general gaming

[craggy vine]

For the controllers? I'm sure it will be fine.

[arctic fern]

It honestly does
Seems like a vulnerability to me

[dire gate]

https://fxtwitter.com/sassan_splatoon/status/1879890324530819096

This would legit be a problem...

[craggy vine]

It's gonnna be magnets from what rumours said

[unreal idol]

What's wrong with the connector?

[craggy vine]

ooh I see..

[arctic fern]

But I'm sure Nintendo know what they're doing
I suspect no connector was important with switch one, as the joycons slide in and out from the top, but these ones slot in from the side, so in theory thats less of an issue

It would be a benefit for things like input lag and recharging

[quartz pawn]

The switch has tiny buttons, I seriously thought these were some more tiny buttons on the bottom of the switch 2.

They're screws.

[arctic fern]

Screw you

[quartz pawn]

[unreal idol]

The connectors seem fine?

[craggy vine]

God I cant wait for digital foundry videos on this console

[unreal idol]

normal ass screws

Fucking finally

[quartz pawn]

I wonder if you have to put the sd card under the kickstand again?

[rugged flax]

wait for that to be only in the renders and promo stuff
and the actual product will still have Nintendo's weird ass screws

[quartz pawn]

Also, top usb c is interesting.

[rugged flax]

USB C headphones are becoming more and more popular

[unreal idol]

Is it finally the death of wireless earbuds

[slim thorn]

wait I just got used to my wireless ones

[rugged flax]

that connector tab is so gonna break off in the first 20 minutes of some kid getting their grubby hands on it

[quartz pawn]

I've got two usb c wireless headphones/earbuds

[unreal idol]

I'm just super fucking hyped for this

[quartz pawn]

Same

[rugged flax]

or some kid is gonna shove something in there and completely ruin all the pins

[unreal idol]

Eh you could argue that about any hardware

[slim thorn]

any particular games you're hyped for, or just having a more powerful Switch in general?

[quartz pawn]

I'm going to get one and give my old switch to my lil bro.

[unreal idol]

I just want something positive to hold onto because I'm desperate

Thr last few years have been such a nightmare

So neither

[slim thorn]

huh

[quartz pawn]

I wouldn't mind getting Metroid Prime 4 for s2

[visual hill]

that exists, it’s called KCD

[slim thorn]

MP4 is definitely what I'll be looking for

[dire gate]

At least they made it obvious that S2 can play Switch games so that's great

[slim thorn]

I still haven't felt like Echoes of Wisdom so I don't think any of the other Nintendo mainstays would get me onto an S2

[quartz pawn]

There's also the upcoming pokemon ZA

[unreal idol]

I'm honestly not all that hyped for MP4

I've only played the first one, and while good, I never finished it

[rugged flax]

you can just barely see what looks like the SD card slot still being on the back under the kickstand

[quartz pawn]

I just hope the motion controls are better than prime on Wii

[quartz pawn]

[forest shoal]

I believe those screws were also Phillips head on the first gen switch, and they will still be tri-wing head on the back

[unreal idol]

I always forget the switch has an SD card slot

[slim thorn]

I can't articulate why but it does feel unsurprising that you're not a Metroid fan

which Nintendo exclusives do you play?

[unreal idol]

They're not bad games, I just find them boring

[unreal idol]

Mario and Zelda are the big ones

[dire gate]

I really want to see MP4 sales in Japan, after knowing how horrible MP remaster did in Japan

[rugged flax]

and yes USB C earbuds are out there
big brand names like JBL are making them
https://www.amazon.com/JBL-TUNE-310C-Ear-Tangle-free/dp/B0CT9PYXGY/

[forest shoal]

Can you believe that there are Bluetooth speakers out there that don't have aux ports?

[unreal idol]

Japan doesn't like metroid much for some reason

[slim thorn]

I've played several Marios and Zeldas but they've never been "must play every new game"-tier for me

specifically I never got as hooked on a 2D Mario as I did the major 3D ones, so last one I did play was Odyssey

[forest shoal]

Peak gaming

[slim thorn]

and between SMOdyssey and TotK I'm kinda saturated on both franchises anyway, those were big games

[smoky sonnet]

picross 3d<3

[gaunt marten]

Have you played Mario Wonder though

[slim thorn]

nope

again, 2D

[gaunt marten]

That's all right, I was just wondering

[slim thorn]

(I did watch a gdq run of it tho)

[unreal idol]

Mario Wonder is great

[craggy vine]

Man my 3ds is in such bad condition now. No idea where the charger is too. Fuck propriotary chargers. Idk if I could find another 3ds or an original ds charger easily

[unreal idol]

I dunno where my charger is either
Does Nintendo not sell them?

[forest shoal]

You can find USB charging cables easily

[rugged flax]

not since the death of the 3ds
you'll be replacing it with an aftermarket charger

[unreal idol]

Fucking lame

[slim thorn]

I guess for me the sweet spot of enough complexity to feel engaged but not overwhelmed happens either when the platforming gets a 3rd dimension or when there's a puzzle/combat/etc system on top of the platforming

[forest shoal]

Like that

[rugged flax]

my favorite comment on the Switch trailer

"Okay but what games does it-"
"New Mario Kart"
"Understandable, have a nice a day"

[slim thorn]

what I saw of Wonder looked pretty but I think I'd end up playing it on mental autopilot and be kinda bored after the first few levels

[unreal idol]

I should play my 3ds more

[forest shoal]

The 3DS is great

And you can put hax on it really easily

[gaunt marten]

I want more devices to have wireless charging

I'm so clumsy that the charging port is one of the first parts of each device that starts to go bad

[slim thorn]

nothing I use has wireless charging yet, I'm still kinda waiting for it to be real before forming an opinion

[unreal idol]

I tried homebrew on the 3ds and it was miserable

[gaunt marten]

My phone has qi wireless charging support. The verdict is that with proper use and a quality wireless charger it will result in a more durable device at moderate loss of efficiency

[slim thorn]

"efficiency" of the charging or the usage

[gaunt marten]

Charging

[forest shoal]

The technique has evolved considerably, and now it's pretty straightforward

You no longer have to downgrade to an old and unstable firmware, and then risk it breaking if you close it

[slim thorn]

cool, that sounds like a tradeoff I would favor for most of my devices, though none of them need replacing atm

[unreal idol]

Is performance improved?

My 3ds would only boot 50% of the time with homebrew

[forest shoal]

If you have a new 3DS

[unreal idol]

Lame

[forest shoal]

Booting problems might be because of the SD card

[gaunt marten]

The concerns are as follows:
1- Poor quality wireless chargers fail to distribute heat properly, which wears the battery down more.
2- It can be slower despite being more convenient.
3- Old or poorly designed setups make it difficult to align the phone with the charging element.
4- A thick or improperly designed case will stop wireless charging or impede it.

[unreal idol]

wireless charging

Hol the fuck up

[gaunt marten]

I'm talking about phones and other devices, not the switch 2

[unreal idol]

Yes but >wireless charging

[gaunt marten]

Wireless charging is super nice!

You need hardware that supports it for a good experience

[unreal idol]

You're not just fucking with me right

[gaunt marten]

Nope!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_(standard)

[unreal idol]

What the fuck?

I thought wireless charging was a meme

Like headlight fluid

[forest shoal]

It's been in Samsung phones for nearly 10 years

[gaunt marten]

It's "wireless" but you have to put the phone right on top of the charger

[unreal idol]

Oh.

[gaunt marten]

So the only step you're taking out is plugging it in

[unreal idol]

Ok so this is absolutely not at all like what I was thinking

[unreal idol]

I've never seen it before

[gaunt marten]

It's not ideal but it is convenient

[unreal idol]

I legit thought you were just fucking with me

[rugged flax]

My phone is sitting on a Qi pad on my desk right now

[forest shoal]

Not enough things support Qi2 magnetic

[gaunt marten]

Take a photo of it

[forest shoal]

Imagine having two picture taking devices

[rugged flax]

that would require 2 phones

[arctic fern]

apple released a thing: smartphone 2

[slim thorn]

yeah I've heard of legit wireless charging for probably over a decade now

I just have yet to use anything that actually had it

[gaunt marten]

My new phone supports it but I haven't had the money for a charging pad yet

[slim thorn]

actually...

ok I guess the phone I have now does support it, but ofc it came with a wired charger so I never thought to ask

(at the time I was far more concerned with the wireless earbuds)

[unreal idol]

Bring back headphone jacks

[dire gate]

What I find hilarious about wireless charging is when they try to sell phone and say "you can charge a different phone with your phone"

[forest shoal]

You mean you don't religiously check the specs of your phone before you buy it?

