Kick—syphoning up as much thotwater as possible from thirst traps
In all honesty, I never messed with yt streaming and was quite chronically on twitch for almost ten years. Mostly hanging out in Aris' streams listening to him talk trash and dicking around. But, his channel got so big and too overrun by overzealous mods that he doesn't ban anyone unless you @ him with something stupid. The subject of Paul Walker came up and I was memeing like everyone else and put "Pedo Paul" as the most throwaway comment ever, and guess what? I was afk and came back to a permaban. I know it wasn't Aris (the streamer) because I know he wouldn't have given two sh*ts about that. So, I was like, all the other streams I ever really watch are dark souls and re1 speedruns, might as well use this as an opportunity to be more productive with my time instead of hanging out in vacuous chat rooms absorbing the exact same content continuously.
I hungout in his stream for the vga's to see the memefest I knew it would be, but I sort of look at it as a fun time while it lasted, and a gratuitous ban from my favorite streamer is what I needed to break away from the unproductive, rote addiction I had. Podcasts are a better alternative to background noise or multitasking anyway. At least for me.
A nice post prompt, OP. To start, and to riff off yours, I'd say games that don't have a run option, and insist on a milquetoast in between of "fast-walking." Here are mine that I can think of from some of the most recent games I've played:
–No third-person viewing option in an RPG; e.g., Cyberpunk 2077. After readily having the option in my hundreds of combined hours in Skyrim and FO, it felt preposterous not having the option to view my character at will. Crazy.
–Needlessly loud start menu music or fx leading to the title screen
–I'm doubtful there's any sort of terminology for this, but, mission-style games that don't make any attempt to establish a linear, interlocking world. E.g., Nioh. It's very souls-like overall, but I really wish this aspect of the game was more like a From game in this regard.
Might edit in some more if this post stays active.
Man, she was so disturbingly good in that. Her scenes unnerved me significantly more than the ones of Leto and Connelly—and they were on freaking heroin!
No kidding... How strange they both were UK serial baby killers. And Beverley Allitt was convicted before her 25 birthday if I looked at it right. She was caught in '91, so she was doing it as a 23-year-old girl...
ETA: they were both mid-twenties when the murders occurred. I don't know why I got hung up on that, it is just shocking to me that they were so young and doing something so deplorable. I just imagine some older deranged woman doing something like that. Either way...unreal.
Man, I used to love futuristic racers when I was a kid. I put in some serious hours into the Xtreme G and the N64 version of Star Wars Podracer. Freaking Jetmoto... man, those were the days!
‘He was understandably frustrated and distraught by the present and on-going erosions to our constitutionally protected freedoms and the rights of free citizens’
After hearing stuff like this it always makes me reaffirm that Rush Limbaugh was one of the most dangerous, deplorable people to have the unfortunate opportunity to have a platform. Truly one of the most pernicious people to ever speak into a microphone. I don't know if this is a bit of a non-sequitur, but I feel like this guy would've been a staunch listener.
She didn't burn it, she ripped it into pieces. She will definitely be remembered as an iconoclast but obviously hasn't held up to be that impactful, as people apparently don't even remember what she did.
I was actually slightly interested in this when I first saw the gameplay, but after seeing a bit of the dialogue in a trailer I was flabbergasted by how cringey it was. It seems like it was written by a teenager who just got done watching pulp fiction for the first time and wanted to see how many cuss words they could cram into each sentence.
Omega polygons in the og, lol. Man, I'm so hyped for FoR. I've always loved mechs from gundam as a wee lad, but unfortunately never tried out the old AC games. So awesome From decided to go back to this; I've enjoyed Souls quite a bit and was blown away by Bloodborne, but even though I obsessively Played Elden Ring, I'm pretty fatigued on the Souls/borne/sekiro format it became and glad they are releasing something different even though it's going back to an older series. With the exception of remakes, I don't think I've played anything "new" since ER.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Even with federation off it feels like it's already turning into a smaller version of what we had before. Not so much with post content or comments per se, but more for the already established "power users" and recreation of the exact same garbage, popular subs. I can't believe how many people I've already blocked that I got sick of seeing on every single post.
@UnshavedYak for real. It's so refreshing not having to see loads of wasted awards on the most facile, idiotic comments. Or the obnoxious avatars people made in place of their pfp. It seems so hyperbolic but it genuinely feels great not having to see all that anymore.
