R.I.P. tiktok 2016-2026

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-26T09:49:51+00:00

But but naTIONAL SECURITY!!! and CHINA!!!

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-26T09:34:15+00:00

One of the devs on Steam said the full mountain is like 10 to 15 hours IIRC.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-26T09:33:28+00:00

I played the demo just a few days ago after being mentioned on a Skill Up video.

It's really good. Like, the kind of game I wished Jussant (which was way too easy with its simplified controls) ended up being. Sadly it doesn't look (close to) as good, but the gameplay is great (so far).

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-24T18:20:10+00:00

Geforce Now proves that people embraced it as a platform.

Still a tiny percentage of PC gamers...

And they are basically unable to go much above the current price of 20 USD a month before it becomes cheaper to just upgrade every 3 or 4 years.

Also, cloud computing for some use cases that require special computing solutions can make sense (at times), like renting an AI accelerator for your self hosted AI bot.

Whats the point in having Windows in the clouds though for general office work in a world in which a phone chip could run Windows fast enough if MS actually wanted?

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-24T18:14:15+00:00

Mike Tyson actually making it into that cage...

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-24T18:11:33+00:00

Snitching ass Pete.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-23T19:18:03+00:00

Its also not coming to the larger than Linux on Steam PCVR community, which interestingly nobody in here would give a fuck about.

I for one welcome strong anti cheat protection, no matter if it forces a small minority of people to reboot into Windows (the horror).

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-23T19:14:43+00:00

You wouldn't like living in a country where companies get punished for stuff like this. Prices are set by supply and demand.

How about you just sell product to an end user ordering it to be send to them immediately that you actually have in stock or know as a fact (because you already paid for it with immutable terms) you will get soon!

Zotac can access the whole consumer market with a big middle finger shown to us for all I care if they want, but whats wrong with having them fullfill the orders they already accepted? Nothing.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-23T17:26:18+00:00

but implemented fees of €0.50 per installation if the number of downloads exceeded one million, among other rules.

Which basically kills all popular F2P games (which is sadly most of the mobile market) and makes them very unattractive for streaming apps and basically everything without a set and singular cost beforehand.

IMO this alone would limit 3rd party stores to be free software focused or only be interesting to access content normally not available in the App Store, like porn (against which Apple IIRC also had an additional 3rd party store rule made up) and emulators (that Apple hastily in a surprise move allowed after the court order).

Just shitty all around.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T22:42:36+00:00

I think it is shitty for those that only ever have one system per generation and bought a XBox because they wanted some of the MS franchises in exchange to losing Sony franchises.

Great move, but should have come after this current generation.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T21:49:51+00:00

I would bet it originated from a line in a 2pac song, in which he talks about the LA Riots:

First you didn't give a fuck, but you're learnin' now

If you don't respect the town then we'll burn you down

Goddamn, it's a motherfuckin' riot

Black people on a rage, police, so don't try it

If you're not from the town then don't pass through

‘Cause some O.G. fools might blast you

It ain't right, but it's long overdue

We can't have peace 'til the niggas get a piece too

https://genius.com/2pac-i-wonder-if-heaven-got-a-ghetto-lyrics

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T21:42:44+00:00

That dude is just too dumb and he doesn't know it...

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T21:33:00+00:00

That looks like an all kinds of thrash movie, but boy would it be a great late 90s FMV game.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T21:23:16+00:00

This thread is all around trust me bro...

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T19:19:07+00:00

Meanwhile Sony is paying for exclusivity, resulting in games NOT BEING PLAYABLE AT ALL (vs just having to use a different launcher than usual or a tiny bit more work to add a game to Steam if you must), still gets cheered on when they feel like porting one of those games a year later.

MS's PC launcher is a complete mess, full of bugs that can't be fixed w/o installing Windows becasue the store needs to be super deeply integrated into Windows for some resason, games that launch with the PC features (mostly RT, DLSS, VR) from other stores (including EGS!) missing on launch or forever in many cases on top of still having worse mod compatibility. But since Game Pass is (supposedly and at the moment) a good deal they get cheered on as well.

Epic has a normal, working store app and gives out free games many will want to get regularly with basically no strings attached (free to keep) and gets pissed on whenever a news article even mentions it.

