Just for the sake of being fair, Steam does do one thing which is anticompetitive; they require publishers don’t sell their games for less than they do on Steam.

If you think about this for a moment you’ll realise it’s in the publisher’s best interest to agree to this.

One of the problems Epic has is that it is only a store front. Steam is a fully featured platform.

Epic, in their lawsuit, wants to break Steam’s store and platform into separate applications, so they can compete.

Sort of like how people want to have different app stores on their iphones.

Difference is: Steam has no restrictions in the first place. You can add non-Steam games to the client if you want. You can use Proton if you want.

Steam offers all of these features for free. What is the point in breaking them apart.

Looks like Please, Don’t Touch Anything on steroids

It’s hilarious to me that Epic will never introduce features like this, and also complain Steam has a monopoly, as if they’re at all comparable

It’s amazing how social norms have changed.

I’ve got a two year old, who drives me absolutely insane sometimes. I think if I grew up in my parents culture, where it was acceptable to smack kids or shout at them, I probably would.

That’s a horrible thing to say, but I’m glad I’m aware of the fact that it’s counter-productive. I’m almost jealous of my child, to know they’ve got someone like me as a father, as opposed to my father.

I don’t know how Christians eat the flesh and drink the blood and don’t think anything other than “I’m in a fucking cannibal cult”.

I remember being stubborn, being proved wrong, continuing to be stubborn, and being proved wrong even harder, in front of others.

It’s such a pathetic and embarrassing feeling to be that wrong.

I don’t want to be wrong a moment longer than I need to be.

There’s no shame in being corrected, but there is in holding on to shit ideas.

I don’t know how the Christians see this and think anything other than “this is some evil shit”.

Games are art. I have full respect for an artist who does not compromise their vision for someone who refuses to engage with the art, on the artists terms.

A lot of people played The Witcher 3 and thought the combat was boring, but never spent time preparing for battle by considering which oils and potions to use - because they didn’t need to. They were playing on easy or normal.

These people robbed themselves of the experience of immersing themselves in the role of a Witcher, and turned each encounter into a button masher.

Imagine being a developer and seeing people shit on your game for ‘unengaging combat’.

Now, sure, you can make the argument that that’s just one element of The Witcher 3, and some people are playing for the story - and fair enough.

But there isn’t anything analogous in the Souls franchise. The gameplay IS bashing your head against a wall for ten hours. You don’t get to just turn down the difficulty, breeze through every boss on the first try, and claim the game is boring.

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Terrerrerreera 5 eva

Social pressures I suppose.

DIY paedophilia is a hilarious phrase.

It conjures images of a world where professional paedophiles get sponsored endorsements, there are hobby stores for amateur paedophiles, and Tucker Carlson complains there’s too much CSAM involving immigrants.

Diabetes Stranding

**fungeon

Where’s my upstream explicit sync lads

I’m down if she’s Down™

“The veals”

I think they’re called calf’s until they leave the abattoir.

Maybe it’s a climate change joke?