spacedogroy

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[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 34 points 4 weeks ago

No, no, that can't be right. Randy said the game was super optimal. ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I guess that means I'll buy it when the full story is finished and all the episodes released? ๐Ÿคท I just don't have any interest in buying half a story.

Edit: okay, read the article. Kind of odd, in so far as they already have everything finished, but they're doling out the game in pieces. Maybe as a kind of marketing strategy?

I don't really get it, but at least they have the game done and are planning to release it at a reasonable price. ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm sure Silksong will be good - Shovel Knight was good. But I wonder if they've kept the price relatively low to move into the impulse buy territory, because even they know the amount of hype around the game is flash in the pan.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Speaking primarily as a Go developer, what I see is companies cutting costs, and Java is battle-tested and there's a tonne of talent out there who know the language. If Java in your area already pays more, I'd say you've already got your answer.

Besides which, if Go truly does eat the Java world in the next couple of years (it won't), the language is still young enough for you to pick it up fairly quickly. Especially with the help of AI.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

I'm struggling to understand how Sony could force it on a technical level when Microsoft controls the default PC OS. Could maybe try a legal route, but I'm not sure how they would argue it.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I haven't gone through it thoroughly but the first thing that stuck out was the use of a default logger. I don't think libraries should log by default. If you do allow a logger to be injected in I think it should be an interface.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've switched to using Jerboa from Sync and it's absolutely fine for my casual usage and it doesn't have ads, which is a big plus point.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

I'm glad that PS5 owners get to play Forza, but overall I don't have a lot of confidence in Microsoft's ability to stay in the hardware market, which is concerning for everyone as I think Sony will leverage that position to raise their prices on their hardware and on PSN.

Xbox has said it will be producing a new console next gen with powerful hardware, but I will probably stay away, despite owning a Series console this gen.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, the optical fingerprint sensors they've been using on the Pixels are absolutely garbage, so I will never use this feature.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

In the UK at least there's a persistent cost-of-living battle being fought, so we're not spending as much as we were, and large game production has reached a tipping point where the number of purchasers aren't growing but costs are increasing, so: studios contract; or games are taking longer to make; or games are made with a smaller scope. So basically, there's less to upgrade your console for.

I mean, for me personally, everytime I think of upgrading from a Series S I find it hard to justify because most games run quite well.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

All sounds pretty sensible. I do think it might feel annoying waiting minutes to download a model for the sake of generating a line of alt text the first time, though. It would probably be quicker to write the alt text.

[โ€“] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

It also didn't release as a physical copy. New digital releases in the UK at least are always pretty expensive, whereas with physical copies there's at least a chance of a small discount from a retailer.

 

Should put this whole issue to rest (for a while, at least ๐Ÿ˜‰).

 

Always interesting to hear different points of view on this subject. Personally I think mocks make sense to capture complex sets of interactions or otherwise difficult to reach error conditions, so I don't think it's a do or do-not kind of thing.

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