A man holding a sign that reads "lamps in video games are using real electricity"

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[–] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've got to make a game for e-ink devices to make the most energy efficient lamp ever.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    And the fake light in the video game is actually converted into real light if I stare directly at the lamp and turn on HDR on my monitor.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    I recently installed an electricity usage monitor on my home server and it made me realize something I knew but never consciously acknowledged: every action I take has an associated cost, however small.

    Playing a game adds about 600W of consumption. That means a three hour gaming session runs about 0,63 €. It's obvious, but I've had some form of PC on 24/7 nearly my entire life, so I never truly thought about it.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    They hated Jesus because He told them the truth.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    When you turn a lamp off in a video game, it’s using the same amount of electricity.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    unless you’ve got an oled display

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    It seems like someone would have used a lightpipe to direct sunlight to use as a backlight on a monitor--just for fun--but I couldn't find anything. I blame search enshittification.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Even with how much video games have advanced, they've never managed to put a generator in a game that produces more energy than it consumes.

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