[dire gate]

(Yes it is possible)

[unreal idol]

No because that's too much work

[slim thorn]

I think that was sarcasm

[unreal idol]

I also only have my current phone because my last one broke and I literally had no time to do research

So I had to settle on an inferior phone

[slim thorn]

yeah, I try to replace key devices when they're merely noticeably slow so I don't end up rushing like that when it does finally break completely

[dire gate]

One of the stories I like about phone specs is how every iPhone in the entire world is actually compatible with Japanese transit card because Japan loves their iPhone (*except old models)

[forest shoal]

"Oh, this phone has a Super HD CLEAR PLUS display, but this one has Ultra Pixel resolution camera! But I really want that Scrungle processing, though..."

[unreal idol]

I dropped mine so

[gaunt marten]

Instead of doing that, I keep older phones for emergencies

[slim thorn]

nobody will ever know what blast processing was

[craggy vine]

Iphones have had wireless charging for a while too

[forest shoal]

Wait, this isn't games anymore

[slim thorn]

I mean

I played Monument Valley 3 on my phone yesterday

that's a game

[dire gate]

I mean I can start talking about mobile games if you want

[forest shoal]

Can you believe iPhones have had wireless charging for a shorter time than the Switch existed?

[craggy vine]

I feel insulted by this as someone who obsesses over tech specs lol

[slim thorn]

yes?

[unreal idol]

I just learned about wireless charging today so

[slim thorn]

I still haven't seen wireless charging

[dire gate]

It's less surprising when you realize Switch existed for almost 8 years

[slim thorn]

I only just realized I have a device that offers it

[forest shoal]

Come on, like you wouldn't spring for a phone that has the latest Chungus AI features built in

[craggy vine]

I saw wireless charging being used all the time in my family back in 2018

[craggy vine]

AI is not tech specs

[slim thorn]

half of us would probably avoid the phones hyping AI features lol

[dire gate]

If I be serious, trying to check hardware spec in details is not really something to be laughed at

[slim thorn]

you've gotta call it heterogenous computing instead

[unreal idol]

Yeah any phone with AI crap I'm gonna avoid

[craggy vine]

But I would go for a phone based on ram, cpu performance, display performance, camera performance, and battery performance.

[slim thorn]

the specs do matter but for most of us it's extremely difficult to tie most specs to the overall user experience, often internet connection and app performance and being new enough to get updates are more important factors

[forest shoal]

I got this thing

It has a cool aesthetic

[slim thorn]

so past a certain point it can become comical

[craggy vine]

I have a 2020 phone at the moment. I went for it and still use it now because of the 4000mah battery

[unreal idol]

I just want a phone that's not shit

[slim thorn]

quantifying "not shit" is so much effort

[craggy vine]

Just today I had an issue on my phone where I kept running out of ram and background apps were crashing. 6gb of ram isn't much anymore.

[gaunt marten]

The nokia 3310 was not shit

[craggy vine]

Those phones are cool

[unreal idol]

Menü

[gaunt marten]

Background apps should never crash if you run out of RAM

If they do, they are incorrectly written

[forest shoal]

Oh god, I'm reminded of those tests where they spam open and close apps on the home screen

[craggy vine]

This definitely was. But I was loading a webpage that was particularly very heavy in ram. And my music app kept closing.

[slim thorn]

do phones these days do the unlimited virtual memory trick like desktops?

[gaunt marten]

It's a german menu

[slim thorn]

they may also be using the term "crash" incorrectly

[gaunt marten]

Closing is not crashing.

[craggy vine]

Actually I should say, I say 'crash' when really it is just closing, but i am still used to apps closing like that being a crash

You can stop any app from closing I believe on android but I haven't set that

[gaunt marten]

You can prevent apps from closing in the background, but it'll ruin the performance of your foreground app, so don't do that

[river veldt]

[slim thorn]

it's becoming increasingly impossible for an end user to know if an app actually crashed or had some other kind of issue, so I rarely take that word seriously

[craggy vine]

My phonr only lets me go up to 6gb of virtual ram

[river veldt]

Mario Kart 9 looks sooooo cool

[gaunt marten]

Five little piggies went to the market

[craggy vine]

But it would make phone multitasking much less of a pain

[river veldt]

im so excited ☃️☃️☃️

[gaunt marten]

Would it be less of a pain if the primary task you wanted to use was slow?

[craggy vine]

I also rarely do anything actually intensive on my phone. Aside from the time when I emulated ps2.

[craggy vine]

The most intensive apps I use are discord and youtube so I doubt I will see a difference

[unreal idol]

My phone is primarily a discord, browser, and video/music box

The only game I have on it is Master Duel lol

[craggy vine]

I use my phone as a POS system sometimes. But that is easy to run.

[unreal idol]

I dont ask for much, so it gets frustrating when basic functionality is broken

[craggy vine]

Yeaah that makes sense

[gaunt marten]

If you won't see much of a difference, then getting more RAM won't help you

[craggy vine]

Also my pain with multitasking I get is when I might be switching between 3 apps, and one of them keeps closing and I have to keep waiting for it to reopen

[unreal idol]

Like I literally can't listen to music in my car anymore

And that's been extremely stressful

[slim thorn]

is your music streamed or actually on the phone

[dire gate]

https://fxtwitter.com/v1x1w/status/1879913171550601338 (Since it's technically still gaming channel)

[craggy vine]

Oh huh. I thought background apps only ever closed for ram.

[unreal idol]

It's streamed

[slim thorn]

then yeah that's far more likely to be network issues than anything the phone or music service could control

[gaunt marten]

Background apps close for many reasons, but what I'm saying is if you're low on RAM and background apps have to close because of that, then you WILL suffer from bad performance if you force them to stay on

[slim thorn]

since "buy better internet for my commute" isn't really a thing, it's worth considering downloading a bunch of music locally

[gaunt marten]

I download almost all my music on-device

Newpipe can do that for youtube

[unreal idol]

I'm gonna need to start doing that

[forest shoal]

I should really buy some FLAC music

[slim thorn]

I often have to avoid Discord on my commute since train wifi isn't great and a lot of conversations have important images or video that just won't load on a poor connection

[craggy vine]

I do see lots of ram usage as is

[forest shoal]

Daniel C418

[unreal idol]

But I also need a good media player

Last time I tired this, every music player had ads or cost money

[craggy vine]

Also god, 816mb of ram used by discord mobile... I remember back to when I used discord mobile on a phone with 512mb of ram

[forest shoal]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fossify.musicplayer

[slim thorn]

since I'm on iOS the default music app is what I've always used, probably can't help with android

[forest shoal]

You cannot go wrong with Fossify

[gaunt marten]

If your RAM usage isn't over 95% there's no problem

[craggy vine]

hm okay

[slim thorn]

yeah, moderns apps will actively use more RAM when they see you have lots of free RAM

[craggy vine]

Ooh interesting

[unreal idol]

Thanks, I'll check it out

[slim thorn]

so you can't do reasoning like "Chrome eats X MB, Discord eats Y MB, so I have Z left over..."; that's just not how computers have worked for at least a few decades

what Flitter said is also what I'd recommend

[craggy vine]

Though... For some reason instagram is using 100mb of ram despite me never using it. What is it doing

[gaunt marten]

Uninstall instagram

[craggy vine]

Aah I see. I always thought it worked like that.

[slim thorn]

it could have just loaded stuff that it never unloaded

[gaunt marten]

I do not allow anything by facebook on my device for privacy reasons. It's one of the worst companies in terms of that

If you must, use it on mobile firefox with ublock origin

[craggy vine]

Yeah legit I should

[slim thorn]

apps like Chrome and Discord especially will depend heavily on what sites/conversations you're viewing with them, e.g. if I posted ten high rez cat photos in chat right now your Discord app would be forced to download them, and that sort of thing typically dwarfs the memory that "Discord itself" needs

[unreal idol]

I should switch from chrome to Firefox on my phone

[craggy vine]

I do need whatsapp installed for work though unfortunately

[unreal idol]

Gross

[slim thorn]

and tbf this reasoning can still mostly work on apps that don't process or download arbitrary files, e.g. many single-player video games

but these days that's a very small subset of apps, everyone wants everything to do and integrate with a million other things

[craggy vine]

Ah yeah

It seems I can choose specific apps to not close. Extremely helpful actually.

