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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 2 hours ago

Was 10 actually alright early on in its life, or was I just unaware? I don't remember any of the advertising and spyware crap back when I first upgraded from 7.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago

Oh yeah, classic

 

Vampire Survivors style survival game for Android, free on Google Play

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 6 hours ago (3 children)
 

Classic action adventure for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime subscribers until 6th November

Follow Lara Croft down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts. With guns blazing, Lara must use her athletic ability and intellectual wits to explore vast, treacherous tombs riddled with challenging puzzles and deadly traps. Experience an adrenaline-fueled adventure in Tomb Raider: Legend!

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Look, I'm not trying to say there aren't real security/privacy issues that aren't being exploited right now, my citation needed was regarding this comment:

The silicon probably has the ability to live stream all sensor data directly to the NSA using the fanciest ML compression technology lmao.

The articles you linked are real issues that have been documented, OP was arguing that Google phones specifically are bad because of this statement they pulled out of their arse.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
  1. Applies to every phone, smart or simple, can be combatted with a £5 Faraday bag
  2. That is about monitoring by your network, nothing to do with the phone manufacturer really
  3. A ten year old article about Samsung phones
  4. An exploit affecting lots of phones that seems like it was fixed

So a few interesting points, but nothing even slightly like what OP was suggesting.

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[Prime] SCARF (gaming.amazon.com)
 

3D platformer/RPG for Windows, free again for Amazon Prime subscribers until the end of the year

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[Itch.io] Survivor (soowekgames.itch.io)
 

Third-person shooter for Windows, pay-what-you-want on Itch.io until 7th October

In mysterious, grim military facility you need to find Panaceum, cure for all disease.

 

Hand-drawn indie platformer for Windows, originally released in 2013 but had an "anniversary edition" QoL update last year. Pay-what-you-want on Itch.io.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I've not really thought about it before, but he really is trying to make himself the centre of attention. He's always making statements, handing out medals, being seen on the grid with the drivers. I couldn't even name another FIA president except Max Mosley, and his complaint with the British press was that they talked about him too much!

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Citation needed. I get that it's healthy not to trust anyone, but with the amount of security research that goes into these devices if something like that was happening then we would know about it.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

Well if you want to pay me not to play it I'll take a cheque

 

This game has no screenshots and no description, maybe that's deliberate and will provide a completely uninfluenced experience of the game, who knows. Pay-what-you-want on Itch.io until 5th October.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Nobody's talking about the real cost, cool tech startups that made their name around a fancy .io domain name!

 

Musical RPG for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime subscribers until 13th November

AIn a modern fantasy world, college dropout Grace is granted the power of a Muse - power she'll need to find out the truth behind her predecessor's death before time runs out. You'll decide who Grace allies with, who she can trust, and who may betray her in this beautifully hand-illustrated roleplaying musical.

Written by David Gaider, lead writer of the Dragon Age series, Stray Gods is an urban fantasy tale of finding your place, taking charge of your fate, and discovering answers. Your choices will change the endings, as well as the path you take to get there.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've played several TTRPGs where I died in space but not that particular one. Similar vibe to this?

 

Distress Calls is a sci-fi horror micro-RPG centering around the skeleton crew of an understaffed space station, rundown research facility, or underpopulated frontier colony. When outside influences introduce complications, will the party work together, or tear each other apart trying to stay alive?

Clocking in at a single page (double-sided), Distress Calls is packed with robust tables for character & plot generation, and game mechanics to keep players on their toes at all times. Distress, and how easy it is to accrue, will make everyone need to choose their actions wisely.

Distress Calls is inspired by such franchises as Alien, The Thing (and really all of John Carpenter's body of work), Event Horizon, and Outland. The base dice resolution mechanic draws influence from PbtA-based games.

 

Indie horror games of varying quality levels, pay-what-you-want on Itch.io:

Bonus: Distress Calls, TTRPG, until 1st November

 

Fantasy RPG for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime customers until 6th November

GreedFall's Gold Edition is the most complete way to experience the critically-acclaimed RPG, including the base game and The de Vespe Conspiracy story expansion. Explore uncharted new lands as you set foot on a remote island seeping with magic and filled with riches, lost secrets and fantastic creatures.

Forge this new world's destiny, as you befriend or betray companions and entire factions. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world – influence its course and shape your story.

 

Several indies, pay-what-you-want on Itch.io until 2nd October:

 

Hack-and-slash adventure for Windows, free on Epic Games for Amazon Prime subscribers until 6th November

As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.

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