Brahvim Bhaktvatsal

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Joined 10 months ago
Cake day: March 12th, 2024
  • Brahvim Bhaktvatsal@lemmy.kde.socialtoGaming@beehaw.org•Stop Listening to Game ReviewersisiZulu
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    8 days ago

    Been thinking like this myself recently.

    Steam reviews and only possibly, in only very rare cases, although disappointingly-often not - YouTube video reviews, can be a good source.

    The idea is… to not to listen to people who don’t play games the way you do.

    A friend, potentially a random Steam user, a Reddi- Lemm- ahem, sorry, a… social media user, a… person who has played the game in question thoroughly and pointed out what they liked - and you know they’re like you, …and they played for similar reasons as you; these are the people to listen to. People who play games, like yourself.

    Only they can tell you if the game is totally worth your own time!

  • Brahvim Bhaktvatsal@lemmy.kde.socialtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•What comes to mind?isiZulu
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    4 months ago

    DuckStation recently changed to a source-available license that prohibits distributing modified versions of the software and prohibits commercial use. Before, it was GPLv3.

    DuckStation is an emulator for some Sony PlayStation console. PS2, I think Thanks to FangedWeyvern42@lemmy.world I know that it was a PS1 emulator. This software used to be given to users under the GPLv3 license, which grants freedoms such as distribution of the source code of the software (DuckStation) for no extra cost (well, DuckStation also costs no money! …so, you get to eat the cake and learn its recipe too, for free!).

    …Now they’ve switched to a license which allows you to see the source code, but does not grant you rights over the source code that GPLv3 did (which is essentially ANYTHING as long as you publicize everything you make with the source code, under the GPLv3 license also - changes to the code, new software that uses any portion of the code, anything you make with it).

    OpenOffice, Emby, Audacity, and Android (the “Android Open-Source Project”) have also done this in the past.

    Knowing this stuff on Free, Libre, and Open-Source (“FLOSS”) platforms like Lemmy is almost necessary given that they’re built on these principles. Please get acquainted with them.