[slim thorn]

yep, even mobile OSes have a lot of useful features once you have the tech background to understand them

[gaunt marten]

Just don't do that and later forget that you did it

[slim thorn]

*the tech background and also self-awareness/memory/etc

[visual hill]

Prime Remastered has great gyro support

(it's how you do KB + M in emulation too, without needing mods)

[craggy vine]

I'm only choosing it for apps that I genuenly wany to stay open all the time

[river veldt]

the new mario kart models remind me of Super Mario Kart on the snes for some reason

[slim thorn]

incidentally: none of us are posting image/video attachments right now, but look at all the user avatars, emojis, role icons, and even server icons that technically are image files you're implicitly asking Discord to load

[gaunt marten]

Ironically the biggest consumers of my RAM are pages with zero images or external files on them

Thanks, Javascript

[craggy vine]

Also the intense website I was loading before was a forum site, one that has the design stuck in the 2000s, and one post had a user share about 30 tiktok links and the website embeded every single of them, so i had 30 embeded tiktok videos loaded at a single time. Some of them played over each other which was annoying, it normally waits until you are looking at it.

[slim thorn]

yeah, I'm assuming most of us use apps like Chrome and Discord in a way that the dynamic content will be way bigger than the mostly static JS code

[gaunt marten]

The biggest file currently loaded on my discord page is this 2MB file https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatar-decoration-presets/a_65cce62b814c5d0c17ee2be00e5f2f77.png?size=96&passthrough=true

(It's animated)

[craggy vine]

Despite my light phone usage in general, I do also use my phone like a computer of itself

[craggy vine]

Hey that's for me!

[gaunt marten]

Well please pick something that doesn't lag my device

(I'm kidding, you can keep it if you like it)

[craggy vine]

pff okay

[slim thorn]

indeed 2 MB should be a drop in the bucket

[gaunt marten]

140mb total for the page

[craggy vine]

Oh hey also can I ask real quick... About a battery. Even though this is gaming and not tech.

[slim thorn]

but this illustrates how we end up in a world where "8 GB of RAM is the bare minimum and tomorrow it'll be 16"

[craggy vine]

Yeah I think I sorta get it

[river veldt]

🐏

[gaunt marten]

Discord fucking hates it when I react to something.

[slim thorn]

obligatory "how tf did the Apollo spacecraft get by with only 4 KB of RAM"

[craggy vine]

Exactly why you can't use a pc with 128mb of ram for anything modern. To a point, I mean.. You could still write a novel on it.

[gaunt marten]

1.26 seconds between clicking the react button and the page updating visually

[craggy vine]

Huh that is odd

[slim thorn]

I'm guessing it waits for the server to confirm the emoji was successfully added before it displays it on the client

[slim thorn]

like how when the network is slow your text messages appear much darker until it can confirm they got sent

[gaunt marten]

If you try to react to someone who has you blocked, it will show the reaction as soon as it can, do a screen shaking effect then cancel it.

[unreal idol]

Sometimes mine get stuck and I have to kill discord just to send the message

[gaunt marten]

I think the actual cause is I have Factorio open and it's eating all my RAM

[slim thorn]

huh, that implies it loads others' block lists to the client...

[craggy vine]

I have this battery that is buldging. I got it out of my old phone today. I went to get it out for fun but the realized the whole back cover was getting pushed open because of it. I still want to have a battery to power on my old phone if i ever want to but... Is this too unsafe to keep?

[uneven epoch]

extremely so

oh that is really bad

[gaunt marten]

No no, it pre-draws the reaction, then sends it to the server. The server says "NO!" and it then does the screen shake and undoes it.

[river veldt]

screen shake ?

[slim thorn]

mmm, if there is one thing I'd like to change about how modern software does network stuff, it's that most of the timeouts are way too long, to the point that killing and restarting the entire app is faster than waiting for the timeout to expire (on top of ofc it never succeeding if you do wait that long)

[uneven epoch]

like, call the fire department to get rid of it safely kinda bad

i am not joking, the fire potential is huge

[craggy vine]

eheh I thought so. I'm gonna dispose of this safely tomorrow. When I put the device away for storage it was flat, very normal sized. It has somehow expanded since then.

[gaunt marten]

Put it in a fireproof container if you have any. If you don't have any, put it in a box with a lot of sand

[craggy vine]

Or today really. It is 2am.

[uneven epoch]

please put it in something somewhat fire pr-

yeah

[unreal idol]

I should look for my old phones and devicds

Idk where they are

[gaunt marten]

Then look up how to dispose of swollen batteries in your country

[craggy vine]

I am fucking glad that me and my sister fucking around today made me get out my old phone and realize this

[gaunt marten]

It differs by country

[craggy vine]

ye

[slim thorn]

one of these days, scientists will invent a better battery

hopefully in our lifetimes

[uneven epoch]

ive seen the tip of "put it in an old kitchen pot and tape it" when you dont have a better option, old bc if something does happen you dont wanna use ur most expensive pot

[gaunt marten]

People should have different needs. It's easier to invent batteries for other needs

[unreal idol]

What causes this anyway?

[slim thorn]

well, the needs of computing devices are similar enough they all use lithium-ion already

[unreal idol]

Is it like a common thing?

[craggy vine]

My original old battery is still fine! the replacement battery I got is the one that is a fire hazzard

[gaunt marten]

Gas buildup in the cells. Can happen because you overcharged, kept it discharged for too long, left it in a hot area, poked a hole in it accidentally.

It could just be old or badly made

[unreal idol]

Hmm is it really that bad of a hazard? I've got tons of random old devices

[gaunt marten]

It can explode and set your house on fire

[unreal idol]

O-oh

Oh fuck

[craggy vine]

This swollen battery has no brand name while the older normal looking one says samsung. So I bet it is poorly made.

[drifting tendon]

It applies most to the newfangled lithium-ion batteries. Older rechargeable batteries are not as prone to it.

[slim thorn]

remember back when everyone was giving samsung crap for their exploding phones giving people burns? that was basically this issue, but more common than usual because of defects

[craggy vine]

I gotta check my old samsung s2 as well just in case

[unreal idol]

Oh if it's newer batteries it should be fine

Like all of the stuff I'm thinking of is super old

Like old 3DSs, a PSP etc

[gaunt marten]

If you find a swollen battery, don't use it, don't charge it, don't handle it roughly.

[slim thorn]

what I'm not sure of is how worried you should be about devices you haven't used in years

[gaunt marten]

And keep it away from heat.

[slim thorn]

like, I don't think there's a pressing need to re-check them every so often

[unreal idol]

Yeah this is my takeaway

[craggy vine]

I think this older battery is fine to keep though I doubt it can take a charge now

[gaunt marten]

Most old devices will discharge until empty before they disintegrate

[unreal idol]

Cuz this isckinda making my anxiety spike

[slim thorn]

it's more like if you do find a bulging battery then yeah don't interact with it in any way except disposal

[gaunt marten]

So if it's NOT swollen, don't worry about it

[craggy vine]

Except for this aftermarket samsung s5 battery bloody fucking hell. Been 4 years since I powered it on, took a look today and the whole back of the phone is being pushed open.

[uneven epoch]

the main issue with lithium ion battery, apart from very-fast-extreme-heat-to-explosion is that they are self-sufficient. extinguishing them is hard, and they can stil reignite

and you know also toxic fumes

[craggy vine]

I'm sure even if it is bulging only a tiny bit it is okay... But if it is like, you look at the device and it is being pushed apart by the battery, that is fucking bad.

[slim thorn]

"no mortal should have this power"
"too late, we put it in six billion mortals' pockets"

[uneven epoch]

its just, very spooky, and i truly do not recommend underestimatin it, especially when its at bulging stage

[slim thorn]

anyway it's not something to panic about, I'm pretty sure there's a bulging stage before any real damage happens

[craggy vine]

Yeah

[slim thorn]

just be aware that it's a thing so you can act on it if it does come up

[drifting tendon]

I think those might use lithium-ion batteries. I guess they have been in around a lot longer than I thought.

[uneven epoch]

still it would be prudent to find a fire proof container or somethin like it and contain it

[gaunt marten]

In most cases, a device you have left for months will slowly discharge until it is empty. At that point, it cannot bulge

[craggy vine]

I will act on it as soon as I can. I am not keeping this in my house and risking burning shit down.

[craggy vine]

This seems to not be such a case

[gaunt marten]

Of course.

[craggy vine]

Just a crappy aftermarket battery. The official samsung one is still fine but the replacement one is fucked

I gotta nag my mum to find her old s5 now too, I put one of these same batteries in hers

[slim thorn]

ah, classic "you get what you pay for" moment

[craggy vine]

pff yeah

[slim thorn]

capitalism at its finest

[craggy vine]

It was as the phone was end of life though too so finding a good replacement was a little harder.

Like we should have just gotten new phones at that point

[drifting tendon]

My S5's original OEM battery was like that after like 3 years

[slim thorn]

I don't think I've ever replaced a phone or laptop battery myself, feels like mine always run into a different issue to force replacement

[craggy vine]

Thank you all for helping btw

This has all made me think about old smart phones with replacable batteries. It is cool but, I think by the time we actually want to replace it, we would move on to a new phone, or it would be harder to find a replacement. Assuming a well treated battery. And now phones don't even have replacable batteries.

