overview for Skabby73

Compruleters Programmed for Entertainment in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Shenmue voted most influential game of all time in BAFTA poll, beating Doom and Mario in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Wait Bafta did this?? I grew up in the UK in the 80s with a ZX Spectrum, why no 'Manic Miner' or 'Jet set Willy'? Those were pretty influencial and actually British. Doom wasn't originally on console and super Mario is definitely from the 80s, wtf?

Why is Lemmy only popular in the western World? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Welp, if one of the Trump's cluster fuck of cabinet morons post something incriminating on Lemmy, they might see the popularity that Signal is seeing... Not that would be a good thing for the US necessarily, but just a new fucking joke for the rest of the world. Still cannot believe the level of incopetence.

fetching bleach after this one in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks.... Now I will have billionaire bukakke in my nightmares for the next few weeks

Steam is a ticking time bomb. in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

"Steam is a lot better now than it was in 2004, and issues with internet connectivity and always-on digital rights management (DRM) have mostly faded away as global internet infrastructure improve."

Uhm, unless Im misunderstanding this article from a year ago: Denuvo is alive and well, buddy.

And yes I too have a Mac, and mainly just stream to it because the hardware can't cope, but there's no way in hell I will drop the kind of money to Apple to even get close to my mid tier rig to play on it locally.

Balatro 1.1 will include new jokers plus a revamp of a really confusing existing one in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly, I'm just happy that these guys are kicking against the dlc micro transactions normalization. And I love that they included a mini version of the card game in Dave the Diver!

A New Back to The Future Game is in Development Says Co-Creator - Insider Gaming in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hmm..okay, so not actually a Telltale continuation then. Crap, I was actually more interested in a Wolf Among Us sequel.

Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Huh... Did not have money on Sony blinking on this. Happy to be wrong. Guess that Steam revenue was getting threatened.

Proton Mail says it’s “politically neutral” while praising Republican Party in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. It's little more difficult to say goodbye to simplelogin when my partner and I have like 150+ aliases and the subdomain use is SO convenient. Trying to eventually move the family to Addy.IO

Should I avoid communities on lemmy.ml? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

You are correct, I think there are quite a few moderate instances out there.

The inner struggle to self curate comes down to summoning the effort between being on passive autopilot and the desire to not fall into an echo chamber by actively listening and participating.

Personally, I'm less scared about getting my feelings hurt and more the need to not be such a lazy fuck;)