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It Helps Me Raise My Self Esteem
Gamedev Unity Programming Debugging
13 minutes ago 5.4K views 0 shares
It Helps Me Raise My Self Esteem
Nothing boosts a programmer's self-worth like finding something they hate more than their own code. Motion blur in games? That's the digital equivalent of stepping on a Lego while debugging at 3 AM. Game devs spend weeks perfecting realistic physics, then slap on motion blur that makes you feel like you're coding after four energy drinks. The sweet validation of knowing your spaghetti code isn't the worst thing in tech after all. Nothing says "I'm actually not that bad" like redirecting your self-loathing to a different target.

A New Benchmark Standard Has Arrived
Gamedev Hardware Programming Testing
38 minutes ago 9.4K views 0 shares
A New Benchmark Standard Has Arrived
Remember when we used to brag about our rigs running Crysis? Fast forward to 2025, and we're still using poorly optimized games as hardware benchmarks. Borderlands 4 is the new "but can it run Crysis?" — the question that separates the budget builds from the second-mortgage-required setups. The circle of tech life continues: developers release unoptimized code, hardware manufacturers rejoice, and our wallets quietly weep in the corner. Some traditions never die, they just get more expensive texture packs.

What Games Can I Run With These Specs?
Hardware Gamedev
3 days ago 119.3K views 0 shares
What Games Can I Run With These Specs?
Intel Core i7 with McDonald's graphics. Congratulations, you can run all menu items at 60 FPS but your thermal paste is actually ketchup. Perfect for running Burger Clicker and French Fry Simulator, but Cyberpunk will just make your laptop smell like burnt nuggets. The real question is whether your warranty covers milkshake spills.

So Far Every Unreal Engine 5 Game Has Been Running Like
Gamedev Hardware Unity Programming
7 days ago 108.1K views 1 shares
So Far Every Unreal Engine 5 Game Has Been Running Like
Look at that high-end Bugatti with no wheels—just like those fancy Unreal Engine 5 games that look incredible in trailers but run at 12 FPS on actual hardware. Sure, the graphics are mind-blowing, but what good is a sports car (or game engine) when it can't actually move? Six months after launch: "We're optimizing the experience with our latest 50GB patch." Meanwhile your GPU is sweating harder than a junior dev during a code review.

It's Evolving, Just Backwards
Gamedev Hardware Physics Programming
9 days ago 112.3K views 0 shares
It's Evolving, Just Backwards
Remember when NVIDIA promised us RTX would revolutionize gaming? Fast forward to reality where we've gone from "RTX Hair" that just makes characters look like they haven't showered in weeks to "HairWorks" that completely overhauls physics but turns your $3000 GPU into a space heater. Meanwhile, the doge meme evolved from normal to buff while our framerates went from 60 to slideshow. Graphics cards marketing in a nutshell: "Sure, your game runs at 3 FPS now, but look at those gloriously realistic individual strands of greasy hair!"

The Perfect Tech Name Doesn't Exist
Hardware Gamedev Programming
14 days ago 148.3K views 0 shares
The Perfect Tech Name Doesn't Exist
The perfect tech job doesn't exi— Jason Renders at NVIDIA. This guy's entire career is a dad joke that writes itself. His colleagues probably ask him to "render" his opinion in meetings while stifling giggles. Meanwhile, Dr. Papenbrock is sitting there wondering why he didn't get blessed with a surname that's literally his job description. Some people just win the tech name lottery.

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Settings Be Like
Gamedev Hardware Unity Programming
19 days ago 193.3K views 2 shares
Settings Be Like
The EXISTENTIAL CRISIS of staring at two buttons labeled "Ray Tracing" and "Path Tracing" and having ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what unholy difference exists between them! 💦 Meanwhile, your GPU is SCREAMING in the background as you toggle between settings that might as well be labeled "Make Computer Hot" and "Make Computer SLIGHTLY HOTTER." The audacity of game developers to assume we know what these rendering techniques do beyond "pretty graphics go brrr" is just... *chef's kiss* MAGNIFICENT.

The Original RTX On/Off Comparison
Hardware Windows
1 month ago 200.7K views 1 shares
The Original RTX On/Off Comparison
Remember when game installers tried to convince you that NVIDIA graphics would transform your blocky LEGO characters into... slightly less blocky LEGO characters? The classic InstallShield wizard showing identical Lego Star Wars screenshots but claiming one has "NVIDIA graphics" is the grandfather of today's RTX memes. The difference is about as noticeable as semicolons in JavaScript - technically there, but who's really checking? Graphics card marketing has been gaslighting gamers since before ray tracing was cool.

4K Is Overrated - Change My Mind
Hardware Gamedev Frontend
1 month ago 168.4K views 1 shares
4K Is Overrated - Change My Mind
The bravest soul in the tech universe, sitting there with a "4K IS OVERRATED" sign in 2023. This is like walking into a gaming convention with "RGB lighting causes cancer" written on your forehead. Meanwhile, this dude's probably coding on a 720p monitor from 2008 and telling everyone his eyes "can't see the difference anyway." Sure buddy, and I'm still using dial-up because broadband is "just a fad."

Unity Compression: Where Pixels Go To Die
Unity Gamedev
1 month ago 162.6K views 0 shares
Unity Compression: Where Pixels Go To Die
Ah, the infamous Unity compression algorithm at work! What you're witnessing is a 3D model that started as a beautiful, high-resolution asset and ended up looking like it was rendered on a calculator from 1997. Unity's asset compression is so aggressive it could compress the Mona Lisa into a stick figure. Game devs spend hours crafting detailed models only for Unity to say "that's cute, let me fix that for you" and turn it into something that looks like it was excavated from the ruins of early PlayStation games. Pro tip: If you squint really hard, you might be able to convince yourself it still looks good in-game!

The Potato Graphics Connoisseur
Gamedev Hardware Unity Programming
1 month ago 180.0K views 0 shares
The Potato Graphics Connoisseur
The eternal struggle between performance and comedy. While everyone's dropping their life savings on RTX cards to see every pore on their character's face, some of us are over here deliberately cranking those settings down to potato quality. There's something deeply satisfying about watching a AAA game turn into a blocky, glitchy mess where characters' faces fold in on themselves during emotional cutscenes. It's the digital equivalent of watching a Shakespeare play performed by kindergartners - technically worse but infinitely more entertaining.

The Soulslike Escape Maneuver
Gamedev Unity Programming
1 month ago 160.9K views 0 shares
The Soulslike Escape Maneuver
The eternal trap of game development. That gorgeous RPG with stunning visuals? Suddenly loses all appeal when you discover it's "Soulslike" - code for "you'll die 500 times to the tutorial boss while questioning your life choices." No one admits it, but we all do that SpongeBob walk-away-quickly move when we see that genre tag. Beautiful graphics are just the honeypot before the pain begins. It's like writing perfect documentation for code that crashes on launch.