It’s been quite some time since Raiders was announced and we still have next to no info on it. When it got announced I was so excited to finally see a spinoff set in this world, but I’m also kind of worried as to whether it’s a real spinoff or if it’ll end up being something like Splatoon 4 singleplayer minus S4 multiplayer but sold at full price.

I figured the red S2 carts would be cherry-flavored.

What kind of ‘something’ do you want me to do?

Fatigue. There’s just been so much and it’s kinda fucking draining if you stay plugged in to it all. It’s not like doomscrolling will make the situation any better either.

Also like, that was kind of the point of Don’t Look Up. People do just shut these things out. If you understood the movie you should know the answer to your question.

Can BlueSky really be called decentralized when 99% of it is bluesky.social?

Not sure what you’re trying to say. The costs will get passed on to consumers. They already are, but that’d be even moreso.

Making read/writeable cartridges would increase manufacturing costs even more.

I guess it makes sense, digital should be cheaper. But I can’t shake the feeling that this might be the last generation for physical media. They’re obviously aiming to phase it out, and I don’t think it’s a matter of if, but when.

TBH, in a world with DLC and major patches, how much does physical media still matter anymore? My Splatoon 3 cart contains a 1.0 that is very very very different from the current game today, is that really any better than these controversial Game Key Cards?

I say all of this as someone who still buys physical whenever possible, but even I start to wonder if there’s still a point in that or if I’m a dinosaur clinging to what’s already dead.

They’re gonna tell you this is the only way to be sure that routers don’t contain a backdoor. They’re gonna tell themselves this is the only way to be sure that routers do contain a backdoor.

It is theatrics. They know they’ve already got literally the entire userbase on their server, so none of this actually matters.

When Bluesky inevitably enshittifies, they take the whole network down with them.

BlueSky pays lip service to federation, but they’ve set it up so that they’ve got effective control of 99% of the network. It’s a sham to convince people they’re different from every other corporate-owned social media platform, but it really isn’t.

It feels like activity has dropped off a bit since the last Reddit exodus. And I worry that this platform is never going to see the kind of critical mass I’d want out of it, to be big enough that I can use it to discuss more niche topics and fandoms than what’s currently on offer here. I see communities get made and die off on the regular from people who want to use this platform they way they used Reddit but quickly realize they can’t.

I’m still here because I believe in the ideals of a federated platform, but I just don’t know what the future holds at this rate.

Some instances have this baked in as a way to anonymize downvotes, these accounts are not real accounts but are just federated to other instances so they can’t see what actual account the downvote came from. I believe this is now a standard PieFed feature.

IMO, making downvotes public was kind of a mistake of the protocol. There’s a reason why most software stopped showing them publicly, but the fact that they’re there on the backend means a determined user can peek to find out who to get mad at, and I think that’s a problem.

They’ve attached some big disclaimers that not all games will play nice with this, which is why it’s a setting that has to be toggled on.

I’m sorry I didn’t have a crystal ball to foresee the future more than two decades ago.

Vocaloid is a synthesizer, not AI.

If you truly believe AI is so great, own it. Trying to hide it is not a good look. It shows that they know it’s something to be ashamed of.

Riichi mahjong. Starting playing online about six years ago, started going out to play in-person two years ago. Recently took 3rd in a small online tournament, but I’ve yet to put up good IRL tourney results…

No idea, but I’m assuming probably not.

Here’s my whole library if you want to see everything I like. Some notable exclusives:

• Super Mario Odyssey - IMO, this is right up there with 64. The game is absolutely packed, biggest in the series, and I love everything they’ve done with new movement techniques.
• Splatoon 3 - And 2, but not like there’s any reason to back to S2 now. I’ve never really been into shooters much, Splatoon, Kid Icarus Uprising, and TF2 are the only ones I’ve really liked. But I do love this game because it’s so unlike ordinary shooters.
• Metroid Dread - Hits all the same highs as Super, but with significantly better combat and bosses. Yes, I’m saying that makes it better than Super.
• Puyo Puyo Champions - Not actually exclusive, but if you want to play this game online, JP players are all on Switch. So functionally, it might as well be exclusive.
• Kirby Air Riders - I waited 22 years for this sequel. I bought a Switch 2 just to play this. And it was worth it. I’m actually blown away by how much higher this game raised the bar from the original.