[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Direct to VHS bad

That might be the most scathing review I've read yet. Damn 😆

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I want to throw out Mario Bro 3, Tetris, Dr Mario, and Sonic Mania. Just pick up and go, no long term commitment, always fun solo but you can add a friend anytime. Simple but rewarding game play loop.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

My personal belief is that what we see listed above is tame compared to what Trump actually has planned. I mean he has a history of getting away with shit, so there's really no reason for him not to go full evil villain.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I'd say no. Because it's online and attached to your account it can be lost. If for some reason you lose access to your Apple account you lose everything you've bought. And a lot of these online services don't want you to share or transfer your account. So like if you pass away, most of these online services don't allow you to transfer the account to a living relative (per of the TOS) (granted I doubt there's much I could do to actually stop you if you just leave them out of it and just give the account to somebody).

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago

I like them. The big shows are a rare form of artistic expression. And even the stuff you can buy, is a form of fun you cannot get anywhere else.

Drone shows are boring. You can watch them on a screen and lose none of the experience. I mean, the first time you see it it's interesting, but then you remember it's just a bunch of drones, and your going to be stuck in traffic just so you can see a pixilated coke can or something. There's nothing unique or special about the experience I feel. Unlike fireworks, while they can look fine on a screen (if recorded properly) but you can see the difference on someone's face when you're there. You see it, feel it, and smell it. It makes sense why humans have been doing this for hundreds of years.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

If that's nightmare, what's lemon party rank?

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

All the shows that I like I've been buying DVD or Blu-rays for, and then I rip them and put them on my Plex server. Just so I can watch some anytime, and not potentially damage the discs.

I don't have to worry about geofencing, Don't have to worry about a price change ever, Don't have to deal with commercials, Don't have to think if the shows that I like are going to disappear and maybe show up on a different provider, and generally higher quality audio and video.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I suppose there is a certain level of risk but that's true with any solution. Passwords generally don't get changed very often and that's usually what's going to be nabbed up by somebody that in your username of course. With TOTP, putting that in bitwarden means that in order to get access to whatever account, they first have to get your credentials which they probably got from a dump filled with a bunch of other credentials, then I'd have to figure out that you're using bitwarden was your be no sign that you are. Then they'd have to actually get into your bitwarden which if you're doing it properly should be difficult. And if the login to bitwarden is completely different than the account are trying to get into it's basically invisible to them.

The only way I see bitwarden being the weak link, is 1. Someone has physical access to your devices and they know what they're looking for (in this case it's probably a roommate or family or friend, someone that you trust but probably shouldn't). 2. Bitwarden gets compromised (which is an impossible but it is probably more difficult because it is an open source thing). 3. You go to shady website and install shady stuff and that install some sort of keylogger, or something else that shows what your system has (hell, Microsoft recall would actually fall into this category) and a back actor sees that you have bitwarden and how you log into it. But that being said, 1 and 3 aren't necessarily stopped by having a password manager solution and the separate MFA solution... But it could slow them down.

But physical MFA isn't impervious either. I don't recall if it was yubiki or Google's Titan, if I remember back years ago one of them had a problem.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Bitwarden would be my vote

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Also action economy it's stupid. You use one action to apply it so on the next round you can use two dice. But if you had just attacked instead you would have already done two attack rolls. And frankly there's better ways to gain advantage. Many if not most of those better ways apply to multiple characters attacks instead of just yours.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's not that PC gamers were opposed to using controllers. PC gamers love our peripherals. The problem was support for it. Most of the controllers beforehand had proprietary connectors that would never work in the PC. And then even if you could connect the controller there was no guarantee it would work. But now with more standardization around USB and Bluetooth adding and better driver support for the controllers we can finally use them.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

When I was younger, it was just wild article after wild article claiming all sorts of dumb shit about millennials.

Was really funny sitting at work and having older co-workers tell me about these "damn millennials", all bull, all while i was sitting right there.

