Amikke @Amikke@qoto.org
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Software developer, open-source enthusiast, wannabe software architect. I like learning and comparing different technologies. Also general STEM nerd.
Joined May 2021
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A few days ago, someone asked me in what way console gaming is seen as more regarded than PC gaming—and, in my view, undeservedly so.
Here’s an example. Do a search for a book about PC gaming, you won’t find much on Amazon. Sure, you’ll find lots of books on how to build a PC for gaming, but not a whole lot about actual PC gaming. You know, the games made for PC.
Theres lots of books about the history of Nintendo and PlayStation. But in terms of the history of PC gaming, not much is written.
And when it comes to a history of gaming in general, PC gaming gets a few mentions but not really a whole lot.
Because of this, an errant mythology is now believed about gaming as a whole. It goes something like this: Atari made video games popular. Then there was a video game crash. And then Nintendo “saved” gaming.
But that’s not exactly what happened.
In reality, there may have been a crash in the arcade and console gaming space, but not for PC. In the early 80s, the Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, and IBM exploded in popularity. And with it, interest in gaming too.
It wasn’t word processors and drawing apps that caused this explosion in growth. It was gaming. We all begged our parents to get a PC so we could do our homework. But in reality, we were using those machines to play Donkey Kong, King’s Quest, and Lode Runner.
Here’s what a lot of people don’t realize. In the early 80s, the console/PC divide wasn’t so cut and dry. A Colecovision was meant to morph into an Adam computer. A Commodore 64 could connect to your TV and could play cartridges. Even an NES had PC aspirations—in Japan “Famicom” was short for “family computer”.
It’s sad to say but the history of PC gaming is being forgotten. This is a damn shame because the majority of games have not been released for consoles. So many of them are still PC exclusive.
(Nowadays mobile gaming is becoming even more important.)
But this isn’t just about games. It’s about people. Yes, Shigeru Miyamoto is important to gaming history. But you know who is just as important?
Roberta Williams, the mother of PC gaming. She was the designer of King’s Quest, Laura Bow, and Phantasmagoria. You know what else she did? She co-founded Sierra.
And until the 90s, Sierra was the most important company in PC gaming. Its effects can still be felt today in the fact they published a little known game known as Half-Life—which gave Valve their own foothold in the industry, and subsequently, Steam.
More people need to know about folks like Roberta Williams. They made art that impacts nearly every person living on the planet today.
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@icedquinn was additionally funny for me because the way he pronounces it is very similar to the Polish word "fiut", meaning cock.
@freemo my first Linux installation, something like Ubuntu 9. I wanted to have a better login screen so I installed a different display manager, which replaced the old one. I disliked it even more so I uninstalled it, assuming the system will return to the old one. It didn't.
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@centopus @Aleks_z_Gryfa nie doceniasz braku umiejętności przewidywania korposystemów. To że jeden miał takie zabezpieczenia nie znaczy że inny też ma xD
Nie żebym wątpił w to czy to jest stary fejk, widziałem też w wersji gdzie autorzy wiadomości to kolejno Bill Tchaikovsky i Ajami Erkson.
@kilroy_was_here @freemo airbag gives me flashback from "Is it a good idea to microwave this?" airbag episode
@mkljczk @wariat @matsafi@pol.social jak ktoś sobie zadał trud żeby zamknąć ekosystem i teraz będzie musiał sobie zadać trud żeby to odwrócić to dobrze mu tak. Gdyby tego nie robił od początku to zaoszczędziłby dwukrotnie. Poprawna analogia to nie zmuszanie do wymiany podzespołów na wydajniejsze tylko raczej zmuszanie dzbana co postawił mur na drodze do zburzenia go.
Nie martw się, na tym zamykaniu ekosystemu zarobili nieporównywalnie więcej niż takie odwracanie spierdolenia może kosztować.
@piotrsikora wymagania na kierowcę: prawo jazdy kategorii D+Tramwaj, dobra tolerancja na Przyprawę
@matsafi@pol.social @m0bi13 @czach @kuba @grymasTysiaclecia@pol.social @zen_xen_ni nieświadomy użytkownik będzie korzystał tylko z AppStore, o co już się Apple postara.
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If you're using #Bandcamp, I would strongly advise getting two external hard drives depending on your size and download your purchased #music ASAP since the new owners are a marketing B2B company and I know where this is eventually going. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/28/epic-games-is-eliminating-16percent-of-its-workforce-and-selling-bandcamp.html
I would not be surprised if Songtradr is going to push the #enshittification button on it. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/
@nixCraft no way, MS would've at least made the ads look more "professional", this looks like a shop that exaggerates the problems.
"No country that bordered with Poland before 1990 exists today."
Also all countries that Poland declared war on in the 20th century were bombarded with nuclear weapons lol, we're clearly too powerful.
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Software developer, open-source enthusiast, wannabe software architect. I like learning and comparing different technologies. Also general STEM nerd.
Joined May 2021
