Well, for like the 4th time every, Iāve really needed Windows File Sharing on my home network, and once again, itās so broken, even the Dell techs gave up. I will now try Microsoft support, which rarely helps much. Any sharing ninjas out there? I will pay for your time.
Hey everyone. Trance night will be very low key tonight. No lights, just the tunes. Weāre just trying to recover from the last week of horrors. Skye is in recovery and has had another good day. We take this one day at a time and celebrate each one individually. Come join us https://cjsr.streamon.fm #Ravers#TranceNight#CJSR#BunniesofMasto#PLUR#TranceFam
BunMum took this picture of me this morning looking all proud š„°!
I had my follow up check. The vet exclaimed when I popped out āI forgot how small you are!ā.š Hey, I may be smol but my personality fills a room!āŗļø Checkup went great and monitoring continues as hospital meddies wear off.
BunMum is wrapping up her old job this week and after last week feels like sheās behind and failing at life a bit in every aspect š. Please do tag @Satori for any important news or posts so we donāt miss out!š„°
@Satori@ncrav I've always thought buns don't exist entirely in our three dimensional space. Sometimes Skye has problems manifesting. Then she settles in.
A heartfelt thanks to all the exceptional floofs who participated in the 2024 Edition of #FloofZoomSession, aka #FloofCon! :BunnyHeart: Skye would like to present you each with a virtual award, see below!
We had so much fun- thanks for being such great sports! ā¤ļø
We have lots of great reasons to change from fossil fuels to renewables, but one underappreciated one is that oil money funds a disproportionately large portion of the resurgence of white supremacy.
@johncarlosbaez@Uair Good luck! If it comes to that, once youāre out and safe, please let us know. Iām up in Canada so somewhat safe, but we seem to be importing more and more of the US Christofascist garbageā¦so if itās ever not safe hereā¦Iām still looking for backup.
@johncarlosbaez For sureā¦and it might be that the fascists donāt get elected and none of the bad stuff happensā¦hard to say whatās going to happen.
@Shanmonster@mattwilcox I totally get this. I used to get so sick so often due to public transit. Packed busses sharing all the colds and flues going around. Now with no covid precautions and pretty much everyone unmasked it would be a disaster.
@ncrav@Satori@GrumpyBun@trumpet Our floofmojis and floofamaticians are a thirring special, but any admin is free to use and spread them :newton: :Beep: :Penny2: :SkyeParty: :Deke2: :bunbun:
@trumpet@ncrav@Satori@GrumpyBun Often just the name of the bunny, not any real specific format. Unfortunately no way to change the floofmoji names in the interface yet. I'll get some screenshots in a bit to let you know the names we used. We've got quite a few :SkyeLoaf2:
I have now iced my foot six times today for 30 minutes. Working on the 7th now. The toes seem only about half of black and blue as they were yesterday, so I assume thatās progress. It better be, because I donāt think I can take another week of having only one usable foot. Itās gotten really old.
Released in 1998, Half-Life is a first person shooter (FPS) game. It is the first game in the Half-Life series.
Part of me wonders why Iām even reviewing Half-Life. Really, what has not been said about Half-Life? Along with Doom, this game is considered the greatest FPS of all time.
But today I was playing this game at my local rec centre on my Steam Deck. I was waiting for my kidās ukulele class to finish. My wife peered over my shoulder, and she asked me, āWhy are you getting so intense over this game?ā
Thatās when it hit me. Despite being a gamer herself, she had never heard of Half-Life. I had to explain everything to her. And I realized that too many people have never experienced this game ā ever.
Let me emphasize this. While Half-Life is an FPS, itās not the shooting that makes it so special. Itās the world-building, the story, even the mundane interactions that happen when youāre hanging out by a microwave.
Half-Life doesnāt tell you what to do. Thereās no tutorials, no cut-scenes, no āradio guyā telling you about your next objective. Everything that happens occurs due to your own curiosity and discovery.
The game starts with you going to work. Itās just another day at the office. Youāre doing your regular thing when all hell breaks loose.
Youāre not a bad-ass ā at least not at first. Youāre not trying to be a hero. Youāre simply a fellow getting by, trying to manage an extraordinary circumstance all by yourself. Thatās what makes this game special.
Controlling Half-Life feels natural. Many things in your environment are interactive. Whether on my tower or my Steam Deck, everything feels smooth as butter.
The graphics resemble something youād see on a Nintendo 64, but with better draw distance and texture quality. The original game ā the one Iām reviewing ā actually runs on a modified version of the Quake engine. And thankfully, Valve has continued to update the game for modern resolutions and aspect ratios while keeping the charm of the original graphics.
I love the sound. The voice acting is quirky but well-performed. The ambient and environment effects are executed well. Thereās no too much music in this game, but when it happens, itās distinctive and fun.
This is one of those games that can be played on any modern PC. You need a 500Mhz CPU, 96MB of RAM, and 16MB of VRAM. There is native support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is verified for Steam Deck, and I can tell you that it runs like a charm!
There is a PS2 version of Half-Life. However, it runs quite differently, to such an extent that I feel it might as well be a different game. Iām not saying itās terrible, but itās definitely not as good as the PC version.
Half-Life has no micro-transactions nor DLC. I should mention, though, that there are several mods (such as Blue Shift) that can now be purchased as stand alone games.
Valve developed Half-Life. This is the first game they ever made. And what can I say about them? Theyāve made Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, Portal, CounterStrike ā and every game in the Half-Life series. Oh, and they run Steam.
I should mention that there have been several updates to Half-Life, including Half-Life: Source which runs on the source engine. Thereās also a remake called Black Mesa that utilizes more modern graphics, and it has gained a lot of praise too.
On Steam, Half-Life has a 96% positive rating based on 89,038 reviews. This is as close as it gets to universal praise. The 4% of people who didnāt like it usually didnāt have the patience for the story ā and I think theyāre losing out.
If you come from the console world and want to get into PC gaming, I think Half-Life is a good place to start. Donāt get me wrong, Minecraft, Doom, and Baldurās Gate III are also stellar. But I love the curious, deliberate nature of Half-Life that gets you deep into the story.
On Steam, Half-Life sells for C$11.49. For that price, I definitely recommend it. Yes, even now. This is one of PC gamingās great classics. It is outstanding!