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Comment on Fox is buying Roku in $22 billion deal in ~tv
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Comment on Fox is buying Roku in $22 billion deal in ~tv
Pavouk106 Link ParentI buy on local second-hand website. Many of those DVDs are from inserts in the newspapers or magazines. Some of those are cheap - just the movie with one audio track. But there were some that were...I buy on local second-hand website. Many of those DVDs are from inserts in the newspapers or magazines. Some of those are cheap - just the movie with one audio track. But there were some that were full release including original audio as well as extras. Or I buy in one specialized second-hand brick-and-mortar store, got Tin Cup and Assassins from there. Nice finds for the money (I think it was 2-4€ each).
I managed to buy original Taxi 2 (French movie) DVD for 5CZK (0.2€). I bought another movie for the same price with it as the delivery cost was much higher at around 3€, so I wanted to make the most out of it.
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Comment on Fox is buying Roku in $22 billion deal in ~tv
Pavouk106 Link ParentI have PC Blu ray drive, I rip the movies and have them on media server. I keep.original discs though. 480 movies sp far with around 90 audio albums. The TV shows or series are hard, but I record...I have PC Blu ray drive, I rip the movies and have them on media server. I keep.original discs though. 480 movies sp far with around 90 audio albums. The TV shows or series are hard, but I record them off of TV (I have Raspberry Pi TV HAT and record terrestrial broadcast) if I can't source original disc release, which is hard as I'm Czech and while the shows are on TV dubbed in Czech, you can't get them on physical release in our language - I consider this gray area.
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Comment on Fox is buying Roku in $22 billion deal in ~tv
Pavouk106 Link ParentI just want to add one important thing - second hand market exists. You could probably buy a few movies on DVDs for a buck, literally.I just want to add one important thing - second hand market exists. You could probably buy a few movies on DVDs for a buck, literally.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? in ~talk
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkWe're doomed! Maybe you didn't know it, but the whole Earth will be swallowed by our Sun! I'm kinda optimist. I believe the near future will not be that bad - somewhat optimistic.We're doomed! Maybe you didn't know it, but the whole Earth will be swallowed by our Sun!
I'm kinda optimist. I believe the near future will not be that bad - somewhat optimistic.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI ha e played Gran Turismo 3, 4, 5, and 6. All of them have "career" where you start with sone budget or some slow car from like 100-150HP range. You choose what races you want to try, you have to...I ha e played Gran Turismo 3, 4, 5, and 6. All of them have "career" where you start with sone budget or some slow car from like 100-150HP range. You choose what races you want to try, you have to do licences to unlock higher tier races, you have to win money and prize cars to be able to win higher races etc.
There are just two "problems": 1) There is no actual campaign/career, you choose what and where you go, kinda open world but limited by the cars you have - this is kinda fine, not really problem; 2) neither of the games is actually a simulator, they come as close as they can while still being playable by almost anyone, but they are not hard simulators.
From those, I like GT4 most. Part of it is definitely nostalgia, but also some hard facts - unbelievably lonb list of licences and driving missions, which are all challenges for the player (while racing alone can be steered your way if you pick and tune up your car in your favor). Another thing is there are endurance championships and endurance races. Have you heard of 24h Le Mans? You can race it on your PS2. Yes, the whole 24h without any chance of saving your progress anytime throughout the race. GT4 was real hardcore sometimes.
GT5 lacked some (tracks, cars, finesse), GT6 gave you starting car which means you can't choose your path from the start, which is kinda let down for me. Previous games let you buy one by yourself and made it fun from the start. In GT4 (and I believe 5 too), you could buy used older car with higher power but possibly worse handling (being older technology). But the higher power hnlocked some higher races from the start, which meant saving more money and different progression for you.
Gran Turismo games are great and I thought about them when writing my comment. It's just I'd like some of the GT aspects mixed with Toca Race Driver mixed with Assetto Corsa.
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI hate the game and Bethesda with passion! But I'm not gonna fight over who hates it more. I view Skyrim as a sandbox - they give you engine with some content in it and it's up to you (and...I hate the game and Bethesda with passion! But I'm not gonna fight over who hates it more.
