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Comment on What is your dream game? in ~games
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Comment on What is your dream game? in ~games
sundaybest Link ParentThank you so much for the thorough breakdown. I could have sworn I saw something alluding to a port but I can't seem to find the article and I'm wondering now if it was just AI slop? :( Sadness. I...Thank you so much for the thorough breakdown.
I could have sworn I saw something alluding to a port but I can't seem to find the article and I'm wondering now if it was just AI slop? :( Sadness. I briefly gave it a try on the shad emulator (maybe two weeks ago?) but playing with keyboard and mouse felt uhhhh very difficult. The very first encounter gave me crazy motion sickness so I decided to revisit it when I feel more patient to see if I could find some settings that work for me. I've been told by everyone I know that I should be playing these games on a controller but I have yet to find one that feels comfortable for smaller hands...Maybe someday!
I know there was a tentative rumor about the DeS remake eventually getting ported but I think I will put it in my waiting pile. If I figure out my Bloodborne issues then I will try it out sooner.
I really loved Elden Ring for the lore and exploring more than anything. I don't know anything about DS lore so I think DS1 is a good place to start :) thank you again!
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Comment on What is your dream game? in ~games
sundaybest Link Parent/offtopic Elden Ring is just okay?! That was my first "soulslike" type game and I adored it. Can you recommend which of the Dark Souls I should try out? Bloodborne is on my list but it was.../offtopic Elden Ring is just okay?! That was my first "soulslike" type game and I adored it. Can you recommend which of the Dark Souls I should try out? Bloodborne is on my list but it was recently-ish announced that it will get a PC port and I'm waiting for that.
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Comment on What is your dream game? in ~games
sundaybest Link ParentI love this idea but only if the talking dolphins are included :)I love this idea but only if the talking dolphins are included :)
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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
sundaybest Link ParentI went back to see what I've played but my number is so small in comparison to everyone else in this thread so far >_<...Out of all the games, I've tried 59 total but only 12 of those made it past...I went back to see what I've played but my number is so small in comparison to everyone else in this thread so far >_<...Out of all the games, I've tried 59 total but only 12 of those made it past a few hours (I think around 40 were firmly 'I played that once to see what people are talking about') 120 games I've never heard of and 191 that I've heard of but never played.
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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
sundaybest Link"Each game is included on best-of lists from at least six different publications..." but it could also be present on more than six, is that correct? I wish that the table included a column for how..."Each game is included on best-of lists from at least six different publications..." but it could also be present on more than six, is that correct? I wish that the table included a column for how many lists the game was present on because that is just my variety of curiosity :') and I don't really want to go count the citations...
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Comment on Everyday/week seems to fly by as I get older, how to change one's perception? in ~life
sundaybest (edited )Link ParentSorry to disappoint - our species was relegated to but a subsection. If you like, I found these related things on some (new to me) terms: polychronicity and monochronicity, their relationship and...Sorry to disappoint - our species was relegated to but a subsection. If you like, I found these related things on some (new to me) terms: polychronicity and monochronicity, their relationship and individual characteristics, this one more focused on polychronicity. I've put them in my "to read after work" pile but wanted to share because they seem neat :)
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Comment on Everyday/week seems to fly by as I get older, how to change one's perception? in ~life
sundaybest Link ParentI found these while poking around on duckduck - the wiki on time perception (my link will jump you to the section on time perception as it relates to age) and also this article which was an...I found these while poking around on duckduck - the wiki on time perception (my link will jump you to the section on time perception as it relates to age) and also this article which was an interesting summary but I didn't fact check it so use your best judgment~
Spoiler: That proportional theory is incomplete and there are other factors that matter to our perception of time so the "18 is the magic age" thing is probably not that true? At least that was my understanding after the duckduck browse I had for 10 minutes :)
That little side quest of random research (on my otherwise normal Wednesday) did make the last 15 minutes feel a little bit longer than "normal"...Yay! The dopamine I receive from this will also increase my temporal awareness and then I'll be feeling so smug that I'll be insufferable and time-aware aaaall day. Now to do this for years and years. I'm sure that will be super easy...
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Router recommendations?
Hello my fellow tildestians (tilderinos?) - I'm looking to upgrade a very old home router (a hand-me-down linksys of some variety). I game quite a lot (my computer is connected via ethernet to the...
Hello my fellow tildestians (tilderinos?) - I'm looking to upgrade a very old home router (a hand-me-down linksys of some variety). I game quite a lot (my computer is connected via ethernet to the current router) (often while others folks are streaming shows elsewhere in the house) so preferably something that is able to handle that? Maybe something that would allow a later upgrade with mesh? I don't know what a mesh is but I see them recommended in a lot of these "best router of 2026" lists so maybe that's something I need to look into.
I've seen a lot of recommendations for asus and tp-link and ubiquiti? I am not super technically inclined so ease of set up is a nice bonus but I'm willing to put in the effort if needed >_< Budget is around ~300 usd. Blessings be if you have the time and knowledge to spare for me :) thank you!
