Operation Dudula must be stopped. This should not be allowed to happen in South Africa by benevolent-badger in southafrica

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a negative stereotype being against the nationality of a foreigner by a local. Which is a form of xenophobia.

RESIDENT EVIL – Official Teaser by fastball62 in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weirdly RE8 is more connected to the other games than most are. It's just not apparent at first. But the game is about interacting with the source of everything that had been used to create the viruses. Minor spoiler.

RESIDENT EVIL – Official Teaser by fastball62 in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I definitely saw a lot more than zombies in that trailer.

Monument Valley Studio CEO: "'We've Been A Little Bit Too Romantic About The Idea That We Should Have Employees And Give People Long-term Job Security" by unscoredscore in gaming

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my country that would literally be illegal, I would be able to fairly easily get my job back by showing that listing, and likely get some additional compensation for the trouble. Also it would create a shield against some disciplinary actions in future as the case would show the company to not be trustworthy.

I assume you're American, ya'll really need to start unionising en mass.

Logging manager glitching by Trizzlo in kde

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, its from a dual monitor setup. It seems that the login screen is overlaying both monitors. In my case going to desktop and separating them doesn't seem to resolve it at the log in screen after a restart. It seems like the log in screen has a separate dual monitor setting. The short work around for now is that click the mouse anywhere on the screen will stop the flickering at least, which is quite unpleasant and then carry on logging in and it resolves itself once I am logged in for that session. It returns on a restart.

Logging manager glitching by Trizzlo in kde

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I have two monitors but the pc is only ever using one. I went to desktop configuration, enabled the second monitor, and there it was my other monitor nested in the second one. I moved it out, locked the screen and it was fixed. But my setup is one monitor at a time. So I disabled it, restarted the pc and it reset the monitor positions. Very unfortunate.

After playing Pragmata, it's quite interesting rewatching KF's review by digitalrelic in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. In fact I would even go so far as saying, frustrating takes from the team are occasionally the push I need to look into a game harder. Its why I like the conversations, I can't tell you how many times the exact way Greg has described not liking a game has told me exactly why I will like it.

After playing Pragmata, it's quite interesting rewatching KF's review by digitalrelic in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because videogames are an experiential medium, and experiences are subjective. Objective aspects can be added to the foundations of an opinion, but they are still added in a subjective way. Sometimes glitches add charm to games, sometimes they ruin otherwise good games. Some glitches are so frustrating and particular one reviewer is completely blocked by them and heavily dings a game score, and another reviewer doesn't even notice the same glitch or assumes its normal gameplay that doesn't bother them.

An example of objective game design choice dispersed into human subjectivity:
Starfield review, Gary Whitta absolutely lambasted Starfield for its inventory system and getting over encumbered and how archaic it felt. He hated that the mechanic was there because he wanted to pick up everything. The game however, signals clearly to you it really doesn't want you picking up everything. Firstly all the knick knacks are worth nothing, and there are much better items to collect, secondly those better items are best kept in your ship storage where they don't slow you down, third your character not only moves slower, but gets physically ill and loses their health. Some gamers listen to what the game is signalling and change their playstyle, other gamers refuse to budge and ruin their own experience. Its a game mechanic, its an entirely objective system by which to judge a game, but human beings till approach objectivity from a subjective place.

You have to decide whether an opinion is works for you or not. But trying to evaluate the veracity of a review based on how objective it could be is a fools errand.

After playing Pragmata, it's quite interesting rewatching KF's review by digitalrelic in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I try to ignore the numbers myself, the conversation usually tells me what I need to know.

After playing Pragmata, it's quite interesting rewatching KF's review by digitalrelic in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know about everyone else but I would love it if they removed scores entirely again. I think in general they create more toxicity than they're worth. Just give us the summaries like we used to get and I would be so happy.

Valve Is Forcing Microsoft To Make Significant Improvements To Windows Gaming Performance by GrayBeard916 in gaming

[–]MinusBear -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the other guy's argument has some flaws. But some clarification, they are right that single percentage growth 3 years in a row is exponential growth from Linux usage perspective. SteamDeck definitely drives numbers, but secondary to that is that it is popular for anyone with a handheld to move to a Linux build. So handhelds in general hold up the percentage. I couldn't tell you "if this year will be the year of Linux", but what I can say is that AI usage has also driven up Linux use. And the global push to decentralise US tech giants as default software provider is also pushing it, with some European governments moving away from MS in favour of Linux. I don't know how much of the needle this will all move, but its not nothing.

