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Comment on CGA-2026-09 🕹️🙎♂️🛹 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 in ~games
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Comment on CGA-2026-09 🕹️🙎♂️🛹 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 in ~games
Lapbunny (edited )LinkFor various reasons I only got one run of Hangar done this month, in which I basically just ate shit. Very reminiscent from when I played THPS2 at like 7, tried to learn how to skate, and...For various reasons I only got one run of Hangar done this month, in which I basically just ate shit. Very reminiscent from when I played THPS2 at like 7, tried to learn how to skate, and basically just ate shit.
But I did learn how obscenely easy it is to play stuff like 2X on an OG Xbox nowadays! You straight-up compile the raw game files, and that results in an ISO that burns straight to a DVD. Crazy.
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Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
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Comment on Wikipedia's list of the best video games: how many have you played, and what's missing? in ~games
Lapbunny LinkThere are a few Backloggd lists with around 336 of the games (notably missing BG3 lol) if anyone likes the game cover visual view. This is only what matches up with entries on IGDB, so I'm not...There are a few Backloggd lists with around 336 of the games (notably missing BG3 lol) if anyone likes the game cover visual view. This is only what matches up with entries on IGDB, so I'm not sure what's missing.
My account is matching 130/336 games. I'm kinda curious how these match up to my ratings - there are a lot of games on here I dropped or which I thought were fine but don't hold in terribly high regard. (I submitted a request to see if you can export them or sort them on your own stats rather than just the list creator's stats...) It's not a bad list, though; I don't think any of these don't deserve to be on here.
...Except Fire Emblem Awakening, which I pretty viscerally dislike. I swear Chrom is giving me side-eye.
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Comment on I want an RPG with reverse leveling in ~games
Lapbunny (edited )Link ParentIt's kind of impossible to pace combative design against scale, player skill, and player preference in a largely acceptable way. I agree with you on some level, but you have to contend against a...It's kind of impossible to pace combative design against scale, player skill, and player preference in a largely acceptable way. I agree with you on some level, but you have to contend against a wide playerbase who will not find this appealing. Fallout 1 has a time pressure element so your player isn't technically supposed to dick around; even though it has a solid narrative function (and it's fairly generous!), there's a very vocal group of people who hate that kind of thing and find it's more aggravating than a fun vehicle for tension. You can find dozens of posts asking how to mod it out.
Alternatively, you've gotta make the flavor come across with little actual disruption to the player. Tellah loses physical stats on level in FFIV because he's old and tired, but it's not like you're using him for that...
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Comment on Spotify now lets parents block kids' music from polluting their recommendations in ~music
Lapbunny Link ParentI'd been railing on YouTube Music's UI in support tickets and whenever the auto survey prompts came up since they did the transition, but I've stuck with it as the only service I'm aware of with a...I'd been railing on YouTube Music's UI in support tickets and whenever the auto survey prompts came up since they did the transition, but I've stuck with it as the only service I'm aware of with a mix of paid streaming and cloud uploads. At this point it's pretty cromulent. It's still very bloated, but it is a lot better than before and they have a lot of functional stuff that they've improved on, especially in playlists. (I had fun dealing with the 1000 song limit in GPM, but you can actually just make an ultimate shuffle playlist now...) The integration into YouTube to bring up stuff that isn't traditionally streamed, like video game soundtracks or public video playlists, is also nice.
On the downside, though, it's expensive af at this point. It also gets a little stupid when you turn off personalized tracking from a YouTube/Google level, like it forgets what song I was playing after 8ish hours... I'd simultaneously recommend it again if it fits your feature set, and I'd also switch in a heartbeat if another service did what it does and cost less. The easy cloud upload/download piece is really make or break for me.
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Comment on Share your favorite live music performance recordings in ~music
Lapbunny LinkPresented with zero context, At the Drive-In playing One Armed Scissor live. break glass in case of context They played this on BBC right before Robbie Williams. Britney Spears was charting. This...Presented with zero context, At the Drive-In playing One Armed Scissor live.
break glass in case of context
They played this on BBC right before Robbie Williams. Britney Spears was charting. This performance is right before they split off into The Mars Volta and Sparta.
Omar moves like a ragdoll in an old gmod video while his guitar quite violently weeps. Cedric decides the best thing would be to double that energy. Jim Ward somehow is completely unflappable about all this, in some sort of pocket dimension.
I didn't really get them before this, or why they were so influential in the hardcore scene. Then I did. Love this performance so goddamn much.
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Comment on Jakob Ingebrigtsen pipped to victory by Dawit Seare in the men's 5km in a thrilling finish at the 2026 World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen in ~sports
Lapbunny (edited )Link ParentOh boy, thanks! This nugget of information will go hard in the 19th century British Umamusume fanfiction which I do not write.Oh boy, thanks! This nugget of information will go hard in the 19th century British Umamusume fanfiction which I do not write.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 voting topic in ~games
Lapbunny Link ParentOh baby, SA2 rando is one of my favorites and I'd recommend it so much. Aside from the fact that shuffling the music puts the climatic moments in the funniest places (LIVE AND LEARRRN as a bunch...Oh baby, SA2 rando is one of my favorites and I'd recommend it so much. Aside from the fact that shuffling the music puts the climatic moments in the funniest places (LIVE AND LEARRRN as a bunch of baby level 2 Chaos are drowning themselves across a river), all the 3D jank and the wild variety of shit going on in that game turn it into a, y'know. adventure. Lot of fun.
