Quoting: Purple Library GuyYup, yup. Likewise.

I wish I could show a Mint badge, here, but I don't want to mess up GOL's main gaming PC stats - I'm not running it on my Steam Deck, after all. :tongue:

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All sensible stuff, and this is why I love using Mint as my daily-driver OS. :smile:

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Quoting: EhvisIt's something I see with a lot of "smart home" stuff. I stayed away from all of it for now because it's not really necessary. But I would apply the same logic as I do with games. Can I 100% self host the system if I want to? Yes, then ok, no means I won't get it.

Honestly, I don't understand what a person could possibly get out of connecting appliances to the internet... :huh:

Quoting: CatKillerFull automatic refunds for every copy when a company kills the game is much simpler, and removes most of the financial incentive for that undesirable behaviour (you've still given them an interest-free loan, after all).

I like this solution - it's simple and elegant. :grin:

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Quoting: Liam DaweBut this does happen, with all these "smart" products. See news all the time about features removed, suddenly subscriptions needed to keep certain features going and so on. It's not just gaming it happens. Sadly.

I honestly didn't know that - as with not buying into the sorts of games afflicted by these issues, I've never bought into those sorts of appliances either. A fridge really doesn't need to be connected to the internet, y'know? :tongue:

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What are your thoughts?

My thoughts are that when you buy, say, a kettle, that kettle is yours to keep. If someone from the company that made the kettle were to come into your house a few years after you buy it and take away the kettle that you bought and paid for, that would be illegal. It should be the same for video games. It's very simple, really.

Thanks for posting about this, Liam, and go Ross! :grin:

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What have you been playing recently?

Over the Easter weekend I put a bunch of time into the modern-day single-screen arcade-style titles Donut Dodo [External Link] and Murtop [External Link], which were a great fit since they've got birdies, bunnies, and treats. :wink: Aside from that, I've been contributing to Stardew Valley [External Link]'s high placing in this list, as well as sinking a bit of time into battles in Super Bomberman R [External Link]. :grin:

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Stray Shot has the funniest trailer I've seen in a long time! :grin: :tongue:

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Apparently there's going to be something new revealed for Brotato [External Link] during this broadcast. Interesting!

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Quoting: finaldestI guess Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo has a hand in this. I guess one of them has new hardware on the way, A new handheld maybe.

I will put tinfoil away now.

Nintendo does, but it wouldn't be that - EA already doesn't support their hardware properly as it is.

Maybe EA just doesn't like handhelds. :tongue:

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualGraphics drivers always come in pairs, you see:

So they're like the Sith, then? :tongue:

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