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[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Wait are we arguing that the owner of something isn't entitled more than someone who bought it?

FTFY. The problem is not with Nintendo being against emulators because of piracy, they're against emulators even if you own the game and the hardware but want to preserve the hardware (just like they do in the museum).

And if the counter-argument is that you don't own the game when you buy it, then by that same logic you don't steal it when you pirate it.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

I don't see why it would be hard to accept that someone could make a carbon iron alloy using carbon and iron. But in any case in this link there are multiple sources, an archeology book and a scientific paper, of these claims https://bigthink.com/hard-science/norse-rituals/

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

A curious fact about Vikings is that they had legendary weapons imbued with the spirit of great fallen warriors which were stronger than any other weapon at the time. They had a ritual in which they would burn the body of their fallen warriors in the fires of the smelter while making weapons to "imbue" their spirit into it, what happened was that the carbon from the body they were burning formed an alloy with the iron of the weapon, making a crude form of steel in a time we're everyone had iron weapons.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

With it, you can use your Xbox controller to move around the screen and type.

Does that mean you couldn't before? Seriously people were playing around on a handheld that couldn't even type?

Button accelerators are also available; these include the X button for backspace and the Y button for the spacebar.

WTF!? Isn't that standard also?

For better movement patterns, the keyboard keys are aligned vertically."

Does this even make a difference?

In any case, the title is bullshit, it should be that will make windows handhelds close to typing on consoles which sucks. Typing on the Deck is a completely different experience, one that can't be replicated in any of these handhelds because they lack the hardware to do so.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

They do the same with all games that I have from them. Crusader Kings, Stellaris, etc. The base game is always great on its own, then you have very cheap cosmetic DLC and more expensive content DLCs which add new mechanics and expand the game (they also always release a free update for everyone who owns the base game when a new DLC gets released. Oh, and all of their games are moldable, which means you could just implement the cosmetics (and even lots of the other parts of the DLCs via mods).

Paradox gets shit for their DLC model by people who either don't play their games, or by people who are so obsessed by them that they think you NEED a given DLC to play it (just because they know of a strategy with it).

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Also I forgot to reply to this on the other answer, but:

Err.. You often don't have the files drm free on Steam. Nor in an installable format (without steam).

Often you do, and an installer is nothing more than a fancy zipped folder. Also people usually like to compare Steam with GoG and claim that on GoG you get DRM free games and not on Steam, that is not true, both have either, although GoG has percentually more it's still not 100% DRM free (nor is Steam 100% DRMd), it's always up to the game developers.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

This is what you said:

While that may be partly true, (also likely) depending on the county you're located, they're not able to revoke the license though.

The same is true for Steam, laws are laws

So in this specific case you having the files makes a world of difference.

You also have the files if you downloaded them on Steam. What's important is whether those files can be used on their own or if they're protected by some form of DRM. If the files can be used on their own it doesn't matter if you got them from Steam, GoG or a physical disc. If on the other hand the files are DRM protected you having them is useless, whoever controls the DRM controls your files, again regardless of where you got the files from.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

No, watching a gameplay won't give you the same experience. Keep avoiding spoilers, it is really best experienced blind, although knowing there is something to experience might weaken it.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

But then the same is also true for Steam

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

This is not exactly true, alcohol can become vinegar if exposed to oxygen, and I doubt those bottles are properly hermetically sealed.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

While I get where you're coming from, Fallout 76 was a bad example, you don't need a subscription to play (unless your preferred system of choice asks you for it regardless of the game you play) and it is intended to be a multiplayer first game, you might not like it, but it is not an example of what you're complaining anymore than Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft (which actually has a subscription model).

And the answer is simple, don't buy those games, there are thousands of excellent single player games, if always online games start to fail companies will stop doing it, vote with your wallet. I recommend taking a look at indie games, there are several excellent games and almost assuredly they don't have DRM, or at least not always online ones.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

On the one hand I get where you're coming from, those sections are very thematically different from the rest of the game, but realistically it's just a couple of minutes of very easy stealth.

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