Tarcion

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[–] Tarcion 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, these were good predictions. All of this is actually possible. It's just capitalism being the problem it usually is..

[–] Tarcion 57 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Congrats to OP on surviving getting thrown off a cliff.

[–] Tarcion 6 points 9 months ago

I'm quite familiar with both, thanks. Just looking for clarification on this particular bill. Thanks for the link.

[–] Tarcion 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not to scrutinize a meme, but can you point to text of this bill which would support what it is implying? Legimiately curious because fuck TikTok, but those changes would certainly give me pause.

[–] Tarcion 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you are suggesting Blades in the Dark is some kind of derivative of D&D? If so, that is a very hot take. And even if you like 5e, imo, Pathfinder 2e is right there doing the same thing but better.

[–] Tarcion 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I loved the random NPC affinity results in the first game. Then again, I always wind up with the Queen as my beloved and not like... a child, or the blacksmith.

[–] Tarcion -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are these values inclusive of the 60 minute nonsense?

[–] Tarcion 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've found the overall performance to be more consistent/better. The "better" part is a bit moot as every time I buy a new phone, the performance should be better than the last one just because it's newer technology.

And while there are a lot of things I don't like, core performance kind of overshadows any other issues I have or features I'm missing out on. Perhaps I should have said "better for my needs" instead of "better product."

[–] Tarcion -1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, obviously hyperbole, but there is a kind of console fanboy-ism around smartphones which is honestly bizarre.

And while I'd rather Apple not be so shitty about proprietary everything, it's also not the end of the world.

[–] Tarcion 41 points 9 months ago (27 children)

I've owned flagship androids and iphones. I like my iPhone better, sorry. If other companies want to make a better product, I'll switch back again. It's not really about the exclusivity/walled garden nonsense.

[–] Tarcion 83 points 10 months ago (11 children)

It is crazy that it has become this much of a problem and it feels like it is on almost no one's radar. Is this even reversible at this point? I assume not, but that it can definitely get worse.

[–] Tarcion 25 points 10 months ago

Some people would have laughed you out of the room. A lot of people, myself included, warned that this was the kind of shit we'd spiral into with these microtransactions. It was basically confirmed within a year or two with the absolutely insane amount of money mobile gaming was seeing where the base product was just addictive crap with as many microtransactions shoveled in as possible. These games just completely blew the revenue of actual AAA titles would out of the water. It was basically inevitable and we're now in a situation where we've got a generation of consumers raised on this trash.

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