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Cake day: December 9th, 2023
  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyztoGaming@lemmy.world•I'm doing my part (unfortunately)English
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    2 days ago

    I really only buy video games from indie devs.

    If I never play a game by an indie dev that I bought, oh noooo what a catastrophe I gave an indie artist money without confirming they deserved it!

    This meme should only make you feel slimey if you are dropping lots of money on AAA games where the artists who made the game don’t get even remotely a fair share of profits.

    Otherwise, giving independent artists to make more art benefits everyone even if you don’t “use” / “need” the art.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyztoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale?
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    3 days ago

    Operation Harsh Doorstop is my favorite fps, it is a semi-realistic vehicle big map shooter… but it has mod support and mods like Casualfield (which has active multiplayer servers) have much more Call Of Duty like gameplay. It is free, no live service crap. Even if you don’t like where the vanilla game is right now, keep your eye on it, it is an easy platform for other shooters to be modded on. Player population isn’t huge but there are consistently full servers. I also don’t think the realistic nature of the game makes it less accessible than a game like battlebit, since there is such a specific gun meta at certain ranges in arcadey games like battlebit, and everything happens so fast with constantly rushing smg players… it is actually really hard to break into when you are playing on even normal pub servers. Apex Legends is in my opinion the worst game with this. In a game like OHD though, an assault rifle with a scope can do pretty much anything well enough, though you might prefer a more specific kit for a situation, but there isn’t this crazy focus on constantly changing weird metas and gun balances to pump up paid skins for a gun that was just added… This is just a free moddable big map vehicle shooter with a server browser and barebones singleplayer, which is awesome.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/

    Halo Infinite I grew up with Halo 1-3, I don’t have any special love for 343, but Halo Infinite big team battle is the best halo multiplayer has ever been. Capture the flag is amazing with the warthogs the way they are balanced in halo infinite, I can’t stand microsoft lol but damn halo infinite is in a nice state now.

    Splitgate Ok, player population isn’t massive, but this is a realllllly good game, even outside the portal gun mechanic. The gunplay is great and the jetpack is tuned perfectly. Can’t recommend it enough!

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/677620/Splitgate/

    Easy Red 2 Alright now I am just straight up lying, this game never has huge concurrent numbers, but you can give large numbers of forces commands pretty easy in the interface (like you can drive a half track up to an objective and order your squad to dismount and assault). It is another WW2 game… but this game actually strives for historical specificity in lots of areas that aren’t usually covered in WW2 games. There is a great diversity of armor, vehicles and fighter planes, the games is a blast and is a steal at around $10. Cross platform tooo!!! Great for bot bashing.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/

    Xonotic is the best arena fps ever, playerbase is HUGEEEE E

    https://xonotic.org/

    ok but I love it

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyztoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•OpenAI Says It’s "Over" If It Can’t Steal All Your Copyrighted Work
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    3 days ago

    It’s really sad that his willingness to say the tech industry is full of shit is such an unusual attribute in the tech journalism world.

    What is interesting is if he didn’t pretty regularly say in so many words " why the fuck AM I the guy who is sounding the alarm here?? " I would be much more skeptical of his points. He isn’t someone that is directly aligned with the industry, at least not in an “authoritative expert capable of doing a thorough takedown of a bubble/hype mirage” sense that you would expect someone sounding the alarm on a bubble to be. I mean I can tell the guy likes the attention (not in a bad sense really), but he seems utterly genuine in the attitude of " wtf, well ok I will do it… but like seriously I AM the guy who is sounding the alarm here? This isn’t honestly my direct area of expertise? I will provide you a thorough explantion with proof… but my argument really isn’t complicated, it is just ‘business doesn’t make money why will no one acknowledge that’ and it breaks my brain that people that are experts in directly adjacent/relevant things can’t see this…? am I high? "

    … cus yeah Ed Zitron, that is how a lot of us fucking feel right now.

    (these aren’t direct quotes, I was summarizing, go watch/listen to some of Ed Zitron’s stuff, none of his arguments hinge on anything unreasonable or especially complicated, which is the worrying part…)