Katana314

@ Katana314 @lemmy.world

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11h ago

The State of Gaming (2026)
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Katana314 @lemmy.world 11h ago
I wouldn't even agree with the idea that "Mobile is powering most of gaming's growth". Quite often, the two sectors have nothing to do with each other. For the most part, PC and console gaming has stagnated because the publishers controlling those spaces have flipped off their customers and given them nothing.

2d ago

Day 8 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - They Killed Your Cat

That's what I saw out of it. Being attacked by non-zombies trying to rush you makes for an extremely disconcerting look. I can't help but think the dev pictured themselves in that situation.

2d ago

Orcas habitat

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 2d ago

When I went to Disney World in Japan, there was a train stop that leads right to it. That’s the way to handle it (not drive to a pointless monorail)

3d ago

New Steam Games with Native Linux Builds, including Log Riders - 2026-02-18 Edition

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I'm pretty sure Unity and Unreal all have a Linux export option - but that doesn't come with a 100% guarantee that everything the dev linked in, from plugins to outside libraries, launchers, and hundreds of other things, all work perfectly. I've played several indie games that decided to helpfully include a Linux build, but I had a better time running their Windows build through Proton.

3d ago

What headsets are linux gamers using?

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I've wanted to work out Pipewire for the specific case of threading music directly into a "Microphone" device to play into game voice comms for memetic moments. But, the extensive commandline setup and duplicative terminology has made it feel like a barrier.

3d ago

Linux gamers: Do you ever occasionally shut down your PC?

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I only do system upgrades every so often, normally based off hearing some new feature in a program I want. When I do, that usually includes a kernel update and it asks me to restart.

3d ago

Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I'm acutely aware of how anti-consumer it is, but I always found it strange they ever started putting singleplayer games on PC.

Yes, it's some revenue for the game itself, filtered through Valve's 30% cut. But from what I gather, most of the reason the console offering works is because people who've finished God of War will learn about some new forever F2P game, and decide to play it on that same PlayStation, thus getting all the microtransaction revenue. None of that environmental connection really happens on PC.

That especially hurts because the cost and risk for singleplayer games hasn't always been great. Sure, we look positively at Hollow Knight: Silksong, but that often ignores the 95 other indie failures for every Silksong. At the least, a publisher like Sony that's put out enough big hits can pull that failure rate down, but they'll still put out stinkers; and the whole "environmental buy-in" helps to pay for that failure rate.

But, if people can get their well-produced games anywhere, the insular cycle encouraging people to get PlayStations kind of falls apart. Not many people will buy them specifically to play FortNite (though they will, in the end). It was good for PC consumers for a time, but I feel like PC releases were very much motivated by short-term profit. You can also see how, since singleplayer games fit in a longer-term industry plan, it may explain why we don't see many of them anymore.

3d ago

Is spreading.

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I feel like so many Linux advocates would get more interest if they were at least a little honest about the upfront friction, and recognized how obtrusive so many acronyms and half-names (or “hames!”) become.

Main thing I want to work out is a reliable path for reinstalling Windows, so people know they have a safety net. Licensing is often complicated since it came with people’s computers.

3d ago

Is spreading.

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

There’s a dumb anime game in Steam next fest called Fate Trigger. It’s not innovative at all, but it runs fine under dwproton, which lets me experience the thrill of battle royale that I’d never been willing to stomach Fortnite to try out.

3d ago

Is spreading.

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

It took a bit of time, but using a protontricks launcher, I’ve been able to do this for a trainer or two on a game on Steam.

3d ago

New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

I do think, if gambling is to be allowed anywhere, it should only be in places that can verify age; just like alcohol delivery services. But, given the trend of using age verification as an inroad for data collection and Palentir spying, I mostly think of that requirement as a jury-rigged guillotine for the casino, or for the loot boxes. Either get rid of gambling, or set up a monolithic roadblock to users. I'd be appalled if Valve were somehow required to collect drivers' licenses of people playing Dark Souls.

3d ago

New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

Trading cards are arguably a problem too, but one that becomes much less prevalent due to their comparative inconvenience. The internet can gamify immediacy around them, and the cards of that store will never run out of stock.

3d ago

DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

My libraries still lend out a lot of DVDs. I ended up getting Fallout S1 in that format, and while it was a resolution drop, it was perfectly bearable.

I can guess for the audience using discs, a lot still have archaic hardware to play them on.

3d ago

'Space Marine 2' - The Free Techmarine Update Hits At Last

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 3d ago

Man I want to finish the campaign and enjoy this game, but as long as they have this split-lock issue on Linux causing severely low framerate every few minutes, I basically can't. ProtonDB for more info...

5d ago

[Video] NBC cuts interview short after man points to private equity ruining his city instead of participating in nostalgia ramblings

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 5d ago

Oh, I absolutely know it's not new. Long ago, I thought that Uncle Ruckus in the Boondocks was an absurd fictionalized character. But people like that absolutely exist.

5d ago

[Video] NBC cuts interview short after man points to private equity ruining his city instead of participating in nostalgia ramblings

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Katana314 @lemmy.world 5d ago

This was the twist of a great movie about corrupt cops

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In Rebel Ridge, the protagonist, a black guy, is trying to get a bag of bail money back from a corrupt police department that enacted civil forfeiture. It often cuts away to the one black woman in the dept who has to drive a shittier car than the rest. Then, we learn there’s an informant to IA inside the dept trying to bring them down. The protagonist figures it’s the black woman. He’s wrong; she betrays him, trying to arrest him. Turns out, the informant was the white guy who first stole his money, as a way of trying to build trust with a department that had been doing a lot of the same.