It blows my mind so many gaming podcasts I listen to glossed over that when it happened. Like, it was so freaking bad they removed the game from the store, inhibiting anyone from purchasing it digitally. And everyone in the industry covered it like it was just any other bad, poorly launched game. No, it was extremely bad; truly broken in myriad of ways.
I left after the front page continually recommended the "call her daddy" podcast to me over and over again despite my listening history that couldn't be further from that "content."
I just remember playing megaman 1 on NES over and over mostly to listen to the music after you beat the first bosses, i loved the music of that game so much!
Man, I have such vivid memories of going to Toys R Us for the first time (and subsequent times after that, honestly) and being in total awe that the entire store was dedicated to kids' stuff. It's really sad that kids won't get to experience that anymore... I know tech is at the forefront of entertainment, regardless of age, but I would wager any kid would love the same kind of toys we had just as much.
Thanks for the heads up. I definitely want to opt out. I hope this place has some staying power, but I don't want an interconnectedness to flood the home feed with too much ragebait and garbage content anywhere near what reddit turned into.
I absolutely agree. Before all this came about, I had already unfollowed all my regular subs except about five or so I really enjoyed that weren't sizable at all, just because I was becoming so exasperated at the discourse (or like thereof) in any decent-sized subreddit. I thought about neglecting to jump to a new platform, but having a smaller community that doesn't really blow up is really the best-case scenario, IMO. It's shocking to me that I've seen a couple of people on here say that they'll miss subs like AITA—I hope this place never devolves into anything mainstream like that garbage fire cesspool.
Do you prefer Twitch or YouTube for watching live streams?
Title. Curious if I should get a Twitch account or not as currently I only have YouTube. Not sure if I want another corpo ad machine in my life.
What are your gaming pet peeves?
First one that comes to my mind is having to travel with an NPC and our walk/run speeds don't match.
‘Cheaper than beer’: Laos meth prices plummet as Myanmar chaos fuels trade (www.aljazeera.com)
Front-line workers say methamphetamine pills are being sold for as little as $0.25 each.
CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike (newrepublic.com)
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer seemed at a lost of words at the justification being used to bomb a refugee camp in Gaza.
Only Fan (lemmy.world)
Lucy Letby will die in prison after receiving 14 whole-life sentences (news.sky.com)
A new fan-made port of Wipeout can be played in a web browser (www.videogameschronicle.com)
If you just wanna play it, here's the link: https://phoboslab.org/wipegame/
Family of Utah man shot dead by FBI after threats to Biden say he was ‘frustrated’ (www.independent.co.uk)
‘He was understandably frustrated and distraught by the present and on-going erosions to our constitutionally protected freedoms and the rights of free citizens’
Ukrainian fencer disqualified from World Cup for refusing to shake hands with Russian opponent (www.pravda.com.ua)
Ukrainian fencer Olha Harlan has been disqualified from the World Fencing Championships in Milan.
Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 (www.irishtimes.com)
The Dublin performer found worldwide fame with hit single Nothing Compares 2 U in 1990.
Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Forspoken (www.dsogaming.com)
With Armored Core 6 on the way, I found a photo of my original AC build.
People in /r/redditalternatives are talking about a "Reddit 2.0" What website would fill that role? (kbin.social)
On Reddit at reddit.com/r/redditalternatives, people are talking about a "Reddit 2.0." What do you suggest?
CD Projekt Red insists that Cyberpunk 2077's launch wasn't that bad, but 'it became a cool thing not to like it' (www.pcgamer.com)
"We went from hero to zero pretty fast."
Majority of gamers play with subtitles turned on (gearsrealm.com)
For instance, Assassin’s Creed Origins had subtitles turned off by default and 60% of players turned them on.
"We're shocked that Joe Rogan would do this" - people who watched Joe Rogan do this to everyone else (www.axios.com)
A feud on Twitter highlights the perils of engaging on the platform and a growing tension among researchers and medical professionals.
What is your best gaming memory growing up?
I just remember playing megaman 1 on NES over and over mostly to listen to the music after you beat the first bosses, i loved the music of that game so much!
Remember that the button at the top of the sidebar expands the options to disable federation.
What should I do in this position? (I'm addicted to reddit) (sopuli.xyz)