smeg

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Profil ze zdalnego serwera może być niekompletny. Zobacz więcej na oryginalnej instancji.

smeg,

The rest of the article is mildly interesting, but if you just took the bait from the headline:

On a technical level, Xbox One is essentially a PC using a heavily modified version of Windows, and this software simply translates native Xbox applications into a form that can run on standard Windows PCs

smeg,

Complete guess here, but refunds are probably handled differently by the banks compared to new payments, i.e. undoing an error is probably free(ish), but paying people is how they get you

smeg,

Faced with the return of one of humanity’s greatest threats, you have no choice but to head to THE TENTH CIRCLE OF HELL:

🇬🇧 THE UNITED KINGDOM OF 🇬🇧 GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

I think we should put this on the tourist brochures

smeg,

Not to mention every now and then the shop gets ever so slightly worse and more spammy looking. Steam was a god send when it first launched and I’d hate to see it become what it replaced

Was it a godsend? I thought everybody hated it initially. And I feel like it’s only got better over the years as they’ve added more features.

smeg,

Northern England, I think “Northern Britain” would just be Scotland

smeg,

Have a look at the game and you’ll see we’re not really capable of taking over anywhere anymore

smeg,

Hey beehaw, I’ve got the hottest off-the-press rumour for you today: I predict video game companies will continue to produce video games for the foreseeable future! Unbelievable, I know, but my insider knowledge tells me that companies often seek profit by providing goods and services.

smeg,

I’ve got a couple of good ones on my pebble

smeg,

I didn’t know there was a mobile version. PC version was like £3 and had no ads/payments/nonsense, what’s in the mobile version?

smeg,

This explains why everyone’s “favourite” character is Zelda but nobody’s is Link

Gacha games are out of control. Gambling shouldn't be so widespread angielski

As someone who grew up playing games like World of Warcraft and other AAA titles, I’ve seen how the gaming industry has evolved over the years—and not always for the better. One of the most disturbing trends is the rise of gacha games, which are, at their core, thinly veiled gambling systems targeting younger players. And I...

smeg,

You escaped addiction (hopefully) without too many long-term consequences, hopefully that remorse will help you avoid similar situations in the future :)

smeg,

There’s also !patientgamers and !retrogaming which are relevant too

What games would you recommend others to just play on easy difficulty angielski

I am making my way through Yakuza series right now and while playing 5 I realized that I am not that invested into the game’s combat, so I turned it to easy and that just streamlined the combat so much for me. I would recommend to maybe try Yakuza 0 on normal at first and then just switch it to easy if you feel like the...

smeg,

I remember having some really solid runs, easily beating every enemy I encountered… and then not even being able to make a dent on the final boss

smeg,

Into the Breach too, it’s just a less brutal way to learn how to play

smeg,

Yep, that’s what everyone realises after getting stomped a few times!

smeg,

Even if it’s about Space Jam?

smeg,

Good, I can post this one then vice.com/…/where-did-space-jam-mashups-come-from-…

Why Do People Still Play Destiny 2? angielski

With the release of “The Final Shape,” the main storyline has concluded, and it seems like the developers are now just churning out random content and seasonal passes without a clear direction for the game’s future. I’m genuinely curious about what motivates players to stick around. Are there aspects of the game that...

smeg,

I see this posted a lot, what does it mean? What is “gunplay” and what is so good about it in this game?

smeg,

Smash Ultimate is on there too

smeg,

If by always you mean the last 15-20 years, plenty more warring from the likes of Nintendo and Sega before then!

smeg,

I’ve never played borderlands, what is a “shift code”? Is it a classic cheat code? Or some kind of pay-to-win microtransaction thing?

smeg,

I love how functional the Deck’s controls are, but I do end up with claw hand after playing for a while

smeg,

N64 controller. Obviously it wasn’t exactly great to use, but its completely unique look is so iconic and that makes it my fave.

smeg,

If he is then he needs to try harder, people really hate Epic here!

