Oneeightnine

@Oneeightnine@feddit.uk

Hey.

I’m Dan. A 36 year old father of two who doesn’t have nearly as much time as he needs to do half the things he wishes he had the time to do.

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What's achievement in videogames are you most proud of?

Maybe it's that first PUBG victory, or becoming a Grand Champion on Rocket League. Maybe it's the time you got passed that awfully difficult level, or the time you actually got around to finishing your backlog....

Great Games. Rubbish Mechanic.

We’ve all played them. Games that live long in the memory; games that dominate your every waking moment for weeks at a time and games that you’d replay over and over again if you had the time…...

Cap on bankers' bonuses to be scrapped - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

Yes. Just what we need…

Using agency workers to cover strikes found to be unlawful (www.bbc.co.uk)

Big win for the Unions, and for our collective rights to organise here.

What film did you watch when you were too young, and how did it traumatize you?

Jurassic Park for me. I had an amazing JP jumper when I was like…maybe 6. It was far too big for me but I loved dinosaurs. Naturally this meant I wanted to watch the film because…well I’m 6 and it’s got dinosaurs....

8am on a Sunday morning and we have no teabags.

I’d like to apologize to the entire country for allowing this to have happened. I’m sorry....

UK's First Consumption Room Given Go Ahead. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Nice to see a bit of progress on this issue.

All of my work friends are significantly younger than me

I’ve become the old man of the group at 35. I don’t understand their memes, their childfree life makes me incredibly jealous and half of them don’t know what the Millennium Bug was....

Arizona Coyotes' Travis Dermott uses Pride Tape after NHL's ban - ESPN (www.espn.com)

Firstly, respect. Secondly, what exact recourse does the league have if Dermott (or another player) keeps breaking this rule?

What are your favourite video game soundtracks?

I’ve got a few so I’ll kick us off....

What are you reading?? (feddit.uk)

I’ve just started reading The Wager. I’m a sucker for ship based media, and I’m hoping this’ll be no exception....

How do you find out about new games?

Podcast, word of mouth, magazines, Reddit Lemmy?

Former Tory MP resigns leaving PM to face new by-election - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

Another one gone. Another expensive and utterly wasteful by-election on the horizon that’ll see the winner sit in parliament for a few weeks summer recess and then a winter election....

Princess of Wales says she is undergoing cancer treatment - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

Game Prices, development costs and just what exactly the customer is willing to pay.

Capcom Exec says Videogames need to be more expensive...

OC Dave the Diver isn't holding my attention.

So over the winter holiday or so Dave the Diver exploded onto the scene. I finally got to play it and I totally see the appeal! Super charming/chill atmosphere, great art and visual style that's super dynamic and playful, and a lot of fun mini-games comprising the core loop such as the Diner Dash experience of running the sushi...

Oneeightnine, 2 months ago

Played it when it got released last year and I had a really fun 4-5 hours with it…and then very quickly fell off of it. It seems like a great little game with so much going on, but the core loop wasn’t working for me and yeah, I jumped off.

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How is your week starting?

Oneeightnine, 1 month ago

Turned 2 a few weeks back. I think we’re entering, or have just entered the terrible twos. Fun fun fun.

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Does blowing on our hot food before we put it into our mouths actually make a difference to how hot it is?

I’m thinking that no, it doesn’t. Which begs the question of why we do it? Is it a psychological thing?

Oneeightnine, 1 month ago

You’re right. But in the interest of no stupid questions I thought I’d ask anyway, because…you know, what if?.

And thanks for the grammar lesson, I didn’t ask for that one but I’ll take it on board.

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Oneeightnine, 1 month ago

Thank you.

I think I saw a show 20 or so years ago that tried to debunk this and obviously either they messed up, or I wasn’t paying attention.

(The show was called Brainiac).

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Oneeightnine, 1 month ago

I mean it was called Brainiac and it did have John Tickle walking on top of a pool of custard. Are you suggesting I was wrong to use that as my foundation for all knowledge??

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I left my son alone for two minutes with my (empty) mug and return to this. Logan Roy would not be happy. (feddit.uk)

My favourite mug. Gone in an instance....

Everton deducted two points for second breach of Premier League financial rules - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)

Second time this season no? And with my Leicester side, and Forest also catching heat it looks like the Premier League is taking this stuff very seriously.

Spencer Carbery: Rasmus Sandin may miss rest of regular season due to injury, callup from Hershey expected (russianmachineneverbreaks.com)

Welp.

Fanatics LEAK Reveals NHL Retail Jersey Plans (youtu.be)

Not sure how important this is to most people, but I’m a bit of a jersey nerd and this has a lot of important information regarding the upcoming switch to Fanatics as the official NHL uniform designer....

Arizona Coyotes players told team is moving to Utah (www.sportsnet.ca)

I feel bad for the fans in Arizona, but I think it’s time. I also think the NHL will be back at some point. They’ll give it another go like in Atlanta, and who knows, maybe they’ll be more successful.