Score.
I’m so desperate to get hold of one.
The irony is, I threw literally hundreds of them into skip bins in the late 90’s doing IT work and didn’t think anything of it.
Live and learn. The hoarders got it right.
Score.
I’m so desperate to get hold of one.
The irony is, I threw literally hundreds of them into skip bins in the late 90’s doing IT work and didn’t think anything of it.
Live and learn. The hoarders got it right.
Where’d you get it?
8BitDo retro keyboard. Honestly I’m blown away by the quality and feel of this thing. They did an incredible job.
They don’t need one. No enforceable copyright law.
Is that their new ‘fold’ on the right in the article thumbnail? I like the chode form factor.
This might be the dumbest shit I’ve heard in a while.
You’d better ban fingers too.
And all kinds of cameras and recording devices.
Laptops. Computers. Smart TVs. Ban it all. We’ll play with a hoop and a stick and be happy.
I’m just going to go outside and check the seedbox running on my Tesla roadster before I rip and upload a couple of episodes using the computer on my refrigerator and then post them from my Smart TV.
Checkmate copyright whores.
Righto debatelaird. Enjoy your internet supremacy, I’ve got work to do.
It’s not really the same thing though, is it?
I watch a show once and I’m done. I have some games in my library with over 1000 hours of playtime. I’m about as careful with those purchases as I am with a good pair of boots, and buddy I am the most annoying man at the hiking store.
I have used piracy to determine if a product is worthy of a retail purchase my entire life with everything from Android apps to AAA games. I know that you are making the argument that I am an outlier here but I don’t think I am.
Avenza maps is a good example. I tried it out with a cracked copy years ago and found it so useful in my personal and professional life that I have maintained an annual commercial license now for probably 10 years. I don’t receive any additional functionality compared to using a cracked copy, and maintaining the license between installs is actually FAR more difficult than just installing a cracked APK. Avenza has become so essential to my life that I directly support the development at a level above what I require, to hopefully ensure the continued development of this reasonably niche software into the future.
Given the forum we are in, I would compare it to the paid versions available for several popular linux distributions these days. You can download Zorin OS completely for free and have a very close to fully featured operating system much like you can have an almost fully-featured version of a pirated game. You could use this daily without paying a cent. That still didn’t stop me buying Zorin OS Pro. It’s the same deal. I want Zorin OS to stick around and keep doing what they are doing, just like I want ID Software to stick around and keep doing what they are doing. That doesn’t make any of them immune from releasing a box of garbage for full price (I’m looking at you, Rage and Rage2).
The only significant change in the landscape here in the last 30 years is the advent of services like EA Play Pro and Xbox games for Windows live. For me these services serve exactly the same purpose as piracy. If there’s something I’m interested in I can sign up for a month, try the thing that I’m interested in and then cancel the service without any significant penalty. If the game is good, then I’ll grab it when it becomes available on steam. So long as there continues to be no penalty for cancellation, this is an acceptable compromise to me but otherwise I am going to pirate your shit and if it is garbage then I won’t buy it.
I tried Battlefield 2042 via EA Play Pro for one month. At release it was an absolute joke. Not even close to finished. A truly terrible game. Those that managed to win a refund were ok, but many people were deemed to have played too many hours in a day to qualify for a refund. My friends and I bought the game on steam for a steep discount a full 18 months after release. That’s how long it took for them to fix the many issues and turn it into a worthwhile experience and a worthwhile purchase.
You can’t hire games from the video shop these days to try them out and I’m not about to be somebody’s sucker. The gaming industry is a complete mess, constantly pushing unfinished garbage and broken games. You’ve got to look after yourself.
I think you would be surprised.
Games are expensive as hell in my country and the tech press have become completely disingenuous worldwide. A good review means nothing. I’m not about to drop $100AUD to $150AUD unless I know for sure that I am going to get a large number of enjoyable hours out of it.
I’m well aware of the old adage “never attribute to malice what can easily be attributed to stupidity.” But…the number of times that a completely unprotected update is pushed in the first week of a release is too damn high for it to be accidental.
Dude, I literally played the pirated version for a weekend and then bought Doom eternal because it was so damn good. I do it all the time. It’s in my steam library and I finished it twice and bought 2 expansion packs for it.
I will now also download version 6.66 + All DLC’s from a pirated source for safe keeping to avoid any future fuckery via online services shutting down etc.
This is not uncommon behaviour at all. Many games are absolute trash these days even when the tech press gushes over them. In spite of your assertions, demos are almost a thing of the past. Hardly anyone does demos anymore.
My personal experience with chasing a refund after purchase does not reflect your experience either. Until critical mass builds into a full public backlash, if you’ve exceeded the return period (mere hours) then you are done.
Doom eternal was cracked on day one of release. I believe in this instance, they “accidentally” pushed an update with an unprotected version.
When your game is as good as this one was, piracy can actually help to move more retail units.ID software and Bethesda know this better than most.
It only hurts sales when your product is trash.
That’s because Russians see the value in the collective good: everything for everyone. The majority of the globe just hits and runs on torrents because we got ours, fuck everyone else.
The way that he talked about spending 100, 200, 300, 400, even $500 of staff time on re-testing not being an option, when he rakes in THOUSANDS per video is pretty illustrative of where his head is at.
I was pretty excited when Linus announced that he was stepping aside, but he clearly still has way too much say on the direction of LMG and his motivations are entirely too obvious. Go away, Linus. We’ve had enough of you.
Spoiler: NFTs are fake.
Rocksmith 2014 can work without the cable. Just need a USB mic.
Unfortunately in that config the note detection is even worse.
Your mileage may vary. There aren’t many mic config options and calibration can be difficult.
I think the 2014 version is the last one that got done.
I bought the cable. I found Rocksmith 2014 to be utter shit. I can already play guitar at something close to proficiently and I think if I tried to use rocksmith to learn I would have given up. Not sure how much it has improved in the last 10 years but it would want to be a lot!
There’s a massive difference in smoothness between 60 and 120hz for me, even just scrolling you can tell straight away how deliciously smooth 120 is.
It just seems retarded not to do global releases at this point. Like we’re all connected as hell. How do you expect to make one country wait 6 extra months? Just dumb. Lost revenue for no reason.
I’m not in the USA. I think after shipping was included the Unicomp came out at almost $400AUD - it’s just not feasible. Similar for ebay sales from USA.
I’ve consoled myself with an 8bitDo retro keyboard. It’s pretty slick! Obviously not buckling spring, but it is wireless and has a volume knob. It really does remind me of a vic20 keyboard in feel.