PerfectDark

PerfectDark, 14 godzin temu

Amazing to see for a turn-based game, an original I.P. and and independent company!

PerfectDark, 2 dni temu

I’m a sucker for a slip-case, though. And this one looks really nice!

PerfectDark, 3 dni temu

Its easy, I just never sleep!

…help me

PerfectDark, 3 dni temu

Yes!

Okay so before 2 or so months back, I worked as a pen-tester (red team), so when I wasn’t breaking in to facilities, or convincing security guards that I was the CEO’s daughter or a worker who forgot their pass, I was typically on my desktop. Which left me some time to spend contributing to spaces like this community on Lemmy!

Since then though I had a bit of a health hiccup, and took time off. I’m still taking time off, and while I’m being as active as I can, I’m now with quite a bit of time to spend doing things like this, or writing the odd feat. article/interview and sharing it on my friend’s site - so maybe I’m lucky, in one regard?!

Right now I’m playing Red Dead on my Switch OLED, and Deus Ex Mankind Divided on my Steam Deck :)

PerfectDark, 3 dni temu

To me if it’s a new release of a game…of course it should be shared! The first person to post it (preferably with their own views on the game coming written underneath) keeps the community up-to-date with what games look like. Trailer ‘dumping’ really only happens when there’s a big event, and the point of that event is seeing trailers for games. It makes sense to have them shared here.

But posts sharing the same trailer after that first? Removed.

I don’t think of it as ad spam, because it’s not like Rockstar is making a Lemmy account to make sure we see the GTA VI trailer. If we denied trailers being posted, there’d be some very angry Silksong people when that one got the trailer!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e8c22957-7ecd-4d25-bd05-58bd0cda596c.gif

PerfectDark, 3 dni temu

Thanks, Agent Karyo!

PerfectDark, 2 dni temu

I do hope it eventuates, but…I’ve seen enough ‘credible’ leaks that its right around the corner to last me a lifetime

I hope it arrives for you, because RDR2 is a beautiful game, in its own slow way. Well worth replaying!

I’d love to replay, but I spent so many hours in it. Much like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk, I think I can’t actually play any more of it because I played so much already

PerfectDark, 4 dni temu (edited 4 dni temu)

I see the OG Switch can be modded and looking into that, seems like you can actually push it to do 60 FPS instead of the 30 it’s locked into when you buy one if you overclock it.

You can! That’s the sys-clk! And it makes playing ToTK far less stuttery than it is without this!

You can do all kinds of things, but my fav has to be the ability to run your own themes on the Switch. I’m not sure why Nintendo refused to allow themes on the Switch, but something like themezer lets you customize the look of your home, menu, settings, lockscreen etc to your heart’s content:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c80afe83-a3b5-4b41-83b9-d03bcf6a6655.jpeg

The OG can be softmodded, you just need to slide a RCM ‘jig’ in the right-hand Joy-Con rail to trick the system into booting into recovery mode, and then you can inject the exploit. It’s dead simple, but it can get tiring - having the do the same process each time you shut the console down. Some users try using folded foil or a paperclip (all you’re doing is ‘shorting’, so it works), but I’d recommend the dead-cheap dedicated jigs people make before trying that one:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d352b855-dd4c-4f6f-864f-61505dd0e5e5.jpeg

You can also install Linux (not so great) or Android on a partition for emulating weaker older systems, you can back your saves up, play with cheats, use texture packs, even use any bluetooth controller from any company with the Switch by using MissionControl and…well the list is long for things it can do!

Every single Switch can be chipped (whereas only original 2017 and some 2018 V1’s can be jailbroken with the jig) however, my OLED is by far my fav chipped console. I did it myself (but to do it you need to be VERY proficient in micro-soldering), with the ‘kamikaze’ method, using the Picofly. This means it never loses the exploit, and it can be shut down and rebooted without losing the ability to boot into both the stock side (regular non jailbreak side - for online games) or the jailbroken side, where you can be as hacky as you want (as long as you remember to block Nintendo’s servers from being able to see you!)

People take the scene to great lengths, they customize everything and it can end up being an artform. I love my modded OLED, but I’ve also jailbroken V1’s, and chipped the V2 and Lite. I love seeing what some people end up making:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8873d1e1-01a6-41fc-8e10-65a2b9440491.webphttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5501460a-4261-4340-9db1-5da8623070ec.webp

It’s well worth looking into! If you’re after a cheap V1 to do it the cheapest way you can, look at Buyee. They’re everywhere in Japan and so reasonably priced!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/098df36b-f430-4217-a54d-50f71550e89e.jpeg

PerfectDark, 5 dni temu

The choice paralysis when looking at those numbers hits me hard

PerfectDark, 14 dni temu

Let me know how you find it when you do! Would love to see them :)

PerfectDark, 15 dni temu

That’s very kind of you!

I haven’t been sharing so much of these articles or interviews I’ve been doing here lately, mostly I think because it makes me look like I’m inundating the place.

But that’s so kind of you to say, glad you enjoyed it!

PerfectDark, 21 dni temu

Damn. That’s what I get for staying up all night, isn’t it.

Fixed, and thank you so much!

PerfectDark, 20 dni temu

There is a actual dedicated Playdate fishing game, yes:

• https://play.date/games/reel-istic-fishing/

But in relation to my article, and their work on CrankBoy…you can watch how they added the crank to the fishing part of the original Link’s Awakening fishing section. This kind of thing is why I think Sodium and Stonerl are doing amazing work, because it’s so different!

