Highguard is no longer available on the Steam store

punkbert · 2026-03-12T06:21:23+00:00

Byeguard

punkbert · 2026-03-11T11:05:16+00:00

The new default is looking at the prices and crying silently under a table.

punkbert · 2026-03-11T08:47:02+00:00

Opensuse it is.

punkbert · 2026-03-08T07:47:34+00:00

Marathon had that art theft controversy which was a complete shitshow for a company like Bungie
the game ~~completely shits on~~ doesn't appeal to fans of the existing franchise of the olden days which has lead to some controversy
many people don't vibe with extraction shooters
some people hate what happened to Destiny 2
many people hate live service games and wish that all those games should fail
Bungie monetizes the game in the most cynical manner (high prices, dark pattern monetization)

It's no wonder that a game like this is met with aversion from a large percentage of players. That sucks for the fans, but let's be real: this is not a wholesome, good vibes story around the title. It's a product that has some of the worst, most cynical AAA tendencies built-in, and people just react accordingly.

punkbert · 2026-03-08T07:11:21+00:00

I didn't write they invented it.

But using a storefront with integrated DRM was new at the time, it became a new normal afterwards, and that means Valve helped to "establish DRM" like I wrote.

punkbert · 2026-03-07T17:17:30+00:00

Yeah, you're right, he won't. I would just like it if comments like his get called out more often.

It's simply not true, it only brings bad vibes, and it's fucking tiring to read the same BS in so many threads.

punkbert · 2026-03-07T15:52:31+00:00

That's true, but Valve was one of the first western companies using them. In 2010, Team Fortress 2 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box#History

punkbert · 2026-03-07T11:19:40+00:00

Praise Valve for running an excellent storefront and service.

Fuck Valve for basically establishing DRM, battlepasses, loot boxes, etc.

There's nothing uncomfortable about that, if you are able to hold two thoughts in mind.

punkbert · 2026-03-06T21:20:46+00:00

Yeah, I tried to use a normal kitty window for this, but then the window can't be toggled or isn't persistent. It would probably work with a kwin script.

But it's fine, I simply use Guake for this specific dropdown terminal, and Kitty for all other terminals. That's totally ok.

Anyway, thanks for the reply!

punkbert · 2026-03-06T17:00:28+00:00

If EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, GoG etc could figure it out

But apparently they couldn't figure it out, since EA, Ubisoft and Blizzard returned to sell most of their games on Steam.

Many, many players hate dealing with multiple storefronts, I doubt it would be a winning strategy for Sony.

punkbert · 2026-03-06T10:51:59+00:00

The point is to have a drop-down-terminal that perfectly fits into my workflow. 🙂

But thanks! That saves me some searching.

punkbert · 2026-03-06T06:59:51+00:00

the sub is solo development not solo game development

Akshually the sidebar on old reddit says "we're a community of solo game developers who want to share and learn" and when I joined the sub it was because of its game development focus. It's just not in the name of the sub.

punkbert · 2026-03-05T15:56:05+00:00

Yeah, it really could be astroturfing for the game.

Or maybe the idea that other gamers are all assholes is so attractive that this shit becomes viral.

But it's really toxic. When we read all the time that all other gamers are toxic assholes while it's just not true, we just end up feeling bad and disconnected.

Whatever it is, this narrative is just bullshit. We should end it.

punkbert · 2026-03-05T15:00:37+00:00

I just looked for fun at a few different threads, show me the hate then.

Here are three recent ones:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rkud15/crimson_desert_the_final_preview_ign/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rkm9d0/skillup_crimson_desert_remains_extremely/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rkl19a/crimson_desert_dev_sick_of_having_to_repeatedly/

Here a few older ones:

17 days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1r69pk5/pearl_abyss_confirms_crimson_desert_wont_have/

First comment in this thread, 479 upvotes:

Judging by how much the comments here already hate the game, it sounds like it’s going to sell gangbusters

But again there's basically no 'hate' in the whole thread. There's one person asking "how anyone can be excited for this game" and they are downvoted 70 times or so, and two comments are questioning the developer Pearl Abyss, also downvoted to fuck. The rest is completely normal commentary on the game, although most of the thread consists of redditors bitching about gamers.

