theangriestbird

joined 1 year ago
[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 12 hours ago

The OG roster, too! so sick!

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 6 points 13 hours ago

"What stands out most clearly is that the Supreme Court, despite its effort to protect the former president and to erect a hurdle that was almost sky-high, made clear that it is possible to overcome that hurdle by specific proof that the former president, in his capacity as office-seeker, private capacity … sought to overturn an election that he knew he had lost,” said Tribe.

Idk, at this point I feel like this Supreme Court can and will erect any hurdle they like to advance their conservative agenda and protect their corrupted power.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you were using this emulator, you weren’t likely purchasing anything from them in the first place. And I’m no doctor, but… I’d have to imagine that’s likely the reason Nintendo took this down to begin with.

Actually...I own a Switch and paid full price for TOTK on launch week. But playing the game in 30fps chunky resolution was very painful for me, as i've gotten quite used to 60fps+ over the last few years with 3D games. I almost put the game down in the first hour or so, playing the game was literally making my eyes hurt. That's when i went poking into the Switch emulation scene and set up yuzu (RIP). Within a few hours i was playing TOTK at 60fps 1440p and it was mostly glitch free. I put another 20 hours into the game before putting that down. But it was a glorious 20 hours, as that game is absolutely beautiful when you can wipe away the greasy look of 30fps low-res Switch graphics.

So...I am a Nintendo customer that was getting a better experience out of my purchased Nintendo game by emulating it. I know that isn't everyone in this scene - I see the reddit posts everyday for the past week about people playing leaked Echoes* of Wisdom. I get why that shit would piss Nintendo off. It just sucks that now, others can't share the amazing experience I had with TOTK.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

but without any of the cool fps unlocker or upscaler mods

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's a fair question, but honestly I think Nintendo generally focuses on emulators that they perceive as affecting their current or near-future income. The Wii U is fully dead to Nintendo, at least for the moment.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Shiiiiiit. Now I'm really regretting not finishing TOTK on my PC back when I had that set up.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

fair points! ty for your thoughts

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The number of users to have voiced their disagreement already exceeds that of the admins.

Seems like it's kind of a moot point then, no? If even a majority of Ukrainian users are aware of the issues with the list, I would expect most would just leave and the list would fade into obscurity.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

What does "witch hunt" even mean anymore? I feel like it has been overused to the point of losing all meaning. In this case, by "witch hunt", the writer means "they have started going too far and making some bad calls". They aren't calling for people to mount heads on spikes or review bomb, as far as I can tell.

It's a strange case, though. Who do we think follows these curators? The title of the list is in Ukrainian, so I'd guess it's mostly Ukrainians. On the one hand, I don't want to tell Ukrainian folks how to spend their money with respect to Russia. Maybe for some, even the slightest whiff of Russia will turn them off from the game, regardless of how logical it is. It's not my busieness to question the mostly-harmless emotional reaction of a people under siege. For those, these curation lists might still be useful. Of course, people that care this much would probably research another way if the curator lists didn't exist.

For others, I'm sure they would prefer a curator list that actually does the research and doesn't list a game unless the purchase would very clearly benefit Russia in tax dollars. For those, this turn of events is unfortunate. On the other hand, those people are probably level-headed enough to do their own research on a game-by-game basis.

My point is: the impact of these curator lists existing is probably minimal. But maybe i'm wrong, idk. What do y'all think?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

i guess, but it would be weird to call all of Congress a "conspiracy" because they all conspire together in front of the public eye to debate on and pass legislation.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

but that wasn't hard evidence with multiple data points. It was one, single data point, blown out into a full conspiracy. EDIT: If I am misrepresenting that conspiracy, please let me know. I didn't really pay that much attention to it, for obvious reasons.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago

they DID add those crossover decks recently, and the dev has indicated that there is more additional content coming. Idk, I think having the cards in HD wouldn't look right, because the entire game has a specific kind of pixel art. Even the smooth, swirly background has a pixel art filter on it, bc that's the vibe that the dev really wants the game to have. Mixing them would be like when pixel art rpgs have super hi-res fonts. It just doesn't fit right.

 

TL;DW:

  • Many enhanced games are getting raytracing when they were using simpler lighting solutions previously
  • A surprising handful of games are getting 8K modes, though the 8K usually turns off other enhancements like raytracing. They mentioned GT7 and F1 2024 as two examples.
  • Most enhanced games are focusing on creating a "Performance Pro" mode, which more-or-less gives you the previous quality mode, but at 60fps. Some devs are planning on adding a "Quality Pro" mode that turns on even more features at the cost of FPS.
  • Most enhanced games are using PSSR to upscale from 1080-1440p to 4K.
  • PSSR seems to be better than FSR, but still a little worse than DLSS. Oliver noted a few cases of image breakup and ghosting around the edges.
  • Horizon: FW is not using PSSR, but somehow it seems to be the best-looking of all the enhanced games (in Oliver's opinion).
  • FF7R is dramatically improved image quality wise - previously, performance mode was real fuzzy.
  • Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting about ~50 FPS in the troublesome city scenes, but this is with RTGI turned on so that's pretty impressive.
 

[alt text: a post on twitter by @Ranting_Trans, posted in June 2022. The text in the post says: "People only ask 'what is a woman' and not 'what is a man', because that question was already answered by the greatest philosopher of our time: Dracula". Below the text is a screenshot from the game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which shows Dracula saying, "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets."]

 

[alt text: an illustration of an elderly man and a middle-aged man standing side-by-side and looking into an open garage. The old man is saying, "One day Son, all this will be yours." The garage is filled floor-to-ceiling with old video game boxes, discs, and cartridges. ]

 

[alt text: a screenshot of a headline that says, "Concord Players Have Started Killing Themselves".]

 

Tanooki Mario (comfy man in pajamas), and uhhhh...well i don't really have a Smash main, I like to play all kinds of different styles. Which I guess also fits the question....

 

[alt text: several screenshots of posts on twitter. The bottom post is a tweet from @DrDisrespect on twitter, which says, "LIVE in 30 minutes. I just installed Deadlock... what the hell is this game? If it's from Valve, I must know. I must... understand the future of multiplayer gaming." This Dr Disrespect tweet is a screenshot being shared by @IntelDeadlock on twitter. Their post includes text that says, "Dr Disrespect is playing Deadlock today! Please avoid queue if you are a minor". The top post is another, later tweet from @IntelDeadlock on twitter, which says, "His entire team left his very first game". The post includes a screenshot of Dr Disrespect's livestream.]

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