They just want their privacy!

https://youtu.be/2N8_5LDkZwY

The egregious amount and length of in-video sponsorships are why I cancelled YouTube premium.

Ad-free should mean ad-free.

I stopped buying on GOG when they shifted their stance on DRM suddenly and allowed it into their store.

Have they changed stances in the last year or two? Maybe, but they already lost my trust with their initial responses.

My suggestion for YouTube video reviews currently is ACG. He states that he buys every game he reviews and if the studio sends him a copy for free he gives a copy away to the community out of his own pocket to try and reduce the bias.

He also seems to do a good job of testing on a variety of difficulty levels and platforms.

https://youtube.com/@ACGreviews

YongYea just reads reddit threads without providing any actual commentary or context of his own. He repeats himself until he crosses the video length threshold for monetization.

He also had a nasty case where rushed his Cyberpunk 2077 review to be one of the first to monetize, and then monetized his apology video where he stated he didn’t really play the game enough to review it. And he admits he “went way too easy on this game in a way that I wouldn’t have with other games or companies and the review shouldn’t be up”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WeCfKzwaV0

I also remember when I used to watch him before Final Fantasy 7 Remake came out and he acted like he was a longtime huge fan of the original game, but when he watched the ff7r trailer he seemed like he barely knew the basics.

“Mikhaila has consistently and emphatically claimed that her father is suffering strictly from physical dependence, and not from addiction.”

My laser printer being on the same circuit causes my UPS to trip unexpectedly even though they aren’t connected. I’ve had to move it to another breaker.

Hold the parry button rather than clicking it quickly. When you first hold the parry button is when the window starts, and it lasts a few frames while held. This works for perfect guard as well.

You’ll still need to time it properly, but holding it longer should have a noticeable improvement in the consistency of your parries.

Jellyfin is an open source alternative without any subscription or fees

https://jellyfin.org/

Installed in the last week. Ran into an issue starting the game on EndeavourOS using Lutris without steam but quickly resolved it by deleting some of the game files so it forced a redownload.

The graphics looked fine to me using the AMD 7900 XTX in all of the menus but when I got into a match most UI elements and cards were blacked out. Switching from “ultra” to any other graphic preset fixed the colors for me.

I haven’t tried using Steam or Proton for Arena