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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 183 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Here's an alternative version so you can really appreciate the majesty of this dude's belly.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

That's the fusion reactor of that gator-kicking machine.

Also the docile look on the companion gator makes me want to caption him. Except I have no immediate ideas and am short on time, so I'll just pretend he's a socially anxious gator doing a 'count to 10' meditation and thinking to himself, 'Come on GatorGreg, you can do this, you deserve to be in this space as much as anyone else, like your GatorTherapist said. Just breathe.'

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago

That autistic gator is the Arrowhead dev team just trying to keep their heads down.

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[–] shadowscale@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i'm desperate to know the context of this photo, and if i'm correct that it's in florida

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's an AI-generated photo and it became a small-time meme some months back.

[–] otacon239@feddit.de 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That is shockingly good for being generated. I can’t spot a single giveaway. If you don’t count the ridiculous scenario, that is.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This image is much older than AI images. Dude is just making up bullshit.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago

Lmao at the whole story.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

This is the ideal male body. You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 80 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've quit riot, blizzard, ea, activition, ubisoft, and now sony. There are so many incredible games to play out there and I don't need to waste my time with publishers I can't trust.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (6 children)

You'll be back for Bloodborne remastered and Bloodborne 2.

You'll all be back.

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[–] Alk@lemmy.world 78 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Beloved by all" Don't be so hasty. I wish I could love games with kernel level anti cheats, but there are far better games with less risky software.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's a really fun game though so idk I don't care (about the privacy concerns, your opinion is valid regardless)

[–] Akuma@pawb.social 53 points 11 months ago (16 children)

It's not just privacy. Kernel level anti cheat software opens up a new attack vector for malicious actors, e.g. your computer is less secure. Your system also becomes less stable and is prone to crash more often. This is all dependent on the skill of the software engineers writing the kernel level anti cheat of course.

Unfortunately, most software, if not most of modern IT is a house of cards.

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 49 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Honestly, they also enshitified it at launch by shipping alongside a rootkit.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sony has been fucking over the AAA gaming market for at least 20 years now.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Hey that's a little unfair, they've also fucked the music and movie industries.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

But this one sure was a doozy.

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean this pic is beyond epic.

[–] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago (5 children)
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[–] 9bananas@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

nProtect seems to be even worse than it sounds:

https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/helldivers-2-a/625645-helldivers2-anti-cheat-bypass-injection-method.html

no idea if they patched any of that since, but accepting non-validated DLLs is some wild level of neglect...

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[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 33 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Kernel level anti cheat, battle pass, micro transactions in a $40 game btw. It was shit from the beginning. Unfortunate cause the game itself is so good.

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[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (7 children)

All of you playing on a pc already installed the insane rootkit of drm that it comes with, idk why any of you would complain about linking a sony account.

That drm is why I only got it on ps5, at least there its not on my pc.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It's not just about security. It's also about half of the countries in the world not being able to have a PSN account. Anyone in those countries who bought the game can no longer play the game they bought. I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't otherwise care about the DRM who are going to be locked out of their game.

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[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 13 points 11 months ago

You speak so high and might as if its incomprehensible that someone might enjoy this on say, a Steam Deck? Where that risk is significantly mitigated. It was entirely optional to have Sony at the start, its unacceptable that has changed.

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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Pc gamers with 15 accounts being asked to create one more.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 71 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Unless you bought the game in one of the countries where you can't sign up for a PlayStation account, then you can just go fuck yourself.

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[–] iterable@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago

I mean if it is a choice between using a Sony account and using nProtect. Would choose Sony account but needing both is a little overkill.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 22 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It literally said this would happen from day one lol

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't make it a good idea

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And still allowed it to be sold in regions that don't have PSN access, anyway.

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[–] KeefChief13@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Wow first I am hearing of this, what a bummer.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The decade of epic face-plants continues. Countries, Fortune 500 companies, Billionaires, you name it, they’re all fucking up big time in the stupidest ways possible.

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[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It's Gamespy round 2 (also, what an awful name for an authentication service)

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