[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Brilliant, thank you x

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok, worth thinking about, so thank you for doing that. I've just seen cases where Europeans miss out due to rules like this.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't post gaming memes myself so it won't directly affect me, but how do you count a "Monday" if taking other timezones/countries into consideration? Just curious.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I fucking love those games to death, Thief was so fucking dark and gritty when it first came out and I was so scared when the guards walked past me as I was hiding in the shadows after water arrowing a torch, lol.

And Deus Ex I with it's multiple storylines, choice making and takes on philosophy was mind blowing.

However, they're easy to cheese by modern standards which might be to their detriment when it comes to new players. You can easily blackjack your way through Thief I.

Thief III: Deadly Shadows probably holds up the best gameplay wise, though Thief II has the best storyline imo.

Deus Ex I also has some very unfortunate voice acting choices (incl. white people putting on Asian sounding accents), which I, in the 90s, was ignorant about, but now as an adult it's a cringy struggle to listen to, tbh.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, I'm using wefwef.app now, which is also very nice. Still have Jerboa installed for when it'll be compatible with beehaw again.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I would be okay with it if the amount of ads and their length was reasonable, like one in the beginning and one at the end or something. For a longer video I wouldn't even mind one at the midway point.

I didn't start using adblockers until I was literally inundated and bombarded and sometimes with ads running the length of movie (no, literally).

It completely ruins the experience. I'm happy to support my creators directly though and I do.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this exactly. Use it as an opportunity to realise you're not on the same page as this person and that's fine. Better to be picky, imo. Live your best single life, only choose a partner who chooses all of you too.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, I like doing both lol, but I actually think gaming is more productive as you're at least either engaging in something social, a good narrative, or just fucking having a good time, whereas watching things is more passive (and completely okay to do as well).

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[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

A duel to the death, obviously

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Aw, man... Boo.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 60 points 1 year ago

And to think, Greta inadvertently took him down. What a timeline we live in.

[-] nanometre@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

I mean, yes, that is true for your spare time. But with the way things are working now, everything has to happen immediately, you might feel you need to be available 24/7, even if you don't technically.

Work in general is more fast-paced because of it (emails and phone calls over snail mail), everything you do is attached to your phone making it difficult to turn it off (banking, cards, travel apps, dating apps etc).

In the purest sense, yes, you can take breaks from it all, but it's still there, and while I don't think it'll happen anytime soon, I do believe we'd benefit as a society from being less chronically online (I say writing this on an app for a federated social media site, but y'know, small steps).

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