It was yeah. Most of the critical features got rolled into other Google stuff, but it was still a cool platform nonetheless.

RIP Google Wave, you were a real one.

I thought that was a surprisingly interesting and nuanced read. Also, Cyberpunk 2077 could have actually been way more sexploitative if it would be true to its setting. Especially stuff like ads, which I found overall rather tame all things considered.

Also:

Hung, who works largely on sex games

nominative determinism strikes again!

I wish the keeper of many fond childhood memories wasn’t a company I fervently wish would die in a fire.

I do miss user flairs. I hope Lemmy adds then too eventually.

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

It’s a good start but we gotta pump those numbers up.

I’m using Summit. It also has a few niggles and missing features but I believe it will get there in the future. I’ve tried almost all the available apps and Summit felt the best for me overall.

And at least the dev is active and responsive. Well, he has been at least. He’s been gone for a few weeks with IRL interference but he’s said it is temporary.

It doesn’t change the nature or the fact Sync is broken and has stopped working in major areas where it impedes function.

This is really the core issue right here. Long periods of inactivity from ljdawson was more acceptable on Reddit as the backend software didn’t change much so the app at least kept working. It’s been over a year since the last update here and Sync for Lemmy still has some serious problems.

It’s a shame because I love the app, but I’ve felt forced to move on.

I never said it was a great game. In fact I literally said:

Genshin has a lot of other problems even gacha aside

I just said it wasn’t garbage. There is plenty of other actual garbage out there. It looks and plays like a mobile game because it is a mobile game. It’s a mobile game you can play on your PC if you want. But it’s still a 5-year-old mobile game. Expecting it to look like AC Shadows or something is silly. Besides, the BOTW-ripoff-meets-anime art direction really seems to appeal to a lot of people, and art direction is much more important than graphical fidelity anyway.

The soundtrack and score is genuinely very good and varied, with each area having its own feel and sound to the music. The game is huge and has lots of different areas to explore, each with its own characteristics. The world has lots of little details and puzzles, some that are extremely simple dopamine hits and some puzzles that are somewhat challenging. There is like a hundred hours or whatever of story content to go through that at least quite a lot of people seem invested and engaged in. There are new events every month or so with various things to do.

Let be clear: I don’t like Genshin personally. I don’t play Genshin. I think there are a lot of problematic elements in it not just with monetisation but with grind, RNG, retention/addiction mechanics, unskippable cutscenes and probably more I’m forgetting off hand.

It’s still blatantly unfair to call it “garbage”.

There are gacha games out there that are garbage games. They aren’t the ones that are popular though. Stuff like Gensin has a lot of quality content that pulls you in and hooks you. It looks like that has proven to be much more effective than just a waifu simulator. Now, I do think Genshin has a lot of other problems even gacha aside, but calling it garbage is blatantly unfair.

God damnit. My backlog is already too big and now I feel like I have to rush this to the top.

Nintendo hates their customers and fans. Or at the very least view them with disdain and contempt.

I thought this was universally known and accepted?

The absurd mix of some legitimate and appropriate choices, some completely unqualified recent releases that haven’t even had time to exert an influence and a winner that is completely bizarre and out of left field is absolutely something else.

Shenmue? Really?

That’s kind of a trend on the Fediverse to be honest. Mastodon has the same problem with their chronological-only feed.

I’m learning to use Summit at the moment. It’s got potential even though there are some things I miss. But the dev is very active.

Lemmy updating is a good thing though, even if it means some apps with absentee developers will be left by the wayside.

It’s not garbage, it’s just broken. And when Lemmy 1.0 rolls out it will stop working once and for all, I think. And it’s really sad because it’s so hard to quit using it.

But yes, not seeing any comments when browsing local instance on Sync is extremely annoying.

Wait, that’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy themed though. How can that be 25 years old? …Oh.

Oh no.

I think mapping existing subreddits to Fediverse equivalents is a great idea and would be very helpful to have as a resource. Sub.Rehab did something to that nature, although I don’t think it’s being maintained anymore sadly.

I’ve been shopping around for another app for when the day comes. It sucks because Sync is so good, but I’m pretty certain it’s living on borrowed time.

Are you browsing /local?