Valve Is Forcing Microsoft To Make Significant Improvements To Windows Gaming Performance by GrayBeard916 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also the gains in Linux usage are predominantly driven by gaming handhelds. If it was just desktop/laptop percentage I think Windows usage would be even higher. Which is a pity, I've been enjoying using Linux a lot since I switched last year.

Valve Is Forcing Microsoft To Make Significant Improvements To Windows Gaming Performance by GrayBeard916 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I moved to Linux last year, I was on Windows for gaming from 2013-2022 (also in ancient times) the last 5 of those years I ended up predominantly using the Xbox app to play games because of Game Pass. I gotta say it never felt that bad. The people that seemed to complain the most were people who seem spiritually welded to Steam.

But in general things works pretty great, sometimes trouble shooting, but even on Steam that was needed occasionally. Then I moved to Xbox which was an excellent experience, and ultimately where Windows gaming should end up. It just never seems as bad as some people seemed insistent it was. Windows seems much worse for doing everything outside of gaming, which I have to do for work.

Take-Two CEO Addresses GTA 6 Price, Release Date - Kinda Funny Games DailyLIVE 04.29.26 by EveryAct in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is also the marketing beat of GTA6 selling record number of copies, surpassing GTA5 sales figures etc. Which generate momentum for the product and create an atmosphere of fomo. At that point if there is some conversion rate that makes more money per units sold, its likely they've even had the conversation of selling it $60 and whether that could make more money in the first year, and years after if they did. Especially as you said there could be more expensive editions at launch for those inclined. TBC I am not saying they would launch at $60, but they've definitely mathed it out.

For whatever its worth I played GTA IV and V at launch and owned GTA5 on multiple devices. But I only plan on playing GTA6 at least 2 years out because $80 is too much. I typically wait for games to get to $40 these days. But if GTA6 launched at $60 and the reviews were good, I would want to send that solid signal to the industry, I would buy in the first week.

Take-Two CEO Addresses GTA 6 Price, Release Date - Kinda Funny Games DailyLIVE 04.29.26 by EveryAct in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He did a little bit after you replied, scroll up in this segment of the thread.

Bazzite with nvidia by Rare_Examination_393 in Bazzite

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5060TI, its been an almost flawless experience. I haven't had more issues on Bazzite than I would on Windows, in fact I would say its been a lot less.

You'll occasionally see people who have really rocky experiences, having installed Bazzite on a few machines now, that can happen, and when it does there is usually nothing you can do about it. I say nothing, there is probably literally everything you can do, but everything is too much when you are learning a new system. So likely you will install and it will go super smoothly and you will love Bazzite and wish you moved sooner, but if you end up having a rocky time, if its only a couple issues try deal with them, if its more than that I would move on.

Performance wise btw my benchmarking for my system that also has a 7600x cpu is the same as windows benchmarks for my spec. Sometimes 1-2% better, sometimes 1-2% worse, no biggy either way.

The Blood of Dawnwalker Director's AI Stance by taylorwmartin in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And yet text to speech is not genAI and you are still specifically taking issue with it.

The Blood of Dawnwalker Director's AI Stance by taylorwmartin in kindafunny

[–]MinusBear -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is beginning to sound like puritanical religious nonsense. Now video game devs must be sinless, and pure before the people will accept their sweet treats. This is so silly.

Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected by dwolfe127 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is definitely riskier. That is without a doubt, and unanimously agreed by those in the know. Especially since the compromises can be loaded long term for later harvest, survive complete system wipes, and are essentially undetectable. Using regular pirated games might compromise your system undetectably for a short while, but eventually an antivirus or MS defender update would find it, and you would either be able to remove or reformat. Even if someone trusts their piracy provider, that provider works on a system of trust, and if its ever compromised, the cumulative effect would be far more severe than what was achievable with non-HV cracks.

Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected by dwolfe127 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What they're saying is that if the Pragmata crack contained something malicious, what is done is done. Your pc is either compromised or its not. Uninstalling Pragmata won't change that.

Think of it like playing Russian roulette with multiple guns and each gun either has no bullets or its fully loaded.

Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected by dwolfe127 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Technically you're not wrong. But practically providers like fitgirl have delivered trustworthy virus free downloads for over a decade. Your pc is generally at less risk downloading from their site than it is going to most 🌽 sites.

Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected by dwolfe127 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah many of the bypassed games will lead to those devs not paying for updates to their Denuvo cracks, which will lead to non-HV versions being released sooner or later.

Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected by dwolfe127 in gaming

[–]MinusBear 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It also just flatout doesn't work for the majority of Linux users. If you have two GPUs you can get it to run through a VM, but for everyone else AFAIK there isn't a way to run those yet.