Quoting: Shmerl

NVIDIA invented the programmable shader

That sounds like bs. Nvidia didn't invent that.

I had to look it up myself as I didn’t know, but apparently the GeForce3 was the first video card released with a programmable pixel shader. Though programmable shaders in general were already a thing for years before that.

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Quoting: Jarmer[…] I may or may not have to look up if there's a way to hack or mod these into new chars without ever getting them to begin with!

Why the hassle? Didn’t you say you played through the game 4 or 5 times already?
If you have the Forgotten Gods expansion it is a matter of buying the merit from the NPC in the Conclave of the Three and throwing it into your stash. No internet required.
SSF means you delete your savefile (or move it to a different directory) every time before you create a new character, it has nothing to do with multiplayer.

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Quoting: WorMzyI hardly think Valve's lootboxes are to blame for the US' unhealthy obsession with guns[...]

No, no, no, it's definitely the games! But they only work on US citizens, outside of the US they are just leisure activities.

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Quoting: JarmerI think I've played through GD ... 4 times? 5 times maybe? I think it's got to be one of my most-played games of all time at nearly 500 hrs. ITS SO GOOD.

I agree.

Quoting: Jarmer[…] to get to the highest difficulty you have to do the most boring thing ever of all time: slog through the game mindlessly once all the way to the end […].

That’s true if you play SSF (solo self-funded) characters. Otherwise, you can do it once only and then put 'merits' - which unlock the highest difficulty - in the stash for other characters to use. 🙂

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DRM you say? Guess I will just pirate it, lol.

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Quoting: tmtvlSo long as GOG keeps using AI I'm not gonna buy games from GOG.

So long as Valve doesn't shut down the CS skin trading, doesn't reduce their 30% cut (and stops doing the stupid 'the more you sell the less you have to pay' nonsense), and doesn't stop ('allegedly') pressuring publishers to sell their games at the same price on other stores; I'm not gonna buy games on Steam.

So long as Epic doesn't stop buying exclusives I'm not gonna buy games on Epic.

So long as Itch doesn't properly re-index adult games and doesn't stop withholding payments from creators I'm not gonna buy games on Itch.

That leaves... er... Zoom? I'm sure I can find some controversy there as well.

Every platform has its issues, but at least GOG has an anti-DRM stance, which immediately makes it way better than Steam or Epic. If your feelings really are that strong, at least switch to Itch or Zoom, but don't come here to complain about GOG using AI and then go and buy games on Steam, because you're just being a hypocrite at that point. And for those who complain about 'IP theft', you don't know that they didn't use something like Adobe Firefly. Just going 'AI -> IP theft' is a clear sign you have no idea what you're talking about and are just looking for an excuse to put GOG down (and indirectly advocate in favour of current copyright law, which is horrible and stupid and should be reformed).

We humans have differing priorities each, as we are not exact clones of each other. It is a concept difficult to understand for bots.

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Quoting: eev

Quoting: benstor214I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

Remember: When something is free, you're the product.

I did not forget that, sometimes I just like to complain about things.

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Quoting: objectActually they still do, when you click ”go to giweaway” in the second screen where you can actually add game to library. It says by doing so, you agree to get marketing letters from them.

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Thanks! I guess I need to log in again to uncheck checkboxes… *sigh*

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They no longer seem to sneak a newsletter subscription through the backdoor when claiming one of their giveaways. That’s refreshing.
I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

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Quoting: GerarderloperEA just going to keep breaking this shit. Their like Bethesda, every update MUST break compatibility! Like its the whole goal of the updates to begin with!

It certainly feels like it, does it? There surely is a consistency of these updates breaking compatibility.

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