[slim thorn]

mm-hmm, the newest phones also have features to be nicer to their batteries so it's even less likely to run into the need to replace them

[gaunt marten]

My phone just got that feature

I made it so it never charges past 80%

[craggy vine]

My current phone battery could last me through 2 days without charging when new. Now it is only more like 1 but that is still tons.

[slim thorn]

mine feels like 1 day, if I had a more consistent sleep schedule it'd probably be even better still

[unreal idol]

My phone battery barely lasts a day

[craggy vine]

Probably also helps that I like to always use devices in power saving mode. Sure it makes your experience a little worse but that extra battery life is amazing.

[unreal idol]

I have to babysit it and keep it charged frequ

[craggy vine]

I unplugged my phone when I took this photo, the screen has been on the whole time since, and I am only at 95%

And even at that, I have a battery bank for those times I need even more power

[unreal idol]

I thinknits time for yt

[gaunt marten]

Mine lasts three days of disuse and ten hours of active use

[craggy vine]

wtf my old samgsung s5 battery which hasn't been used in like 7 years now has a charge

[dire gate]

I'm still laughing at people who seem to be angry that Switch 2 exclusive games (can't run on Switch) will exist

[craggy vine]

It has 69%! This battery hasn't gone down at all.

[dire gate]

Like what are you expecting

[craggy vine]

i do know what this is like though. I used to go through this. Which is why I then went for devices with very good battery life.

hmm the old battery might be fucked actually. Said 69%. went down to 60% and now the thing is dead.

[gaunt marten]

This happens because batteries don't actually know what battery life is.

They estimate it based on voltage

[craggy vine]

ahah yeah I do know about that. Sorta. Would it mean it initially got high voltage but then suddenly not enough to power on?

[gaunt marten]

Yeah

[craggy vine]

I see

Do any of you guys use power saving lots on your devices?

[slim thorn]

"lots"?

[craggy vine]

pff. Fair. I like to have it enabled unless I really need it off. That extra battery is just so helpful. And I rather be the one that has a 50% battery when others are at 0%

[slim thorn]

oh as in frequently, not plural of lot

ah on my phone it's called "Low Power Mode" so I didn't make the connection

[craggy vine]

oooh okay yeah. I just call it power saving.

[slim thorn]

I haven't really compared how mine behaves differently with it on or off, and mine automatically enables and disables Low Power Mode when it gets near empty or near full, so I've mostly let it do its own thing

[gaunt marten]

Power saving mode will kill your performance. I use it because I prefer low performance to low use time

[craggy vine]

Ah I see. I just love having it enabled all the time. Means no 5g and only 60hz display but I don't mind that.

[craggy vine]

Same for me yeah

[gaunt marten]

Mine has extreme battery saver, which turns off all background and foreground applications unless a special exception is made for them

I only use that if I can't charge for a while

[craggy vine]

But it also depends on what you do. On my macbook I notice absolutely no performance difference between power saving being on or off, and yet it saves a lot more power.

[slim thorn]

Low Power Mode temporarily reduces background activity like downloads and mail fetch until you can fully charge your iPhone.
apparently

[craggy vine]

hm I see. I wonder if it does less for iphone then on android.

[slim thorn]

I suspect not all androids are the same on this point

[craggy vine]

Yeah most likely not

[gaunt marten]

It's a standard android feature

The only phones that mess with it are the big manufacturers that have the resources to do something different

[craggy vine]

Makes sense

[unreal idol]

I'm always on power saver mode

Honestly idk if it makes much difference

I'm sure it does but it's hard to perceive

[gaunt marten]

If it doesn't make a difference for you, avoid turning it on

I have an app that measures this sort of stuff with fun graphs

(it's paid)

[slim thorn]

mine comes with some graphs for free actually

[gaunt marten]

I got it for the battery health graph specifically so I can keep track of wear and tear.

[slim thorn]

not sure there's anything here I can act on, but it looks neat

[gaunt marten]

When I bought the device it held 4492 mAh of charge. Now it holds 1% less

[slim thorn]

mine claims its maximum capacity is "98%" of what it started at

[gaunt marten]

172 days and 45.2 full charging cycles

[quartz pawn]

https://x.com/Zuby_Tech/status/1879443617946997153

@Zuby_Tech (@Zuby_Tech) on X

Nintendo Switch 2 Full Specs Leak:

X · Jan 15, 2025, 8:20 AM

[craggy vine]

Yeah this is what I was going off when I was talking about the possible switch 2 performance earlier

Again I am a bit worried aboug that 1ghz cpu speed, it sounds so low

[slim thorn]

how does it compare to S1

[quartz pawn]

Using a ~3-4 year old CPU is a bold move lol. But it's probably ~4x more powerful than the s1

[gaunt marten]

Clock frequency is irrelevant nowadays

[visual hill]

CPU is faster handheld than docked?

[gaunt marten]

What you want is effective instructions per clock multiplied by clock frequency

[slim thorn]

so... effective instructions per second?

[arctic fern]

these are also unconfirmed leaked statistics, not official or confirmed by independent review ones

[gaunt marten]

Yeah

[quartz pawn]

troof

[craggy vine]

Ooh I see. So the clock speed may not even matter?

[gaunt marten]

It matters when comparing two near-identical CPUs

Otherwise, you want a more complete picture

[craggy vine]

I see

[slim thorn]

makes sense, now that pipelining and branch prediction are things everyone does, clock frequency and instructions per second are totally different metrics now

(any minute now someone will call branch prediction "AI" and then all the hardware of the last 30+ years will be evil)

[visual hill]

I remember the Wii U shipping with a 3 year old GPU on its release

[gaunt marten]

It is a form of AI! The most relevant difference is that a failure results in data being discarded instead of it being used anyway like with generative AI

[unreal idol]

I think I'm maybe the only one who doesn't care about the specs

[slim thorn]

it's also the hilariously simple heuristic of "last time the answer was X so I'll assume it's gonna be X again"

[gaunt marten]

There are more advanced heuristics nowadays,

Especially for specialized less-linear hardware

[slim thorn]

oh yeah ofc GPUs would do something more interesting

[unreal idol]

Much like previous Nintendo consoles I'll be getting this on launch

[light gate]

So Genki leaks were correct.

And there is already a fuck up with the plugs.

I feel very mixed about this.

[unreal idol]

It's not even out yet how could anyone possibly know that

[light gate]

Logic

[gaunt marten]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_predictor see neural branch predictors

[light gate]

Put a small sticky plastic thing outside the sides with no protection = good day to snap off

Its not gonna be made out of metal, and the pins are exposed to corrosion.

[gaunt marten]

Or tournament branch prediction
https://github.com/ambarmodi/Branch-Prediction

[unreal idol]

Which part are you referring to?

[light gate]

This is asking for trouble.

Kids gonna break it, contacts gonna corrode.

[arctic fern]

it is too exposed for my liking, but we will have to see how it works in practice

[unreal idol]

Looks fine to me

[light gate]

Not holding my breath.

[slim thorn]

this is only when the sides are detached, right?

[arctic fern]

sure

[light gate]

My Joycons have DECOMPOSED

[unreal idol]

Givne how little space there is I'd be surprised if a kid could mess with it much

[light gate]

So I expect similar quality

[arctic fern]

but we dont know how secure the joycons will be

[unreal idol]

Exposed contacts could be a potential issue

Ultimately none of this matters until the games drop

[light gate]

Does matter to me

lol

[slim thorn]

a lot of people talk about parts of controllers falling apart on them and it's just never happened to me with any system

[light gate]

Not gonna buy another Switch if its that fragile again.

[unreal idol]

Same

Like people keep complaining about drift and I've never had it happen

[light gate]

Cool

[slim thorn]

I wouldn't be surprised if I have had drift and didn't even notice

[unreal idol]

It's not impossible

[light gate]

I have SEVERE DRIFT, replaced it already and got MORE DRIFT. The joycon sticks decomposed and the plastic soft texture is now gone and dull.

[unreal idol]

That sucks

[slim thorn]

I can definitely vouch for Jedi Survivor's performance issues being wildly blown out of proportion given my personal experience playing it

[light gate]

My Switch screen turned a bit yellow on each corner.

I took so much care and it still rot faster than a banana.

So I’m a bit angry as you can see

[slim thorn]

some of these things are kinda doomed to either get extremely overstated or completely ignored

[unreal idol]

The only problems with my Switch are a mostly dead battery and a fan that gets super loud if I'm playing Master Duel handheld

[slim thorn]

or legitimately vary for a bunch of reasons none of us fully understand

[unreal idol]

Although lately I've been having some wifi issues with it

[light gate]

This is what happened to my sticks btw, just because I didn’t use it for nine months.

