* Bloodborne is getting a movie adaptation https://www.gamespot.com/articles/after-eleven-years-bloodborne-is-finally-getting-the-movie-adaptation-it-deserves/1100-6539373/
* Steam Controller Is Making Its Way Back https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-accessories/valves-steam-controller-launch-looks-imminent-based-on-new-public-records-and-it-might-finally-give-me-the-perfect-excuse-to-build-a-custom-steam-machine
Fuck it, I'm too lazy to write separate articles for all these news
items cluttering up my desktop. Let's just dump them all into a single
digest and call it a day.
Fuck it, I'm too lazy to write separate articles for all these news<snip>
items cluttering up my desktop. Let's just dump them all into a single
digest and call it a day.
* NZXT settles class-action in its stupid 'rental PC' case >https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/nzxt-agrees-to-3-45-million-settlement-over-controversial-rental-pc-program/
Remember those "subcription-PCs" things NZXT tried back in 2024? You'd
pay an overly-high monthly fee and get access to a mid-range gaming PC
that you couldn't upgrade, shared your personal data with NZXT's
partners, and would never-ever own. NZXT got slapped with a
class-action suit because their marketing suggested it was more of a
lease
(e.g., eventually you'd get to keep the machine). Well, after a
year in court the company finally settled, agreeing to settle up to
$5000 in debts for customers of its' Flex program and in some cases
people would even get to keep their PCs.
Which hopefully puts an end to the entire stupid idea. I get the idea
of lease-to-buy, but renting a PC is just ripping people off.
Especially at the prices NZXT was offering.
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
Rent-to-own is an old concept.
Buddy of mine back in the 90s fell into this trap getting his PC from
The Brick (furniture store) of all places.
It appeals to people who don't have the cash to buy a pre made or build
their own, but can pay a smallish rental fee every month, and
eventually, in several years, own the PC for only 50-100% more than it
would have cost to buy outright.
On 4/14/2026 9:00 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
* Bloodborne is getting a movie adaptation
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/after-eleven-years-bloodborne-is-
finally-getting-the-movie-adaptation-it-deserves/1100-6539373/
I thought this was an April fools joke?! This is for real?! Well if it is, it's because of a rabbid fanbase that's expanding due to emulation & popularity of Elden Ring. Also fans really want a new game or remaster that's available on PC. I haven't seen any of the fans clamoring for a movie though, and general feel seems to be confused and upset that it's
a movie instead of a new game, which makes this really weird.
On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:46:37 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> said this
thing:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
Rent-to-own is an old concept.
Buddy of mine back in the 90s fell into this trap getting his PC from
The Brick (furniture store) of all places.
It appeals to people who don't have the cash to buy a pre made or build
their own, but can pay a smallish rental fee every month, and
eventually, in several years, own the PC for only 50-100% more than it
would have cost to buy outright.
Except, as mentioned, this is not rent-to-own. I agree with your
assessment; it's a viable (if not particularly economical) way of
getting your hands on a computer if the up front cost is just a bit
too high. You pay a small sum each month for a fixed period and at the
end of that you own the computer.
But NZXT's 'Flex' program was pure rental. You pay for months and at
the end of it, you own nothing. If you miss a payment, the PC is
seized immediately. Plus, the built-in software had spyware potential.
All this while the marketing on the website confusingly implied the
Flex program was rent-to-own.
I'm not a fan of renting PCs. I think, unless you're incredibly short
of cash and need a PC in the very immediate future, you're better of
just putting aside the same amount you'd pay for the lease in a piggy
bank for a few months and then getting a brand new computer with that
lump sum. It takes longer but it's cheaper and less hassle. But I get
that's not something everybody can do.
But NZXT's program was just money-grubbing, taking advantage of people
who can't do long-term financial planning. Sadly, they're still doing
it but hopefully their marketing will be less sleazy (and maybe it
will become less profitable because of that and they'll get out of the
market entirely).
In the meantime, it's good to see some of their customers got some
payback.
