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Starfield design lead says players are "disconnected" from how games are actually made: "Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is" (www.gamesradar.com)

apparently this is in response to a few threads on Reddit flaming Starfield—in general, it’s been rather interesting to see Bethesda take what i can only describe as a “try to debate Starfield to popularity” approach with the game’s skeptics in the past month or two. not entirely sure it’s a winning strategy,...

habanhero,

You know what an even better take is? “We hear you, we’ll take your feedback” or just as good, say nothing at all.

Arguing that you are smarter or wiser than your users / customers is paradoxical. You are by definition not smart if you attempt to do this.

habanhero,

Wrong generation man. Millenials grew up with consoles and PCs. They don’t game in arcades as much as the MTV generation.

habanhero,

Oldest millennials were born in early 80s? So when they were at the gaming age it would be in the 90s, during the era of the console boom.

If you were primarily the arcade-trotting group you’d have to be a kid or teen in the 80s which puts you in Gen X.

habanhero,

Have you ever heard of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Turtles in Time? The Simpsons? X-Men? All those Neo Geo games? There was also this game called…um, street something…streets of fighting? Street Kombat? Mortal Fighter? Street Fighter?

Yes and most if not all of those landed on console too. Your point?

I’m not saying that arcades are unsuccessful in the 90s. I’m saying for millennials, the notion of video games had shifted from primarily arcade to primarily console due to the console boom in the 90s, thus supporting OP’s point that Millenials should remember a time when games are not pay-to-win.

You say people born in the early 80’s are millennials, but if you were a kid in the 80’s that makes you gen x? Do you not know how math works? Someone born in the early 80’s would be a kid during the 80’s.

What are you on about? These generations are defined by date ranges and not something I made up. So yes, it is entirely possible that the oldest of the old Millennials might be arcade crawling at age 8 or 9 in the 80s, but a whole bunch more of them are still in diapers or not even born yet. Make sense?

habanhero,

What’s your point? If a game came out on console, it doesn’t matter that it was ever an arcade game?

Dude I literally told you my point in the next paragraph lol.

Whoops! My bad. Millennials started in 1981 and I was born in 1980. Guess I was never a millennial after all except the years keep changing and I’ve seen start dates of 1980, 1979, and 1978 as well. It’s hard to keep track when the date keeps changing.

Yeah let’s make it all about you! So offended, so sad. Look, I’m not really interested in indulging you because this debate is a big nothingburger. I’ve made my case and other people can weight in. But feel free to continue blowing all the hot air you like.

habanhero,

How do you guys cook your fumes?

I crank up all the performance settings and keep Ling’s website on 24x7. Nothing makes a more decadent fume than running state-of-the-art portable gaming hardware on shitty web code. Can’t beat the high off of Steam Deck engineers’ imaginary tears.

habanhero,

Get a previous gen / 2 gen Pixel. They are often on sale especially this time of the year.

Pixel 6a was on sale for about $299CAD during Black Friday.

habanhero,

Why do you think it’s more complicated than a yes or no?

habanhero,

Solution: telefrag everything.

habanhero,

The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I mean, this is a thing irrespective of superpowers. Just check out the latest headline about billionaires or how your country’s government is doing.

With great power comes great responsibilities, but also makes it very easy to skirt accountability, regardless if you are “super” or not.

habanhero,

Ummm, all of the examples you gave are actually more reasonable and valuable uses of water than Bitcoin.

SelfAwareWolf is that you?

habanhero, (edited )

Destroying the Amazon for beef is a better use? Swimming pools are better uses?

As opposed to using them for Bitcoin? Oh yes, 1000%.

The technology is interesting but the people and economics around Crypto is rotten to the core. Crypto as it is today is a shitstain on humanity.

habanhero,

Responding to this post, can’t comment and drive

habanhero,

What the hell is even that

habanhero,

E2EE means it’s End-to-End Encrypted. If it’s decrypted at any point during transit then it’s by definition not E2EE and Beeper shouldn’t be making that claim.

habanhero,

P E A K C O N T E N T

Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)

In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users....

habanhero,

Nothing is literally nothing, Apple could care less about them.

Nothing’s solution is basically getting you to send your messages to them, and they’ll send it through a Mac logged into your Apple ID hence achieving the “blue bubble” lol. Hugely insecure, hacky solution and hardly groundbreaking.

habanhero,

You’re opinion? Maybe 3.5 or fewer more

habanhero,

Could of, should of, would of. I’m not gonna loose sleep on it and I hope your not gonna

habanhero,

Bro is doing it wrong. Obviously world hunger is solved DURING Jazzercise, not after.

Best tablet for streaming?

Hello, I’m looking for a tablet for occasional use for streaming when travelling. I don’t want to spend much a still only get used once a month or so, just want something that can play netflix and bbc iplayer and isn’t on an ancient version of android. Any suggestions? Ideally second hand options as not fussed about it...

habanhero,

What size?

Galaxy Tab A series are budget tablets that can do the job. If you want more powerful and bigger you can go with the S7/8 FE series. S6 lite is another option but it’s running out of Android updates.

habanhero,

PSA: this feature requires you to opt-in to sending the names of apps on your phone to the developer. You cannot enable the feature without agreeing to send this data.

habanhero,

I’m kinda surprised another company hasn’t made something to legit compete with iMessage yet

WhatsApp, FB Messager, Telegram? RCS is also a legitimate competitor.

