[–] 1 point 27 minutes ago

I was seriously looking to see if any of those were a literal aquarium PC case, like the Metalfish Y2. Still, they're all delightful.

Oh, I also see PS3 games on the shelves, I know they're not the focus, but that's also delightful.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago

    Dodging crap like this is why I buy games physical, or digitally but DRM-free. If you're gonna buy Skyrim again, get it from GOG, they just sell you the game and then don't do such crap like verify you own the license that you actually own...

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago

    Whenever I play Minecraft, I enable commands on for any of the worlds I play. If I want to do something with the world, I will, though typically it's just active for when I need it. The most prominent changes I did was to stop the flow of time at night, and continued playing the world until I came back from the End. It's now my forever world.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    You can download both and see which one tickles your fancy more, but I prefer Mineclonia. There WILL be differences as Luanti is a fundamentally different engine from Minecraft, but generally you'll feel right at home.

    Currently the biggest differences for me are that lapis lazuli is stupidly rare compared to Minecraft, and there are no unique stepping sounds for other mobs so it's like Alpha and Beta where a creeper's footsteps can blend in with chickens, cows, and pigs. Dual wielding is also currently primitive, and Nether portals tend to put you in the middle of lava seas. Caves are stupidly dark but that might get improved on.

    But I did manage to build myself a nice big house with an inner courtyard, and get myself to the End and come back with an elytra and shulker boxes.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    I mean, there are no ads, but I only made it deep into the first level. This can absolutely change with updates for the better or worse - whether Konami will do it or not is doubtful IMO. This seems to me like a quiet, lazy promotion.

    The activities in case you use something like App Manager are few, and there are no trackers or permissions it requests or anything, fairly benign. The activity labeled Check Data is to reload a previous state if you previously quit the game prematurely? And the activities labeled Kiyaku are for the terms and conditions (that's the Japanese word for them). It doesn't have DRM or license verification.

    The manual just explains the controls and is an overlay on top of the gameplay screen, it's not the original NES manual.

    I couldn't figure out how to pull the NES ROM out, I think it's part of the .so library they're using.

    I wouldn't play this with just touch controls, but you may try. It has a single save-state system so you can brute force actions even with touch controls if you want.

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    (Video not by me)

    PC Gamer and GamingOnLinux recently covered a few things about GOG's usage of genAI for promotional content, but this video goes into deeper coverage about their Head of Product being responsible for their direction. (Cue scam AI Instagram girls). It also covers how the company chose to respond to the backlash regarding their usage of genAI.

    It's sad to see them being brazen about their AI usage. I advocated for them several times, owning games (anything, really) is something that should be for granted. All of this makes their store look really cheap and turns off people from thinking about the idea.

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