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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
FrozenPinguin Link ParentThis was my experience. If you're really diligent with collecting echoes, you have so many by even halfway thought the game, and some are straight overpowered and render many puzzles completely...This was my experience. If you're really diligent with collecting echoes, you have so many by even halfway thought the game, and some are straight overpowered and render many puzzles completely meaningless.
I personally stopped playing about halfway through, because there was simply zero challenge. -
Comment on Your partner asks for your phone, you refuse over privacy, they tell you they don't trust you. How do you respond? in ~talk
FrozenPinguin LinkI do not allow my partner to use my phone, and would never use their phone/accounts/devices unless it was either an emergency or they specifically and explicitly asked me to do something. Partly...I do not allow my partner to use my phone, and would never use their phone/accounts/devices unless it was either an emergency or they specifically and explicitly asked me to do something.
Partly this is because securing my devices and being deliberate with my security is simply a habit I've formed over time long before I've met them, and partly this is because I do not think that I need to justify my desire for privacy.While I have nothing to hide, especially from her, I do not think that privacy is simply the matter of not having anything to hide. Phones and electronics are extensions of our minds, and they contain a lot of information about us, and it is not reasonable to expect a person to be comfortable with being completely and unconditionally transparent with all their thoughts. Many are half formed, and are the product of me grappling with an idea before my full opinion is formed, thus they aren't really representative of my fully considered opinion.
I have on there conversations with friends that, while I would not be afraid to share with her if there was a need for it, it is none of her business since she's not a party to it.I do think it is an unhealthy relationship practice to demand access to your partner's phone. It breeds a surveillance mentality and perpetuates a lack of trust. My wife has earned my trust in her, and to me trust is having faith that she will treat me and our relationship fairly and within the bounds of parameters we have agreed upon. Obsessively checking it does not engender trust, but breaks it.
The reality is that if somebody wants to betray your trust, they can do that, and no amoung of surveliance will prevent that (unless you, like, hold them in a windowless box and prevent them from interacting with anyone but you, but I'm pretty sure that's a crime). -
Comment on Carbon offsets and the Nebula show "Jet Lag" in ~enviro
FrozenPinguin Link ParentCertain materials can be recycled efficiently on commercial basis, but plastic recycling is a scam invented by the plastics industry.Certain materials can be recycled efficiently on commercial basis, but plastic recycling is a scam invented by the plastics industry.
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Comment on Great shows with interesting premises? in ~tv
FrozenPinguin LinkSense8: 8 strangers suddenly develop a strange mental awareness of each other. As they explore this connection, they realise they can share emotions, thoughts, and even skills. Through the support...Sense8: 8 strangers suddenly develop a strange mental awareness of each other. As they explore this connection, they realise they can share emotions, thoughts, and even skills.
Through the support of the other 7, they start tackling personal challenges, but they also come to the attention of a shadowy organisation that works to suppress people with the same power they have.Made by Wachowskis, the show has conceptional issues (8 main characters is too much, no matter how you slice it) but for me this was Wachowskis at their best since the glory days of Matrix
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Comment on Your favorite reviewers/critics? in ~misc
FrozenPinguin LinkFor games, it's easily Ralph Panebianco aka SkillUp. With only limited exceptions, if he loves a game, my gaming friends group and I almost certain to love it. This is obviously highly subjective,...For games, it's easily Ralph Panebianco aka SkillUp. With only limited exceptions, if he loves a game, my gaming friends group and I almost certain to love it. This is obviously highly subjective, but it has been uncanny so far.
However, I've noticed that that reviewers often get genre/trope/trend fatigue far sooner than non-reviewers, which makes sense since they consume far more content than an average person, so I tend to disregard complaints that are some version of 'It's been done before' unless I already know I'm sick of that style of content (looking at you Ubisoft sandbox).
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Comment on What upcoming games or updates are you excited about? in ~games
FrozenPinguin Link ParentTalos Principle 2 is also my on my hype list, especially since my puzzle apetitle has been whetted by Tears of the Kingdom shrines recently.Talos Principle 2 is also my on my hype list, especially since my puzzle apetitle has been whetted by Tears of the Kingdom shrines recently.
I felt exactly opposite. I loved Fallen Order, despite not really being a big Star Wars fan. The story was serviceable, but the characters and their relationships were absolutely electric. I especially loved the relationship between Cal and
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Merrin. I loved their relationship, and despite being very subtle in the first game, the romance and chemistry was the best I've seen in a game in a long while.I also finished the game twice, despite not being a fan of Souls-like combat in general. In this case, it really worked well, and while the backtracking was kinda annoying, it gave me a lot of chances to kill foot soldiers and feel like a badass Jedi.
On the other hand, I bounced off Horizon: Zero Dawn pretty hard, despite really liking the premise of the mechanical dinosaurs, and thinking that it had a lot of potential.
That's not to say that any of your opinions are not valid, we clearly look for different things in games, I'm just putting the opinion out there.