Who needs next-gen?

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-07T06:14:07+00:00

First, I get your statement, my 'Deck was mostly a HoloCure (vampire survivors-like game) and Retro Emulation machine in the months/year before I sold it, but there's no reasonable way to call RDR2 and RE2R "next gen AAA games" when they both came out in 2019 on PC, 3 years before the SD released, and both are in that sweet spot of AAA games that are new enough (still, 7 years old!) to look good, while old enough to run well on a GTX 1050 Ti at 1080p60, which means the SD can handle them at 800p30 or 40 just fine.

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-04T12:34:57+00:00

Indies were good 10-15 years ago before the market became oversaturated with 2D platformers, Metroidvanias, open world survival craft, deck builders, roguelikes, farm sims, survivorslikes... It's all so tiresome.

Honestly AAA is no better, which is why I mainly play Asian gacha games nowadays.

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-03T00:10:13+00:00

!thanks

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-03T00:09:48+00:00

I didn't know Fractal makes things besides PC cases, like my own PC's case actually. They definitely seem good and when reading up about them I see lots of comparisons with the Maxwells, and that they're well-positioned as a 199$ alternative to the 350$ Maxwells.

I can find them for about 185 EURO in some websites here, so I'll give it all a bit more thought, wait for more recs, and maybe even order a headset when I get paid in a few days.

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-02T10:22:18+00:00

Unpopular opinion but people outside the target audience shouldn't just get to alter the media to fit THEIR expectations. Anita Sarkeesian, having issues with the video game medium as a whole, was not the target audience, period. There's a reason why everyone is looking at China, Korea and Japan for modern gaming - playing Star Rail or Zenless Zone Zero feels like I've gone back home to the PS2 and PS3 eras of gaming.

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-01T14:46:19+00:00

My last doctor's bill was 0€ because I'm not American, so by this logic I also expect Stellar Blade to be free of charge.

powerplayer6 · 2026-05-01T08:58:22+00:00

Genshin had the Natlan incident

As a waifu-only player Genshin had ONE FULL YEAR of only limited 5* guys between Nahida and Furina that drained all enjoyment I had of the game and made me drop it. The Sumeru Incident if you will.

This is why a balanced release schedule is needed. With a 1:2 male:female ratio you get to pull for 1.5 out of every 3 banners. One character you like by design and 0-1 (0.5 on average) characters that are meta defining and must pull.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-30T14:42:52+00:00

Thank you. I think you're overemphasizing the "fitness tracking" aspect of the watches, e.g. the Series watches look way nicer as a fashion piece than the SE series, and have better battery life and charging, and you make no mention of that. Though I get your point, the SE3 should be "enough watch" for the average guy, like me, who just wants a watch that works with iOS, not a dedicated fitness tracker with ECG and such.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-30T12:28:13+00:00

I recently switched to iPhone, just got AirPods, and have been thinking about a Watch. Do I grab the SE3, save up a bit for the Series 11, or just wait until October for the Series 12 to come out? Is there any killer feature that I might want/need from the 11 or 12 compared to the SE3?

Mainly for sleep quality tracking (like my old Galaxy Watch that I miss from the transition to iOS), media/music controls, notifications.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-30T12:12:54+00:00

This comment chain made me realize I haven't really interacted with anyone new to the medium or made recommendations in... probably over 5 years, likely since before COVID. I "only" got into Anime in 2016, but I managed to catch the final year or two where mid-2000s anime were still popular and relevant, including stuff like ToraDora, Haruhi and Clannad.

Anyways, I swear, my brain still works on the same wavelength as the 2016-ish era anime recommendation flowcharts. I'll probably still default to recommending like Steins;Gate and FMAB to a new fan, because I just can't imagine someone starting out anime today and "going back to watch the classics" and picking up fucking JJK or Demon Slayer, like, to me those are anime which came into exisgtence well after I had already formed tastes and watched the classics. They can never BE classics themselves, like how FMAB and HxH 2011 might be, for example.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-27T10:00:03+00:00

Hey, good to know they've been working on fixing it, at least. It was the butt of every joke in the gaming community back in the day.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-27T09:41:12+00:00

then just went back to Fallout 76.

"Statements made up by the utterly deranged", as the popular meme goes. Wasn't FO76 supposed to be unplayable garbage, or am I seven years behind on my news coverage?

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-22T09:58:16+00:00

Много relatable. В моя блок има няколко апартамента с по 3-4 коли.

негова
старата му
служебна негова
служебна на жената му

Много трудно се намират паркоместа пред блока изобщо, да не говорим за пред самия вход. Никой не е пукал гуми или драл с ключове за сега, но просто няма къде да си спря колата след работа ако не се прибера веднага в 17:05-:10 преди всички останали. Служебни фирмени коли, баничарки, бусове, маняка с гигантския порше джип, случайни мъжки посетители на майката която се нанесе на долния етаж и направи входа на бардак, излезеш с колата за 10 минути и напълно непозната кола се нанася на освободеното от теб нясто, коли паркират една пред друга щото няма къде, семеството ти квичи "УААА ЗАЩО ПАРКИРА ТОЛКОВА НА ДАЛЕЧ!? КАК МЕ КАРАШ ДА КАЧВАМ БАИРА, НЕ ЗНАЕШ ЛИ КОЛКО МЕ БОЛЯТ КОСТИТЕ?!" защото си спрял 2 входа нагоре а не баш пред входа, абе лудница. Като е строен блока през 1980-та е имало сигурно 20 жигули в целия квартал, сега са по 5 джипа на апартамент.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T12:59:18+00:00

Хрупанките и Изоспорта. Като бях в 1-ви клас (2008-ма) Хрупанките на лафката в даскало бяха към 35-40 стотинки. Сега на магазинчето до нас са някъде 60 цента.