(also, if this is in the wrong topic please relocate me with my sincerest apologies)
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Comment on Control Resonant has gone gold. Physical release date for the game has been moved to October 15th. in ~games
sundaybest Link Parent@Evie @MimicSquid @Gummy @TheJorro @arqalite - I wanted to thank all of you for the reassurance! :3 will be popping open my game library and downloading now. hopefully I'll be able to finish it up...@Evie @MimicSquid @Gummy @TheJorro @arqalite - I wanted to thank all of you for the reassurance! :3 will be popping open my game library and downloading now. hopefully I'll be able to finish it up before September 24.
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Comment on Control Resonant has gone gold. Physical release date for the game has been moved to October 15th. in ~games
sundaybest LinkI was pretty intrigued by the trailer for Resonant but I only watched a friend play a bit of the first? The controls seemed a little clunky and that's put me off trying it so far. I'm pretty much...I was pretty intrigued by the trailer for Resonant but I only watched a friend play a bit of the first? The controls seemed a little clunky and that's put me off trying it so far. I'm pretty much a keyboard and mouse player exclusively (even for things like Elden Ring) and inputs don't always translate the best.
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Comment on Looking for low-mess wild bird feeder or birdseed recommendations in ~hobbies
sundaybest LinkI'm not sure what season it is for you but suet might be a good option as there are "no mess" and "no melt" varieties (the second one on this list does not contain peanuts). If it's specifically...I'm not sure what season it is for you but suet might be a good option as there are "no mess" and "no melt" varieties (the second one on this list does not contain peanuts).
If it's specifically the shells from the sunflower seeds that concern you then you could also get a bag of hulled sunflower seeds which would result in less mess overall. Semi-related, if you're having fun with seeing the birds, I'd HIGHLY recommend getting the Merlin Bird ID app. It is SO helpful with things like identifying bird song but also a lot of fun to record all the birds I see day to day.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
sundaybest LinkI have an unspeakable amount of hours in Slay the Spire 2 and have beat the game twice now on the highest level (ascension 10) with each character that's currently available. I really hope more...I have an unspeakable amount of hours in Slay the Spire 2 and have beat the game twice now on the highest level (ascension 10) with each character that's currently available. I really hope more characters become available soon. I'm by no means the best slayer of spires but I love puzzling out what makes a deck good or bad and trying new things. It's given me a lot of inspiration for my own game (where progress feels like it's at a crawl but I'm trying my best!).
Other honorable mentions of the month: No Rest for the Wicked, Ravenswatch, and Cat Mail Co. which have all been very fun and different experiences. Cat Mail Co. actually has me puzzling over whether or not I'd like to try my hand at a 3D game but Blender scares me!
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Comment on What is your eleventh favorite video game? in ~games
sundaybest Link ParentIf you do give it a try, let me know what you think and how it compares to the first for you. I hope you love it!If you do give it a try, let me know what you think and how it compares to the first for you. I hope you love it!
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Comment on What is your eleventh favorite video game? in ~games
sundaybest Link ParentRoR or RoR2? Genuine question, not trying to be pedantic! I ask because I adore RoR2 and have all the DLC but I've never tried the og. I'm curious to know if it's worth a try while I wait for the...RoR or RoR2? Genuine question, not trying to be pedantic! I ask because I adore RoR2 and have all the DLC but I've never tried the og. I'm curious to know if it's worth a try while I wait for the next DLC update. It's absolutely my favorite roguelike next to Slay the Spire.
(Or are they both roguelites because there are unlockables that persist between runs? I still get the term mixed up...)
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Comment on I'm ever more annoyed with Steam in ~games
sundaybest LinkI guess I might understand a desire for games that are solo player to play on a specific version if you don't particularly like an update but it would likely be very inconvenient for both the devs...I guess I might understand a desire for games that are solo player to play on a specific version if you don't particularly like an update but it would likely be very inconvenient for both the devs and the players if it's a multiplayer game, no? Even as things are currently, version mismatch causes all sorts of annoyances. I think I like how mega crit handles their updates to slay the spire 2. The main branch gets fewer updates, but more stability if you're trying to play with your friends. The beta branch gets more frequent updates, but I've experienced minor annoyances like connection interruptions with friends or a fresh update weirdly means I can't start a new game with a friend or the game says it's up-to-date but it's not...I can't imagine the headache other game devs experience with bigger/more "live service" type games a la something like apex legends, LoL, or whatever. Even as I'm typing this, I'm not sure this is a steam issue? Aren't they just providing us a method to connect with a bunch of developers who then give us those choices? Or are we saying that steam needs to provide the devs more options in terms of supporting versioning? I guess I don't really know what it is like behind-the-scenes of what the devs can do to accomplish that in steam itself. I'm still developing my own game and haven't even looked at what the "upload your game to steam" work will entail. I guess I will find out someday (fingers crossed).
