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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
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Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentI think the character intros and overall presentation of MK11 was better than X. But MKX is still a really great game.I think the character intros and overall presentation of MK11 was better than X. But MKX is still a really great game.
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Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkMortal Kombat with MK11. I get that they wrote themselves into a corner with Kronika and the New Era stuff but MK1 (the new game, not OG Mortal Kombat) is so shit. It's a sidegrade graphically,...Mortal Kombat with MK11. I get that they wrote themselves into a corner with Kronika and the New Era stuff but MK1 (the new game, not OG Mortal Kombat) is so shit.
It's a sidegrade graphically, Liu Kang sucks as "the chosen one" and all the what ifs end up following the OG timeline anyway I.e. Bi-Han becoming Noob Saibot anyway, Baraka and Mileena having heavily spiked skin not because the Tarkatans are a separate species in Outworld but because the condition that causes them to grow bone spikes like Tarkatans is an incurable disease...
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Comment on May 2026 Backlog Burner: Week 4 Discussion in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkMagicka is the next game on my backlog I tried to play through and this one is a doozy. The negative Steam reviews it's been getting lately are quite accurate. Something about this game has made...Magicka is the next game on my backlog I tried to play through and this one is a doozy. The negative Steam reviews it's been getting lately are quite accurate. Something about this game has made it incredibly crash-prone.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? (Results) in ~talk
Bullmaestro LinkI accept that Hawaiian pizza has a right to exist, but I fucking hate pineapple in general.I accept that Hawaiian pizza has a right to exist, but I fucking hate pineapple in general.
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Comment on Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkI heard about this from MoistCr1TiKaL of all sources, and the idea that an energy supplier can flip the middle finger to a town of 450,000 residents and leave them without power, all because they...I heard about this from MoistCr1TiKaL of all sources, and the idea that an energy supplier can flip the middle finger to a town of 450,000 residents and leave them without power, all because they want to chase the AI gold rush is appalling. His video really opened my eyes to how openly and brazenly corrupt US politics is.
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Comment on Gameoverse: Pilot in ~tv
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkReally love the premise that they're trying to save game worlds by stopping the heroes from completing their objectives, and the characters seem nice. Especially a fan of Kit, and I like how...Really love the premise that they're trying to save game worlds by stopping the heroes from completing their objectives, and the characters seem nice. Especially a fan of Kit, and I like how Gobbles isn't just a toddler or a complete idiot, despite the initial impression of him.
What I can't get past is the animation, which is choppy at times.
Co-written by Arin Hanson & Ross O'Donovan
EGORAPTOR WROTE THIS?
No wonder this is better than what Glitch usually produce.
EDIT: There are also a lot of people in the credits I recognise and it tells me the team they got for this show is stacked:
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Christopher Sabat as Warrick - voice of Vegeta in the Dragon Ball English dub
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AmaLee as Scratch - she does a lot of English anime song covers on YouTube
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Vinny VineSauce as Orph - big name streamer and YouTuber who mainly covers glitches, corruptions and obscure games.
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Tom Fulp as Farcade Manual - founder of Newgrounds and The Behemoth.
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Jake Kaufman (music producer) - produced the soundtracks for Shovel Knight, Mighty Switch Force, DuckTales Remastered, several Shantae games, Retro City Rampage, Adventures of Pip and other games. Mainly worked with WayForward.
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Grant Kirkhope (music producer - worked on the soundtracks for Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong 64, Blast Corps, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Much of his credits are from working at Rare until 2008.
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Comment on Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkSo, it's a Chromebook but with a presumably updated operating system that has stronger Android app support, and far more AI slop baked into it. I think I'll pass. ChromeOS feels like little more...So, it's a Chromebook but with a presumably updated operating system that has stronger Android app support, and far more AI slop baked into it.
I think I'll pass. ChromeOS feels like little more than an overglorified Chrome browser operating system, and even when later versions and newer Chromebooks started supporting Android apps, the useful ones either got support pulled (i.e. anything Microslop 365) or run like shit (any Android game.)
At this point the MacBook Neo has them beat and has shown that Apple's gamble on ditching x86 and producing their own ARM chips paid off in dividends. They've thrown an iPhone SoC into their budget laptop and produced something that utterly shits all over comparatively priced AMD and Intel chips.
