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Here to talk about fighting games, self hosting web apps, and easy weeknight recipes.

My mastodon account: @tuckermMy blog: https://tuckerm.us

  • What are your favorite racing games?

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  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit or Burnout: Paradise might be the closest to what you're looking for. They're both open-world games, but I don't think they really have that open-world filler that you see a lot of. They both got remastered releases in the last few years.

  • What are your favorite racing games?

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  • GRID: I absolutely loved the original Grid (I think it was called Racedriver: Grid in Europe) when it came out.

    Project CARS 2 and Assetto Corsa Competizione: A while ago I tried using a PS5 controller on PC and using the gyroscope to steer left and right by tilting the controller. It works well enough when you get used to it. It gives you more granular control than an analog stick. You really can't tilt an analog stick 15 degrees consistently, but you can tilt the controller like that consistently. I'm not saying its as good as a racing wheel, but if you don't have one, it'll at least let you play games that might otherwise need a wheel. I played a decent amount of Project CARS 2 and Assetto Corsa Competizione that way.

    Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a fun kart racing game. If you don't have a Switch and you want something like Mario Kart, you should pick it up. It isn't just a Mario Kart knockoff with Sega characters. Wait no... that's exactly what it is, but it's a good one.

    Meta: !simrallyracing@lemmy.world is a community here.

  • To people who choose not to swear (for non-religious reasons), what is your motivation to be that way ?

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  • Two reasons:

    1. I live in Utah, where the Mormons are, and they get very offended by swearing. Although there are some ways in which I will definitely not accommodate their religious beliefs, I also think it's healthy to meet other people at their comfort level (if it's reasonable to do so). On the one hand, I understand the idea that we shouldn't have to change who we are in order to make other people comfortable. On the other hand, I do think that if you take that idea too far, it can be a kind of antisocial behavior. When in Rome, as they say.
    2. It has more impact if you don't do it often. Think about a Quentin Tarantino movie. By the time Samuel L. Jackson has said "fuck" for the 157th time, you're just used to it. The word doesn't even stand out anymore. But now consider the end of The Princess Bride, which has one swear word in the entire movie: "I want my father back you son of a bitch." WHA-BAM! Hits like a freight train every time!

    For the follow-up questions, kind of the same answer to both of them. I feel like not swearing -- or, swearing less -- requires me to be more precise when I'm criticizing something. Instead of just saying that something was "like shit", I have to give a more specific criticism. So that's the change that it has made, and no, it hasn't stopped me from expressing something.

  • [UPDATE] What are questions that will make it sound like I can afford a million euro house?

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  • "What schools are nearby?"

    "Is the walk in humidor full or partial?"

    "Can the windows be taken out for moving in large furniture? I own Salvador Dali's favorite piano."

  • Could you do me a favour and make this post look like a Reddit post?

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  • How Lemmy could interop with Mastodon, as imagined in Frontpage + Bluesky

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  • I've found that, currently, this kind of works and kind of doesn't. I've boosted a few lemmy and mbin comments from my Mastodon account, and it shows up in feeds just like you would expect it to. Unfortunately, the parent post of the thread only shows as a link to the lemmy/mbin thread, rather than showing the full text of the original post. So it's hard for people to see the context of the comment.

    Mastodon appears to see lemmyverse comments the same way it sees Mastodon comments, but the top-level post that started the thread is somehow different.

  • How Republicans became the party of raunch

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  • Man, I had forgotten how much the "purity" of stars like Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson was talked about. It didn't even seem weird at the time. (Although I was a little kid, so I probably just couldn't notice the hypocrisy.)

    A quote FTA:

    “Wokeness is dead,” gloated right-wing commentator Richard Hanania on X back in March, over a video clip of Sweeney in a black dress with a plunging neckline, her breasts at the center of the frame. Hanania’s logic was obscure, but it seemed to go something like this: Sweeney’s prominently displayed chest was somehow inextricably opposed to the progressive ethos currently fashionable in popular culture.

    This whole issue that this article is describing is a perfect example of why it's impossible to argue against the right on their own terms. Their process is like this:

    1. Have a very loosely defined set of ideals. You can believe anything at any time. Have more of a vibe than a set of principles.
    2. Invent an enemy. This enemy should be vaguely defined; it is everything and nothing at the same time. For example, wokeism.
    3. Because your enemy is whatever you want it to be, and because your values are whatever you want them to be, you alone get to decide when you've won. You can declare victory at any time, for any reason. This conveniently fits your insecurity-based need to feel like a winner.

  • How Lemmy could interop with Mastodon, as imagined in Frontpage + Bluesky

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  • I'm hoping that this will "just work" when Mastodon gets quite-posting. You could take a Mastodon post, and then quote-post it into a community by mentioning that community's name.

    This would create a separate thread of replies, which is good. A person shouldn't be able to suddenly thrust a bunch of community replies onto someone else's post. So basically it's what quote-posting is for, but sharing it with a community instead of just your own followers.

  • How Lemmy could interop with Mastodon, as imagined in Frontpage + Bluesky

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  • I think it's worth as a long-term goal for the Fediverse to entirely separate the "view" aspect from the "content" aspect of platforms where reasonably possible

    This perfectly describes my ideal fediverse, too. Pretty much everything we're doing here is posting text; it can be a comment on someone else's text, or a comment on a video, or a top-level post in a community, or a top-level post on your microblog (which is basically your own community where you're the only top-level poster). IMO the type of fediverse server you choose should be based on which one has the best UI for the viewing and posting you'll be doing most often, but they should all be able to show everyone else's content as much as possible.

