TheChrisPaduan

atomicpoet, 13 days ago to random

What video game is better?

TheChrisPaduan, 16 days ago to california

Feeling cute, might delete later.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12308893@N07/albums/72177720316870103

Photos taken near Joseph D Grant County Park near San Jose.

#AuroraBorealis #Aurora #NorthernCalifornia #California #NorthernLights #SolarStorm #Astrophotography

atomicpoet, 21 days ago to random

Does anyone remember Tia Carrere? You may recall her from her role as Cassandra Wong in Wayne’s World.

She’s a Grammy-nominated singer of Hawaiian songs. And deservedly so.

Tia definitely has the voice of an angel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjC15aK53ig

TheChrisPaduan, 21 days ago to VideoGames

Screw you, Rancor beast.

#videogames #xbox #JediSurvivor #RancorBeast #ShareYourGames

TheChrisPaduan, 21 days ago to VideoGames

The environmental art in Another Crab's Treasure really goes hard.

#AnotherCrabsTreasure #Videogames #Xbox #ShareYourGames

Cartoon crab looking a crumpled can which looks like a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can. The label reads: Physically Based Rendering
Cartoon crab wearing a thimble poses in from of a box labeled: Shuckers's Uncrustworthys Grape Jelly Mozzarella Sandwich on White Bread
Cartoon crab stands next to some cigarette boxes for Mario brand cigarettes. Motto: OPEN ME AHAHA YOU WON'T. Also seen is a box of Elden Bay Seasoning

TheChrisPaduan, 26 days ago to SanJose

California spring sunset. Menzie’s Fiddlenecks lit up by the setting sun.

#SanJose #California #sunset #photography #landscape #flowers #bloomscrolling

Orange red sun sets in the distance. In the foreground a dark dirt path leads off to the left, while an explosion of yellow blooms fill the grassy hillside in the right.

TheChrisPaduan, 1 month ago to astrophotography

Higher speed shot of the eclipse at totality today. The corona is less pronounced, but you can see more fine detail in the plasma of the prominences.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12308893@N07/53641558031/in/album-72177720316105694/

#eclipse #eclipse2024 #astrophotography #Maine #SolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2024

TheChrisPaduan, 1 month ago to maine

Solar eclipse at totality this afternoon in Millinocket.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12308893@N07/53640676532/in/album-72177720316105694/

You can see the corona surrounding the darkened disc of the sun, with filament like structures radiating out from the sun in various lengths. On the bottom left you can see a bit of red from the prominences sticking out past the moon's shadow.

#eclipse #eclipse2024 #SolarEclipse2024 #SolarEclipse #Maine #astrophotography

RickiTarr, 2 months ago to random

When Ranch is just too Spicy!

Bam, 2 months ago to random

Apparently, Donald #Trump doesn’t think he owes E. Jean #Carroll enough money yet. So he’s decided to defame her again.

Maggie Haberman reporting:

-Trump is saying he knew "nothing about" E. Jean Carroll and attacking the $91 million verdict. Says when he said it was false, "I got sued for defamation."

-Trump says Judge Kaplan
"treated me like a common criminal."

-"This woman is not a believable person," Trump says.

💵 💵 💵

TheChrisPaduan, 4 months ago to Xbox

Finished Gris the other day. Such a lovely game. I love the watercolor/line art style so much.

#Xbox #Gris #videogames #ShareYourGames

Blue grotto with a pair of colonnaded towers stand to either side of the protagonist who stands atop an urn.
Protagonist stands on one side of a collapsed bridge. Stylized rectilinear trees can be seen in the distance.
Protagonist stands on some stairs inside a giant structure that looks like a ruby with legs, which also has columns and stairs in its interior. The thing is walking through a desert scene

TheChrisPaduan, 4 months ago to random

Look at this pleasant gentleman. So dapper and snug in the couch throw. I am so glad he doesn't have to be out on the streets on wet December nights.

#Caturday

TheChrisPaduan, 4 months ago to VideoGames

Alan Wake seems to suffer from Impostor Syndrome, based on the signs in the Dark Place.

#AlanWake2 #videogames #Xbox #ShareYourGames

arstechnica, 6 months ago to random

Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month

Number of devices you can stream from simultaneously is decreasing too.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/max-users-grandfathered-into-15-99-ad-free-plan-lose-4k-hdr-next-month/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TheChrisPaduan, 6 months ago to Halloween

Doing some spooky themed gaming for Halloween this year. I'm about halfway through The Callisto Protocol, which I am enjoying a great deal. The environments are so well done, everything looks great. Definitely one of the better looking games of the generation so far. Sad that it was not well received because I think the devs do a good job with it. Played a little Redfall this weekend two. Performance and texture loading have been addressed by the last two patches. AI seems better as I found Eclipse difficulty a bit harder than I cared for as opposed to when I mostly cruised through on Midnight in my first play through. I will be curious to see if Arkane Austin does any more content releases or if they'll move on once they've shipped the promised new classes or if they'll move on to their next project.