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This might not be the best place for this question but I honestly can't think of another place, but if you know of one please let me know. But I figured someone here might have the experience I'm looking for.

I own the discs for various Star Trek series and everything Stargate. What I'm trying to do is use handbrake to encode them to put them on Plex. But everything I try, it just looks worse. Is there a repository of like recommended settings for various media?

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I'll try to keep this short, sweet, and to the point.

I, like so many of you, love this game. Possibly more than we should. But for me, before this game, I had truly lost most of my interest in video games as a whole. Every year, various problems get worse and 2023 was the final straw for me. Ever increasing greed (Blizzard, Unity, EA, just every studio really). To say they came out in a lazy, incomplete, greedy state undersells it I feel. I truly feel we're still on the brink of another video game crash. Because the crash wasn't just one game (E.T.) but was the general greed and terrible quality of the industry back then. Pushing new products (games, consoles, accessories, etc.) just to push new products with crazy turn around time all in the name of profit. And this year, just stacked with all prior years, I had enough.

This game is so good in all the right ways. The writing, the acting, the world feels alive. NPCs respond differently based on who you are and what you've done. Even banter between your party. A truly impressive amount of thought put into things allowing you the player to really play however you want. It's not a mad loot carousel because your character power isn't based on gear directly and is tied to the character which allows for far more interesting items. There's no greed either, no stupid 'sEaSoN pAsS', no excel spreadsheets worth of 'versions', no subscription, no shop using real money for gear/cosmetics, no 'planned DLC' that's obviously content they cut out in order to sell back to the consumer. Heck, this game supports multiplayer... REAL multiplayer in that I don't believe you ever actually need a dedicated server. I believe you can do direct remote, split screen co-op, and LAN play... what other game in the last decade does that?

It reminds me of how games used to be before Bethesda broke the seal with horse armor.

BG3 is just a complete, high quality game, for gamers. It feels like it was made with love, care, and respect. And playing the game brings me joy.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by CaptPretentious@lemmy.world to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

Are there any good collections anyone might be aware of, for EA information or datamined information.

I'm curious to see what ideas got scrapped and how things changed. I know of a few things, like a little on Daisy. How certain abilities were actually going to be handed out.

But places like Grymforge really elude to something... there's a bunch of stuff hints that something might be near. From whatever caused some of the destruction you see. Because I refuse to believe it's all a vague reference to Yurgir.

And then there's some MTG pictures I saw, that list someone has potentially the main villain, in the very least a bad guy, and in the current game plays a very different roll.

Edit: Added spoiler tag just in case

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by CaptPretentious@lemmy.world to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

So, after playing many hours and just recently starting Act 3, there's been one thing that's been bugging me and I finally have it sorted out.

The whole "rarity" attached to gear is really dumb and misleading.

It's using the overly used grey/green/blue/'purple' coloring and naming that's common and many other RPGs. But in those games, it's somewhat reflective of rarity... which is what it's described as in BG3, the rarity of an item. But it's a lie.

Example Periapt of Wound Closure is an item that's sold by a vendor. How is it rare? As far as I can tell, there's just one in the game. But every named item I have, there's just one in existence.

I think labeling things as common/uncommon/rare/ etc. is wrong and thus makes people think certain items are better simply based on the 'color' of the gear instead of considering what the gear does. I've already had this conversation with multiple friends who absolutely think they're going to give a "stat stick" to their caster, because they're so used to Blizzard's way of thinking. Or that they 'needed' new gear because they leveled up and now must replace gear asap (even in Act 1). The fact I showed videos of some guy soloing the game, or beating the game as lvl 1s, or a video of some guy causing havoc by chucking potatoes and only potatoes... falls on deaf ears.

I think if the naming was swapped from 'rarity of item' to 'quality of enchantment' it would make more sense, but I still think it's not necessary. Or if it was standardized to like normal gear (nothing special) remains grey, gear that's just slightly enchanted (like +1 Sword) is green, and all unique named items are blue. Since you certainly can get lots of grey, fewer greens, and only one named. But that's just an idea.

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