AAA games are already $90CAD here with deluxe/special editions going for $120-$160. I can’t remember the last time I actually bought one of those games because most of them are trash designed to exploit the player as much as possible. There are a lot of other hobbies I’d rather drop that kind of money on that respect my time heaps more than modern games.

I think Tiny Glade is the only game I play regularly that is an actual new release. Everything else is 5+ years old because I got them on sale for good prices. Also means they’re already patched up and usually perform better instead of having people pay $90+ to beta test broken garbage.

Bragging that you keep a version of the app around that allows you to fly your drone in areas that puts other people’s lives in danger is not the gotcha moment you think it is.

Where did I say I was rolling over and giving up? I just said I have no attachment to my country and that it can go fuck itself.

I vote. I write to my MPs and MLAs. I support local businesses. I use alternative transportation when possible. I help educate my family and friends and what options they can take.

Could I be doing more? Absolutely. But being unhappy with the status quo doesn’t mean I’m not doing anything. Don’t put words in my mouth.

I’ve never been one for feeling pride in my country, but the fact we’re all being bled dry by inflated costs of living and greedy, government-sanctioned monopolies isn’t helping these statistics. So, yeah, fuck this shit hole of a country.

No thanks; I’m good. Still feeling the sting over buying my 4080 Super last spring. Also it’s doing me just fine for my work and for games.

Just don’t send them in under warranty.

And this is why any attempt to “fight” affordability that doesn’t include plans to kneecap corporations is effectively useless and a waste of time.

Good on them! Hell yeah.

I don’t tip. Unless it’s a bit of cash to my Uber or cab driver for helping with luggage or something. Other than that, nope. It’s not my responsibility to pay your employees - and that’s assuming they even get the tip money which so often they don’t.

We are going to be seeing so many of these investor-backed, AI-focused, trend-chasing startups dropping like flies in the next few years as the interest (and VC money) dries up. The landfills of the world are going to fill with even more disposable trash as so many cloud-dependant gadgets go offline.

Considering the amount of gambling, exploitative practices, dark patterns, etc that exists in modern live-service games - saying that comes across as rather disingenuous.

It is good to hear this particular live-service game is bucking some of the recent trends, but I think it is safe to say these types of games, in general, have done damage to the industry and the wallets and minds of players. Enjoy yourselves, but be cautious and don’t let your guard down because these companies will screw you if they think they can. We have seen it so many times.

I always get a good laugh when I see a giant “PROUDLY MADE IN USA” sticker that has a big US flag.

and it’s on a plastic tub. Or a bucket. I think the plastic brush I use to clean my cast-iron pan is from the US, but again it’s just a lump of plastic.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that the most common USA-produced good I interact with is oil.

Nah, fuck them. They thought they could get away with this predatory debt-trap system that was marketed at children and they are clearly salty that they got caught. Not to mention the whole idea of not even owning your own PC or the data within which would set a bad precedent for everyone everywhere.

There are so many competitors in the industry NZXT operates in; it would be very easy to avoid ever buying their stuff again. And I intend to do just that. Get bankrupted, you pieces of shit.

It hasn’t been updated in ages, so maybe. It does still work well for now at least.

Not going to change unless Microsoft does a complete 180 on how they’re handling Win11 which I don’t think they will do because it’s just not in their corporate strategy at the moment. I imagine most people are just going to keep using Win10 after the support period ends.

Microsoft seriously needs an upper management shakeup. They have been dropping the ball badly in numerous areas and have their heads lodged too far up their own asses to see it.

If you are using iOS then there is really only one place to get them- the App Store.

I’ve used both Memmy and Mlem and both are decent apps.

“We heard your concerns”

More like: “Oops, someone actually stopped to read our predatory contract.”

And they are using paid influencers to promote said debt trap to those that don’t know any better, particularly children.

Probably the most insidious part of this to me. Seeing those clips of “influencers” pushing the idea of convincing your parents to get you a rental PC. Disgusting.

Elite: Dangerous, Tiny Glade, BG3

Thankfully there is a very simple, no-effort solution to this: Don’t play their trash.

I already don’t play their excruciatingly mediocre games and this just reinforces my avoidance is justified.

Also good gods they’ve been milking this tired franchise for almost 2 decades now.