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The PS5 Pro's major missing feature and a £5 copy of Forspoken has shown me a future I really don't want
  • It's not really new though. They launched with a digital only PS5, too

    The positioning there was a bit different. The "PlayStation 5" was presented first with the primary name while "PlayStation 5 Digital Edition" was presented as a secondary optional variant.

    https://youtu.be/RkC0l4iekYo

    In comparison for the Pro the digital nature of the console is not mentioned in the announcement video at all.

    https://youtu.be/6HaRMiTfvks

    Oddly even the blog post of the announcement didn't include it in its main list of compatible hardware:

    PS5 Pro fits perfectly within the PS5 family of products and is compatible with the PS5 accessories currently available, including PlayStation VR2, PlayStation Portal, DualSense Edge, Access controller, Pulse Elite and Pulse Explore. The user interface and network services will also remain the same as PS5.

    https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/10/welcome-playstation-5-pro-the-most-visually-impressive-way-to-play-games-on-playstation/

    It does mention it later but the change in focus from disc drive as default in 2020 to digital only as default in 2024 is a new position for the company.

  • The PS5 Pro's major missing feature and a £5 copy of Forspoken has shown me a future I really don't want
  • I've got about 40 PS4 games on a shelf and a smattering of PS5 ones. [...] I do need a PS5 disc drive.

    Its a fair issue.

    (Not a surprising one, the all digital console does what it says on the tin.)

    But it is a fair issue to raise as a defect with the proposal the Pro offers.

  • Hackers abuse popular Godot game engine to infect thousands of PCs
  • The Stargazers Ghost Network uses over 3,000 GitHub "ghost" accounts to create networks of hundreds of repositories that can be used to deliver malware (mainly information stealers like RedLine, Lumma Stealer, Rhadamanthys, RisePro, and Atlantida Stealer) and star, fork, and subscribe to these malicious repos to push them to GitHub's trending section and increase their apparent legitimacy.

  • Hackers abuse popular Godot game engine to infect thousands of PCs
  • This is probably the larger story from the OP link:

    The Stargazers Ghost Network uses over 3,000 GitHub "ghost" accounts to create networks of hundreds of repositories that can be used to deliver malware (mainly information stealers like RedLine, Lumma Stealer, Rhadamanthys, RisePro, and Atlantida Stealer) and star, fork, and subscribe to these malicious repos to push them to GitHub's trending section and increase their apparent legitimacy.

    Edit: a bit more info:

    The malicious GodLoader is distributed by the Stargazers Ghost Network, a GitHub network that distributes malware as a service. Throughout September and October, approximately 200 repositories and over 225 Stargazers were used to legitimize the repositories distributing the malware.

    https://research.checkpoint.com/2024/gaming-engines-an-undetected-playground-for-malware-loaders/

    My take is that Godot has never claimed to be sandboxed, as long as OS.execute() is enabled by default then running arbitrary code in the user context is trivial. The solution of course is to only run code that you trust.

  • Sony Working on Handheld Console for PS5 Games to Rival Switch
  • If I had bought a portal I would be disappointed if they offered a standalone device so soon. It would feel like a bait and switch.

    I'm all for them offering the best products they can at any point in time but it would feel like they started with a gimped starter model so people who upgrade end up buying both.

  • Greatest video game ever played?
  • I never had a C64 and was pretty jealous of this series.

    I played a few DOS based clones and various ports and they were pretty cool but from what I've seen everything they've done with the franchise since 2000 has been soulless.

  • Greatest video game ever played?
  • The criteria for inclusion:

    The games listed here are included on at least six separate "best/greatest of all time" lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, platforms, and genres), as chosen by their editorial staffs.

    This excludes every new title until six publications update their list. Then of course the title has to be good enough to be included on those lists.

  • why is my whisky evaporating?
  • Condensation can only happen on the inside of the bottle if it was opened.

    WTF? Just as an experiment get a bottle or jar or something and fill it about one fifth of the way up with water then screw the lid on tight. Now leave it somewhere like a windowsill where the temperature will fluctuate a bit. I can't speak for your climate but in most places the liquid water will evaporate bit during the day and then the trapped water vapor will condense on the inside of the bottle overnight.

  • Humble creating a bundle for this game is wild
  • No doubt.

    They have 30+ bundles listed at the moment and I'm sure some of them are great but I've unsubscribed from their notifications, they've lost some focus and quality control from when each bundle was a notable event.

  • Scientists Are Crafting Fake Whale Poop and Dumping It in the Ocean
  • I wonder how critters that live at the bottom of the ocean do it.

    My guess is that for creatures that live on a certain level their bodies are adapted to that level. Food would be eaten at that pressure, converted to poop at that pressure, and expelled at that pressure. The status quo.

    But whales are a bit different because they have to come up for air. At the extreme end Cuvier's beaked whales have been known to go almost 3km down when the pressure is almost 300 times that at the surface. With a pressure gradient like that any poop that carry up with them will want to expand, so I guess they would need to either have enough flexibility to allow for expansion, develop special muscles/structures to actively maintain constant pressure, or just let it out.

  • Steam is getting proper season passes support, all DLCs must be listed with expected release dates. If DLC is cancelled, refund for the value of unreleased DLC will be offered.
  • Interesting:

    A Season Pass must include at least one released DLC when it is made available for purchase*
    .*with the exception of Season Passes included in a Pre-Purchase of a deluxe edition.

    [...]

    You may include a Season Pass as part of a game's pre-purchase. [...]

    When a Season Pass DLC is in pre-purchase mode, you are not required to release at least one DLC in the Season Pass at the time it goes on sale (as you are usually required to do when you launch a Season Pass). However, when the game launches, you will need to release the Season Pass out of pre-purchase--this will entail releasing at least one of the DLCs included in the Season Pass.

    My reading of this is that deluxe/gold/ultimate editions will need to include some "day one" DLC content. Many of them already do but publishers are now further incentivised to include something small like a bonus skin if they want to sell the season pass before its major content is ready.

  • Are the Marvel AR videos archived anywhere?

    I'm reading the 2015 Howard the Duck and it looks like it had companion content available on a now defunct mobile app.

    What the content ripped and archived anywhere?

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    The Australian Government has announced changes to the way video games are classified in Australia. Starting from September 22nd, 2024, two new rules will apply to games that include “in-game purchases with an element of chance,” such as loot boxes [now M], and games that feature “simulated gambling,” like casino games [now R18+].

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    Please add spoiler tag rendering

    The spoiler syntax is supported when editing but fails to render when viewing.

    Example (spoiler alert I suppose!):

    • (castaway) https://sh.itjust.works/post/23433848
    • (not really a spoiler) https://quokk.au/post/421281
    • (also not a spoiler) https://aussie.zone/post/12441801

    Personally I have held back from discussing details of current films because spoiler masking isn't guaranteed and I don't want to ruin anyone's experience. If Boost can add this then we are one step closer to a perfect world.

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    Please add zoom support when viewing gifs

    The gif format is currently lacking pinch zoom support.

    This makes it impossible to see details like text in larger images.

    Some examples:

    • https://yall.theatl.social/post/3060843
    • https://feddit.dk/post/6519612
    • https://feddit.dk/post/6559987
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    Are bot posts visible for anyone else?

    My Lemmy account have the bot post toggle set to true but I'm not seeing any pictures in this thread.

    https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/13215898

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    Digital Foundry - The Last Hope review

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