if you don’t want to be assaulted.

you don’t have to apologize, that’s not my point. in fact i want you to quietly think about how what you said before, and just now might be wrong til it hits home for you.

i know it seems like im baiting an answer. its the net, arguing is fun, nothing’s stopping you from replying, but I’m being straight with you. stop victim blaming. you’re not stupid, im not saying you are. *please, stop. it only helps the oppressor, and we’re all getting stomped by that boot.

i want you to know im not tryina bust your chops specifically. sure, i picked your comment to reply to, but it’s nothing personal.

I’m also speaking broadly to the room, reminding everybody what we already know; that how we look at pervasive surveillance n how we got to live under it is absolutely broken.

i’d like to point out that it shouldn’t be on women (or anyone) to be on constant guard against attacks on their privacy.

yes, it is the state of the world, but the attitude of your comment is victim blaming.

let’s not forget that while we on Lemmy may be aware of the danger of mass surveillance tech, we’re not the majority.

snowden told us years ago how fucked everything is, and surveillance has only grown since then. let’s not forget that it is not normal that corpo data-mining is the norm (along with included de-facto warrantless surveillance). Even though we all should be better, nobody should have to be as careful as we are.

hell, let’s be real. As long as we use a smartphone, we’re not being careful enough either.

im still over here fucked up about the bookmarks toolbar

What. THE.

FUCK.

It’s about time.

To find the One Piece

Sounds like avocado toast-ian blame-shifting to me. Just like the rest of these pieces, they ignore the obvious, horrible conditions of life, and choose to tut-tut at the abused for ‘improperly’ using their free time.

just like the avocado toast shit, the translation of these pieces is broadly:

Look away, reader, from the terrible low wages, high cost of living, and soul-crushing work hours japanese people are forced to endure. Focus your attention on these 19% of young people, who don’t know any better, who you are better than. Laugh at these losers who admit that one time they almost couldn’t cover their expenses!!

Let’s look at the article.

Interestingly enough, while these results indicate that the popularity of in-game transactions may be increasing, the average amount of money spent on them is actually decreasing.

Hmm, could it be the actual problem is the immense increases to CoL young (and all) people have been under? I wonder why the article doesn’t even bring it up? So curious 🤔

Oh well. So like, how much money are we talking about on gacha? How much are these 19% of young folks spending? Must be a ton eh?

Article doesn’t say, but we do get these numbers

In 2024, young people spent an average of around 5,138 yen ($35.85 USD) on microtransactions per month while this year’s survey results state that the average amount of money spent on microtransactions is 4,247 yen ($29.63 USD) per month.

So it’s not a lot, not really. I say again, this article is slop created to take your eyes away from the real problems of the world and victim blame the ones suffering under them.

🧢 ?

I hate Nintendo exclusives because i hate Nintendos hardware. I do love their software, so i emulate it.

I get why they need exclusives, if they want to keep making consoles instead of turning into SEGA they need to give peeps a reason to buy their console, which since the wii (?) has had a deliberate focus on less powerful hardware. If they didn’t have those N exclusives those games would look better on their competitor’s systems.

Like i said, i love their games, can’t stress that enough. I hate, hate, HATE their hardware tho. I’ve refused to buy Nintendo stuff since i felt burned by n64s crap analog sticks (i hold a mean grudge haha) and the only way Nintendo would get my hard fought-stretched-to-hell $ is if they sold pc copies of their games.

I wish they’d consider doing that (after a few years of exclusivity even, i’m a patientgamer) but i don’t think they ever will :(

Well now that settles it. i need to meet vilja

Control is so good i wonder why it didn’t become way more popular

“Mark of the ninja” low sysreq sidescrolling stealth game, multiple routes/playstyles. lots of fun, should be cheap too

I’m gonna be that other guy

“Viral game mouthwashing” and author didn’t say “cleaning up” on steam… Damnit it was right there maaaaannn…!

So you are saying the studio is in some-kinna-in-between state? I can’t think of the term rn

10 US residents even.

Eh we all do it sometimes ha. Tbf it was your question that got me curious enough to look instead of just cruisin on so thanks i learned too

From the article:

The war on the Charlie server resulted in a stalemate where neither side was getting closer to winning, both had maxed out their technology, and all players were stuck in an end-game loop of manufacturing, delivering, and fighting with little to show for it.

“The main reason is to ensure that new players that have joined Charlie in the last month get the chance to experience a war as it’s meant to be played, progressing through early, mid, and late phases of the tech tree,”

-statement by the developer.

Turns out simply releasing the statement was enough to end the war as the upcoming change got players to commit to a big war push and win the game before the change went thru.

Yarp im not really arguing witcha, ops argument was different than mine anyhow. What will i do? Everything in my power (nothing). I’ll continue ta complain mightily about their unfair market control and price fixin’ simply cuz it feels good to vent

I don’t blame them for poorly optimized games but i do blame GPU manufacturers for all the little things they do to inflate their prices.

Worth noting it’s 1st only in gross profits, 5th in copies sold. 1st place in that regard is still GT3 A-spec. The article mentions increases in price per unit is why its the highest grossing

Eh, i couldn’t tell you like, what ⅒ of those currencies were, but if I’m not mistaken those “currencies” author is talking about are really more like xp unlocks for specific gear. PvP/PvE gear have their own stats and tiers and “currency” cuz before this was implemented, it was tough for beginners to get geared up for tougher dungeons (no one wants to run a PUG for an hour or 2 and get nothing) and back then top-geared PvE guilds could roll dedicated PvP groups with their PvE purples.

It’s not really a problem I’ve heard players complain about