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Comment on May 2026 Backlog Burner: Week 2 Discussion in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI'm not a fan of Ocean's Heart for reasons I went into on a weekly games discussion and so many more. The combat is clunky and unsatisfying, explosives do excessive damage to you even with armor...I'm not a fan of Ocean's Heart for reasons I went into on a weekly games discussion and so many more. The combat is clunky and unsatisfying, explosives do excessive damage to you even with armor upgrades, enemy placement is sometimes incredibly egregious, i.e. in the Pirate's Fortress, there is a room where you walk directly into the crosshairs of a cannon-wielding pirate, and I died on 3 attempts because the projectiles took nearly my entire health bar. Enemy locations also don't reset when travelling between rooms meaning enemies can literally camp the exit you left from and make backtracking lethal. Bombs are also literal unobtainium and I think I've picked them up a grand total of twice in my playthrough so far.
Also, you can genuinely softlock yourself because heavy objects you pick up, drop and throw are not programmed to press down switches and you can't pick them back up if you drop one on.
I only made a bit more progress since I last discussed the game, and it took me having to consult a walkthrough to figure out how to unlock the ability to sail between islands and progress, because you have to go to a specific area, save someone from monsters and you are given zero hints on where to go.
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Comment on Star Fox Direct shadow dropped right before premiere in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI'm actually pretty disappointed. This is the second time they've done a one-to-one remake of Star Fox, and the fourth time they've effectively retold the original SNES game. No new content aside...I'm actually pretty disappointed.
This is the second time they've done a one-to-one remake of Star Fox, and the fourth time they've effectively retold the original SNES game. No new content aside from extended scripted pre-mission cutscenes which are likely longer than the stages themselves, plus challenge missions which finally add some form of stage select to the game. And what is up with the new more realistic designs?
Don't get me wrong, the game looks decent graphically, but I think Star Fox deserves a lot better than another graphical upgrade to its N64 release.
I also don't understand why they're giving us Star Fox avatars for Switch 2's voice chat mode. All of this face rigging technology feels like a waste on a voice chat app that is both locked behind an online paywall and operates at single digit framerates at the best of times. Nintendo should've instead used that tech to make some Live2D fursona maker and make absolute bank from the furry community.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkSpoilers ahead for Vampire Crawlers Click to view I managed to beat all 3 reaper bosses in the game. The Reaper appears at the end of each run when you try to dig up the final grave. Under normal...Spoilers ahead for Vampire Crawlers
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I managed to beat all 3 reaper bosses in the game.
- The Reaper appears at the end of each run when you try to dig up the final grave. Under normal circumstances it will one-shot kill you and end the run, unless you either have enough health to survive a hit (it deals 333 base damage per attack) or have revives to start the encounter. Defeating it will unlock missingNo, a glitched reaper with one of the most overpowered Crawler cards in the game that lets you draw multiple cards when you play a red attack one. Unlike in Vampire Survivors where defeating it required two specific items (Crimson Shroud and Infinite Corridor), this one is mainly a stat check that isn't too hard if you can cheese it with freezes.
- The Trickster is a purple reaper who appears if you manage to break a card by playing it too many times in a single turn. It's seemingly a mechanic to punish players for pulling off infinite combos, but with enough scaling you can actually defeat it. Doing so will give you the Uncrackable gem, which ensures whichever card you slot it into cannot be cracked.
- Rainbow Reaper is the final boss of the Capella Ultima stage in Vampire Crawlers. Beating it unlocks the Ovenkilt, a relic which allows you to overkill on the last enemy of any encounter, greatly improving your gold earning potential.
I've also started playing Ocean's Heart as part of the May Backlog Burner event and so far I'm not really liking it. As much as this one is meant to play like a spiritual successor to 2D Zelda, the controls feel confusing, the amount of knockback on slashing certain enemies with your sword is excessive and the game is very bad at telling you where to go next.
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Comment on Spirit Airlines shutting down after rescue talks collapse in ~transport
Bullmaestro LinkThanks Donald. I think the longer he drags on this pointless war with Iran, the more it's going to economically hurt all of us. At this rate Spirit will be the first of many casualties.Thanks Donald.
I think the longer he drags on this pointless war with Iran, the more it's going to economically hurt all of us.
At this rate Spirit will be the first of many casualties.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Bullmaestro Link ParentI was banned from r/justiceserved a few years back because they deemed SubredditCancer to be a hate-subreddit.I was banned from r/justiceserved a few years back because they deemed SubredditCancer to be a hate-subreddit.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Bullmaestro Link ParentI presume that automoderator has some kind of shadowban or shadow-removal functionality that's active in certain subreddits. I've definitely had comments containing words like "Trump", "incel",...I presume that automoderator has some kind of shadowban or shadow-removal functionality that's active in certain subreddits.
