Donebrach

Donebrach , 11 days ago to Comic Strips in Invasive species [The Daily Drawing]

This comic makes no sense and presents no joke. It’s just a drawing and some words that convey a meaningless scenario that makes no attempt at word play or observation.

Now if the caption was like “Frank was displeased to discover some Nag-weed growing in his garden” that would be a (very lame) joke but as it is now it’s just complete trash.

Donebrach , 12 days ago to Comic Strips in It's raining

Man, 2003 when people had money for a house a car and a bike AND a Wacom tablet.

Donebrach , 23 days ago to Memes in EA gonna EA

Where did you say that?

Donebrach , 23 days ago to Memes in EA gonna EA

Considering that most titles are cross platform I’d say it’s actually much more difficult to produce games these days than it was in the past (see Cyberpunk’s shaky release due to it trying to run on everything under the sun at launch—and being forced out too early due to investor demand). It’s not like game engines and other development tools make it so people press a button that says “make game” and the game pops into existence.

My main point is that games have not actually gone up in price for over two decades. And, as you have pointed out as well, there are an awful lot of actual things to complain about with the gaming industry. The out of pocket cost we pay to play the games is really not one of them.

Donebrach , 23 days ago to Memes in EA gonna EA

So… Like I said, there are plenty of things to complain about in the gaming industry aside from the price of AAA titles (which contrary to your claim) have remained priced at about $60 for the past 20+ years. These so-called price hikes are non-existent, and based on inflation, are actually price decreases. Yes, most profits for everything (not just games) go to the CEOs and investors, that is the root cause of the destruction of the western world.

Also there are myriad fantastic indie titles that only cost like $20 so, uh, go play them instead?

As for your claim of digital releases briefly being cheaper than physical copies—I don’t recall that ever being a thing. Granted, I was mostly a console gamer from the 90s through the early 2010s so maybe I missed that.

Donebrach , 23 days ago to Memes in EA gonna EA

So because someone made something as a hobby that means other people shouldn’t be paid for work? Also, sure, tools exist to ease in the production of a game (and in every other creative media), doesn’t negate the fact that people’s talent and work are what make the product exist.

Donebrach , 23 days ago to Memes in EA gonna EA

I’m not at all defending advertisements because, like every single person on earth, I hate them. However, the constant complaint that games are expensive is more and more becoming absolutely out of touch. Considering how complex modern games are from a software standpoint, they are fucking cheap as hell. $60 for (generally speaking) 40+ hours of entertainment is a goddamn bargain, not to mention they’ve mostly been priced the same for the better part of two decades. Y’all realize actual people make these things right? People who need to be paid for the work they do? Of all the absolute shit that happens behind the scenes and in plain daylight in the gaming industry, I think we can find better things to bitch about than the price of games.

Donebrach , 2 months ago to Memes in I studied political science and jazz...

Agreed

Seems 99% of posts on Lemmy, regardless of content, will have some goblin schilling Linux. I don’t have anything against Linux but I will never adopt it, mostly because WHY? What the fuck is the benefit of Linux?

Donebrach , 2 months ago to Memes in Apple

IDK, all i know is that group messaging with iMessages between iOS and android is still garbage. Its an easy fix though it its really causing issues between people: just use a 3rd party app.

Donebrach , 2 months ago to Memes in Apple

I use my iOS devices for convenient basic computing / communication. I use my actual computer for actual computing. I live in a multiverse thank you very much.

Donebrach , 2 months ago to Memes in Apple

my issue is that in mixed platform group messages sometimes some messages don’t go through to some people in the group completely at random, nearly always when plans are trying to be made. it’s entirely Apple’s refusal to make imessages compatible with whatever android is using. Not about to shame the people who have androids because of it though, and it’s certainly not about the color of the text.

Donebrach , 3 months ago to 196 in Games rule

not slaying the princess I guess.

Donebrach , 3 months ago to Memes in 6÷2(1+2)

So you are saying exactly what I said; people can misinterpret things that other people have written. Good job. Thanks again for stopping by a 3 month old thread about a dumb meme.

Donebrach , 3 months ago to Memes in 6÷2(1+2)

Wow neat, and yet the thread was full of people going back and forth about how the equation can be misinterpreted based on how the order of operations can be interpreted. Thanks for your months later input though.

Donebrach , 3 months ago to Memes in Happy Lunar New Year

I recall when I was first informed about “cultural appropriation” and how it boiled down to the concept that if a white person enjoys any aspect of a non-white culture it was an act of racism. Gotta love the gravity well of ultra liberal bullshit warping back in on itself and becoming fascism.