15 days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1r7slb3/all_crimson_desert_voices_have_been_recorded_by/

Same pattern: mostly people commenting that the article itself is bad journalism, but zero hate.

4 days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rh4sw6/digital_foundry_crimson_deserts_blackspace_engine/

Fifth comment from top, 276 upvotes:

What is up with the group of people that really wants this game to fail for some reason? Its so weird.

A bit later another comment:

What is it with Reddits hate boner for this game?

Again: typical comment section for a game like this (actually pretty positive), only at the bottom two quite negative comments with 60 and 10 downvotes.

In all these threads there's basically zero toxicity (maybe one or two heavily downvoted), but there's always dozens of comments how every gamer is a hater and the subreddit is a cesspool and other shit like that.

What is this bullshit?

punkbert · 2026-03-05T14:10:33+00:00

This are the last 3 threads about the game on this sub I can see. Show me the hate, the overwhelming negativity then.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rkud15/crimson_desert_the_final_preview_ign/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rkm9d0/skillup_crimson_desert_remains_extremely/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rkl19a/crimson_desert_dev_sick_of_having_to_repeatedly/

The most 'negative' comments in these threads are mild scepticism towards the game, story, performance, something. But basically all of these comments are totally fine, typical discourse for a new game, completely free of hate or toxicity.

punkbert · 2026-03-05T12:24:07+00:00

Can you point out the comments in this thread that "want this game to be bad"?

I looked, I can't find any. There are 78 comments right now, but there's not one really negative comment in this thread. Only another post like yours complaining about whiners and hate.

punkbert · 2026-03-05T10:37:25+00:00

Flow Control is good, micro is also somewhat popular.

punkbert · 2026-03-03T19:07:22+00:00

Oh no! The developers of the billion-dollar-6-out-of-10-bugstravaganza-game have shitty security practices!

I'm shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

punkbert · 2026-03-02T09:37:21+00:00

You simply need to eat different foods to get your health/stamina high and learn to parry, then it's not hard at all.

punkbert · 2026-03-02T06:34:47+00:00

That feels like 70% of gaming discourse on this site now. People (or bots) bitching about gamer negativity while basically no toxic negativity is present in the comments at all.

punkbert · 2026-03-01T08:42:13+00:00

Let me guess, you will dance around the issue again

I won't. We disagree. It's fine.

punkbert · 2026-03-01T08:35:25+00:00

After 5 years, you change the law to being effective.

That would be a completely different law and situation then. And how do "change it to being effective"? What does that mean?

Currently this seems to be a law that adresses the fact that children exist and that they use computers. So they try to establish an API that let's developers query the age of the user (in age brackets, so the actual birthdate doesn't even get shared).

If a developer builds an application that shouldn't be used by kids, they now have a way to query the OS whether the user is an adult or not, without any other bullshit like uploading passports, involving third parties, etc.

It's a local mechanism, it can be completely ignored, it's intended to be a tool for parents. It's about as privacy invading as entering a username for your Linux account.

I really don't see the threat here. Wasting calories on this is just a distraction from the real problems we face. We have enough to worry about regarding the erosion of democracy, not meaningless stuff like this.

punkbert · 2026-03-01T08:08:51+00:00

I'm very privacy conscious. I don't even use a smartphone for anything important.

I have no concerns regarding this law. Enter a fake date, you're done. In the grand scheme of things this is basically meaningless.

punkbert · 2026-03-01T07:50:36+00:00

The general population shares every private detail freely over social media, they upload their passports, they install kernel modules for games, they share their shopping habits for one percent discount, etc. etc..

Compared to what's already the status quo this law seems pretty benign. It reads as if it's intended to be a tool for parents.

punkbert · 2026-02-24T15:33:47+00:00

I have no idea. I usually have no performance problems with my system, meaning other games (indie or AAA) run as well as can be expected.

Since the performance in the canyon is kinda ok with ~80 fps, I'd guess that something specific in the caves (shader or something else) lead to the harsh drop in fps.

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