Is that when they pay us to play these games? AAA gaming will die a horrible death if they do this.
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Sometimes I think due process should have its limits. When people suggest ideas that are so grossly enshittified, we should be able to beat them with sticks.
I'm glad to see this used for this. I see you are another person of culture.
I can hear that photo
We are assisting to triple A games fall and indie's boom
There is a reason I hardly play on mobile.
I'm generally against software patents, but I kinda like that this was patented. Maybe the patent will prevent other companies from enshittifying their games.
Or it will get licensed
but it still gonna deter the usage, because in order to make it profitable they have to put more ads without making too obnoxious
I always figured that this would be added for xbox within a year or two, but if they try for PC I really will go onto one of the linux wikis and start swapping immediately.
My guess is it will go into Xbox/Gamepass on PC, and in MS games, but not in other launcher ecosystems.
Still, go ahead and start researching. Whether it’s this or something else, something will be the final straw for you in Windows, soon.
I'd suggest just setting aside some time on a weekend to just nuke windows and dive in. Something like cachy os is great for gaming, or bazzite if you'd like the system files indeleble like steam os.
I ended up wiping my last windows install a few months back and I don't miss it at all.
I have an older laptop that I was actually thinking about experimenting with first, just to give myself some confidence in figuring everything out.
I've been stalling on that though.
I swapped to full-time Linux last October. It's literally no difference for me since I use zero highly specialized software except maybe my mouse and headset software.
Make a live USB and just fiddle around with it. Note that a proper install on NVME will be much snappier. Don't nuke Windows until you understand the basics of Linux and have decided you want to daily drive it. Back up your data of course. Dual boot is often more trouble that it's worth, Windows loves to fuck up your bootloader and partitions, I got fed up unfucking it and began unplugging my Linux drives while updating Windows, and eventually just wiped it.
If you're serious about it, try to source hardware that is well supported rather than just slap it on a random machine and hope for the best.
This is what I usually recommend to my friends who are interested if they have the hardware to spare. Sometimes I even gift them a machine if I have one to spare (mostly back when hardware was cheaper). This way you can also try out multiple distros without caring to find out which one you like best as well.
Additionally let's not have video game characters say any swear words or bad words like "kill" to make it more advertiser friendly.
Quest: "Unalive 10 cave troll's and get your reward from Dr. Pepper"
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Sounds like something that would yank me out of the immersion every time. Why would anyone agree to that b.s.
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Why does this feel more relavent suddenly
Its relevance increases every year. Truly it was prophetic.
Just don't play those games.
Found the G.O.G. user
Heh. I know this was meant as a joke, but I don't use use GOG (mostly because it has very few games I care to play), but I also don't play those games.
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Imagine coming up with this idea and presenting it to your superiors instead of being so disgusted with yourself that you immediately splatter your brains all over the ceiling.
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Just when I thought we have reached maximum ad saturation. Do they think these ads actually do anything anymore or is it just wishful thinking pushed by marketing execs? I'm waiting for electronic door locks to make you watch an ad to enter your home or car.
tbh, i would love to watch ads about indomie when i play game, at least i will have reason to eat it and it remind me of the good ol day of internet cafe
These fucks won’t rest until we have ads playing directly into our brain via chip implants 24x7
can imagine if that what elon planning XD
Bethesda really missed the memo with Starfield. All those wasted loading screens...
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"Looks like you're about to kill the dragon. How about killing a sixpack of Miller Light?"
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