[unreal idol]

Huh, that's unfortunate

What caused that?

[light gate]

Idk

They just appeared like that one day.

Had to use alcohol and they still feel sticky.

[unreal idol]

I had a PS2 controller do that to me once

And I've seen a GCN controller in similar shabby shape

[slim thorn]

now that you mention it, I do think one of my PS2 controllers had a slightly sticky analog stick, but it had no effect on gameplay and I don't think it was even visibly noticeable, nowhere close to that photo

[unreal idol]

I imagine the rubber broke down overtime

[light gate]

I’m just sad because I liked my Switch and when the drift occurred I just couldn’t bother justifying it sending it over and over and over.

Like this is the REVISED MODEL.

The one with better battery.

[unreal idol]

Hopefully the Switch 2 will address that

I can understand your frustration though

I have similar anger toward Gamefreak and Hasbro

[gaunt marten]

It's a stick

It's supposed to be sticky

[slim thorn]

ha ha

[light gate]

But you can at least see my extreme concern from the durability of those sides and the drift.

[unreal idol]

Considering your prior experience yeah

[arctic fern]

is your switch kept in some kind of extreme environment? high humidity, high heat or low temps?

[slim thorn]

true, though rubber that's being constantly pushed around by thumbs is pretty different from connectors and ports that you mostly won't touch directly

[arctic fern]

in the sun?

[light gate]

Its literally next to my computer screen, on a desk

[unreal idol]

That's why I'm not worried about the connectors

[arctic fern]

might just be a bad switch then

[light gate]

If there was any ‘extreme condition’, my Mac would’ve died first than the Switch.

[slim thorn]

did a cat sit on it

[light gate]

Well what a terrible luck to have both joycons replaced and deteriorate.

[light gate]

No?

Desk is too high

[arctic fern]

well i've literally never heard that happen to anyone else

so

[slim thorn]

yeah, the only switch hardware issue I've heard about from multiple sources is joycon drift, this rubber melting thing is new to me

[light gate]

Like the only thing that survived was the pro controller.

Well, kinda.

It does make a weird clicking noise on the sticks.

A double click noise.

[unreal idol]

I totally get how you feel

Since I tend to frequently have technology issues that others can't replicate

See: anytime I have the sheer audacity to use discord

[slim thorn]

meanwhile my day job and my unpaid job involve people telling me about tech issues no one can reproduce

[visual hill]

my PS3 controller had melted rubber too

[slim thorn]

is it possible some people have sweat that just does more damage to rubber?

[light gate]

Its just weird because maybe at most, high humidity and perhaps a few hot days happen… but I can’t do much about it.

[light gate]

Sweat does damage it, but I did try to keep them clean whenever I could.

[gaunt marten]

It could be another non-humidity reason

[unreal idol]

Time for YT

YouTube was a mistake

oh this video about shin godzilla looks good
immediately the guy is bitching about the endless political meetings

[arctic fern]

oh thats actually true

[minor plover]

this comment needs no further context

[slim thorn]

tbf, are they endless in shin? I only saw the 2 you recommended

[unreal idol]

There's a bunch of political meetings in shin godzilla because it's a rule 2commentary

Idk how someone can miss that subtext

[slim thorn]

but like, more so than Gojira or -1?

[unreal idol]

Yes

[slim thorn]

heck in the original it's just straight-up text, no sub

[unreal idol]

They literally do shit like

"Well this plan didn't work. Meeting adjourned, let's have meeting 2 about option 2 while moving to building 2"

Meanwhile godzilla is puking blood on the city

[slim thorn]

lol

[unreal idol]

It's meant to be a satire on how ineffective the Japanese government was at handling Fukushima

[slim thorn]

I was about to say that gave me a flashback to the Chernobyl HBO miniseries

[unreal idol]

I just find it fucking hilarious that less than 20 seconds into a video, it's someone complaining about one of the main points of the film

[slim thorn]

I was trying to devil's advocate instead of going straight for "ah yes it's those guys who complain when the X-Men get political"

anyway, back to crab souls, since I apparently cannot stop playing it

Niiice. I hit the literal giant enemy crab in its weak point for massive damage. Twice! Best rule 3 violation.

[random steppe]

I sometimes rewatch that E3 clip

[quartz pawn]

derpi tag: rarity fighting a giant crab

[gaunt marten]

https://x.com/kanuitichrom/status/1879891719006875698?s=12
Switch 2 fanart

かぬいち (@KanuitiChrom) on X

switch2一回はこれ起きると思う

X · Jan 16, 2025, 2:01 PM

[wind stump]

They probably thought of that in designing

[gaunt marten]

Complete with the YouTube red circle and face format

[wind stump]

needs more

[uneven epoch]

pros: solves drifting (probably!)
cons:

[wind stump]

(joy)cons

[thick mural]

It's especially charging which makes it swell, as that's what really “matters” with charging cycles (excluding environment, etc.). I have seen it happen live with a replacement battery for a Sony Xperia Z2… thankfully I moved everything off the phone and stopped using it by then

[gaunt marten]

It can happen with discharging

[thick mural]

Yes, booting the device has a high current draw, as the CPU and other components are strongly solicited, so the battery voltage drops. This can result in the voltage being too low and the system might refuse to boot.

[thick mural]

Yeah, that's true

[green fulcrum]

In case anyone doesn't have it, Skyrim is on sale for 90% off

[blissful sand]

I got it too hell yeah

I broke the back glass panel

[visual hill]

it's not special/anniversary edition though, so modding will be an issue

I know this all too well, I have the base game on Steam but not SE/AE

modders have moved on at this point, there was an era where the base game was better for modding but it only lasted a few years

[unreal idol]

Rumors are circulating about a $450/$500 price point for Switch 2. I hope not

That's going to be one of the biggest possible buzzkills

[random steppe]

It wouldn't surprise me, due to Covid disruption and other slowing down in the tech sector, performance didn't become that much cheaper since the Switch was made, so I would expect a price bump if they want to increase the performance, which seems to be one of the selling points of the new console

[unreal idol]

I really hope this isn't accurate

[visual hill]

Skyrim SE is also 90% off anyway, I just checked, but the anniversary edition is €12.50 which is more than 3x more expensive

[quartz pawn]

skyrim vr is still full price, though

[visual hill]

stocks will be tight at first too, so most consoles will be sold over MSRP for a few months at least

in fact, the Switch 1 never really decreased in price much over its lifespan and was under big shortages during covid

I think the only positive is resale value which remains good, but I didn't check thoroughly

[fickle garnet]

I'm gonna play Control (and hopefully finish it this time) because I want to play Alan Wake 2 but do not own it, and Control is on game pass so I can just play it

[river veldt]

enjoy

its a great game

just a nonspoilery tip, the map kind of sucks, so it's better to use the signs put around to find your way. at least ime

[fickle garnet]

I might actually play Alan Wake 1 first now that i think of it, cuz I have Alan Wake 1

[visual hill]

Control is arguably better gameplay-wise

Alan Wake also had a subpar remaster (by Remedy's standards)

it's playable, but they did so much better elsewhere

[fickle garnet]

Maybe I'll watch a recap of the Alan Wake 1 story then

[river veldt]

i wanna get Alan Wake and American Nightmare for my steam deck

[fresh bane]

Control does play better, but to be fair Alan Wake is a very different game since it's more of a survival horror experience than Control which is a weird sort of metroidvania action shooter with crazy power ups

[river veldt]

alas, Alan Wake II doesn't run well on the Deck

[fickle garnet]

Yeah im just gonna watch a video on the story of AW1 and then play Control

[fresh bane]

I mean it's not like you need to do that to play Control anyways

[river veldt]

yeah there's a couple of references but it's not necessary for the main game

[bold sonnet]

I played Alan Wake when I didn't understand what's going on and I don't remember it. I'm planning to play this and DLC as well and then Alan Wake 2 💖

[river veldt]

ive played a little bit of the Control dlc and it's pretty good

[visual hill]

play the OG Remedy game, Death Rally

[fresh bane]

The only thing I'd arguably say is required is Alan Wake 1 and American Wasteland to understand Alan Wake 2 and all of its intricacies

[visual hill]

(it's free on Steam, probably a fun romp on Deck)

[fresh bane]

And even then you'd need to also know about Quantum Break too

The amount of details references and callbacks to all the other games they've done is really really impressive, || you even find Ahti in AW2 as well so add Control to that list too ||

I wouldn't be surprised if Control 2 makes even more references to all these games as well since they really seem to be playing into the shared universe aspect a lot more now and even directly intertwining the games' stories

but for Control 1 specifically you don't really need any of that

[river veldt]

oh shit that's awesome

[fickle garnet]

Well I want to play AW2 as well, so why not

[bold sonnet]

Oh, Quantum Break! I forgot to try it! Installing now

[fickle garnet]

That's another game i never finished, but enjoyed thoroughly

[bold sonnet]

Was some part too hard or something happened like device broken or subscription ran out or save deleted?

