He's not wrong.

[friend_of_satan@lemmy.world]

Which is really unexpected if you're looking at an oil lamp.

[psythik@lemmy.world]

Actually, the pixels go completely black and do not consume any electricity at all in that state.

You might be thinking of early OLEDs, which had to stay on at all times to prevent blur/smearing. But panel manufacturers solved that problem a few years ago. Don't remember exactly when the change happened, but I remember first seeing true black OLEDs sometime around 2017/2018.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

Every electronic device in the game uses real electricity. Even if it's not on.

[lelgenio@lemmy.ml]

If the game is demanding enough they also consume the same amount of electricity, maybe even more.

[classy@sh.itjust.works]

When a lamp turns off it doesn't become a black hole. Previous commenter was correct, though I appreciate your info about OLED

[paupersserenade@sh.itjust.works]

Change electricity to energy and we’re good again

[jcbazpx@lemmy.world]

That depends on how the game does reflections. In some games they have a mirrored room with an identical but different light for the reflection.

[fckreddit@lemmy.ml]

So do lamps irl.

[fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de]

I'd argue that's not true if the lighting is baked into the map.

[allero@lemmy.today]

Does it matter?
The screen still has to display it.

[sam_bass@lemmy.world]

So does every other pixel in the game

[fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de]

The GPU renders the map no matter if there is lighting baked in our not. It's exactly the same operation. And depending on your display tech, brighter pixels might actually use slightly less energy.

[vithigar@lemmy.ca]

thatsthejoke.jpg

[theeighthdoctor@lemmy.zip]

Also we don't launch towards the sun, we deorbit by burning in the opposite direction of where the earth is moving towards.

[fatalicus@lemmy.world]

But they still use energy.

[earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Nope. Only the screens do. Technically you could play a video game without a screen.

[earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

So do stones in video games. And water.

[cornelius_wangenheim@lemmy.world]

And traditional LCDs with a backlight use more power for darkness. The LCD is transparent by default and turns opaque/black when a voltage is applied.

[amon@lemmy.world]

Unless they are unloaded out of memory

[bhamlin@lemmy.world]

What is this mythical video game system that doesn't use power itself?