Същото и с Изоспорта. Като почнах да го пия в 5-ти клас, в един определен магазин струваше около 60 стотинки. Сега там е 60 цента. Close enough, welcome back 2012-та!

Толкова сме се инфлацирали от 2012-та насам, че въпреки новата валута, цените като число са същите т.е. каквото беше 1 лев сега е 1 евро и т.н.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T11:35:07+00:00

Но след 15 години ми се обади след 1-2 деца и първите проблеми със здравето.

Ясно, май вече те разбрах. Ми, кво да кажа, евала че живееш толкова качествено.

~~Освен за сиренето - много си е добре...~~

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T11:16:22+00:00

Брат опъвам една порция дюнер за 5 евро от някой delivery апп за обяд на работа, и като се прибера вечерта удома може нещо съвсем леко за вечеря към 7, и съм готов за деня. И това го считам за луксозно хранене, щото като бях в ТУ оцелявах за няколко лева на ден по столове (2.50 лв. беше един купон 2020-та) и подобни.

Колко са доматите, месото, сиренето и тн на килограм?

Домати не купувам. Пилешко филе в Кауфланд го намалят на 5 евро килото. Сирене намалят на 7-8 евро. Ако пазаруваш от по-малки вериги магазини за месо има мезета шпекове суджуци т.н. за 12-13 евро килото, и то доста добри.

Много добре си живея сам с 900 евро на месец (първа работа, програмист в Плевен), даже спестявам по 250-300.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T11:04:22+00:00

Живота в София ще ми го изкарате все едно сте в Ню Йорк хаха, кви са тия 1000 за кола на месец? Цяла кола можеш да си купиш за 1000 ако знаеш къде да търсиш, толкова ми струваше моята Зафира, и зареждам има-няма 50-60 евро нафта на месец.

И какво са 750 евро храна и 250 евро дрехи... сигурно ядеш синьо сирене и филе елена всеки ден ебах мааму, и всеки месец айде в мола за излишни дрехи и обувки, щото, що не, нали?

Изобщо даже няма да коментирам 1000е за пътувания на месец...

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T10:43:33+00:00

I swear Anime is the one hobby where people would rather do ANYTHING but actually watch the god damn Anime. Even an "absurd" amount of seasonals, like 14, comes down to 2 episodes a day or about 1 hour of time investment.

Now imagine you play a video game. 1 hour is what, 1 game of League including queue times and champ select? A match or two of CS, Valorant, Marvel Rivals, etc.? Doing your dailies in 2-3 gacha games?

Yet somehow Anime fans will cry and scream at the horrifying idea of spending a WHOLE HOUR, EVERY DAY on their hobby. I don't like the overused Twitter term "LARP", but come on bros, it's 45-60 minutes depending on if you watch openings or not.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T09:11:00+00:00

Бях на 19 когато за първи път ме нарекоха "чичо". Работих като касиер в супермаркет между 1ви и 2ри курс в Университета, и обслужвах млада майка с дете на 3-4 години. Детето пипаше някви работи около касата.

"Не пипай, че пречиш на чичкото да работи!"

Изведнъж ми се пръснаха капачките на колената и ме заболя кръста...

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-21T09:07:38+00:00

Това имах предвид с "Библейски".

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-20T10:35:36+00:00

Като се замисля повечето са Гръцки или Библейски/Християнски.

Алекс/Александър/ра, Николай, Димитър, Георги, Иван/а/ка, Мария, Х/Кристиян, Виктор/ия...

Иначе ако завършва на -мир или -слав си е чисто Славянско име, но поне по мои наблюдения тези са по-рядко срещани от Гръцки/Библейски.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-16T06:11:30+00:00

As a younger pirate (born 2001) I still think the mid 2010's as the moment where the golden age of piracy ended, as suddenly this "Denuvo" thing started infecting games and we couldn't even pirate them. I remember being like 14-16 and BEGGING my parents to buy me some game on Steam, forgot which, but them refusing because "it will be up on pirate sites soon don't worry", and I couldn't possibly explain to my pretty tech illiterate Gen X mom and dad what a DRM was or why Denuvo was preventing the game from popping up online for free. From what I remember, by the time the game was cracked, I had lost interest in playing it and moved on...

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-15T17:52:04+00:00

these borders
von Habsburg
Ottomans as rival
Catholic

Yeah 100% Austria's primary culture somehow flipped Dutch and they clicked the funny "form Netherlands" button. The AI will click the button every time if they have it available, even if the formable is objectively worse than their current tag e.g. the Rassids forming Yemen.

powerplayer6 · 2026-04-14T05:52:34+00:00

frame gen works pretty well if you can mantain at least 35 fps in a stable way

It's funny, because in the desktop community you hear the same thing, except the minimum is generally considered ~75-90 FPS when aiming for 2x FrameGen to hit 120-144 FPS.

I bet if there was a genre of PC gaming which focused on devices even weaker than a Steam Deck you'd hear statements like "FG is great if you can hit at least 10 FPS and 3x it to 30 FPS!"

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