[fickle garnet]

To be completely honest, I forgot about it

[worthy rose]

That's a fun game. Feels very cinematic

[cunning galleon]

im not driving this shitbox home so i took the bus

[rugged flax]

drive the tractor

[cunning galleon]

too late , im on the bus

teimon was closed :(

idk if this is the right stop

nvm it is

i think its better if i just die

ok im lost

its so dark

i died , respawned... but check these out!

[bold sonnet]

[cunning galleon]

rims!! free rims

and a wheel

[quartz pawn]

are any of them spinners?

[cunning galleon]

spinners?

[quartz pawn]

Rims that be spinnin'

[cunning galleon]

nah dont think so

theyre just gt rims

found in a shed

[cunning galleon]

oh my fucking god tuning this rockershaft takes forever

whatever , im tuning it later when it breaks

[toxic seal]

Okami director Hideki Kamiya on Switch 2 leakers

[fresh bane]

''they need to be crushed as soon as possible'' I love how he says it like an evil lord giving an order to his minions

[light gate]

too extreme

yike

[cerulean herald]

[river veldt]

Hideki is so funny

[rancid herald]

no no he has a point

[dire gate]

https://fxtwitter.com/pra_11__/status/1880053147311435801

(He's saying that maybe the connector is its weakness)

[rancid herald]

The Legend of Zelda: Switch Lord

[green fulcrum]

"I curse them to always have poop on the soles of their shoes when they get home."

Cruel and unusual.

[cunning galleon]

FINALLY

[bold sonnet]

You need wheels

[rugged flax]

inb4 you forgot to tighten a bolt

[fickle garnet]

He's so real for that tho

[quiet swift]

[bitter stream]

very fancy

[rancid herald]

I like how it's steampunk with ancient technology

[green fulcrum]

I just love it entirely 😍

It's so good!

[quiet swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1i2m9v8/this_mod_pc_is_insane/ has some more pics

[cunning galleon]

Rockershaft died 😔

Among other problems

[junior marten]

the most surprising thing out of all this was nintendo actually calling it Switch 2

[gaunt marten]

I fully expected them baking yet another unnecessary gimmick in

[junior marten]

they did if you consider the joycon mouse as an unncessary gimmick

[gaunt marten]

I think computer mouse already exists as a peripheral

[junior marten]

yeah but using the joycon as a mouse feels gimmicky

[visual hill]

he's speaking like a Kingpin character here

[slim thorn]

TIL that the original 0451 video game door code was a reference to Farenheit 451

[wind stump]

[hasty patio]

https://x.com/ANNO_EN/status/1880299050135679400

Anno (@ANNO_EN) on X

January 17th... what a fitting day to say that we're back on the road!

Where does it lead? What will we see on the way? Stay tuned!

X · Jan 17, 2025, 5:00 PM

[unreal idol]

I keep reading it as a Japanese hesitation

lol

WHERE DOES IT LEAD? Anno... etto... bleh!

[arctic fern]

the ANNO franchise is awesome

[wind stump]

wew.

[river veldt]

mmm delicious bone turkey

[wind stump]

C R O N C H

[bold sonnet]

Vampire Survivors will get online co-op

[bitter stream]

wait really?

that's kinda amazing

Alas, I don't know folks who play survivor likes.

[bold sonnet]

I let you know because I know it was very popular here and maybe some ponies still play from time to time. I wonder if it will be like cross platform multiplayer - it's even available on smartphones!

[bitter stream]

thanks! I've not played the original Vampire Survivors actually, only some spin offs like Holocure and Death must Die

[bronze abyss]

kinda cracked rn

[bitter stream]

that is, intense haha

[bronze abyss]

fuck that previous play im even more cracked rn

[bold sonnet]

That is crazy impressive

[rugged flax]

Man
Aperture Science's 1900s lore is dark
https://youtu.be/QWm7Bq52BMk

[visual hill]

actually no, it's Looking Glass Studios' door code. It's very common for people to mistake it though

(the studio that made System Shock and Thief)

whether the door code is a reference to Fahrenheit 451 is debated IIRC

it's a meme in the immsim community nowadays, System Shock remake will punish you for trying to use it

[slim thorn]

the sources I found, including former employee statements, said that the irl LGS office door code was a reference to System Shock’s use of it and System Shock’s use was an F451 reference and that people thinking the irl office code was the OG source was a common misconception because later games like Deus Ex probably got it from the office code

but yes I’m well aware that it’s an immsim thing, that’s why I thought it was interesting

[proud warren]

[blissful sand]

Omggg I loved that zone!!! Gonna watch this later today

[wind stump]

https://custom-connections-game.vercel.app/fv4BDhksu7XkWWlQj2OD

Okay wow I'm a massive StS nerd, I got one mistake.

and i forgot what most of the base game relics do

(StS Connections #5) ||Though given two of the connections are more design related than mechanic related, that didn't matter too much once I figured out the Elite and Damage connections||

[wind stump]

was going through my old mags and i have two copies of this poster

[sour hill]

supah smash bruddas

[wind stump]

is this art not rad, tho?

[proud warren]

Can I ask why mega man is at the forefront if bowser is taken to be the big bad?

[wind stump]

well it was made to promote Smash 4

this art was probably released not long after Mega Man reveal so they wanted to capitalise on the hjype

[proud warren]

Fair, they were one of the new big names to come out in Sm4sh

[wind stump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIIlIM9HlpQ

[proud warren]

Soupa fittin' robbit: myga min

[proud warren]

Still don't get why bowser is treated as the big bad here tho they could have easily put master hand above them

[wind stump]

bowser is more iconic and i guess they wanted to show as many characters as possible that aren't smash original

man yoshi got sidelined for Pit, lmao

[proud warren]

And don't even mention the mega man trailer, cus that was Bowser Jr.

[wind stump]

mentions the Mega Man trailer

[proud warren]

i'mma throw hands

[wind stump]

me

[green fulcrum]

Oh yeah, wasn't this one of the first times anyone had ever seen the Mega Man Final Smash in a public game before?

[wind stump]

I think it was the first time

[green fulcrum]

Yeah, we had seen a brief glimpse in the reveal trailer but never the full thing

So that video pretty much went viral in the Smash gaming circles.

[visual hill]

I played in a Smash tournament today, did 0-2 as usual

I think it's like 10 times in a row now, although I did win a game in each set at least

I got timed out by a Pikachu who kept doing up B on stage to avoid me

[bitter stream]

oof, that sucks to run into

Are you having fun at the tournament though?

[rugged flax]

Firaxis/2K: Pay us more money to get the game 5 days before everyone else

[robust latch]

yet it works and people will do it

[rugged flax]

also ffs, can we please stop using Denuvo, it's been proven that it hurts game performance

[robust latch]

Got to love those legalised rootkits.

[bronze abyss]

Unfortunately though if the game doesnt have enough demand it works

Not many crackers that can deal with denuvo

Some games like project diva mega39s pc port are still uncracked i think last time i checked,cuz denuvo+pretty niche game

[quiet swift]

https://youtu.be/ZQiT8-f7em0?si=hon_dI71LkBsHwgt&t=2804 what in the actual fuck is this last game (at timestamp)

[bronze abyss]

Just managed ti pass bhop_arcane2_a06 in css

I think my first tier 3 that i fully completed,thiugh i have been close to several others as well

Heres someone else doing it for visual reference of the map https://youtu.be/gPZXW9N_UL8?si=yhh4Hwt5UPulEQ3o

[fresh bane]

https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lg3253fnn42d

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

Marvel Snap is now banned in the U.S. seemingly as part of the TikTok ban

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Bluesky · Jan 19, 2025, 5:00 AM

whoops

[bitter stream]

lol rip

Isn't marvel snap an american developed game?

it's kinda big right?

[fresh bane]

Developed by Nuverse who is part of ByteDance

[robust latch]

The ban that the US put in was not just for tiktok but for everything operated and owned by ByteDance.

[light gate]

[bitter stream]

right, wow

from all the news, it just seemed like it was TikTok being hit by the ban

[light gate]

well, there always is pokemon pocket

or yugioh

[unreal idol]

TIL TikTok is banned???

[static bluff]

For, like, 2 days

✨ politics ✨

[unreal idol]

Finally some good news

dissolves back into the aether for more sleep

[quartz pawn]

The Neo Pico 2 is a VR headset also owned by bytedance. I wonder if it's affected too?