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says his hopes on Epic Store were 'overly optimistic or misplaced' (www.tweaktown.com) angielski

I’m genuinely shocked how much Epic poured into the store and it still lacks so much basic features. Sorting games is still extremely barebones, store is filled with NFT/crypto garbage, the store still looks like a college student’s first front-end project, and last time I used the launcher to pick up free games (last year),...

smeg,

What has community got to do with achievements? My Steam profile is entirely private, the achievements are for me.

smeg,

Please tell me more about this Junk Store, I’d been using Heroic for Epic games but it’s been a bit dodgy recently

smeg,

Fair, but my point is that plenty of people care about achievements without any community integration

smeg,

I’ve not used Decky before, it always seemed like one of those things that needed constant tinkering. Is it still a bit bleeding edge or has it reached the “it just works” stage yet?

smeg,

Cheers, I’ll give it a go if Heroic is still not working the next time I try to use it

Need tips, when is a non-campaign game considered 'completed'? angielski

I like to keep track of my games that I have completed, with most of the games it is pretty easy. When the credits roll, I consider them beat, there are a few exceptions of course like Nier, Resident Evil 2 etc. What I struggle with are fighting, racing games and 4x games. I enjoy these genres, but I don’t know what is...

smeg,

As others have said, the best answer is “whenever you want”, though obviously sometimes you don’t know when that is! If you need a little more structure you can see what the game presents to you as all the things you can do, for instance by completing all the achievements. Remember that sometimes the final achievements are ludicrously difficult, so if you’re not enjoying it just call it a day!

a new paradigm (beehaw.org) angielski

[alt text: a pair of posts by strudel-fatpaws on tumblr. The first post says, “who was the guy who said every indie game is named either ‘empoisoned’ or ‘swumbles big jumble’. i swear this is a real thing someone said”. The second post says, “gonna start sorting my steam library like this”. Included with the...

smeg,

“Wobbledogs” definitely has more of a Swumble’s Big Jumble energy though

Valve lifts NDA on Deadlock, streaming and talking about the game is now allowed. angielski

Not sure where the official announcement of this happened, but videos and discussions of the game are now finally allowed. The game is still invite-only, but expect to start seeing it all over the place now. Popular streamers are already jumping into it....

smeg,

From what I remember there was no NDA but no EULA either. It was a simple “please don’t share anything about this”, the journo ignored it and their account was banned. As far as I’m aware there’s no legal action going on, the Verge have just lost any goodwill they ever had with Valve.

smeg,

(Copying my own comment from the beehaw post)

Blimey, and they say IGN only does 9/10 reviews nowadays! Fascinating article, very keen to hear if it develops any further.

What was this guy’s motivation? Playing the long game to get rich selling his kick-started ventures? Just for the glory of everyone telling him how great he is? Real altruism in a really weird way? Did he actually help improve accessibility enough in games for the ends to justify the means?

smeg,

Blimey, and they say IGN only does 9/10 reviews nowadays! Fascinating article, very keen to hear if it develops any further.

What was this guy’s motivation? Playing the long game to get rich selling his kick-started ventures? Just for the glory of everyone telling him how great he is? Real altruism in a really weird way? Did he actually help improve accessibility enough in games for the ends to justify the means?

smeg,

Nintendo refuse to ever be predictable

smeg,

However, it’s clear Game Science, through Hero Games, is keen to control the narrative around Black Myth: Wukong to avoid negative coverage and ensure focus is on the game itself.

Given that this is the first I’ve heard of this game and I know nothing about the game itself, I feel they’ve shot themselves in the foot a little, eh?

smeg,

Wario Land 4 was probably my fave

smeg,

I don’t remember 4 being that chill, when you press the frog button and have to leg it back to the start for fear of losing your loot it gets pretty intense!

smeg,

Which Zelda games were open world (before BotW)? I’ve always found them annoyingly linear.

smeg,

Mario 64 definitely paved the way for most of the 3D platformers of the 21st century

smeg,

That’s cool, I haven’t played any of the 2D ones (as you’ve probably guessed!), are they worth playing now for someone with no nostalgia goggles?

smeg,

Speaking of Spelunky, does anyone know where you can download the original open-source version? The link on the official website times out, and the discussion forums seem dead too.

smeg,

It does, thanks!

smeg, (edited )

and some machine learning algorithms to help scale the human judgement calls

I’m just glad they called it machine learning instead of “AI”

smeg,

instead of doing a free and premium type of publishing like they do with phone apps

It’s not just phone apps, look at this shit on a big-name Steam game:

https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/b7a6d157-a2a7-4473-94fb-903c8d44d942.webp

Calling your free trial “definitive edition” and having the “base game” as a paid DLC is purposely misleading

smeg,

This is a shameless self-plug but I post a lot of free games in !freegames. They’re primarily limited-time giveaways, but I also tag some with [Forever-Free Friday] which might be more what you’re looking for.

smeg,

It’s more than fine to have a demo, just call it a demo rather than tricking people into thinking it’s the full version for free!

smeg,

Presumably for the free marketing of appearing in the free-to-play list

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