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dpkonofa,

Awww… Quark wrote a book about himself as the main character. I can’t tell if that’s endearing or sad. At least the subject matter is serious. Wonder if it’s any good…

dpkonofa,

He would fuck…for money

dpkonofa,

Exactly this. I would 100% buy AC: Mirage if it worked on my Apple TV natively (since you can use a controller) and Ubisoft didn’t suck a big fat donkey dick. They can go to hell with their Ubisoft Connect bullshit.

dpkonofa,

This is the right attitude towards piracy. Pirate it first, then pay if you feel it was worth it.

dpkonofa,

That doesn’t entitle someone to their time and effort, though.

dpkonofa,

Yes, and, also unfortunately, people here will bend over backwards to justify it.

dpkonofa,

It’s not about cost. Their time and talent have value. They should be rewarded for that time and talent.

dpkonofa,

Despite some of my objections, I almost feel like you have to pirate Ubisoft games. Their launcher ruins nearly every single Ubisoft game I’ve played and makes the games crashy, unplayable messes even when the games themselves are enjoyable.

dpkonofa,

That’s not where I’m coming from. The “you’ve lost nothing” excuse is just an excuse. These people put their time, money, and talent into their games and people who are entitled and can afford to buy them don’t. My company made a game before and people played it for weeks and pirated it. Some of our top players by time were people who pirated the game. You can’t tell me that the game isn’t worth paying for if you’re spending that much time playing it. Some devs can get to the point of where Slay the Princess is and the actual sales can sustain the company and so the minimal pirating just encourages word of mouth sales. Most game devs don’t have that luxury. They’re trying to make a living and sustain themselves and entitled shits are leeching off their time and effort.

If you enjoy something, pay for it. Otherwise, you’re voting with your wallet for the wrong things.

dpkonofa,

Then you’re one of the good ones.

dpkonofa,

If I believed that even half of the people that pirated these games couldn’t afford them, I’d agree with you. The reality is that most digital piracy is perpetuated by people who are well-off and have lots of tech, access to broadband internet, and high-end gaming computers.

dpkonofa,
  1. I never said any of that so that’s a very robust straw man

and

  1. We’re not talking about things that aren’t legally available. This thread and discussion is about games that are available for purchase but whose users feel entitled to play without paying despite enjoying the game.

They’re both very nice straw men, though. I especially love their little hats.

dpkonofa,

Again, you’re just making excuses. You are exactly the type of person who feels entitled to these things. There is no right that you have to play games that you want to play just because you don’t like the surrounding situation. You can also just not play those games. There are plenty of wonderful games from indie devs without all of those things that you can play and reward them with your time and money but you’re choosing to play games from companies who do those things because of your sense of entitlement and then attempt to make excuses to justify your entitlement.

No one is forcing you to do these things. You’re choosing to do them.

dpkonofa,

I didn’t have to. You’ve given reasons for why not to play those games. You’re just pretending like they’re reasons for not paying for them rather than for not playing them.

And they’re not personal attacks because they’re not directed towards just you. I’ve given plenty of evidence and reason for why people who do so are entitled. A personal attack is attacking the person making the argument. My argument is that people are making excuses because they’re entitled.

dpkonofa,

Why is a 2 year old article being posted now?

dpkonofa,

Yeah… a tragic mishap is getting your balls stuck in your zipper because you had to pee so bad you tried to rip your pants off. This is a bit more than a “tragic mishap”. ಠ_ಠ

dpkonofa,

This is app is very underrated. On the Apple Vision Pro, it was the only app with a working 3D video player at launch. If only they could get the BTAS intro working properly, it would be really incredible.

dpkonofa,

The dude’s rocker is off its rocker…

dpkonofa,

Not technically in their bedrooms but made by students - Narbacular Drop. It was the game that spawned Portal. It’s not a great game, per se, but I’ll never forget the paradigm-shifting moment I had when I realized what was happening.

Valve ended up hiring the entire team to work on Portal.

dpkonofa,

I’m pretty sure that the bat is photoshopped in. Her hand position doesn’t look like it’s actually holding anything.

dpkonofa,

Not to mention how absolutely bonkers stupid that sounds… What in the world is Harmonix doing?

dpkonofa, (edited )

I think people are missing the fact that most fanmade content that Valve has historically been ok with is all original material. Black Mesa, Portal Stories, and others all used the Valve IP but were all original content. This port actually uses Valve-created content so, regardless of Nintendo’s involvement (although it makes the demand for this action stronger), they legally have to enforce it or risk losing the legal protections for that property.

Nintendo just gave them a convenient way to stop it before they needed to do it anyways.

dpkonofa,

That’s not the only problem, I think. It’s not an adaptation of their work, it’s a “demake” which means it uses original source files or, at best, exact recreations of that work. The other projects people are comparing this to adapted Valve’s work to make something original. This isn’t original and uses the existing name. It would be very easy for Valve to make the claim that this product could be confused as an official Valve product even if most people who are interested would know the difference or be able to tell.

dpkonofa,

It’s not about whether it competes. It’s about whether a “reasonable person” could confuse it for being an authorized product of the IP owner. In this case, people could confuse it with both a licensed Nintendo product (since it runs on original hardware) and it could be confused with an official Valve release (since the content is an exact (as possible) recreation of the levels and assets from the original game.

dpkonofa,

Agreed. A remake with the newer mechanics would be welcome. A remaster is just lazy.

dpkonofa,

That’s not waffling… both of those things can be true. It currently works and will continue to but it may stop working in the future depending on what updates happen.

dpkonofa,

I don’t get this. I would love it if my kids did that to my PS5. In fact, I might actually have them do it. Custom PS5 that is made specifically for me sounds awesome…

dpkonofa,

Yeah… and, especially on the PS5, those panels are removable/replaceable. You can always get news ones.

dpkonofa,

Then their parent is buying me new side panels, unless the artwork is good.

dpkonofa,

Damn. Love me some Justice Ruth…

GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour (www.forbes.com)

While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two.

dpkonofa,

Not only is it not what he means but this same asshole would probably force devs to add padded objectives just so he could claim it takes more hours to finish. The new GTA will have 1000 missions where you have to walk across the whole map to retrieve some object that needs to be walked back to the other side if this dick gets his way. It’ll be the first game in history where it takes 2 years to 100% it and costs $200 so it’s a steal - only $100 per year of gameplay!

dpkonofa,

You forgot the biggest change - Azrael as Batman during Knightfall. That went for quite a while.

dpkonofa,

I am also an expert complimentator. Nice face fur!!

dpkonofa,

750 x 0 is still 0.

dpkonofa, (edited )

One of the few games that I will buy on Day 1 for PS5 and again on Day 1 for PC. I will keep giving them money as long as they keep dropping bombtracks.

Edit: I really wonder why this is downvoted…

dpkonofa,

I’m still playing DooM. Nothing will ever top it.

dpkonofa,

Still is, my dude. The “All pods launched” sound effect from the first level will be stuck in my head forever, I’ve heard it so many times. If you haven’t played Q2RTX, I highly recommend it. It’s like a fresh coat of paint on an old classic.

dpkonofa,

One vote for 1Password here.

dpkonofa,

Same! The first one was one of those games where the story was kind of a nonsense excuse for interesting puzzles until it wasn’t and I totally got sucked in and started reading all the files and documents I could.

Really excited for this!

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