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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

You know, having just played the Library level, I get the feeling that it was thematically necessary to drive home the scale of the cosmic horror you’re facing. It needs to be exhausting, overwhelming, unending…

I tried it on PC in 2004 and all I got was a slide show.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Incredible, I’m sure. Especially for people who weren’t playing on PC before - it generally stands up to Half-Life in a lot of ways, including the enemy movement and maybe even AI, but the cutscenes have that more traditional cinematic look. I love the constant immersion of Half-Life, but this feels like watching an awesome sci-fi action movie, like Aliens. There’s enough survival horror and cosmic horror vibes as well to keep you going.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

[crosses legs and hums]

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Halo: Combat Evolved. I get what all the hype was about. This is a good game!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Interesting, thanks for the tips. I’ll try to get something halfway decent, if for nothing else than to be able to say “you’ve tried it, now go get some actually good coffee.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, you make a good point about familiarity. Even if it’s not the optimal technique, I’m likely to execute it better than a technique I don’t know.

My guess is it’ll be fine, maybe a little funky. My friend has tried my Ethiopian espresso and won’t be blown away for no reason - not the way I expect a lot of people who go from Nespresso to this stuff would be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You saved me a click, thanks.

Importing esthetic preferences over accessibility tells me a lot about the content…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Cryptographic analysis from ETH Zurich researchers Jonas Hofmann and Kien Tuong Turong revealed issue with Sync, pCloud, Icedrive, Seafile, and Tresorit services, collectively used by more than 22 million people. The analysis was based on the threat model of an attacker controlling a malicious server that can read, modify, and inject data at will, which is realistic for nation-state actors and sophisticated hackers.

Interesting stuff, but it’s worth noting the scope and circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who’s blind now!? Hehehe.

I personally don’t, because I still play mainstream games and have been lucky with accessibility improvements to a lot of the ones I’m interested in. The Last of Us parts I and II are incredibly accessible, for example.

Then again… I think A Hero’s Call is relatively well regarded, as something that’s also on Steam.

You could check out audiogames.net to get a broader selection, but be mindful that a lot of the discussions get quite unsavory. I don’t frequent it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Think of it as an indie album that went mainstream. The people in the scene weren’t exactly mesmerized, but it’s still a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

It’s awesome that you enjoyed it that much!

The gameplay mechanics and basic concepts are very well established in the audiogame space, so this game was by no means revolutionary within the blind community.

What’s really cool about it is that it’s approachable for sighted players, such as yourself, and the voice acting is pretty good indeed.

I also really like that the main character is a strong disabled female lead. A lot of things just happen to her, but she still *does * a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I think of that like putting multiple things in the same basket, but putting two locks on that basket.

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