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Comment on Deciding whether (or not) to have a child in ~life
Lapbunny Link ParentThis is a discussion about how parents or non-parents feel: It's my and other parents' jobs to make sure my child is ready to face the world and can achieve what happiness they're looking for. I...Even in this thread, just about everyone talking about having kids is only talking about how it makes THEM feel
And that feels EXTREMELY dehumanizing to me. Shouldn't we want what's best for our children? Shouldn't we be factoring in our children's future into the equation?
This is a discussion about how parents or non-parents feel:
What did you decide and why? Are you happy with your choice?
It's my and other parents' jobs to make sure my child is ready to face the world and can achieve what happiness they're looking for. I get some of us suck at it, but that's the expected default.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 voting topic in ~games
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 voting topic in ~games
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Comment on Angine de Poitrine - Zugzegk (2026) in ~music
Lapbunny (edited )LinkMicrotonal weirdo rock being on the up, to the point of headlining late night talk shows, makes me feel warm fuzzies.Microtonal weirdo rock being on the up, to the point of headlining late night talk shows, makes me feel warm fuzzies.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 voting topic in ~games
Lapbunny (edited )LinkMother 3 (5) Starcraft (5) Sonic the 3D Hedgehog (5) Resident Evil (REMake) (5)Mother 3 (5)
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Comment on I'm addicted to Slay the Spire and am looking for a new game in ~games
Lapbunny LinkPokémon Emerald Rogue? If you don't like Pokémon for all the babby JRPG-isms, it strips it all down to a very meaty roguelite gameplay core. Cool use of GBA tech.Umamusume: PretPokémon Emerald Rogue? If you don't like Pokémon for all the babby JRPG-isms, it strips it all down to a very meaty roguelite gameplay core. Cool use of GBA tech. -
Comment on Deciding whether (or not) to have a child in ~life
Lapbunny Link ParentFWIW my wife and I were sort of the same way with health... And then she had post-partum preecclampsia! So all of your fears are entirely founded and everything is awful. 🙃 But in all seriousness,...FWIW my wife and I were sort of the same way with health... And then she had post-partum preecclampsia! So all of your fears are entirely founded and everything is awful. 🙃 But in all seriousness, just keep monitoring your best, think about the rational next steps of what you see, and pester the OB team as much as you need to for a grip on what's happening. It's what is in your control.
Also, advocate advocate advocate. I didn't do enough arguing with the nurse staff her first time around. Did the second time because she was like I AM PRETTY I AM READY TO GO NOW and got the staff to actually check her dilation - our second kid came out in like 10 minutes after that. The staff is gonna have their own biases on what to do, keep pushing for what your wife intends for her delivery to be like.
It's scary. Y'all will figure it out.
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Comment on Deciding whether (or not) to have a child in ~life
Lapbunny Link ParentTo not have kids due to whichever barely-controllable world events could or could not happen always seemed unnecessarily defeatist and short-sighted to me. How many people didn't have kids in the...To not have kids due to whichever barely-controllable world events could or could not happen always seemed unnecessarily defeatist and short-sighted to me. How many people didn't have kids in the Cold War because they were afraid they'd see nuclear warfare? Why can't your kid be the one to help solve it? Sorry if this is a little confrontational, but I think as we're faced with possible AI or climate or nuclear or whatever obliteration, that wouldn't suddenly negate my happiness from the love my parents gave me, or my friends, or my partner and kids. I'd much rather take advantage of my ability and capacity to pass that love along rather than hit the end of my life afraid of nothing - or, should I face one of those fates, regretting that I hadn't spent it creating joy out of the entropy rather than fear.
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Comment on What is your "when I found out about 9/11" story? in ~talk
Lapbunny Link ParentHey, same here - was in Morris County in third grade. The day itself is like a bunch of vignettes at this point to me, but my teacher brought in a portable TV and kinda shielded us from it (aside...Hey, same here - was in Morris County in third grade. The day itself is like a bunch of vignettes at this point to me, but my teacher brought in a portable TV and kinda shielded us from it (aside from mumbling that we were probably going home early) until the chaos of kids being told they're going home for some reason hit. One of the lookout points in Montclair had a perfect view of the city skyline, so people were leaving a lot of drawn pictures from kids, photos, tributes, etc along the cliff.
Odd aside for the thread while I'm at it, my FIL worked across the street from WTC and smoking might've saved his life - he missed the PATH at Newark Penn because he wanted a cigarette. Heard the news, immediately turned around back to NJ and didn't get trapped in the city...
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My son pooped in the toilet
YEEEEAAAHHHHH WOOOOOOOOOOOO 💩 💩 💩 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Comment on My friend took me flying today! in ~hobbies
I grew up renting THPS2 but owning THPS3 on my GameCube. (Got that and Melee rated T before I was 10, ooh ooh saucy.) While 2 was definitely a sweet spot, 3 is fantastic.
4 was enjoyable too, I played a decent bit since it was a MacBook pack-in. Thought it was clear they were starting to run thin with new ideas, but I also hear plenty of love for THUG and THUG 2, so... What do I know.