[slim thorn]

https://youtu.be/S3hj4M9EEXk?list=PLz8YL4HVC87VeDl0NeZJLKf0Zsdrl1ioA&t=360

oh, of course the speedrun does the exact jump I spent twenty minutes trying to do casually before being told there's an easier way

"it's not too hard"

[gaunt marten]

It's not too hard*

*If you've played the game many times before

[slim thorn]

I'm oddly happy that the roll button has multiple uses here

[slim thorn]

https://youtu.be/S3hj4M9EEXk?list=PLz8YL4HVC87VeDl0NeZJLKf0Zsdrl1ioA&t=765 omg the purple gem debate isn't just us

[green fulcrum]

Never was just us

Almost everyone in the Spyro subreddit calls them blue gems.

[rancid herald]

this is the dress of the dragon world

[green fulcrum]

And the emoji based on it in the Spyro Discord is also called a blue gem.

[rancid herald]

"is it a blue gem or a purple gem?"

[green fulcrum]

It's friggin' blue.

If Cynder in Dawn of the Dragon can still be called a Black Dragon despite her scales being more akin to dark purple (in the previous two games in the Legend trilogy the scales were actually black but the third game had a complete change in art style), then those gems can be blue.

Anarchy!

[cerulean herald]

"Top 10 topics that get Spyro fans heated"

[gaunt marten]

Are you talking about the magenta 25 gem gems?

[slim thorn]

and I was right about being able to get supercharge off the arrows without going where the arrows point, but you need mouse-only turning radius to make it practical

[gaunt marten]

The color differs per game but in all three games of the original trilogy they are closer to purple than blue.

[green fulcrum]

No, we're talking about the 5 gem gems.

[gaunt marten]

Oh

[green fulcrum]

They're blue, and no wiki will convince me otherwise

[gaunt marten]

Well in Spyro 1 they're more blue than purple.

[green fulcrum]

The wiki calls them purple

[gaunt marten]

In Spyro 2 and 3 they're more purple than blue. You can verify that by looking at the actual hex code

[green fulcrum]

Oh in Spyro 1 they're definitely blue, even the wiki says that. But for Spyro 2 and 3 it says they're purple, which is bullshit.

You cannot look at this and call this purple. That's lighting, not color.

[gaunt marten]

Well, let's figure it out

[slim thorn]

looks purple to me

[green fulcrum]

Blue gems IRL can give off a purple sheen at the right angle. Doesn't make them purple.

[slim thorn]

this is getting dangerously close to https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/color/

[gaunt marten]

We'll look at the various colors in this, examining the hex codes directly

[green fulcrum]

Looks more blue than purple to me

[gaunt marten]

In this spot, it is 35 red, 3 green, and 112 blue.

In this spot, it's 172, 110, 202.

[green fulcrum]

Again, light sheen.

[gaunt marten]

Light sheen counts

Personally, I count purple as 128, 0, 128. I count blue as 0, 0, 255.

[green fulcrum]

Would you count sapphires as purple then? Because at the right angle and lighting, they can give off a purple sheen.

[slim thorn]

I thought brightness was orthogonal to hue anyway, so the ambient lighting would only matter if the ambient light was non-white

[gaunt marten]

In the first spot, it is 93, 3, 16 away from purple, and 35, 3, 143 away from blue.

I definitely am not experienced with sapphires enough to know if they actually look purple under certain conditions, but I wouldn't count it out.

So, adding the difference in RGB values, the first spot is 112 away from purple, and 181 away from blue. I count that as more purple than blue, but not by much

Let's examine the second spot

The second spot is 44, 110, 74 away from purple, and 172, 110, 53 away from blue. Adding the numbers up, it's 228 away from purple, and 335 from blue.

[green fulcrum]

Alright, so would "blurple" be a decent compromise?

[gaunt marten]

Yeah!

You might enjoy the blue-green debate with Guild Wars 2

[green fulcrum]

Lol

[gaunt marten]

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/5/5c/Defiance_bar_teal.png/180px-Defiance_bar_teal.png

[slim thorn]

oh no

[green fulcrum]

That's aqua, I think.

[gaunt marten]

The defiance bar in GW2 is simpler, with no lighing effects. Inspecting the RGB values shows it is very close to the middle between blue and green

[slim thorn]

but is it bleen or grue

[gaunt marten]

Cyan

[quiet swift]

Gesundheit

[gaunt marten]

But it is slightly closer to green. Interestingly, people who identify as male seem slightly more biased to call it blue, while people who don't are slightly more biased to call it green.

[slim thorn]

(believe it or not, this is a philosophy reference)

[gaunt marten]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_riddle_of_induction

[green fulcrum]

Either way, you've all heard it here folks: the 5 gems are neither purple nor blue, but both.

So we're all losers, and the devs are laughing their asses off.

[hasty patio]

False: The devs are crying by working in the CoD Mines.

[green fulcrum]

True...

[gaunt marten]

Keep in mind that the definitions I have for blue and purple assume the pure form of each color, and people don't typically call only 0, 0, 255 blue.

You can refine and improve the analysis a lot more, and might come to many different answers.

[slim thorn]

I just cleaned my glasses and now the gem looks blue

[gaunt marten]

One issue is that human color cones have obvious unevenness: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Cone-fundamentals-with-srgb-spectrum.svg

And I won't even mention the qualia problem

[slim thorn]

I remain a staunch qualia denier

[gaunt marten]

Yeah it's kind of a nonsensical idea

[slim thorn]

I wouldn't go quite that far, to me it's more of an empty referent problem; "what if" is the start and end of the thinking that can be done about it for now, unless future science gives us something more concrete and specific to start debating (the same way that quantum physics makes for good philosophy, but it would've been silly to propose it before quantum stuff was discovered)

[gaunt marten]

Let me rephrase

I don't think it makes sense to debate or discuss what can't be settled by experiment and will not affect anyone's actions.

[slim thorn]

fair

so how about string theory

[cerulean herald]

Indigo?

[gaunt marten]

String theory is all about stringing us along

[rancid herald]

looks purple to me

[gaunt marten]

Why don't you go back and discuss the dress instead

[quiet swift]

Not the dress!

[unreal idol]

Purple is the best color

[wind stump]

[unreal idol]

I really want a Wii-themed menu as an option for Switch 2

[static bluff]

That'd be pretty cool

[visual hill]

I did that jump on the PS1 version but not on the remaster. Maybe a FPS difference? I think you jump higher at 30 FPS

[visual hill]

that's Windows 95 background color

when you really need to hammer in the thought

[minor plover]

hey is one of you playing Dark Souls as Sombra rn? My wife is playing as Misty and has run into Sombra on multiple summons

[quiet swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/481870/Mini_Thief/ currently free

Steam

Mini Thief

BECOME THE MASTER (mini) THIEF!Can you escape with the loot? Play as the Master Thief and steal as much as you can. Burgle houses in order to obtain some sweet, sweet loot. But be careful not to get caught!. Your objective is simple, search the area for items which are exchangeable for money. Each level you pass will increase in difficulty. The...

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[river veldt]

https://x.com/decomposedtaco/status/1881089059814252710?s=46

Half Eaten (@DecomposedTaco) on X

Gordon & Alyx

#halflife

X · Jan 19, 2025, 9:19 PM

[proud warren]

gayming

[minor plover]

GG

[blissful sand]

Tf game is that

Is this a rogue like poker

[dire gate]

Yanis being late to the trend

[gaunt marten]

Balatro, yes

It won game of the year

https://x.com/theindieawards/status/1869914276875645060

The Indie Game Awards (@theindieawards) on X

Jokers wild.

Congratulations to @LocalThunk on taking home Game of the Year for Balatro at The Indie Game Awards 2024!

Category Breakout: https://t.co/fT7E8Bp6ej

X · Dec 20, 2024, 1:14 AM

[cunning galleon]

My captivating branch line

[eager bane]

Try learning to use signals for a more complicated network! It's super fun!

[cunning galleon]

Oh i know how

Oh i know how

Never mind the other message

[eager bane]

Oh you know how

Oh you know how

[cunning galleon]

I' had a railway run like clockwork

Only had a problem because i forgot to give one engine an order to go into the workshop and get maintained

So it broke down every minute or so

[eager bane]

I don't think bringing trains to the workshop was a thing in Locomotion interesting

[cunning galleon]

I don't know if it's like locomotion but when you click on the "Go-to" option on the loco/any vehicle's order screen you can click on the garage it spawns in and choose when it goes into it to get maintained (so it doesn't breakdown as often)

Making a small mainline of some sort, runs passenger and mail

Single track for now, i don't need 2 tracks

[visual hill]

is that Locomotion or Simutrans?

it doesn't look like OpenTTD at least

[wind stump]

goddamn vtubers, they're even invading my touhous

[slim thorn]

in Nine Sols, one of the little lore objects left behind by all the sadly deceased cat people mentions they were a "streamer" (do they not need virtual avatars because they're already cat people? )

[grave tide]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761210/The_Touhou_Empires/

Steam

The Touhou Empires

The Touhou Empires is a real-time strategy game. Pick your favorite faction, set up base and gather resources. Build up your forces toward the ultimate goal, defeating every other faction!Fight it out, learn, and bust out the special techniques to grasp victory!Over 40 popular characters from the Touhou Project series make their appearance!Many ...

