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Mr Hootington posted:Electric only? No, gas stove in my house!
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Apr 30, 2023 19:08
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/DeekeTweak/status/1652167292640276480?t=7-9lH1aBgUyw_-tD0Dx1dQ&s=19  Other than WoW expansions (because I’m a filthy addict), the only AAA games I’ve purchased at launch/full price in the last decade have been Diablo 3 and Battlefield V, both of which were strong reminders as to why I should never, ever do that again. Similar to my happily waiting for a movie to hit streaming, I’ll gladly wait until a game hits a Steam sale and/or the publisher has (maybe) made a small effort to make it a not-bug ridden piece of poo poo with actual content.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:11
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Worklurker posted:Oh no, the dev bailed after I only got 95+ hours of fun/updates out of it! My $20! THE INHUMANITY! WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE CONSUMER!? that's very generous, and a very rare case. what happens most of the time is that people play the game for a few hours, think "ok this is fun and has promise, i'll wait until they add more content and polish" and it never happens
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Apr 30, 2023 19:14
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i’m in a weird gacha game type place with my favourite game Europa Universalis IV whereby the game itself is a decade old but they keep releasing DLC every few months or so, taking the full game cost to something ridiculous like $400 full price, so they’ve had to start up a subscription model and also the new updates are now overlapping and replacing previous dlc material is been so long
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Apr 30, 2023 19:16
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Mr Hootington posted:No gas stove in my house. Electric only If she wants an upgrade, get induction. It cooks easily as well as gas (i've had all 3 now through my life) and it wont require any major changes to your home infrastructure.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:16
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:that's very generous, and a very rare case. what happens most of the time is that people play the game for a few hours, think "ok this is fun and has promise, i'll wait until they add more content and polish" and it never happens yeah I stopped gaming because of this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3W-r9IobwI
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Apr 30, 2023 19:16
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a billion dollar video game?
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Apr 30, 2023 19:21
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actionjackson posted:of course they are so what I mean, no poo poo? That's literally what we're talking about here. No one needs to buy video games so it turns out that people don't buy as many when you make them too expensive.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:27
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some one post the webm of the rate of profit graph with marx in the background
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Apr 30, 2023 19:28
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if you want a very recent example of may allah forgive me gamers crying about something and being somewhat correct $70 for the new star wars game survivor apparently its pretty much unplayable on PC anyways games are already expensive and getting more expensive sucks rear end $70 for any game is expensive especially now-a days where your almost guaranteed to have some giant mess of a release
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Apr 30, 2023 19:33
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actionjackson posted:$70 is insanely cheap when you consider how much time people put into these games. gamers just love to loving bitch and whine about everything becaus they are small children Lol no
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Apr 30, 2023 19:33
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Hey guys I got a product that once done can be printed infinitely number of times
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Apr 30, 2023 19:34
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Factoring in materials and man hours into a digital product like it is an oven
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Apr 30, 2023 19:36
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Zodium posted:i'm genuinely not trying to be obtuse and, as always, i'm very interested to understand your thoughts, but I feel like we're talking past each other here. I probably need to start a thread to get out what I’m thinking here. there’s an awful lot I’d need to write out.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:37
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At least they didn't argue the hours played/price ratio like other gamers so that got us these 90 hour bloated grindathon experiences
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Apr 30, 2023 19:38
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Spaced God posted:At least they didn't argue the hours played/price ratio like other gamers so that got us these 90 hour bloated grindathon experiences that's what I thought "how much time people put into these games" meant but it could be read several ways
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Apr 30, 2023 19:44
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mawarannahr posted:that's what I thought "how much time people put into these games" meant but it could be read several ways same
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Apr 30, 2023 19:45
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HallelujahLee posted:if you want a very recent example of may allah forgive me gamers crying about something and being somewhat correct It happens constantly and it's part of the reason that arguments about early access are largely bullshit. You know what you're getting into when you buy an EA game and you can make a meaningful judgment about whether the current state is worth your money or whether you're willing to take a risk on future updates. Turn out you need to make the exact same judgment with fully released AAA titles, except you're paying 3x as much for the privilege. The games industry was ridiculously resilient through the 2008 recession, but I doubt that's going to be the case again.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:45
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Third World Reagan posted:Hey guys I got a product that once done can be printed infinitely number of times I mean yes it can be distributed to many people, though obviously the more players, the more support infrastructure you need and again, games are cheaper now than ever before i only play a few games and spend a ton of time on each, so it's a hell of a deal from my perspective
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Apr 30, 2023 19:49
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mawarannahr posted:that's what I thought "how much time people put into these games" meant but it could be read several ways My interpretation of that was the devs and stuff but maybe I was being charitable
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Apr 30, 2023 19:51
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Bar Ran Dun posted:I probably need to start a thread to get out what I’m thinking here. there’s an awful lot I’d need to write out. do it
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Apr 30, 2023 19:51
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Paradoxish posted:The games industry was ridiculously resilient through the 2008 recession, but I doubt that's going to be the case again. it'll probably be mobile gaming that comes out on top. didn't Nintendo sell ds games at a cheaper price point than wii/gamecube games? I'm sure that helped during the GFC
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Apr 30, 2023 19:52
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we already have the solution to people with capitalismbrain, and it's idle games. All the joy of number go up without things like brutal killings of indigenous people or exploitations
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Apr 30, 2023 19:52
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caelxii posted:Lol I was literally fired from my last job for pointing out the obvious and refusing to ‘correct’ myself. you just don't get it. Truth doesn't Pay.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:52
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caelxii posted:Lol I was literally fired from my last job for pointing out the obvious and refusing to ‘correct’ myself. Lol idiot your job is to pretend everything is fine
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Apr 30, 2023 19:54
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Paradoxish posted:The games industry was ridiculously resilient through the 2008 recession, but I doubt that's going to be the case again. im leaning towards this as well honestly
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Apr 30, 2023 19:54
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play Barotrauma... trust me.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:55
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my last job I interrupted a management meeting to inform them the front of the building was on fire they just stared at me and I just backed out of the room and went on break. Fire was out when I got back.
