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Comment on What does the word "cancelled" mean to you? in ~talk
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Comment on What are your favorite “chore” games? in ~games
atoxje LinkI just recently started playing forager on ps5, and it hits where stardew valley used to hit. Plus it has an endearing creation story behind it.I just recently started playing forager on ps5, and it hits where stardew valley used to hit. Plus it has an endearing creation story behind it.
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Comment on Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2024 - Results in ~sports.motorsports
atoxje LinkWhat an unbelievable race. Awesome! I was also sad to see Albon crashing out. But - although I’ve never been an alpine fan - seeing them finish p2 & p3 was a really nice moment as well. And Max…...What an unbelievable race. Awesome! I was also sad to see Albon crashing out. But - although I’ve never been an alpine fan - seeing them finish p2 & p3 was a really nice moment as well.
And Max… just wow. Great to see him so happy and joyfully spitting fire in the post race press conference ^^
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Comment on Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2024 - Results in ~sports.motorsports
atoxje Link ParentDrive to survive (on Netflix) is made to help you with your questions. You can just watch the latest season, or go back further in time if you want a little more background.m about previous seasons.Drive to survive (on Netflix) is made to help you with your questions. You can just watch the latest season, or go back further in time if you want a little more background.m about previous seasons.
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Comment on WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin in ~tech
atoxje LinkThis whole show felt far away, even though my work/art depends on Wordpress for generating an income for me, my cofounder and a couple of freelancers working for us. But with them attacking ACF...This whole show felt far away, even though my work/art depends on Wordpress for generating an income for me, my cofounder and a couple of freelancers working for us. But with them attacking ACF like that, which is just an amazing and important tool for us that makes Wordpress so much more powerful, it came a lot closer.
We’re a paying ACF customer so as far as I know there won’t be any change for us. I just hope it stays that way. And that Matt cools down a little…
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje LinkSo with metaphor coming out and some friends of mine thinking about their gaming setup, I was longing for the time when I was playing more story driven games on the tv in my living room with my...So with metaphor coming out and some friends of mine thinking about their gaming setup, I was longing for the time when I was playing more story driven games on the tv in my living room with my wife and sometimes my daughter as a live commentating audience. I fired up my ps4 but it sounded like a jet engine firing up. (I don’t really know what that sounds like but I imagine it’s loud) anyway: I set my fears aside, googled and YouTubed the hell out of the PlayStation cleaning wormhole, and tore my ps4 apart ^^. Booting it back up after was really exciting, more so because it was whisper quiet!
So I bought myself a few months in the ps5-purchasing process and I’m now enjoying the last of us (part 1) which is included in the ps membership. I’m a bit tightly wound, so my threshold is probably a little low, but man that game is tense! When I’m alone in the room I just press pause until someone is sitting next to me to continue playing. The story hits me hard, and I felt myself thinking about it during the day, so I imagine this will become quite the ride.
On my steam deck I’m still enjoying the occasional plate-up run (last week I got some amazing advice on tildes to do a cookie/cake run, which helped us reach overtime day 5, that was awesome), and nobody saves the world and ufo50 when I want to play something solo.
Nobody saves the world is a remarkable game. I love unlocking new characters and going back to old dungeons to level m up and build confidence in the combat system of the game. The fact that when you unlock a new skill with a character you can then apply that skill to other characters as well is such a joy to tinker with. I’m always progressing on something!
And then last week in Paris I started a new pentiment run. for the third time. There is something about that game that makes me come back, even though I burn out of it kind of quickly. I love the story, but progressing it just feels so slow. And I mean the literal moving around of it all. Andreas walks slow. The ‘flip a page’ animation in the menu feel slow. Combine that (perceived) slowness with my need to talk to most npcs before progressing to a different storybeat as not to miss anything, and it just gets too tedious. But the story… I like that story. I like the characters. So here I am, back again. :)
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Comment on How do you listen to your favorite obscure music that never made it onto any streaming platforms? in ~music
atoxje Link Parent+1! I run a little plex server on a raspberry pi with a big hard disk attached to it. Not that tech savvy but I followed a foolproof guide to get it running. The feeling of having a collection is...+1!
I run a little plex server on a raspberry pi with a big hard disk attached to it. Not that tech savvy but I followed a foolproof guide to get it running.
The feeling of having a collection is so different from streaming. The music plex helps me listen to is also really different from what I boot up on Spotify. I think I use Spotify mainly for my wife’s awesome playlists :)
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentWe’ve just played a cake run… oh my god. Amazing! No dishwashing!! Still no clue how to automate the cooking, but I was going fast. ^^ We do all our ordering from behind the counter which makes...We’ve just played a cake run… oh my god. Amazing! No dishwashing!!
Still no clue how to automate the cooking, but I was going fast. ^^ We do all our ordering from behind the counter which makes the table service easy as well.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentI love party house and night manor. Thanks for taking the time to recommend them!I love party house and night manor. Thanks for taking the time to recommend them!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentPilot quest was a great tip. Such a good palet cleanser between the other games mentioned here. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, thanks!Pilot quest was a great tip. Such a good palet cleanser between the other games mentioned here. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, thanks!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentHaha thanks ! ^^ Sounds like such an epic run you guys had. We had the same issue when trying to pick up a run we paused for the night: rhythm and muscle memory gone, immediate failure. We’ve...Haha thanks ! ^^
Sounds like such an epic run you guys had. We had the same issue when trying to pick up a run we paused for the night: rhythm and muscle memory gone, immediate failure.