The blocker isn’t the tech, it’s Apple’s control of the ecosystem and iMessage’s integration to SMS on iOS / macOS. I’d imagine if Apple provides an option for user to “switch default SMS app” to a 3rd party one, there’d be no reason why any one of the above wouldn’t see a huge uplift.

By the way, the iMessage domination thing only really applies to North America. Rest of the world lives and breathes WhatsApp, WeChat, FB Messager etc.

habanhero,

This tells me Nothing really doesn’t understand the human nature behind the whole “blue bubble / green bubble” deal - it’s stupid, don’t get me wrong, but it’s about status and exclusivity.

Trying to “fake it” stinks of desperation and will just bring the user more ridicule. Just embrace the green bubble and move on.

habanhero,

WhatsApp is E2EE but it is run by Meta, so YMMV.

habanhero,

But this article is in fact completely, irrevocably, tastelessly flat.

habanhero,

if you upload one from phone+tablet+computer or some other combo of devices,

How and when does that even happen?

Google Files app has a feature to identify and delete duplicates from the same device. Very handy.

habanhero,

Saving is optional - you don’t have to save a photo to be able to browse it. And yes, browsing it will take some storage space as well since the app has to download, cache and render the image somehow but that’s true for any device and just the way it works.

habanhero,

Mushroom shortage, gotta get the umami from somewhere.

habanhero,

Look out for the type of plastic it’s made of. Some plastic are less reusable by design (the disposable ones typically) harder to clean, and tend to harbor more bacteria.

habanhero,

If so much of the core Android experience is proprietary-dependent, can you really say Android itself is FOSS? Might as well call the non-proprietary, open-source parts something else… Like… Android Open Source Project (AOSP)?

habanhero,

As a distinction AOSP vs Android is as important as Chromium vs Chrome. It is much more than semantics, it is literally the difference between an open-source project vs not.

Fact is if you present the de-Googled AOSP to regular users, they’d think it’s a broken experience without all the Google apps and services that people come to expect - Maps, Mail, Calendar etc. Drivers and device specifics firmware are also a big part of the foundational Android user experience. So to call Android = AOSP = open source is a mass simplification and definitely hand-waving away the reality of how each system operates and the whole point of open source projects.

habanhero,

Separate terms to tell different things apart, I’m not sure what’s there to disagree about. It’s literally in the name, Android Open Source Project lol.

iOS 17.1.1 Breaking Touch on 15 Pro Max (discussions.apple.com)

Just a word of caution for other people: The latest iOS 17.1.1 might break wired charging and touch screen functionality on the 15 Pro Max. I was one of the unlucky ones, for whom charging and touch screen stopped working after installing the update and rebooting. Side buttons work fine, but touch screen does nothing and the...

habanhero,

Oh, so it’s only touch that’s broke. No biggie then. Just send messages with the volume buttons via Morse code.

[Question] Were can i find a list of Safe Sites where buy Steam Games/Keys/Bundles??

As pc gamer (and new Deck owner) i’ve started to check any good game deal, mostly x games on Steam but not only. I’ve soon realize that there are great site like Humble to use to buy keys for cheap, but also “shady” sites with very low price who apparently sell non working keys or try to scam you. Did we have a list of...

habanhero,

wdym, pretty easy through Heroic Launcher. I have GoG, Epic and Amazon Games working great on it.

habanhero,

This is some AI generated nightmare bs

habanhero,

having to spend any money on game isn’t a good thing.

Can you explain? How do you expect devs to make a living? Getting rid of microtransactions I can understand, but not paying for games at all seems overboard.

habanhero,

2 Hammed 2 Let Go: Denmark Drift

habanhero,

Which 4 specifically? The Pandemic is the obvious one. Russia-Ukraine + Israel-Hamas conflicts? Climate Change?

habanhero,

Oh yeah, I was somehow thinking GenZ and totally missed those. Makes sense for Millenials.

habanhero,

Workaround: insist that customers piss in the beer, citing exceptional flavor-add as a positive side effect. Next version, no budget for a full bathroom, so increment beer mug size to accommodate cross-stream scenarios.

habanhero,

AI is tryna tell you something. Go all in on eggs and hodl

habanhero,

But YouTube has A LOT of money

habanhero,

I’m thankful for the volunteers but goodwill is not gonna last forever. Especially easy to burnout on goodwill when casual users goes apeshit on devs whenever things don’t work. The system is stacked against volunteers.

habanhero,

Just call an Uber and leave an empty tank

habanhero,

hello I’m a woman in an apocalyptic society who regularly fends off gunfights and who needs kevlar when I got this lingerie bust

habanhero,

Which stands for C-rious 4

habanhero,

My biggest problem with the Legion Go would be probably that its using Windows and not Linux, so this is a downside to me.

I tend to agree but for me specifically it’s SteamOS that’s the killer app, and not just any Linux distro. The way Valve did the SteamOS user experience is just fantastic. I cannot imagine running straight-up Windows on such portable devices.

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