Release Date

2025

▶ Play video

I hate this universe

That this is literally clone of Age of Empires but just Touhou

[slim thorn]

why is that bad?

[wind stump]

doesn't want to get infected with Fumoitus

it's very fatal

holy shit they got a composer from Elden RIng

[uneven epoch]

opening to rant about anime s p o t t e d: the upcoming witch hat atelier anime will have have soundtrack from that same composer and im really lookin forward to it and its gonna be soooo pretty and yall should watch when i abuse an everyone ping once the first episode comes ou-

[hasty patio]

Before or after binging on KCD2?

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMmBSCQs1H4 relevant trailer, it looks great

[uneven epoch]

given we have no set date, after

[hasty patio]

Wiki only says 2025, so we'll see.

[cunning galleon]

OpenTTD

[cunning galleon]

Maize Express (bottom) and Twilight Express (top)

[tawny jacinth]

Welcome to TF2

[visual hill]

the best weapon in all of gaming?

[cunning galleon]

Kinda like the briefcase

[river veldt]

is this why everyone hates Oddjob

[gaunt marten]

People don't like him because he is short and hard to shoot

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdfXgnAuTc I see that, and raise you God Dog Mode

[cunning galleon]

Started new world, other one was going to shit

[bold sonnet]

In between over 400 games given out for free on Epic Games Store there is Them Fightin' Herds 💝

[bronze abyss]

Epic version is broken is as hell

[blissful sand]

Oooh so this is balatro

[bitter stream]

did you just start playing Yanis?

[blissful sand]

I just learnt what the death screen of the game looked like

But no idea what it is uwu

[bitter stream]

It's a poker-hand-roguelite sort of thing. You play poker hands for a score, modified by "Joker cards" that you collect as you try to get more and more score.

Beat the score, you beat the blind, and proceeded to the next blind or a boss

Strengthen your decks and hands with new cards, tarrot cards (change stuff about your cards) and more Joker Cards.

It's pretty fun, and you can watch people play on Youtube or Twitch if you want to see it in action

[blissful sand]

I'll watch a bit

Seems cerebral

[cunning galleon]

Planes are a cheat code lol

I managed to repay 300k debt cuz of planes

Awesome pawsome

[cunning galleon]

Yep, planes are indeed a cheatcode

Had to decommission a bunch of lines

[eager bane]

Nice.

Idk how it is with OpenTTD, but money isn't really an issue in late game Locomotion

As soon as you got a few cash cows...

[cunning galleon]

I only have 2 planes

I had 2 accidents so far

Plane crash, 22 dead, and a log train colliding with an oil train, 4 dead

Plane kinda my fault, i didn't give it an order to go into maintenance

[hushed onyx]

Gonna get banned by the E.U. smh

[quiet swift]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/286000/Tooth_and_Tail/

Steam

Tooth and Tail

Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more.Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!The War for MeatThe Longcoats, the Commonfolk, the KSR, and...

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$2.99

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[gaunt marten]

Yep, it's a good well designed RTS

Competitive focused though

The single player experience is relatively barren

The OST is one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard

https://austinwintory.bandcamp.com/album/tooth-and-tail-2

[rugged flax]

ah damnit SCS, y'all are gonna make me break out ATS again, aren't you?
the Missouri DLC is supposed to happen soon, and it's apparently gonna have the famous Springfield Underground in it.

[worthy rose]

Balatro has hit 5 million units sold

[unreal idol]

Neat

[sacred grove]

If Balatro had mtx involving real money, it would very suddenly become the world's worst gambling addiction

[cunning galleon]

Working like clockwork

[minor plover]

what game is this?

[cunning galleon]

(i retired this entire railroad)

[cunning galleon]

OpenTTD

Free on playstore, idk about steam

I have 4 million now, time to make the expressway of my dreams

Express mail and Express

[bold sonnet]

Reminds me a lot of Rollercoaster Tycoon, is it the same company?

[gaunt marten]

Both made by Chris Sawyer

[cunning galleon]

High speed rail

Regular Mail Service and plane

I've lost 2 737 Maxs now

[quiet swift]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lxP407TAADI

[gaunt marten]

https://preview.redd.it/8nswvgadueee1.png?auto=webp&s=02b44c32ee89116ac450b7351f40ce0201b00d9f

Crusader Kings 2: The Empress's Court Chaplain accuses the alcoholic horse Glitterhoof of being an apostate and a warlock, recommending excommunication or execution.

[rare garden]

Playing ck3 and I hate france
Considered suicide for a bit (in game) but the guy redeemed himself so he's good

[cunning galleon]

I didn't delete the bridge in hopes I'd use it again

[rare garden]

Don't even know how but he got like 40 prowess, and he's a fucking diplomat, his ass never took a lesson in warfare yet he outclasses the entire army

[graceful bridge]

This is interesting if true:

[hasty patio]

That would be fantastic if true. A lot of games are running on the older version that you have to manually find and update. I did it once with Starfield (which helped slightly).

[hasty patio]

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/this-open-source-tool-updates-dlss-to-the-latest-version-in-all-your-games-at-once-and-no-matter-the-launcher/ You can use this if you don't want the NVID app.

[astral steeple]

https://www.thegamer.com/mortal-kombat-1-conan-the-barbarian-update-secret-pink-ninja-floyd-found/

YES

[visual hill]

it is true

it's been shown in CES slides

[graceful bridge]

Good to know then

[wind stump]

oooh, new anniversery mod dropped

this is probably going to be the last one before StS2 drops and depending on how good that is that'll be unfortunate.

[hasty patio]

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/amd-finally-gives-the-radeon-rx-9070-xt-a-release-date-and-its-roughly-march/

[fickle garnet]

Are they changing the numbers to be more like NVIDIA now?

[hasty patio]

https://youtu.be/icd5YWw7Z8Q

https://kotaku.com/earthblade-canceled-celeste-towerfall-release-date-1851745616

[gaunt marten]

Are you in a shared server with cultpony

[unreal idol]

Funny. I was just thinking about Celeste today

[hasty patio]

I am not.

[gaunt marten]

Ah

[hasty patio]

Jacket thing I was pinged while at the store and saw Earthblade on reddit.

[gaunt marten]

Just a coincidence that he posted and you posted in two different locations twice

[hasty patio]

lol

[fresh bane]

https://fxtwitter.com/gematsu/status/1881942715556061260

three years

it's been three years....

[slim thorn]

do we know anything about f at this point besides it's coming?

[fresh bane]

Nope, all we know is it's in Japan and it's written by Ryukishi07

it's only ever appeared on the initial announcement and after that just like with Townfall it's been pretty radio silent

[hasty patio]

So I guess Bloodlines is coming out finally.

[static bluff]

What a crazy draw. I'm white. I promoted to a queen which was a stalemate (I blundered)

This is one of those rare times when underpromoting was the right call

[minor plover]

yeah - promote to rook there and it's pretty easy to clean it up from there

[bitter stream]

whoa wild gamestate Mr Onosa

[visual hill]

Mission failed successfully
(I died with enough speed to pass the end-level trigger during the death animation, so you get this rare end screen where all objectives are complete but you still failed)

[wind stump]

Is this Perfect Dark?

[visual hill]

GoldenEye X, which is a port of GoldenEye to Perfect Dark's engine that's why the UI looks familiar

a big update was released last weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litd70LdXPw

[cunning galleon]

Done enough in this world

Oops wrong image

There

[gaunt marten]

https://store.steampowered.com/category/strategy_real_time

Steam sale on RTS games, includes stuff like grand strategy games too.

I recommend EU4, which has a 75% sale on a bundle containing every DLC minus the non-game stuff. The individual DLC are discounted 20-70%

[bitter stream]

thanks for sharing!

[hasty patio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWSlOC_jiLQ

[bold sonnet]

https://www.youtube.com/live/ySygveWfuKE?si=6QkCrQyNiBtC2qw7 5 min to Developer Direct show 💖

[little badger]

Xbox direct is starting now

Ninja Gaiden 4

Fall 2025

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black remaster

[slim thorn]

because the NGs aren't confusing enough already

[little badger]

On game pass today

[hasty patio]

https://youtu.be/7zY0UxSxTzU

[little badger]

@river veldt they are showing new doom gameplay now