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Comment on Which theme are you defaulting to? I'm loving Atom One Dark. in ~tildes
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Comment on Good, quality YouTube channels? in ~tech
Penrose3 LinkLots of awesome recommendations in here! I'll try not to repeat any channels I've already seen mentioned, but here's a few channels I find humorous, educational, inspiring, or all of the above:...Lots of awesome recommendations in here! I'll try not to repeat any channels I've already seen mentioned, but here's a few channels I find humorous, educational, inspiring, or all of the above:
- Audit the Audit: Examines police interactions in the United States using camera footage. Provides insight into citizen's rights, police training, and discusses relevant federal, state, or case law. While the channel typically shows situations where the police infringed on a citizen's rights, there are also videos where everything goes smoothly.
- Iron Pineapple: A gaming channel that focuses on From Software's titles (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, etc) and other souls-likes. If you enjoy the genre, his "Souls-Like games you've never heard of" is worth a watch, as he plays and discusses obscure indie titles. His videos on King's Field are worth a watch as well.
- Jim Sterling: Stephanie is a trans games critic that often focuses on the game industry and their poor business practices. The Jimquisition highlights cases of discrimination, ableism, or plain ol' bad developers/publishers, and is worth watching if you're interested in industry drama. Stephanie has been through quite a lot of controversy since they've come out, and that topic is often brought up in their videos.
- John Wolfe: A horror game let's play channel, but without the annoying overreacting. Plays a lot of indie games (and AAA ones too) and provides his thoughts on each game at the end. I've discovered some unique games through his channel, and his examination of the horror genre is insightful and entertaining.
- Lance McDonald: Exposes secrets in video games, often by showing content from early builds and debug menus. He does a lot of videos on From Software games, but his videos on P.T. are fantastic as well. If you enjoy game development, this shows some behind the scenes. Because if the nature of his videos, I would only watch ones on games you've already played, since there's a lot of spoilers.
- Miscast: Trent is an artist that does a lot of kitbashing, sculpting, and scale modeling. His work is fantastical, and is often made to use for tabletop games like Warhammer. His videos document his artistic process, and show how he can mash together dollar store toys into something amazing. He also has videos on creating his own tabletop role-playing game.
- Sam O'Nella Academy: Animated history videos with a lot of humor thrown in. A fun way to see what Wikipedia dive he's gone into lately, and learn some fun (or disturbing) facts too. His video on Tarrare is often referenced whenever anyone brings up the topic.
- The Internet Investigator: Like Unsolved Mysteries but about the internet's communities, notable figures, and strange posts. Her videos are fantastic for a chill examination of how mysterious and disturbing the internet can be. Her video on Chris Chan is one of the highlights of her channel.
- TierZoo: A channel that examines the abilities of animals as if they were in a video game. Tier lists of animal species or "Is this animal OP?" videos provide lots of fun facts and gaming humor.
- Weird Explorer: A man with a mission to try every fruit in the world. Jared acquires and tastes fruit that I didn't know existed before watching his videos. While showing off the fruit and describing how it tastes is an obvious highlight, he often goes into the cultural context and history surrounding the fruit too. His mini-documentary on the Coco De Mer is fantastic.
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Comment on Lego - what do you do with it afterwards? in ~hobbies
Penrose3 Link ParentI hadn't seen it, so I looked it up! Hopefully that's the right one. Super entertaining read, and a good way to get an idea of what systems people tend to experiment with as their collection...I hadn't seen it, so I looked it up! Hopefully that's the right one.
Super entertaining read, and a good way to get an idea of what systems people tend to experiment with as their collection grows. I'd say my partner is at #16 or so. Their collection hasn't spilled into multiple rooms... Yet.
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Comment on Lego - what do you do with it afterwards? in ~hobbies
Penrose3 LinkMy partner loves building Lego sets - they keep their favorites on display and break down the rest when they run out of room on our shelves. I've been helping them work on an inventory system...My partner loves building Lego sets - they keep their favorites on display and break down the rest when they run out of room on our shelves. I've been helping them work on an inventory system where you sort everything by color/brick type and place it into bins or bags. That keeps everything tidy for the most part. Had to do some rearranging recently when they finished the Rivendell set - that one's taking up the top of a big shelf right now!
Rebrickable or other similar sites are great if you enjoy doing specific builds, but obviously you can be as creative as you'd like with Legos.
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Comment on What coffee have you been brewing at home recently? in ~food
Penrose3 LinkI usually buy beans from local roasters, grind them in my Baratza Encore, and then prepare using a ceramic Hario V60, stainless steel French press, or a Bialetti moka pot. I tend to prefer medium...I usually buy beans from local roasters, grind them in my Baratza Encore, and then prepare using a ceramic Hario V60, stainless steel French press, or a Bialetti moka pot.
