BadlyDrawnRhino

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

We've known about the dangers of climate change since the 70s. Is it really any wonder that after five decades of inaction, the "rhetoric" has changed from "Hey, maybe we should work to reduce emissions" to "A lot of people are going to die if we don't take action right now!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Hawkeye and Echo both heavily feature Fisk, so those should be watched. Can't think of much other than that if you've watched the original three seasons of Daredevil as well as Punisher. Daredevil appeared in the latest Spider-man and She-Hulk, but those were more like cameo appearances.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's funny, I actually was thinking it's the other way around. Older gamers have a million different things begging for attention, so longer games just aren't as appealing anymore. Younger gamers can easily find the time to sit down for hours at a time uninterrupted.

In reality, it's probably somewhere in between. Younger people also gave increasingly smaller attention spans due to social media, so there probably are a growing number of them that just wouldn't sit with one game for that long.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Good to see another handheld with trackpads. I can add this to the very short list of devices I will consider as a replacement if my Steam Deck ever carks it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wonder if they'll be recommending content from all sides of the political spectrum, or just the right-wing content...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've not been to Florida, so I can only speak to the Australian side of things. Beaches here are patrolled by surf lifesavers and the safest parts to swim are marked by flags. These areas are the most popular and therefore limited space-wise. There's nothing stopping anybody going elsewhere to pitch their cobana, but unless you're a strong experienced swimmer, you generally want to be going in near those flags.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This one has a female protagonist, so I look forward to not being able to differentiate between legitimate criticism about the game, and reviews from man-children that are mad that women exist.

And then if the single player experience bombs, I also look forward to Rockstar pointing to the female protagonist as the reason, and not because they're pouring all their resources into micro transactions.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Girls or woodlice?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use Heroic Games Launcher to run GOG and Epic games on Linux. It'd be great to get some official support, but it's the next best thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

New Zealand recently had a political shakeup and the conservative party got voted in after many years of a progressive government running the show, so this is hardly a surprise.

I wouldn't necessarily say that Australia is focusing more on the environment, we already don't do enough. And we're heading into an election year, so expect everything to stall as everything gets put on hold to be used as "election promises". And if the conservative coalition wins next year, all environmental policies will be in jeopardy, particularly rollout of renewables, as the conservatives are pushing hard to divert everything to nuclear over wind or solar.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Oh, absolutely. I was only commenting on the weird timing, the game was released 2 years after an adult rating for video games was implemented.

We definitely have an odd and often archaic view on things here in Aus. Personally I think the classifications should be a purely informative system rather than something that decides whether or not something should be banned. Films are given much more artistic leeway than video games, and I could rant for hours on the government's stance on gambling, which is much more harmful than most things you'd find portrayed in any artistic medium.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

We've had an R18+ rating for video games since 2013, so not sure why Hotline Miami 2 wouldn't have been able to receive classification.

Funnily enough, I own the game on Steam, so at some point Valve also made the same mistake. But at least they won't pull the game from my library.

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