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Subscriptions Are Expensive These Days
Gamedev Hardware Programming
23 days ago 120.3K views 0 shares
Subscriptions Are Expensive These Days
The eternal battle between PC and console gaming boiled down to cold, hard economics. Console players getting robbed twice - first for the hardware, then for the privilege of connecting to the internet they already pay for . Meanwhile, PC gamers smugly buying a game once and playing it forever (or until the servers die because nobody wanted to pay for maintenance). It's the digital equivalent of buying the cow vs. paying monthly for milk delivery from a cow you already bought.

The Most Physical Network Topology
Networking Hardware Gamedev
3 months ago 184.2K views 0 shares
The Most Physical Network Topology
The apartment building networking topology we never asked for but definitely deserved. Three gamers locked in an epic battle, visible through their windows at night – one with a headset strategizing, another grinding away at their desk setup, and the third looking like he just rage-quit so hard he needed a bandage. This is what happens when you take "local area network" too literally. The ping must be amazing though – just open your window and shout "LAG!" instead of typing it. Next-level physical topology that even Cisco didn't think to document.

Lag: The True Villain Behind Gaming Violence
Gamedev Networking Programming
5 months ago 152.7K views 0 shares
Lag: The True Villain Behind Gaming Violence
Nothing turns a peaceful gamer into a keyboard-smashing rage monster faster than 500ms of network latency. You're just calmly playing your game when suddenly your character starts teleporting around like they've discovered quantum physics, and then—BAM—you're dead because your perfectly timed headshot registered somewhere in the digital void between your PC and the server. The controller that was in your hand? Now mysteriously embedded in your drywall. Not because video games cause violence... but because that &%$#@ lag definitely does.

If There Was A Contest For The Slowest Internet, I'd Lose Because I Wouldn't Be Able To Enter It
Networking Windows
5 months ago 177.9K views 0 shares
If There Was A Contest For The Slowest Internet, I'd Lose Because I Wouldn't Be Able To Enter It
The eternal struggle of downloading anything on a connection so bad it can't even finish a Minecraft Wiki page. That download bar showing "5 minutes left" is the universe's cruelest joke - we all know those 5 minutes will magically transform into 10 hours, then back to 3 minutes, then "connection lost." The fact they've already canceled one download attempt is the digital equivalent of waving a white flag. Trying to game with this internet is like trying to win Formula 1 with a tricycle.