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Cake day: September 28th, 2024

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  • I hope it continues that way. I’ve seen some recent news on the idea that games always looking bigger and better doesn’t actually make better games or even make people want to play. I think that’s illustrated by the success of the steam deck.

    The other part of it is that it makes steam approachable to people who otherwise would never think about a gaming PC. A few weeks ago, my partner could not have told me what steam was. Now, she takes my deck to play baldurs gate. The ease of access, price, and versatility can not be overstated. She literally said its her favourite piece of tech, which is a strange compliment from someone like her. She hasn’t touched her switch since. She told me I can play stardew while she plays baldurs gate.



  • NFTs in game. Said they had made the first AAAA game. Then the CEO said gamers have to get used to not owning games, which pissed a lot of people off and was an incredibly dumb thing to say. Ubisoft seems to be very much out of touch with gamers.

    They also had their most recent assassins creed game have a choice between a black man and an Asian woman as the main character, so some Gamers™ are upset about that I guess.


  • You’re totally right about this. I find it frustrating in a different way that the ability to travel is easier and possible, which hasn’t been the case for the majority of humanity, but (generally) artificial restrictions prevent it from happening.

    I’m from Canada and my partner was born in Europe. When I hear how easily she was able to travel by train and plane, it makes me sad that we don’t have a similar system. Even airfare is significantly cheaper there because trains are a worthy competitor.

    A friend of mine who has relatives in China has talked about how people my age (university age) have been using the new train system to see so much of their country than they otherwise would be able to.

    I hope that eventually there will be a similar transit system in Canada that allows poor people to see the country they live in. And I understand that by even living in Canada I don’t really count amongst the global impoverished population. I understand the privilege.