I view Skyrim as a sandbox - they give you engine with some content in it and it's up to you (and modders), to make a game from it. Sadly, on PS3, you are left with sandbox. And no epicness can save it from the fact that the game is shallow.
I even managed to recommend it to a friend... And he was so dissatisfied with it. No wonder, he was Witcher fan and those are some great games! I played just Witcher 3, but I was bloen away! I finished it twice, got around 300-350 hours playtime combined and those were great hours ov video gaming!
Starfield was shit from the get go. It ran like shit and when I saw some gameplay, I saw basically space-dressed Oblivion.
But don't get me wrong, I don't think it's just Bethesda, who is the bad guy nowadays. Activison, Ubisoft, Rockstar - they all have dirt on their hands for one reason or another.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI'm sorry, but I'm twisting this the other way - I would love to read Benoît Sokal's book that Syberia was based on (there is no such book to my knowledge). As for games I'm dying to play that...I'm sorry, but I'm twisting this the other way - I would love to read Benoît Sokal's book that Syberia was based on (there is no such book to my knowledge).
As for games I'm dying to play that don't exist, it also isn't an answer you are longing for - many games "don't exist" because they are behind launchers or need to make an account. They do exit now, but will they ten years from now? 20? Will developers make them playable even without additional software needed when the studio goes bankrupt? Will they make them independent on server connection once they decide to shutdown the servers? Games like these "don't exist" for me.
And actual one game I would love to play - singleplayer racing simulator. I'm talking career. You start with say go karts, go up to say hobby kit cars, cup cars... all this while actually playing simulator, not arcade or simulator-dressed-arcade. Maybe something like that is out there, but I don't think so. Game that got this close on the career side might be Toca Race Driver (2), but it lacked on simulation, although it wasn't that much of an arcade game.
I know Assetto Corsa, Automobilista and some other games that are great sims, but I think none of them has carrer mode from "nobody" to "champion in multitude of racing styles". I'm not counting mods, I would love to have a game developed as this from the start.
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentIt seems I finally found someone with kinda the same view. I played the hell out of Morrowind. I played the hell out of Oblivion, it was only logical to buy Skyrim for me. I got it on the midnight...It seems I finally found someone with kinda the same view.
I played the hell out of Morrowind. I played the hell out of Oblivion, it was only logical to buy Skyrim for me.
I got it on the midnight of the first day. I paid for it with coins in leather pouch while having chainmail on me with a bastard sword at my hip. I bought PS3 version ( a bit of foreshadowing - Skyrim on PS3 is like Cyberpunk was on Xbox at launch) and I played it until.morning that day. And I played for several days/weeks and finished everything the game had with my first character - a feat I haven't done in Morrowind or Oblivion (I haven't "100%" any of the two games at the time). When I finished the last quest in Skyrim a question popped in my head - What now? The game gave me everything in those 70-80 hours, I have nothing more to do there, no reason to replay it... I actually replayed it once - I have finished it using only warhammer as a damage dealer, no damaging spells, no damaging shouts, just pure warhammer. I finished the game where your main enemies are flying dragons using freakin' warhammer! The game is flawed, big time. Add performance issues of PS3 version that never got remedied and there you go. It is shit game. And Bethesda,l milking it for all those years while not capable of actually fixing the PS3 version that I paid for, is shit company. Even more so with their "You wanna buy and play old Doom on new hardware? Register an account or fuck off" philosophy. This is why they are on my blacklist.
Not so much fun fact: Fallout 3 and New Vegas has alsonissues on PS3. Both by Bethesda.
When I got Steam Deck, I returned to Oblivion and 100%-ed it. It took me 200 hours and it was fun. And I still have cravings of returning to it doing things differently. That is the good old Bethesda game.
I still have to do this with Morrowind, which jzst seems like endless world compared to Oblivion.
