Not that it succeeded long term, but I salute Apple Arcade’s venture on this. It’s a subscription service that aimed to highlight iPhone games that had no monetization, and were usually small indie games with a fun idea.

If you hate Windows 11 and don’t mind tinkering, I’d almost think Linux would be a better option especially if your preference is for retro games.

No, was not directed at you. I was agreeing; Nintendo is stupid and trigger-happy with its lawsuits, but going after this guy makes sense.

I imagine a lawsuit would likely bring up the topic of how hard it would be for a developer to keep the game around past purchase.

For instance, imagine a massively multiplayer online game; everyone playing the game is acutely aware of how much server hardware is needed to maintain that online presence, and it’s unrealistic to assume it would exist forever.

That’s probably why attention was pushed onto The Crew. It’s a racing game that shouldn’t need much from a server, so it’s arguably unfair to tie it to that access and take it offline.

It annoys me how often my standpoint on topics on Lemmy has been “I hate the same people you do, but your reasoning for hating them makes so little sense.”

Silly, but sitcom silly:

All week, Hank had been receiving hints from his wife that he was going to get “the roast of his life”. Finally, at the end of the week, he’s attending a community gala with all their neighbors and friends. Hank, worried that all his darkest secrets are going to be exposed, decides to take the chance to get ahead of his wife’s belittling, and takes the stage to mock her for her terrible spending habits and overpoweringly obnoxious perfume.

His wife, mortified, leaves the room in tears and the room turns against him; but he simply deflects the hecklers by stating she was going to do the same to him - that she’d give him the roast of his life. Finally, he gets an inkling of what he’s done wrong. While his wife goes out for drinks with her friends to console her, he and his friend rush to his home. There, this scene plays.

Funny thing is, I’ve enjoyed a lot of Metroidvanias, but…never enjoyed Symphony of the Night. There’s so much forceful encounter repetition, so many dead end items that don’t actually help you “unlock any doors”, and it’s so easy to get into a rut of wandering the castle unsure where you can go next.