Nonpermanent “bans” are a thing

I mean from a linguistic perspective. A ban is permanent (or at least long-term in the since that it might take a very long time for a ban to be removed).

This is the leftist talk show streamer’s fifth ban

Doesn’t a ban imply a ban, i.e. permanent removal? This seems like a suspension.

I got into C&C via Red Alert 1, never actually got to play the OG C&C (Tiberian Sun was great though), the installer really is a work of art.

Star Citizen perhaps?

Although I personally think it’s basically more of an outright scam than a “too big too fail” game.

Good to see r/BuyfromEU gaining a modicum of traction even if it is on reddit.

You got to start somewhere, and all successful big movements initially start with what seems like an almost comical idea.

No disrespect to the sane Americans (and there are many of them).

Indie gaming is mostly promoted via smaller forums around more niche topics, word of mouth and mostly smaller content creators (with ~1 million being the upper limit).

Discoverability is a major challenge.

Indie also tend to be less polished. I personally don’t care that much about polish (within reason) or graphics, but that can be issue much of the market.

Do it. You might be surprised.

Mostly in political/news subs. If you avoid politics/news it’s much less noticeable.

It tends to be relatively subtle (albeit after seeing it several times you do notice a pattern). Statements implying Chinese interactions with foreign countries are purely “for a better world”. Low key, roundabout methods of supporting russian imperialism (“well it’s actually NATO that’s at fault”). That sort of thing.

FWIW, when/if the threadiverse gets more users (say at least 250K+ MAUs stable), this sort of stuff will be diluted to be less noticeable.

One point that is fair is that Lemmy has a high number of tankie scum.

And their accounts are not always hosted on lemmygrad/hexbear/ML.

This is a legitimate issue.

I do prefer Alien to Aliens, but Aliens is an excellent film as well. They are close.

Over time I’ve started to enjoy T2 somewhat less and definitely began appreciating T1 more.

My biggest issue with T2 is that in retrospective it has more of a summer blockbuster feel to it. T1 also had a lot of action, but none of the teen angst stuff.

Side-scrolling action games are not my cup of tea, but ngl that trailer looked awesome. The artwork is gorgeous and the T2 theme got me all nostalgic (even though I strongly prefer Terminator to Terminator 2; 2 is OK, I prefer the darker and horror-focused tone of the first one).

I first read that as an erotic retro space JRPG.

I am a big fan of SomaSim (even though I didn’t really connect with their last game), so really looking forward to this release.

No pressure at all! Based on the games you do share, I think [email protected] could be a good fit for a lot of your recommendations.

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Hey, feel free to crosspost to some other more indie focused gaming communities if you feel like it:

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These communities are relatively active although it’s mostly me posting (I occasionally post notable releases to pc gaming and games).

Looks like a solid lo-fi indie horror. Although my backlog for this subgenre is actually very full. Did just finish mouthwashing which was a lot of fun.

I very much agree.

But there are other ways to create incentives for avoiding criminal behaviour and corruption (which IMO is closely tied to intolerance - a modern circus if you will).

Things like full asset seizure, mandatory multi-decade live-in community service work as a junior custodian in a medical centre.

If say an oligarch like Mark Zuckerberg (who very likely enabled mass killings in Myanmar both due to lack of concern and “risk management”) had all his assets seized and was sent for 20 years to the Island of Bhasan Char to work all the lowest level janitor on the island, other oligarchs would understand that they need show a modicum of respect and understanding towards others.

This looks cool.

US lacks the capability to control oligarchs. Corruption is too ingrained in American culture.

Not saying it has to be like that or that it can’t change, but this is a reasonable evaluation based on widely accepted facts.

FWIW, I think the term “echo-chamber” is way overused, almost to the point of being meaningless. I also don’t believe in the sincerity and coherence of American-style conceptions of “free speech”.

“Fediverse shouldn’t allow convervatives communities” is nuts though. This is not workable from a practical perspective (forget the moral questions for a second).

Racism, overt dehumanisation, denial of widely accepted mass scale human rights abuses; that’s something that can be managed from a moderation standpoint. But this would impact groups across the political spectrum (nazies, tankies, some far right, some far left).

Feel free to crosspost to [email protected], we cover all transportation/logistics games and have a modicum of engagement.