I won't do that with Fallout 3 or New Vegas. Fallout 3 lacks achievements on Steam, which is strange when it had them on PS3 and I blame Bethesda being lazy. New Vegas has achievements but for whatever reason I got PCR version - PCR stands Polish, Czech, Russian. I get why I, Czech, got Czech version. What I don't understand is why there are Russians bundled in (I'm with Ukraine; I like Poles) AND the most of all I don't freakin' understand why there even is such a version and why it is not clearly stated you are getting this one. Those are questions I don't have answers for and once again I blame Bethesda for this decision. Sadly I bought both F3 and New Vegas before I got Steam Deck and cozldn't return them due to overshooting the return window by months... I would if I could.
Rant over.
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentWhat is wrong on eating 50 wheels of cheese ina few seconds? I love cheese. But I love cheesy mechanics even more! (I don't like Skyrim, just for the record)What is wrong on eating 50 wheels of cheese ina few seconds? I love cheese. But I love cheesy mechanics even more!
(I don't like Skyrim, just for the record)
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Pavouk106 Link ParentI play HD version. I hate leaving it when I have just a few achievements done. I don't want one game to drag down the average (although I have many such games). I own AoE2DE and I will definitely...I play HD version. I hate leaving it when I have just a few achievements done. I don't want one game to drag down the average (although I have many such games).
I own AoE2DE and I will definitely play it at some time. I know it is great.
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI'm obsessed with exploration. I can't advance to the next map until I saw everything in the current one - think Diablo series, Borderlands series.I'm obsessed with exploration. I can't advance to the next map until I saw everything in the current one - think Diablo series, Borderlands series.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Pavouk106 Link ParentI bought it original in brick-and-mortar store on CDs for 2€. It was cheaper than buying two blank CDs to have it burned (pirated) on them at the time. I also got it from a videogame magazine...I bought it original in brick-and-mortar store on CDs for 2€. It was cheaper than buying two blank CDs to have it burned (pirated) on them at the time. I also got it from a videogame magazine (base game only).
What a great game! Big Bertha FTW! - Or actually the Core counterpart which has longer range but doesn't look that good in my opinion. Or if you have the energy, go for Vulcan, yay!
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI have already replied here, but after giving it some more thought, the question ultimately says "What is your favorite video game?" not "Whyt is the best video game?" This emerges completely new...I have already replied here, but after giving it some more thought, the question ultimately says "What is your favorite video game?" not "Whyt is the best video game?"
This emerges completely new set of games for me to pick from:
- OpenTTD which I played countless hours of and still play it here and there today
- Fallout 2 which I never fully explored (meaning different playstyles, different endings, ...) despite playing and finishing it multiple times
- Morrowind and Oblivion which I played for hundreds of hours combined over and over again only to finish Oblivion twice and Morrowind just once
- Total Annihilation is an RTS that I love with passion - I'm not any good at it, but the concept is great and I love playing some skirmishes against AI from time to time
- Earth 2150 which brings great campaigns and units that you can combine from chassis to weapons to get what you want
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic which I finished a few times on different devices and systems
- Jagged Alliance 2 one of the top games that I still play here and there with my own ruleset (ie. no hired mercs) and save scumm the hell out of
- and many others
I have to think this one through. It won't be the best game for sure, as it should be favorite game. We'll see.
EDIT: I have to add one more game that might actually be the one:
- Age of Empires 2 - there is no need to say anything about it, I presume
EDIT2: Why limit ourselves to just PC gaming?
- GTA San Andreas OG PS2 version
- Gran Turismo 4 - I have the licences! And I love them! I love the game, the best GT to this date.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Pavouk106 Link ParentNice to see Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic mentioned here. It is great SW game!Nice to see Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic mentioned here. It is great SW game!
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Comment on A man died and all I've got left of him is a porn CD in ~life
Pavouk106 Link ParentI'm also Czech, I'm also in the same age ballpark and I also had Matrix on 2 CDs. It was something like 350:280px 15fps, basically unwatchable shit, but I was glad I had it. But I saw the movie on...I'm also Czech, I'm also in the same age ballpark and I also had Matrix on 2 CDs. It was something like 350:280px 15fps, basically unwatchable shit, but I was glad I had it. But I saw the movie on VHS first, actually. It was also copied (pirated) from somewhere else.