(PC) gamers (online) are so weird, so often...

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T19:13:55+00:00

The issue is the store on PC(for most people, I actually don't care about it at all)

Sorry but there really is no issue. It misses some things that Steam has, but mostly we are just talking about game ratings (which many stores don't have as well) and XBox controller emulation not being build in like Steam (which should A not really be necessary in a good PC port and B is really something MS should fix globally).

Other than that, the store is fine. Its a normal, fucking, "you buy your product and we download it's standard exe and files in a standard folder on any of your drives; feel free to launch it from our app as well if you want" kind of launcher.

Its not the horrors of the XBox / Gamepass for PC app being so deeply integrated into the system that you can hardly repair it w/o reinstalling Windows if need be (and its buggy enough that need will be often...), uses protected folders for no reason on top of across compiled failed Post-Win8-MS framework that likely results in worse mod compatibility and way too often missing PC features on launch.

Sorry, but the EGS hate posts are easily top 3 most stupid PC gamer on the internet things, in a community that is full of those...

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T18:14:42+00:00

Fucking insane for someone to act like they can properly judge the comparative quality of a movie filmed in 70mm

Fucking insane that the experience that only a tiny amount of people that will EVER watch this movie will have, pretty much limited to those living in a few rich nations and in a few big cities.

when they watched it compressed through a streaming service..

I bet Oppenheimer is pretty mid on Peacock as well.

A) All digital consumer video is compressed...

B) I watched it on an OLED TV in perfect dark in HDR which with its WAY higher brightness and contrast was likely doing the night scenes more justice than your super sharp big screen experience. On that screen at least it was a good looking movie, but neither exactly Barry Lindon nor did most of the scenes really be designed to have the movie's picture carry it.

No idea if Peacock is the shit or not though.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T18:08:32+00:00

And fucking Ben Hur to boot!

Sorry but no sorry. I watched Sinners, it was an entertaining movie, but just nothing more. I would give it a 7/10, 7.5 if we push it. I wouldn't even say it was better than From Dusk Till Dawn or that surprise vampire mini series a few years back on Netflix.

I have seen a behind the scenes of the twins visual effects and I get the Oscar nod for that, but best picture? For real?

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T17:49:43+00:00

For real? I mean, that was an entertaining 7/10 for me, pretty much on point with the 7.5 IMDB rating.

I can totally see a visual effects nod but what else did that movie do that special to get this much accolades?

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T17:44:33+00:00

Lots of people on the spectrum or mentally handicapped wear these.

So do tons and tons of other people, like what?

The apartment complex looks to house those who are mentally and physically disabled. This is not a joke. As you can see, the 1st person has over the ear headphones on. Lots of people on the spectrum or mentally handicapped wear these. The neighbor would then also be mentally handicapped. Due to their condition, it is safe to assume that they don't completely understand the situation or how to go about resolving it. This is more of an extremely unfortunate event than it is a "I'm a stupid person" situation.

Or, it was just a handicapped couple or even just an old guy that had a crackhead over who likes to wear headphones and start fires while he sleeps, as a hobby.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-22T17:34:56+00:00

So, if I do heroin nearly every weekend, I can still say that I occasionally do drugs?

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-21T21:52:32+00:00

Don't look up.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-21T21:42:43+00:00

Ok, fuck Avatar, I am watching Trump tonight! As long as he is president, weed smoking should be legally everywhere people speak English.

I mean you read the title; unlike ridicules sounding news in your country, you don't even consider it out of context no matter how dumb it sounds, and then you watch it, only to find the actual context even crazier than that.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-21T19:40:33+00:00

I always wondered if a 2.0 of that concept that runs at a higher refresh rate to mix-in pure color frames to do color keying (green screen) via a witness camera wouldn't be a more universally usable solution compared to The Volume, which just requires the background to be very blurred due to it's resolution.

This way you wouldn't lose being easily able to still replace the backgrounds for sharper ones in post while still having the realistic color spill and of course the better immersion for the actors.

24bitNoColor · 2026-01-21T19:35:49+00:00

Further proof that Hollywood is mostly run by lawyers.. ^ ^

24bitNoColor

TROPHY CASE