    If I need to, I'll create separate accounts for separate interests, like one for games and one for professional things. But I'd like to use the same account for following indie game developers (on Mastodon) and gaming communities (on Lemmy) and commenting on game review videos (on Peertube).

  • How Lemmy could interop with Mastodon, as imagined in Frontpage + Bluesky

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  • I also want interoperability between microblogging and threaded services, but unfortunately I'm a little skeptical about the account mirroring concept. Or, at least, I'd like more details about it.

    Do users need to opt-in to have their accounts mirrored, like how they do with brid.gy right now? If there are a bunch of users with Bluesky accounts that don't have Frontpage accounts, that would mess with the ability to have all comments showing up between the two services, and it would prevent some people from posting a comment on someone else's comment if one of the commenters has not opted-in to have their account mirrored. Or, can a plain Bluesky account comment on Frontpage threads, but not start a thread?

    I like the idea of being able to quote-post link aggregator threads to your Bluesky account, but I think ideally this would only require one account. Which would mean you could also use your Bluesky account to start a thread on Frontpage.

  • Is there a place I can give review/rating to any random object or service?

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  • I don't know, unfortunately. This reminded me that I used to occasionally read product reviews on epinions.com, which was apparently was taken offline in 2018. It was basically what you're describing. Another proprietary website bites the dust and loses all content. :(

    I heard about neodb.social recently, which is for entertainment media and is popular in China (although you can post in any language). Seems like we need something like that, but without specific product types in mind.

  • The Director Behind Cult Dreamcast RPG SEGAGAGA Wants To Translate It Into English | Time Extension

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  • I would definitely pick it up -- I was always curious about this game. I remember hearing about it when it first came out and I didn't even really understand what the game was. It sounds like it was the perfect, quirky, in-group fanservice full of inside jokes for Dreamcast owners.

  • Tune in tomorrow for a PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation hosted by Mark Cerny

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  • the day after Playstation's 30th anniversary

    Whoa, I didn't know that. The Dreamcast's 9/9/99 launch date in North America is so memorable, I had no idea that the Playstation came out exactly four years earlier. So there are two birthdays today!

  • ‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine

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  • (Disclaimer: haven't read the article yet, definitely going to get to it later today.)

    This is kind of thing where I am so torn between philosophy and pragmatism.

    1. Morally, bodily autonomy is very important. Framing this as "right to repair for your own body" is a fascinating way of thinking about it, and makes a clear, ethical argument in favor or DIY medicine. And that's on top of the fact that we shouldn't have to rely on giant corporations for our health.
    2. The potential consequences of this are terrifying, not just for misinformed people, but their children as well.

    On a meta note, 404media continues to be the best subscription I've ever paid for.

  • lan Wake (2010) will receive an update on September 10th at 11am UTC. This update removes the song Space Oddity from the game due to changes in licensing, and replaces it with a new original song...

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  • This is one of many reasons why I've been trying to buy physical PC games lately.

    I found a boxed copy of the GTA Trilogy recently. It was for Mac, and had probably been sitting on a shelf in some office supply store for 15 years. I don't even have a Mac, but I bought it since I figured that, not only would it be the original, non-remade version, but it should (hopefully) have the original music as well.

    I haven't opened it yet. I'll probably post a thread here when I do. Maybe it'll run in a virtual machine.

  • Astro Bot | Review Thread (95 OpenCritic)

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  • I can't imagine this one getting a PC release, so I'll probably never play it, but I do love seeing a good 3D platformer being released. And a console mascot 3D platformer? Feels like we're in an earlier console generation here.

  • What's your favorite controller?

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  • Right now, a kind of weird one: the Bridget MX, from SGF Devices. It's a 3D printed, all-button controller for fighting games. They don't make that specific model now (it was a very early one), but this is the closest to it: https://sgfdevices.com/products/bridget-pe

    At first I thought that not having a joystick would make games kind of boring. Like, too practical, not enjoyable. But no, it's actually fun. Kind of like tapping out notes on a piano. It uses low-profile mechanical keyboard switches, and I have some stiffer, clickier switches on the way right now.

    It's meant for fighting games (Street Fighter, etc.), but I've used it for some 2D platformers and it worked great for those, too.

    A non-3D-printed, less cheapo one would probably be even more fun to use, but I think I'll stick with this one for now.

  • PlayStation to Shut Down New Game ‘Concord’ Two Weeks After Launch, Will Refund Players

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  • Same. And especially for a live service game, it's just gone. If someone made some great 3D models and animations for an offline game, even if the game doesn't sell very well, their work is still out there. But with a live service game, that's just it. No one else gets to see it for more than a few days.

    I also hate the fact that the dev studio will face the consequences of this, while whatever braindead exec with a master's in bullshit administration will probably still be employed.

    But at the same time... I can't help but enjoy the spectacular failures of these anti-consumer products lately.

  • Putin’s visit to Mongolia defies ICC warrant and tests neutral nation’s ‘third neighbor’ diplomacy

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  • It's good that no one is actually criticizing Mongolia for this -- they are not really in a position to handcuff Putin, much as we would all love to see it.