[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 27 points 11 months ago

The end of Red Dead Redemption. Spoilers for a game that's over a decade old, but John's death was a brutal cruelty that stayed with me for a long, long time.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 36 points 11 months ago

So they're legislating speech and forcing the use of pronouns that make them feel more comfortable. Color me shocked.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

We've discovered the breaking point of paradise. Hope the next sentient species is a little less selfish.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

She just means she doesn't give a shit if people think she's biased or corrupt.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

For me it wasn't the fire that kept drawing comparisons to Divinity. It was the writing. The opening is beat for beat Divinity tropes and it was off-putting. It took hours more gameplay and character development for that edge to wear down, though it has probably permanently shaded my first playthrough. Perhaps that opening was one of the first things written, and thus the most akin to its predecessor.

Once the game settles in, things feel less Divinity and more Faerun. The fire metaphor is apt though. Things do creep in from time to time to remind you who built this adventure. It's like a signature. I don't always like it, seeing the hand in this case is more jarring because of how sensitive I am towards the setting and gameplay. But the craft is so thoughtful otherwise, it's broken through those barriers for me.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

I bought an Ember mug because I thought it was silly. I ended up really liking the temperature control. I don't rush my coffee/tea. Now every sip is as hot as the first one.

The new Ember costs, I think, half again as much as the first iteration. It's a cute gimmick but I certainly wouldn't pay what they're charging now.

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I'm trying to remote into my Deck desktop. I have tried a number of things, searched all day, and I can't find anything that actually works.

Steam Link does NOT work as advertised. I can stream my PC (Win11) desktop TO my deck with a Fair connection and no issues. But my PC can NOT connect the other way, it always shows Slow connection and steamdeck offline. I'm on a wired home LAN and I've tried WiFi as well. I've watched "fix your SteamLink connection" videos and read everything but nothing changes it.

AnyDesk was pulled from Flatpak, so every search suggesting that option seems to be null and void. I don't know if or how any other version of Linux AnyDesk might work, or how. And I can't find anything other than "It's on Discover". Not anymore it isn't.

KDE Connect doesn't seem to do much other than let me transfer files. I can mouse click but not move the mouse. I don't see many options here to get it to do what I need.

I want to remotely navigate the Desktop mode from my Windows PC. It shouldn't be this hard. Anyone encounter or understand a solution that could explain it in better than one sentence worth? I'm trying to learn but it's just brutal out there.

#Steamdeck

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

Every time a sequel or a comic book movie lands on its face, someone rewrites an article about franchise/superhero fatigue. And that's been going on for over a decade.

People will show up to watch a good movie. Guardians 3 did really well. Spider-Man is the "same old stuff." This is all cherry picking examples. Movies don't do well when they're bad or the star is unappealing somehow.

Hollywood will stop making these movies when people stop paying to see them.

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submitted 1 year ago by WytchStar@kbin.social to c/queer@kbin.social

The intersection of queerness and horror has been fervently dissected these last few years, and now the junction feels more like dated gospel than innovative speculation. The “why’s” may range from otherness to villain empathy, but it is, without a doubt, a genre that resonates with us. Today, the horror genre remains a vehicle for queer filmmakers to share their stories through metaphor, subtext, or even having the Final Girls be trans women.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Affirmation action mandates a historically and currently racist society to demonstrate commitment to end subversive racist policies.

Declaring everyone equal under the law doesn't begin to put forth the required effort to actually make the country a more equitable place.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Based on the language from Valve, it sounds more like legal protection for themselves than a judgment from an ethical perspective.

Your question isn't a bad one, but the battleground over copyright ownership probably isn't one they're weighing in on here.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

We get it. They died. It's tragic but this coverage is unnecessary and gratuitous.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago

Farscape.

Look upward, and share the wonders I've seen.

[-] WytchStar@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

Looks like it's an unrelated death. Naturally, a news media headline implies a connection.

"Journalism"

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