so much.

kerrigan778, do games w Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 show that the future of RPGs is in games way more ambitious, weird and unexpected than anything Bethesda and Bioware have to offer

Less flash, more passionate people allowed to create. Shocker.

FrostyCaveman, do games w Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died

Oh damn, thats a name I admittedly haven’t heard in a while. This guy had a huge impact on the games I played growing up. Still play the Master of Orion games every now and then. RIP

cupcakezealot, do gaming w Finally someone turned Doom into an enriching cultural experience for art snobs
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

always has been 😉

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