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Battle Chess - ADG Episode 336 in c/retrogaming

[–] EK13 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yep that's the original!

Battle Chess - ADG Episode 336 in c/retrogaming

[–] EK13 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There actually is an "official" remake also published by Interplay but it's unfortunately not very good and I really can't recommend it at its current price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/200150/Battle_Chess_Game_of_Kings

Striking New York Times tech workers ask people not to play Wordle or other NYT games in c/[email protected]

[–] EK13 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for that replacement mini crossword recommendation, I’ve only done today’s but I really like it already!

Dota 2 player telling TI7 winner that he's not good enough for TI in c/dontyouknowwhoiam

[–] EK13 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah I’m with you, the only time I had fun playing Dota was back in the day when I was playing with friends who weren’t toxic. I know it’s not the only game with that problem but it’s a shame!

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Dota 2 player telling TI7 winner that he's not good enough for TI (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by EK13 to c/dontyouknowwhoiam

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A bit of context for anyone who hasn’t played Dota 2: Here a player (Rainino) is telling another player (Gh) that he’s good at the character he played (ES/Earth Spirit) but not nearly good enough to compete at the biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world (TI/The International). Gh then replies that if the other player were to check their game there is a digital copy of the tournament’s trophy with his name on it since he was on the team that most recently won at the time (with a shared prize pool of over $10,000,000).

This screenshot was posted by Rainino themselves on the Dota 2 subreddit but I thought it fit perfectly here!

Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/technology

[–] EK13 3 points 3 months ago

Just to add to this, I also like to use the “donate for a friend” option to gift friends a donation to Signal on their birthdays. It’s also $5 but a one-off thing, they get a neat badge for 60 days and perhaps it raises awareness of the donation option a little bit!

The music control Decky plugin (and possibly some other plugins) is causing Steam OS to not load properly and should be uninstalled. in c/[email protected]

[–] EK13 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot for sharing this! Decky plugins often break after a Steam OS update, which is understandable, but a bootloop is more trouble than I’m looking for right now…

Nightmare Kart for Steam Deck in c/[email protected]

[–] EK13 15 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the heads-up! For anyone that’s confused like I was, turns out this is the same game as Bloodborne Kart, just changed enough for legal purposes. Considering it started out as an April Fool’s joke, it seems really high quality so far and I’m appreciating all the Bloodborne references!

'Would you like to come in?' he asked. in c/digitalart

[–] EK13 2 points 10 months ago

Wow, thanks for setting that up! Just ordered an A4 print :)

Oui in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] EK13 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could you accept a world where someone does it intentionally as a joke?

'Would you like to come in?' he asked. in c/digitalart

[–] EK13 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I really like this! Do you sell prints anywhere online or anything like that?

How is it possible for this track to have so few plays on Spotify? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] EK13 54 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It seems that Spotify doesn't accurately count plays for tracks under 30 seconds. I had a look through some of the albums I know of with short tracks and here's what I found:

Humanz - Gorillaz / Most popular track: 214m plays vs 11 second interlude: 1,185 plays
Absolution - Muse / Most popular track: 259m plays vs 22 second intro: 32,174 plays
California - Blink 182 / Most popular track: 158m plays vs 16 second track: 42,616 plays
3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul / Most popular track: 12m plays vs 17 second track: 1,117 plays
The Eminem Show - Eminem / Most popular track: 1.9b plays vs 22 second track: 42,050 plays

In fact I found the MGMT album 11•11•11 has a 26 second long track with no reported plays.

So while it's probably true that people are listening to fewer full albums than they used to in the days of vinyl or CD, it seems more likely to do with Spotify only paying royalties on tracks over 30 seconds and the discussion surrounding that.