I don't agree with the refund window for much the same reasons that have already been cited in this thread more eloquently than I could put it (@CannabilisticApple, thank you for your comment, I enjoyed reading it). I might tend towards "It would be really nice if they gave you some sort of reminder notification in the steam app to finish a refund when your friend refunds a game you bought for them because it still requires you to finish requesting a refund AFTER your friend requests the refund." but that's really only because I've done the "oh dang I forgot to do that aaaand now it's past the two week period to refund it" which feels frustrating but is ultimately on me (and my adhd) A notification on the little bell in the upper right corner that says "Finish refunding your gift?" or something would be really nice :( but I can also imagine that the steam devs have their plates full with lots of other things and I'm under-estimating how much time would go into such implementation. An an aside to this whole point, I just recently suffered the "no refunds, all purchases final" nonsense that nintendo uses on their e-store. I literally thought of steam during that and was like, "steam would not have done this to me :(" haha
I don't know...I can imagine lots of "this would be nice to my super specific set of desires" but there are so many nuances in providing a storefront to so many different companies, right? It needs to be stable, it needs to provide all these specific tools, and they need to work for everyone on their super specific pc set up, and provide support to the devs and to the players who can't make xyz work, etc. Maybe I'm being overly generous but I think steam does a good job or at least makes a real effort to do a good job. I don't think I've read anywhere that they're overly greedy, that they make things overly difficult for companies/solo devs to share their work, etc. Maybe that's not reality and I'm just not in that sphere where those things would come up? I guess I'll keep browsing the comments to see if something like that pops up. Regardless, I think steam offers a lot more respect to my time and money than something like apple or microsoft or nintendo, etc. But maybe that's just the walled garden of my internet usage and when I finally dive into the "please let me share my game in your store" experience then my opinion will shift? Idk!
Sitting with my own comment a moment before I post, I do wonder if my positive opinion is also mostly positive because it is SO negative with other companies? Is this like, a hostage situation? (Is there a better phrase for this?) Maybe I only like them because other companies make me feel so much more disrespected? Then again, I think I have heard many times that people fear the day that Gaben is no longer calling the shots at steam and I think I really do just appreciate what we have right now before it's gone like so many other companies who fall down the rabbit hole of late-stage capitalism.
Wait, a last thought occurred to me before I post. I DID dislike when steam changed how their family sharing works. I think there were plenty of families that live apart or across borders and found themselves on the negative side of the updated experience a year or two ago. That wasn't very nice. But I also saw many folks admit that they really only used it to share games with their friends? And while there's an argument to be made for found family, media sharing as a customer right, corpo greed, etc. I can imagine that there was also plenty of people who were using the flexibility of that to take advantage of the system and/or the game devs and that sort of stuff just makes the system worse for the people who were using it with good intentions. (If there was more to this situation and I'm just ignorant, someone please feel free to correct me! I really didn't think about this too deeply and I certainly didn't go research it before writing this opinion.)
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Comment on Public backlash after Utah county approves 62 sq miles of development sites for data center in ~tech
sundaybest LinkWhy are AI companies building these superstructures in places that don't have any water to spare? Surely there is cheap land elsewhere. It's so sad to see the local wildlife (and people) willfully...Why are AI companies building these superstructures in places that don't have any water to spare? Surely there is cheap land elsewhere. It's so sad to see the local wildlife (and people) willfully subjected to what will ultimately be a net-negative on the environment :( Surely with all the AI money floating around some basic regard for the ecosystem can be worked into the bottom line...
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Comment on Nintendo raises prices for Switch, Switch 2 and NSO in ~games
sundaybest Link ParentUgh it absolutely did. I'm just yearning for an AC Switch 2 to match the first. I might be swayed if there was Pokopia themed one but I don't think there is (at least in my cursory search just...Ugh it absolutely did. I'm just yearning for an AC Switch 2 to match the first. I might be swayed if there was Pokopia themed one but I don't think there is (at least in my cursory search just now). I think I'm just being stubborn at this point...But I have watched SO many hours of others playing that I might borrow my brother's switch 2 at this point. I wish they had just released it for the og. I would have bought it in a heartbeat even if the performance would a bit laggy due to the hardware.
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Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space
sundaybest Link ParentMy neighbors always have their lights on because of ONE time a teenager was up to no good and looking for unlocked cars in the neighborhood. It depresses me :( and I feel bad for all the wildlife....My neighbors always have their lights on because of ONE time a teenager was up to no good and looking for unlocked cars in the neighborhood. It depresses me :( and I feel bad for all the wildlife. My mom says I shouldn't dwell on such things but it's hard when the mega bright lights are shining into my room all night. Sigh. Maybe I should think about some blackout curtains...
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Comment on Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th in ~games
sundaybest Link@JCPhoenix Just wanted to drop a thank you here. Your post kept me on my toes and I was able to submit my reservation 1 minute before that 10am official open time when the page refreshed itself...@JCPhoenix Just wanted to drop a thank you here. Your post kept me on my toes and I was able to submit my reservation 1 minute before that 10am official open time when the page refreshed itself and opened the queue :) cheers!
My technical prowess is limited so I suspect that the shad experience could be better if I knew what to adjust. But certain settings being turned on seemed to make it not want to open the game at all? A lot of the advice online seems to boil down to "Have you tried turning it off and on?" which was not super helpful :(