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6-panel Loading Artist comic. 1: “The world just ended. And I couldn’t be happier!” Blue shirt guy grins at a nuclear blast outside his bunker. 2: “Fuel? Plenty.” He admires his fuel barrels. 3: “Snacks? Stocked.” He opens a soda beside shelves of junk food. 4: “Responsibilities? None.” He relaxes into a beanbag with headphones. 5: “Finally! The perfect gaming session begins now!” 6: Screen says: “Failed to authenticate. Check your Internet connection.”
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Black Mirror version of the Twilight Zone classic, “Time Enough At Last.”
“You’re entering a show that is slightly different from previous, very similar shows. What was once a creepy story about a book is now about an e-reader that’s too greasy to hold. And that one phone call from the devil? Now it’s a FaceTime call from the devil. The devil part didn’t change. Prepare to see your unflattering reflection in…The Scary Mirror.”
There is hope: « Stop Killing Games » au Parlement européen | Temps forts de l’audition complète
(Stupide YouTube translates the vidéo title but it is indeed all in English)
That’s why as a paranoid I downloaded Wikipedia and have ollama to run locally
Tap for Spider
Third panel, upper right, on the shelf with the bags of chips.
Laughing in thousands of retro games
You must also remember to download Ghidra and debugging tools haha
Jokes on you my singleplayer games will run fine with no Internet!
Piracy is a matter of survival.
But there was time now!
Ooh, I like it. It’s a modern version of the Twilight Zone episode Time Enough at Last. Which might be more familiar to modern audiences by its Futurama parody via an episode of “The Scary Door.”
Interestingly, somebody made a short video showing key moments of the two stories side-by-side. Futurama - Scary Door, Twilight Zone
Youre staring at a rectangle, reading a post left by another human being, or perhaps a robot. Some of the text is blue. You find yourself drawn towards it. If your thumb makes contact you might find yourself watching a clip of…The Scary Door.
It turns out it’s man.
Twilight Zone spoiler
Well played, Sir/Madam/Honourable Shitposter. Well played.
This is a masterful post. No notes.
Well, one note. Apparently that link triggered a “we detected unusual activity from your computer” page that I had to click through. But honestly, that makes it even funnier.
That’s where the classics come in. Original FF7, the Metal Gear series, Burnout, Republic Commando. Hoard classics and you’ll never be bored.
I tried to play classic ff7 on steam the other day and it booted up a windows 98-era mandatory square enix login portal ☠️
You can play offline.
Clearly you have never played a Ubisoft game from the last decade. :P
Probably not in last 15 years or so.
And yet there are many games that despite offering offline play still require an internet connection or require online download.
That’s on you if you agree to log in to play a game you already paid for
“Enshittification is the consumers fault” is one way to see it but I’d rather put the blame on other parties, like the ones actually making the decision.
Not much today, at least not with the expensive / interesting stuff. And you’ll have to live with the bugs and crashes, as nobody will fix the betas they are selling as products today.
Depends how you define interesting. Out of all the games I have there is just one where I must have an Internet connection to play. Others only need it to update.
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