I still have Pár pařmenů - Lord of the rings re-dubbed into czech... what? Satire? Comedy? Just a bunch of teenage dudes doing funny [questionable] jokes and references. They managed to redub the wholr zhing though and it kept pace throughout the movie!
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Pavouk106 LinkI have not submitted my answer yet, as I have a hard time picking one. The top.of my list includes: Morrowind Final Fantasy X Horizon Zero Dawn I think it may be time to finally take of the...I have not submitted my answer yet, as I have a hard time picking one.
The top.of my list includes:
- Morrowind
- Final Fantasy X
- Horizon Zero Dawn
I think it may be time to finally take of the nostalgia glasses and have another look at Morrowind - it was unbelievable game when it came out, I still love it, I still want to play it again and again, but if I'm real, there are just better games out there.
Final Fantasy X has absolutely top notch love story I have ever experienced in a game. I simply lived the life of Tidus for those few weeks when I first played the game.
Horizon Zero Dawn has perfect execution of story - the uncovering of bits and pieces to the grand finale.
There are many games worth mentioning - Witcher 3, Stardew Valley, Talos Principle, ...
But it has to be only one and it will be one of FFX or HZD. I have to think about it for a while.
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Comment on Steam Machine and Steam Frame will be shipping this summer in ~games
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentI'm afraid Frame will be priced at one grand or more. I was hoping for 700-800, but seeing the price of Steam Deck nowadays... It doesn't matter that much, as there is probably so high demand that...I'm afraid Frame will be priced at one grand or more. I was hoping for 700-800, but seeing the price of Steam Deck nowadays...
It doesn't matter that much, as there is probably so high demand that I won't likely get the first wave one anyway.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
Pavouk106 Link ParentI also dodge topics. Sometimes due to unpopular opinion (mine; I dn't want to start flame war or other such non-useful thing), other times due to language barrier that wouldn't let me express my...I also dodge topics. Sometimes due to unpopular opinion (mine; I dn't want to start flame war or other such non-useful thing), other times due to language barrier that wouldn't let me express my opinion accurately.
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Comment on The one-and-done pen? in ~hobbies
Pavouk106 LinkI'm no pen guy, but I have to shill a bit here - I bought four of LTT (Linus Tech Tips) Scribedrivers. I use two of them myself, one was for my wife who wanted it after trying mine and one is for...I'm no pen guy, but I have to shill a bit here - I bought four of LTT (Linus Tech Tips) Scribedrivers. I use two of them myself, one was for my wife who wanted it after trying mine and one is for my daughter who will have it as a gift in near future together with the pencil of the same design.
It is stainless steel, it is kinda heavy and pretty slim. I guess it will last forever being made out of steel. It has some Parker compatible cartridge and the default one is very nice to write with, but it's black (and not Parker).
The value is kinda in the brand, in the material used and in the story - it is made from shafts for screwdrivers which were made sub-par and LTT remachined them to pens.
For 40$ I consider it great value.
If you are buying one, I really recommend NOT getting the brass one, as brass will eventually corrode/make surface layer and will not stay shiny gold. All stainless steel variant is better as it will look basically the same forever. I have one brass that is not shiny anymore and three steel.
If you wanted, you could get pencil of the same design for another 40$. I have two of those, both stainless steel variants.
Not long ago they had sale where you couldbget both for price of one (or just one for half the price). This doesn't happen often abd such deep sale probably didn't happen in the past (I believe that lowest was 30$).
I'm sorry if my comment is really out of the league. If that is the case, sorry for taking your time to read it.
EDIT: The pen and pencils are 30USD and 40CAD. Just wanted to clarify, as I'm not in US.
This is why I have regular expression watchdog on it. It keeps track of the shows and record them wgenever they are on. Managed to get all Top Gear episodes that aired here over the span of two years (some errors in reception or bad timing of the recording).