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I get the MSRP outrage, but I mean it’s not an unusual cost for launch day titles, especially for physical media.

I don’t think I’ve ever paid full retail for any game or console I’ve ever owned though. And I do like to own my games by buying physical media (or at least the installer files).

Wild. Possibly market rates are different - don’t know if the EUR is particularly weak right now? I don’t follow the conversion rates…

What games currently cost that much though, is my question really, I guess. The last expensive titles I can see right now for standard editions of games is like, 70Eur equivalent for AAA type titles.

I mean I own a switch, and I’ve never paid anything close to that for games… I’ve gone to maybe £45-50 for launch titles but what games cost £70?

Who the hell is paying 90EUR for switch games?

I also remember hearing that surgeons who play videogames tend to perform better at their jobs too.

Hand eye co-ordination (especially when looking at a screen without direct feedback in your hands), stressful situations, long stints of focus…

There’s lots of benefits to gaming!

You’re thinking of Aung San Suu Kyi.

She follows the trend of Nobel Peace Prize winners being unbelievably hypocritical; to pull a quote from foreign diplomat to Myanmar:

Her government has been as enthusiastic about jailing journalists and government critics as the military government that preceded hers

I was being facetious

I had a .world account but I can’t type in my normal accent there so I moved to my current one.

I don’t sound noble but I feel much happier.

I understand the inflation argument, but what gives crypto any value other than a) a relative value which is based on fiat currency anyway and b) the faith of the userbase in it?

Have you paid for a service that uses AWS though? Youay never know if you’ve funded the big A.

“creature with eyes can see, more at six”

There’s plenty of privacy respecting non-proton options that don’t involve trying to set up your own mail server.

They’re not wusses, they were just biding their time to unveil their true selves.

It was built with AI, so articles will scream about it being a triumph of whatever engine made it.

It’s very easy.

Chrome let’s you do “install” websites to home screen, Firefox allows saving shortcuts to home screen.

The annoying thing is that you can’t save them to the app drawer (at least on vanilla android), so if you have a clean home screen you have to sacrifice that.

I have tinnitus and struggle in loud places to focus on conversations because I just get an unfiltered mess and f noise hitting my brain.

It sucks, because I can hear a pin drop the rest of the time.

Conversely I’ve met people who were diagnosed as adults and who then blame everything they do on their ADHD - “you know, now everything makes sense about me!”.

Ditto with Autism, to be fair - you don’t get to excuse being an arsehole just because you’re not neurotypical, Dave.

I love open worlds. I hate crafting. Just let me buy what I need; it feels more immersive to me. Same with games like the Assassin’s Creed series - there’s no way some fake Irish pirate is making leather holsters in his ships bedroom out of rabbit hide and bearskins.

And why does where you swipe down on the notification bar change what’s shown?!