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That’s quite an important omission because we’re talking about Windows. Windows won’t run kernel or driver that’s not using expected certificates, what would be the point otherwise?

Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windows in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Can you really sign your own modified Windows kernel or drivers? I don’t think that’s how cryptography works.

Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windows in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Secure boot requires OS kernel to be digitally signed so that’s just another way to prevent tampering. It’s not like those or any other games will be doing anything other than checking if it’s on because there’s not that much else it can be used for. Secure boot is annoying as hell if you use anything other than Windows though.

Nintendo-owned titles excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after organizers were told they had to apply for permission for each game in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

They also go for autistic people because we love those pokémans. Can’t use children as an excuse to buy stuff but I’m the coolest uncle around.

Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh wow, haven’t seen that because of the adblocker. Fuck Eurogamer, that’s just illegal here. Meta has been trying to pull that repeatedly as well, they got in trouble with EU for that but I guess they feel more confident with Trump getting bribes from them now.

Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Can't read the article without accepting sending cookies to thousands of companies.

In the EU you can’t be legally opted into tracking without explicit consent ~~so it’s usually as simple as pressing „confirm choices” or similar option~~. I can’t believe people don’t use adblock and deal with this everywhere though.

Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t mean to gatekeep because boss fights in From Software games are getting ridiculous but I think wandering into dangerous areas and overcoming challenges by cheesing things and even grinding level and gear is part of the charm.

Nintendo-owned titles excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after organizers were told they had to apply for permission for each game in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think the point was that there are many people here are „predicting” that Nintendo is somehow going to go bankrupt because of this. People can no longer discern between wishful thinking and reality, it shows in many areas of life to tbh. No, you won’t wish something into existence just because it’s „right”.

Nintendo-owned titles excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after organizers were told they had to apply for permission for each game in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve read that with current Nintendo finances they can afford to not make any profit for something like 10 or 20 years. I genuinely think that they’re not as much as malicious as they are stuck in very outdated thinking that’s prevalent in Japanese business. They don’t get any short term profit from things like this.

Nintendo-owned titles excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after organizers were told they had to apply for permission for each game in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] misk@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nintendo sits on a load of hard cash and has Apple-like profit margins. They’re not going away anytime soon and I think that’s for the best. They’re one of the last AAA publishers focused on innovation in gameplay which is why I can forgive them being mildly brain damaged sometimes.

AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning in c/technology@lemmy.zip

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, that’s what this blog post is about :)

AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning in c/technology@lemmy.zip

[–] misk@piefed.social -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

„I put my carton of eggs in two Amazon fridges on two different continents”