We’ve never made cake, so we’ll definitely try that out.
Do you also skip any cards that make your dish more complicated in favor of the cards that influence crowd behavior ?
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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
atoxje LinkI just started playing plate up with my soon-to-be wife*, and it has been an absolute blast. My whole YouTube account is now a plate up recommendation engine, helping me automate my burger...I just started playing plate up with my soon-to-be wife*, and it has been an absolute blast. My whole YouTube account is now a plate up recommendation engine, helping me automate my burger restaurant.
No, seriously, I didn’t expect this one to hit so hard. I’ve read how people ‘lose friends’ over the game given how tense the coop can become but my wife and I have just enjoyed ourselves a lot running restaurants together.
Given what I can see in the YouTube clips about this game, we’ve barely scratched the surface on what we can do whit this game in terms of maps, recipes and automations, so I’m pretty sure we’ll be coming back to this one for a while.
I’ve tried playing solo, but that was a lot less fun. Do I would advice to play this if you have someone to play with.
*we’re getting married this Wednesday!
(On a side note: How awesome does metaphor refantazio look?!)
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentI will! & bookmarked the thread, thanks!I will! & bookmarked the thread, thanks!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentI knew that, but I wanted to clear them all in chronological order. Probably a bit too perfectionist, your approach sounds a lot more fun.I knew that, but I wanted to clear them all in chronological order. Probably a bit too perfectionist, your approach sounds a lot more fun.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje Link ParentOh I’m so glad to have you post this, thanks! I felt so incompetent playing Barbuta, like I couldn’t understand the rich gaming history the game was celebrating. Happy to hear I’m not the only one...Oh I’m so glad to have you post this, thanks! I felt so incompetent playing Barbuta, like I couldn’t understand the rich gaming history the game was celebrating. Happy to hear I’m not the only one struggling with that game. Im going in with renewed energy, and start with your recommendations. Thanks again!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje LinkI discovered nobody saves the world last week, and I had an absolute blast. I’m about 10 hours in, unlocked eight-ish characters and did the first five or six dungeons. The combination of the open...I discovered nobody saves the world last week, and I had an absolute blast. I’m about 10 hours in, unlocked eight-ish characters and did the first five or six dungeons. The combination of the open worldiness of the game where I can just walk around and discover new places while smashing crates with the procedurally generated dungeons (which I had to retry like 6 times before clearing them) really works for me. It’s just the right amount of grindy. (I like to overlevel)
I’m not normally too skilled in character building, but the game takes you by the hand in terms of the types of skills you can combine and it’s easy to switch between characters to test if a different character is a better fit for the dungeon you’re trying to clear.
The writing is also pretty funny, which compensates well for the almost non existent story. Some side quests are ultra short and absurd, others span multiple npcs/areas and require you to have unlocked specific characters. That makes me feel like I’m always unlocking something. So great pacing.
I also bought UFO 50, and I would love to love it, but after an hour I’m stuck in the first game and it just handles too poorly for me to enjoy it. I know they’re mimicking oldskool games, but the first game just feels too slow for me to enjoy it. Maybe I’ll try again in a few days. (if anyone has any advice into which game is a great starter game in the ufo 50 series: feel free to share!)
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Comment on What was your first programming language, what languages do you know now, and what tips do you have for those trying to learn any of those? in ~comp
atoxje Link ParentOh my! Action script! Man what a flashback. I just loved building stuff in flash. I remember building a calculator in flash, which must have been one of the least practical things to build there...Oh my! Action script! Man what a flashback. I just loved building stuff in flash. I remember building a calculator in flash, which must have been one of the least practical things to build there ^^
Also turbo pascal? I think we got an introductory course at school.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
atoxje LinkI have enjoyed this thread for so long as a lurker, finding so many hours of awesome gameplay because of your tips, I know feel ready - oh almost obliged even! - to play along :). I found a way to...I have enjoyed this thread for so long as a lurker, finding so many hours of awesome gameplay because of your tips, I know feel ready - oh almost obliged even! - to play along :).
I found a way to get geforcenow up and running on my steamdeck, which I used to play the seemingly graphically intense game Shapez 2. That has been a lot of fun. A true wormhole, effortlessly consuming my gaming hours! My only gripe might be the pacing. I’m unlocking new features way too fast and the in-game explanations are not that great. I have now unlocked wires, and am just not smart enough to know how to use them. Guides are talking about ‘building the make-anything-machine’ which is so much above my Shapez skill it’s not even funny.
To my surprise, Sniper Elite 4 has managed its way to my gaming library. I thoroughly enjoyed Doom 2016, but was looking for something a little more laidback? Somehow, sniper 4 fits that mold. Planning a kill takes time, slowly moving across the map to get the perfect look, shooting, and then moving again as to not get caught. The graphics are so over the top gruesome, I somehow don’t really register it.
To top it all off, I’m dipping my toes back in the Final Fantasy XIV pool where I have spent hundreds of hours over the past few years. My wife is catching me up in the MSQ, so hopefully we’ll soon be able to run new dungeons together. Maybe that will lessen my dungeon anxiety ^^. Oh, and our in-game marriage is pending!
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Comment on Browser game recommendations in ~games
atoxje Link ParentHaha, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Feel free to add me in-game, I can send you some items to help you get started. Screen name is the same on farmrpg as it is here.Haha, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Feel free to add me in-game, I can send you some items to help you get started. Screen name is the same on farmrpg as it is here.
“Making a lot of money after insulting a lot of people.“
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)