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ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US
  • The worst of Lemmy is a certain instance... That I have never heard from after defederation.

    Yeah, defederating from Beehaw was definitely a great decision. I'm so glad I don't have to see those guys' posts anymore.

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    I can barely tell the difference between 60 and 165 hz on my monitor
  • How else would you test the difference? By looking at a still picture?

    The difference matters very much in high speed video games and this is the most basic of ways to test it.

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    It's the horror movie season. What is your favorite horror movie genre, and what do you consider to be the absolute best example of that horror genre?
  • I prefer Gothic horror movies (usually with vampires) and some of the very best examples would be Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu by Werner Herzog, Sleepy Hollow, and Hammer Studios' Dracula.

    I'd also like to give a shout out to the most recent hidden gems from this genre that I enjoyed tremendously, The Haunted Palace (Based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft) and The Family of Vourdalak (The second segment from the Black Sabbath movie, based on a story from Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy).

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    What type of game you want to see that doesn't fully exist yet?
  • I really want to play single-player versions, or at least on my own private server, games like Travian or Ikariam. Basically resource management strategies but without the insane need to be 24/7 online in anticipation of an enemy attack.

    Edit: Also a single player tab targetting open world rpg.

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    What happened to online computer games?
  • Just want to add, if you're feeling nostalgic about some of these Flash games and want to play them again, download Y8 browser. My personal favorites are Warlords: Call to Arms, and Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures project.

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    Mistakes were made. Apparently, my cat tried to go fishing in the neighbors pond.
  • My neighbour has a fountain where he keeps some of the fish he catches. A few months ago my cat returned with three fishes (took her multiple trips carrying each in her mouth)

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    The Elder Scrolls VI Is at Least Five Years Away, and Is Likely to Launch on PC, Xbox Series X|S Only
  • The official announcement teaser for The Elder Scrolls VI came out in June of 2018. That means Bethesda will have most likely started advertising the game a full decade before it came out, if the game is at least five years away at this point.

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    What book(s) are you currently reading? 07 September
  • I have just completed Sheridan Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales collection from Kindle Store couple of days ago, so I decided to re-read Carmilla. I must say, after reading most of his short stories, Le Fanu is definitely one of my favorite writers of all time.

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    What was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?
  • After binging the 12 books over the holidays, I've made an attempt to watch the movie adaptation. It couldn't be that bad, could it?

    It was much worse. Possibly the worst movie I have ever seen.

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    PS Plus price hike: We'll all pay for a subscription-based future | Opinion
  • I was mostly referring to the last part of the article where the author explains the entire long-term plan behind the subscription services - first they offer a large variety of games for a low price, then they squeeze the customers for every single penny after they've cornered the market.

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    PS Plus price hike: We'll all pay for a subscription-based future | Opinion
  • We'll all pay for a subscription-based future

    Not me - the moment when buying a game outright is no longer an option is the moment when I stop paying for video games. I already have a large library on Steam (1,700+), GoG (400+), and I'm not planning on buying any Playstation or Xbox products. I've never paid for Xbox game pass, or PS plus, nor do I plan to. They can scheme all day long, hike the prices every week, I already buy games only if they're on a really deep discount or in a bundle. Never paid more than 30 bucks for a game, and I could count on one of my hands how many I paid more than 20 bucks for.

    I do, of course, realize that I'm in the minority, but hopefully more people will realize how big of a scam these subscription services are.

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