Link to the crank being used for fishing in Link’s Awakening here!

PerfectDark, 20 dni temu

What an odd take to have.

I’m a little confused why you’d form a strong opinion on something you willfully refused to read. In fact, even my title for the article kinda gives it away. Or the screenshot.

Just…odd.

PerfectDark, 20 dni temu

It made me so happy to see a post from you again as I’ve missed seeing you around.

Thanks, Coelacanth! It’s nice to be back here :)

PerfectDark, 12 dni temu

Thank you!!!

I’m really glad you found it interesting :)

PerfectDark, miesiąc temu

I’ve been addicted to Bioshock for so many years now. I do a yearly-ish replay of them (Infinite is my fav, which some consider sacrilege) and always hoped for more. They’re perfect Steam Deck games.

For now, I think the upcoming Judas will be a more dependable game to look forward to:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/63091971-e200-49dc-83c8-893547f85bfa.jpeg

A disintegrating starship. A desperate escape plan.

You are the mysterious and troubled Judas. Your only hope for survival is to make or break alliances with your worst enemies. Will you work together to fix what you broke – or will you leave it to burn?

Judas is a narrative FPS developed by Ghost Story Games, a studio led by Ken Levine, Creative Director of System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite.

Steam page right here, if you wanna wishlist it

PerfectDark, miesiąc temu

I know its silly of me to care about down votes. This is the internet after all, and having thin skin on the internet is just crazy.

But the idea that you’re downvoting me for sharing news just strikes me as…insane. Do you not want me to share news on Lemmy? Do you think I’m the developer? If so did you not read this intro to the piece at all?

Again. Just stupid to care about being down voted, but if you’re one of those who have been, I’d love you to just speak up and explain why?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c0b4ef51-0ca8-4f55-9dfa-58f869a43518.gif

PerfectDark, miesiąc temu

…are you lost?

PerfectDark, miesiąc temu

That’s really kind of you! Don’t expect to be inundated, it’ll be a weekly thing for whoever is in the fediverse scene, loves gaming, tech and so on, and wishes to contribute articles. I think it’s fun, so I’m glad you gave it a nod of approval!

Thanks :)

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

There’s more, but I suppose…back then shock was a tactic, the gaming industry wasn’t as clean cut and commercialized as it is now, and they were appealing to a certain demographic?!

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

I like the Nintendo ones, there were ‘risky’ ads here, now they’re very conservative

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

Oh this was nothing. My ‘news’ posts take me some time, and effort, which is why they’re kinda on pause right now (the 17th is when I see my specialist, get blood results, see what is next etc), so for now it’s this kinda thing - smaller!

But thank you so much, glad you enjoyed these :)

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

It feels VERY Quake-esque, too. So they nailed that image!

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

I just wanted to have actual, official ones shared!

This one is not official, it was done by a girl who goes by https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZUoIJrW26/?hl=en&img_index=1, she just tried her best to make a photo in the ‘style’ of the old Y2K era, and the days of PS2 ads and…everyone ended up believing it was real. She did such an amazing job of it, this one often gets shared as if it were done for Sony.

And…to be fair, the actual official ones got way worse than those I included:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b59bc1ac-a570-4917-95e8-8f21bff48439.jpeg

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

if it actually exists.

Its easily available, but I suppose by ‘in the wild’ you mean picking it up in a secondhand store, rather than online marketplaces. If not, have a look at buyee to pick up a bargain.

Interestingly they command a higher price than I expected on eBay.

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

Ironic!

This is the purple shade of the GCN, and its one of the ‘hero’ size images available to use, on SteamGridDB. I just liked to grab one image in that size to separate each ‘section’ in this post.

But…I know, it looks like an error -___-

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

France did the ‘panties’ ads, there were three of them all up.

You can find them here

Here is another which has explicit exposure, this one from Chile has exposed breasts, also. And far more obvious to the viewer

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

web.archive.org/…/switch-2-usb-c-third-party-dock…

Here’s the article with no paywall!

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

If you want to reach out to me for a chat, I’m happy to walk you through what your phone is capable of doing. Emulation is such a scene now, even low-low end phones are capable of doing so much now. You might now be getting winlator running to play PC games (which is no problem for some phones), but you can even play some basic Switch games. Or worst case if it’s very underpowered, you’ve got so many games from the golden age of RPG’s to play through

• SNES
• Mega Drive/Genesis
• PS1

…and so on. I know this won’t be the “…the games I would otherwise want to play on PC…” but it is still playing incredible games. So, as always, let me know. I’m happy to help with that front!

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

Totally understandable!

I appreciate you reading through these regardless :)

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

Oh gosh you’re way too kind. I wouldn’t call it that, but I am happy to share interesting things here. And I’m so lucky that you all read it and agree with me that it is worth the read!!!

Thank you so much!!!

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

No, they’re not on by default! It’s no error, just making it a choice rather than choosing for you.

I’m not surprised by NSL showing errors, being that it was coded with GPT.

Go to the installed game’s settings and then turn on cloud saves. It’ll have a warning telling you it’s basically in beta, but again - it’s worked flawlessly for me!

PerfectDark, 2 miesiące temu

I’m so glad, I did nothing, but I do hope you have fun with it!!!