Apperantly there's a lot more drama behind this. It's going to be
animated for one thing. Fromsoft has nothing to do with it. Sony owns >Bloodborne, but wasn't happy with Demon Souls remake, so expressing
their concerns Sony isn't doing one (not sure if Fromsoft has any actual >right to deny this, or if it's the Japanese professional courtesy.) In
fact this also resulted in the shut down/disolving of the devs that made
the remake that had been planning on making Bloodborne.
Is this a sort of F-U to Fromsoft from Sony for blocking the remake, or
is it just your usual uninformed cash grab typical of C-level executives >thinking to get some money from the fan based, which never wanted this
movie to begin with?
I'm grabbing my popcorn. Not to watch the cartoon (I'm not calling it
anime since it's not a Japanese film maker,) but to watch the drama.
On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:46:37 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> said this
thing:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the >>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
Rent-to-own is an old concept.
Buddy of mine back in the 90s fell into this trap getting his PC from
The Brick (furniture store) of all places.
It appeals to people who don't have the cash to buy a pre made or build >>their own, but can pay a smallish rental fee every month, and
eventually, in several years, own the PC for only 50-100% more than it >>would have cost to buy outright.
Except, as mentioned, this is not rent-to-own. I agree with your
assessment; it's a viable (if not particularly economical) way of
getting your hands on a computer if the up front cost is just a bit
too high. You pay a small sum each month for a fixed period and at the
end of that you own the computer.
But NZXT's 'Flex' program was pure rental. You pay for months and at
the end of it, you own nothing. If you miss a payment, the PC is
seized immediately. Plus, the built-in software had spyware potential.
All this while the marketing on the website confusingly implied the
Flex program was rent-to-own.
In the meantime, it's good to see some of their customers got some
payback.
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:46:37 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> said this
thing:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
Rent-to-own is an old concept.
Buddy of mine back in the 90s fell into this trap getting his PC from
The Brick (furniture store) of all places.
It appeals to people who don't have the cash to buy a pre made or build
their own, but can pay a smallish rental fee every month, and
eventually, in several years, own the PC for only 50-100% more than it
would have cost to buy outright.
Except, as mentioned, this is not rent-to-own. I agree with your
assessment; it's a viable (if not particularly economical) way of
getting your hands on a computer if the up front cost is just a bit
too high. You pay a small sum each month for a fixed period and at the
end of that you own the computer.
But NZXT's 'Flex' program was pure rental. You pay for months and at
the end of it, you own nothing. If you miss a payment, the PC is
seized immediately. Plus, the built-in software had spyware potential.
All this while the marketing on the website confusingly implied the
Flex program was rent-to-own.
Exactly, the rent-to-own concept has been around a long time, so it's
easy to see why a little vague wording made people think that's what
Flex was.
It doesn't even make much of any sense. If someone's been paying on a >computer more than a couple years it's not retaining much value anyway >(well, that used to be the case, maybe not anymore.)
On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:10 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<[email protected]> wrote:
Fuck it, I'm too lazy to write separate articles for all these news
items cluttering up my desktop. Let's just dump them all into a single >>digest and call it a day.
It's probably not a bad approach, seeing as I was too fucking lazy to
read any of it :)
On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:10:25 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
said this thing:
It doesn't even make much of any sense. If someone's been paying on a
computer more than a couple years it's not retaining much value anyway
(well, that used to be the case, maybe not anymore.)
I remember the other day I was looking at GeForce 1080 prices and
realized that they were more expensive today than had I bought them a
few years ago (I'm not sure why the 1080 especially has held up its
value compared to its predecessors or successors, but it has).
On 4/21/2026 10:23 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:10:25 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
said this thing:
It doesn't even make much of any sense. If someone's been paying on a
computer more than a couple years it's not retaining much value anyway
(well, that used to be the case, maybe not anymore.)
I remember the other day I was looking at GeForce 1080 prices and
realized that they were more expensive today than had I bought them a
few years ago (I'm not sure why the 1080 especially has held up its
value compared to its predecessors or successors, but it has).
Not really, it's just the value of the dollar has realistically dropped
by half since then (don't care what economists say that's what I'm seeing.)
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