#TheCallistoProtocol #Redfall #Halloween #Xbox #Videogames #ShareYourGames

TheChrisPaduan, 7 months ago to SanJose

Nice color in the sky tonight.

#SanJose #California #sunset #landscape #panorama

TheChrisPaduan, 7 months ago to Xbox

Today in inadvisable purchases...

I've never owned a #playstation5 before, but supposedly they were offering a free game and the PS5 slim is more expensive if you want to stand it vertically. Hit me up if you want to recommend PS exclusives (#Xbox is still my RoD).

#ShareYourGames #Videogames #PS5

TheChrisPaduan, 7 months ago to photography

I went to Winnemucca, Nevada to shoot the annular solar eclipse this weekend. Despite a lot of clouds, I think I got some good pictures.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12308893@N07/albums/72177720311957521/with/53262254465

#eclipse #AnnularEclipse #AnnularEclipse2023 #SolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2023 #photography #astrophotography #Nevada #Winnemucca

The dark orb of the moon's shadow almost fills the sun, giving it an appearance not unlike an animal's horns.
The eclipse is at maximum and all of the moon's shadow is on the sun. Only a thin ring appears, a bright silver in this picture. Grey clouds cover much of the scene.
The moon's shadow covers about 25% of the bottom of the sun's disc. The moon and sun are surrounded by orange-yellow clouds resembling a nebula in space.

TheChrisPaduan, 7 months ago to SanJose

It’s super weird out tonight on my walk. There’s no real car or people noises. No animal noises. Hardly any wind. Occasionally crickets, but not always. A plane flies overhead every so often. I’m like is there going to be an earthquake or is Pennywise showing up or something?

#SanJose #California #weather #weird

TheChrisPaduan, 7 months ago to Xbox

The Psychonauts collector's edition that I ordered over a year ago showed up when I was out of town. Just in time for my birthday. 🙂 Comes with the Psychonauts 1&2, a mental health assessment poster, psychic power sticker set, Feast of Senses badge set, download code for the soundtrack, and a glow in the dark Raz poster. All with an unnecessarily large box to hold them all.

#Psychonauts #Xbox #Videogames #ShareYourGames

A poster titled "How Are You Feeling Today?" with a 5x6 grid of images of Raz making various faces labeled "Exhausted", "Confused", "Ecstatic", etc. To right is a sticker set with stickers corresponding to the various Psychonauts 2 psychic powers. Below that is a five pin metal/enamel pin set with pins for the members of Feast of Senses.
Psychedelic poster of Raz with glowing eyes and a burst of various colors behind him.

TheChrisPaduan, 8 months ago to tetris

Over a year after ordering it, my Tetris Effect Collector's Edition from LRG finally arrived. Looks pretty sweet. This is the fourth time I've bought this game
from Enhance, I need them to stop bringing it to new platforms! 😄

Naturally once opened, I can't get the contents back in. 😆

#Tetris #TetrisEffect #TetrisEffectConnected #Xbox #Videogames #PhysicalGames #ShareYourGames

Inside of box showing a couple cutouts for the interior contents.
Clockwise from top left: Xbox physical edition of Tetris Effect: Connected, a set of four enamel/metal pins, a set of cards with images from the game printed on them, a CD with the game soundtrack.

TheChrisPaduan, 8 months ago to Starfield

Well, sorted out these mercenaries on this ship. Let's check out what sort of loot they have in these lockers... Oh. Oh no. Now I feel bad.

#Starfield #Xbox #Videogames #ShareYourGames

Closer view of the locker. The pictures are hand drawn pictures clearly made by a child.
A corpse in a spacesuit lies sprawled on the floor of a spaceship next to some open lockers.

TheChrisPaduan, 8 months ago to Starfield

The images of this ruined mech factory could have come from the cover of any number of sci-fi paperbacks from my youth.

#Starfield #Xbox #Videogames #ShareYourGames #VirtualPhotography

The main character faces away from the camera while looking at a mech chassis hanging by chains in the mech bay before him. Stairways run up from the floor on either side of the gantry that surrounds the mech chassis on three sides. Diffuse lighting comes from recessed lights in the ceiling. Another mech looms behind the character in the immediate foreground. Above the stairs the banner of the Freestar Collective can be seen.

Monsterlady, 8 months ago to VideoGames

Where am I now? Hello Mono. #LittleNightmaresII #videogames #shareyourgames