I tend to prefer medium or light roasts, and lately I've splurging a little bit by getting a 1 bag Tim's Choice subscription from Tim Wendelboe's website. I live in the United States, but my sibling lives in Norway and introduced me to Tim's coffee by gifting me a bag that was divine - the grounds came out a lovely reddish color, and the brew tasted strongly of dried cherry and almonds! Since then I've gotten beans that have had notes of mango, blackcurrant, and red wine. Would recommend highly if you like fruity light roasts and don't mind the price.
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Comment on Which apps do you use for your mental health and wellbeing, if any? in ~health.mental
Penrose3 Link ParentI like this one too - I've been using Daylio since 2018. It's helped me a lot with building healthy habits and improving my mental health. I started using it when I was not doing well mentally,...I like this one too - I've been using Daylio since 2018. It's helped me a lot with building healthy habits and improving my mental health. I started using it when I was not doing well mentally, and it's interesting to look back on my yearly statistics to see how my mood/activities have changed. I really like how the activities are totally custom, so I can track whatever I want like whether I cooked, ate healthy, got anxious, drank alcohol, or whatever else I want to track. It's a nice tool!
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Penrose3 Link ParentSure! Right now, my system has some similarities to Fate, Mouse Guard RPG, and Lady Blackbird. The theme/format is fantasy, like Dungeons & Dragons, where player characters go on quests that a...Sure! Right now, my system has some similarities to Fate, Mouse Guard RPG, and Lady Blackbird. The theme/format is fantasy, like Dungeons & Dragons, where player characters go on quests that a game master prepares ahead of time.
The GM starts a "scene" (just like a movie or TV show) that gives the PCs something to do. The players interact with the scene, and the GM fleshes out details as needed. Sometimes this will be exploring a town to search for a lead on an investigation, other times it will be combat with fun fantasy critters or a Lord of the Rings style travel montage.
When a PC takes an action in the scene, they usually have to make a check (rolling dice) to see if the character succeeds at whatever they're trying to do. My system uses multiple six-sided dice to determine the result of a check. You roll a certain amount of d6s based on one of your character stats, then you're able to tweak your roll further based on how good your character is at whatever you're trying to do. You could re-roll dice, add more d6s, trigger abilities, etc. Then you count the number of successes (rolling a 4, 5, or 6 on a d6 is 1 success) and the GM will tell you what happens next based on how well your character did.
Some other goals I'm striving for are to have it be player-driven, meaning that the players are the ones taking actions and rolling dice so that the GM can focus on setting up scenes and presenting challenges with easy to use templates. Player characters can turn into a tiny dice engine from spending resources and triggering abilities when they roll specific dice and such. Trying not to make it too complex, but I like a little bit of game in my role playing!
I started writing it just for fun, but it's been interesting to see how I've updated my RPG as my tastes in other RPGs changes too. Really trying to focus on making it as streamlined as possible, as I've found that I prefer complexity to present itself gradually as you get familiar with a game rather than having it all be frontloaded. Easy to learn, hard to master, etc. It's a good challenge!
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 1 in ~talk
Penrose3 LinkI'm also a Reddit refugee, (~12 years on there...) and I've been lurking here for the past few days. Loving all of the in-depth discussion! For work, right now I'm a UI developer working on the...I'm also a Reddit refugee, (~12 years on there...) and I've been lurking here for the past few days. Loving all of the in-depth discussion!
For work, right now I'm a UI developer working on the front end of a web app. In the past I've done web design and mobile/VR game development. My previous jobs focused on my art and design skills, so my current role as a developer is a nice change of pace.
My hobbies include video games (Bloodborne is my favorite!), board games, tabletop RPGs, cooking, writing, listening to music, drawing, reading, 3D printing, and miniature painting. More recently I've been introducing myself to mycology, which has been really fun. Recently moved an oyster grow kit into some new substrate - hopefully they'll grow! Might try other gourmets in the future.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Penrose3 LinkI've been chipping away at writing a tabletop RPG for the past couple years. I still have lots to do before I can play test it, but I'm just doing this as a casual hobby - no pressure to release...I've been chipping away at writing a tabletop RPG for the past couple years. I still have lots to do before I can play test it, but I'm just doing this as a casual hobby - no pressure to release or anything. I've developed video games before, (mostly in college) but designing a TTRPG has a different set of challenges. It definitely keeps my creative juices flowing!
I love Dracula! It's similar to the theme I had going in Sync before coming over here. What can I say - I like dark blue. All the themes are quite nice honestly, even the light ones.