I've definitely had comments containing words like "Trump", "incel", "suicide", etc end up with zero views and no engagement.
Reddit is almost reaching the point of TikTok's and YouTube's Newspeak...
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Bullmaestro Link ParentSource? I haven't seen any official posts on this change, and their moderator code of conduct says nothing about this. It used to allude to it a few years back, but I have never seen an admin...Source? I haven't seen any official posts on this change, and their moderator code of conduct says nothing about this. It used to allude to it a few years back, but I have never seen an admin enforce this rule.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkReddit is a textbook example of how dystopian our society is becoming. It's genuinely the only social media platform where I have to adopt a form of Newspeak just to avoid a bot swooping in and...Reddit is a textbook example of how dystopian our society is becoming. It's genuinely the only social media platform where I have to adopt a form of Newspeak just to avoid a bot swooping in and silently nuking my comment from orbit.
And it annoys me that they're profiteering from their Orwellian bullshit.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Bullmaestro Link ParentI think it will. For every power user Reddit pisses off and alienates, there are about 1000 other active users that will happily take on their moderator responsibilitiesI think it will. For every power user Reddit pisses off and alienates, there are about 1000 other active users that will happily take on their moderator responsibilities
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Comment on Announcing the Backlog Burner event for May 2026: Shrink your unplayed games list this coming month! in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI'm gonna nominate four games for the month, all of which sit untouched, or virtually untouched in my Steam library: Magicka Ocean's Heart Dragon Fin Soup Tales of SymphoniaI'm gonna nominate four games for the month, all of which sit untouched, or virtually untouched in my Steam library:
- Magicka
- Ocean's Heart
- Dragon Fin Soup
- Tales of Symphonia
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkVampire Crawlers (a turn-based roguelite deckbuilder set in the same universe as Vampire Survivors) was released a few days ago and I've been having a blast. There are some things about the game...Vampire Crawlers (a turn-based roguelite deckbuilder set in the same universe as Vampire Survivors) was released a few days ago and I've been having a blast. There are some things about the game that I am not keen on.
Progression feels much slower than in Vampire Survivors and the game's balance leaves a whole lot to be desired. Some Crawlers available early in the game like Giovanna Grana and Pugnala Provola are capable of pulling off infinite combos with the right cards and arcana setup, which outright trivializes the game's difficulty, whilst other Crawlers are dogshit from a balance perspective.
Another thing I don't like is the voice acting. Vampire Survivors didn't have voiced characters, so hearing these characters spout voice lines is jarring. Antonio's lines are particularly bad, they sound like shitty imitations of cockney or even Australian accents at times.
Horsey Game is a horse breeding & racing game where your partner falls ill with the horse flu and you need to earn enough money to pay for medicine to cure her. I picked this one up last week purely because of a YouTube challenge run video that appeared on my feed.
For context, virtually everything in the game is classed as a "horse" from trees, apples, fish, crocodiles, zebras, birds, mooses, humans, cars, etc and can be crossbred, raced, melted down to glue for money, even spliced with CRISPR gene editing which is surprisingly complex. There is even a walled-off power plant full of plutonium that you can use to rapidly mutate your "horses." It's genuinely a game where you could end up breeding biomechanical Eldritch horrors that look like amalgamations of six-wheeler cars with giraffe necks and large heads with no eyes which can go incredibly fast.
Do I recommend it? Only for the sheer absurdity and jank on display. If you ever read All Tomorrows and felt unsettled by the Qu, then maybe it's not for you.
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Comment on jackass: best and last | Official trailer in ~movies
Bullmaestro LinkHoly shit Johnny Knoxville looks old. The last one I watched was Jackass 3D and since this is definitely going to be the last one, I'll probably watch this one in the cinema. I always thought...Holy shit Johnny Knoxville looks old.
The last one I watched was Jackass 3D and since this is definitely going to be the last one, I'll probably watch this one in the cinema.
I always thought Dirty Sanchez was the better stunt/prank series that went above and beyond, but I'm not surprised that Jackass was the one that gained international popularity.
My guess is that Valve aren't doing this out of corporate greed. They don't have the same clout when it comes to negotiating supplier prices compared to a major consumer electronics giant like Nintendo or Samsung, and the price hikes reflect that.
Valve would be wise to indefinitely delay the Steam Machine until the AI bubble either collapses or the semiconductor market recovers.
That or sell it at a loss like every other console manufacturer and give consumers an incentive to switch to Linux.