I’m pushing 40, agree with this, and also...I feel like most games today are easy! This isn’t a criticism, the idea of “Nintendo Hard” predates a lot of modern ideas about game design. Outside of intentionally hard games like Dark Souls most games seem designed from the ground up to make a game over screen pretty rare…

I'm pretty sure my early 2000s computer had an engine that needed to be started with a pull cord like a lawnmower. Had to clean the carburetor to boost fps.

I think you may be overthinking it. I also don’t really follow your train of thought. I THINK you’re saying you met quite a few Americans who would not take “fine” as a legitimate answer to how’s it going. Perhaps this is because you’re communicating via email, perhaps because you’re a fancy foreign person and they…

I think the original BG games were smart to be set in an already well-established setting. The writers clearly didn’t feel as much pressure to dump exposition and had a little more fun with it while still taking itself seriously. PoE, as I remember, was kinda up its own ass and clearly very proud of its world’s…

For me, it’s the specter of Baldur’s Gate 2 and Planescape Torment, and even Icewind Dale, that so successfully nailed so many aspects of this style of game that to this day they’re a hard act to follow. I know that’s part nostalgia but I think it’s hard to make a game LIKE those original Black Isle/Bioware games that…

I think the key thing about BotW is that if you want it’s not a hideously long game. You can follow the story quests til you’re sent to free the divine beasts, free the beasts, get enough hearts for the master sword (which you’ll have or be close just from the obvious shrines you stumble into along the way), and then…

There’s a good chance your cpu and mobo allow the software/cpu implementation of tpm, which windows recognizes as tpm. Look for “security device” options in your bios, PTT for Intel and fTPM for AMD.

My motherboard has a...forget what it’s called but it’s a software implementation of TPM. I’ve never gotten bitlocker to work without needing the password, so it might be wonky, but windows recognizes it as tpm 2.0. The name in the bios settings definitely isn’t tpm so it may not be obvious.

In recognition of your likely successful post a one-word endorsement adding no additional value but possibly attracting several likes. The generated dopamine then slightly reduces the amount of alcohol necessary to be consumed to feel self worth.

Much like the Wilhelm Scream, this showing up in another game now would certainly be treated as homage.

You can straight up install Linux via Windows Subsystem for Linux now (back when I tinkered with it it was only Ubuntu but now it looks like it offers others), giving you pretty much a full featured terminal with most of the command line utilities and other tools (and the ability to install others in your…

The nvidia Linux drivers work but are, necessarily, different from the Windows ones (and apparently a second-class citizen at nvidia compared to the windows ones).

If you’re using your computer solely for gaming and nothing else, and you don’t mind buying and installing Windows (a portion of the linux community treats Windows as essentially spyware so that's a sticking point), then sure, but if you’re using Linux in the first place you’re probably using it for something else and…

From context I’m assuming “depth.” In Rimworld you can dig into a hill but can’t go on top of it, here I assume you can do both simultaneously, for example.

If there’s space and it doesn’t hurt, I’m all for stuff like squishy hoods, but in general I think the solution to reduce pedestrian deaths is to have less pedestrians be struck by cars, not have it be safer for them to be struck by cars. Safer places to walk and cross, better public transportation so people can walk…

I used to think people took stuff too seriously. I still do, but I used to too.

Right, I would never have paid for subnautica but I tried it for free and now I’ll happily pay for its sequel. They got paid to put the game in my hands and then I pay them again, that's a good deal.

Hot swapping it like that wouldn’t really be anymore traumatic to the video card than a regular power on, I think the real concern is you shocking yourself or a component while it’s running (I imagine there’s more of a surface charge that builds up while it’s running even if it’s mostly discharged to ground. I…

Did it work forever after? After booting and running with the integrated graphics I don’t think windows xp (or even windows now though I think you can manually switch in nvidia control panel) could recognize a newly plugged in video card and know to switch (involving all kinds of driver loading and stuff normally done…

I wonder if that’s something they’ll patch in. I’m a big dummy and never used the ps4's ability to resume games until recently (I would literally go and close application everytime I was done). It really does change things to be able to go click click bam you’re right in the game instead of click, splash screen,…