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Apr 30, 2023 19:57
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caelxii posted:Lol I was literally fired from my last job for pointing out the obvious and refusing to ‘correct’ myself. getting fired to own da libs
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Apr 30, 2023 20:00
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I quit a job in college managing apartment renovations bc the lady who ran the company got all her contractors so mad they quit so she tried to make a bunch of 19 year old kids to plumbing, HVAC, and electrical work She asked me to paint over mold in a frat house and I called the county with a list of properties and what was done and then left my tools at the front door of the office lmao
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Apr 30, 2023 20:02
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:that's very generous, and a very rare case. what happens most of the time is that people play the game for a few hours, think "ok this is fun and has promise, i'll wait until they add more content and polish" and it never happens lol yeah I was gonna say the early access steam store on aggregate is only marginally a step up from kickstarter vaporware. There are breakout hits that are fun from the getgo but they end up so well known/loved specifically because they’re the exception to the rule. The key to cheap gaming is same as it ever was though just play stuff a couple years old that goes on digital sale for 5-10 bucks. Plus usually you can get all the dlc bundled up with it and relevant bugs have been patched out. PoundSand has issued a correction as of 20:16 on Apr 30, 2023 |
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Apr 30, 2023 20:09
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Crazypoops posted:my last job I interrupted a management meeting to inform them the front of the building was on fire they just stared at me and I just backed out of the room and went on break. Fire was out when I got back. This is the best metaphor.
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Apr 30, 2023 20:19
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Mr Hootington posted:My wife wants to "upgrade" to a gas stove lmao For real, get an induction. They're ultrafast, precise, and efficient. If you wanna try before you buy, you can get a tabletop single burner appliance for like $50-100 and try that out. The Mycohousehold left our induction cooktop behind with the last move in 2021, and we only just now replaced the old cooktop with a new induction unit. Like night and day!
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Apr 30, 2023 20:20
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actionjackson posted:$70 is insanely cheap when you consider how much time people put into these games. gamers just love to loving bitch and whine about everything becaus they are small children When I started buying games myself in my late teens I was burned too many times spending 60 bucks for a game that sucked and I stopped playing after an hour. Aside from a handful of titles I basically gave up playing video games for 20 years until Game Pass.
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Apr 30, 2023 20:20
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mycomancy posted:For real, get an induction. They're ultrafast, precise, and efficient. If you wanna try before you buy, you can get a tabletop single burner appliance for like $50-100 and try that out. The Mycohousehold left our induction cooktop behind with the last move in 2021, and we only just now replaced the old cooktop with a new induction unit. Like night and day! Yeah induction has all the advantages of a gas stove except that it kinda sucks for woks
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Apr 30, 2023 20:22
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they make induction bowls for woks but they're the price of a flat induction cooktop and only work on woks
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Apr 30, 2023 20:30
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ikanreed posted:Yeah induction has all the advantages of a gas stove except that it kinda sucks for woks The main advantages of gas are very chef-y. You can use a wok (and other novel cooking surfaces like salt stone or whatever), you can char things over flame, and you can more easily feather heat to specific parts of a pan/whatever. While these are things that are reasonable for people to want to do, for a vast majority of people they simply don't matter, and for another vast portion of the remaining they're only going to offer the smallest edges of flavor/etc. Even then most of these things can be accomplished another way that doesn't involve melting your family's brains every night. e; I have induction and I wouldn't go back to gas for one easy reason: I can boil a large pot of water in under 60 seconds.
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Apr 30, 2023 20:32
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1glitch0 posted:When I started buying games myself in my late teens I was burned too many times spending 60 bucks for a game that sucked and I stopped playing after an hour. Aside from a handful of titles I basically gave up playing video games for 20 years until Game Pass. yeah most games are like that unfortunately. that's why i typically only play a few, all the soulsborne games, and then destiny 1 and 2, where there's tons of replayability or new stuff
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Apr 30, 2023 20:41
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path of exile is free. (I spend 360$ on it a year )
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Apr 30, 2023 20:43
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I just buy AAA games 2 years later for $5
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