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- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 4th 2 days ago:
I was going to try and do some hunting for potential RPG Maker gems, but then I searched the tag on Itch 😅 I’ll probably stick to the Multiverse mod for FTL…
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 4th 2 days ago:
doing roleplay in my head and making up story
I used to love doing that. With the tech mods, I always RP’d I was sent ahead of a colony ship to get production and residence setup and ready.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 2 days ago:
It’s just one option. You can always go to the artists’ shows and pay cash at the merch table.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
Yep, living the dream will do that some times.
I wish there was a more focused metal channel. There probably is, I just don’t know about it. If you follow KEXP, Audiotree, and Amoeba Green Room Sessions they do have those kinds of performances from time to time, though.
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 3 days ago:
Only 4? Pretty sure you could double your catalog for the price of one oblivious remaster
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 3 days ago:
Just so you have more reference. Original link is in OP’s link, but I think they had too many tracking arguments in the URL so wayback didn’t work. Always test before going live!
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
I miss What.CD so much for this reason. They had the “Artist Web” on every artist and album page that linked you to similar music, and even showing which links were higher percentage matches.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
Someone else mentioned a similar comment. Pirating isn’t the only option in escaping the streaming services, though. BandCamp, for instance, you can download your music. They even have a special day every year where 100% of every sale that day goes directly to the artist. They just did that yesterday, actually.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
I tried Spotify for a couple of years, paid for it even. I have nothing good to say about it, not even the music discovery part. At least, in terms of personal use. It prevented me from listening to what I wanted to listen to more than half the time, even if what I wanted to hear was on the platform.
I get what you’re saying. You’re right that they are different things in some scenarios. For a generic DJ (think weddings, school dances, etc.), it becomes a crucial utility. Service almost any request without having to lug around hard drives/records and have to anticipate what will be requested. Although arguably, that was part of the art of being a DJ for hire at one time, knowing your audience and music well enough so you only bring what you’ll need.
At the end of the day, said services can just disappear for several reasons. That happens, and you’re shit out of luck. You’ll have to either start pirating or start paying for a new service. Either way you’re rebuilding your library.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
Start following YT channels like NPR Tiny Desk Concerts and KEXP. You won’t have to do the leg work, new music (good and bad) will be in your feed all the time.
Having said that, the hunt is part of the fun for me.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
This is why I miss scrobbling. I think scrobbling is still a thing, but far less so now with the social media psychology being applied to music streaming.
Me and my music nerd friends all loved seeing each others’ habits, so we linked our local Clementine players with Last.FM, and could see all the stats for each other that way.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
Exactly. Happy to say I’ve never experienced this issue in my entire life. Like how I’ve never experienced buffering issues where the quality drops, or doesn’t playback at all; never had to pay for a second service because the first one I chose has album A but not album B; never had a power or internet outage stop the music.
It’s amazing that you can do so much more for so much less cost, yet people just keep giving these rich sheisters all their money they don’t have. I think based on my last comment, it’s laziness and convenience is just a spin to make it sound more acceptable.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 3 days ago:
What a solid game and experience. I’ve played through it so many times, and I can’t ever get over Bernard’s voice actor being Les Nessman from WKRP in Cincinnatti
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 3 days ago:
Serious headfuck of a puzzle game.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 days ago:
I dunno why you left! I’ve never understood what was good or better than pirating about these streaming services. Everyone says convenience, but I don’t think that’s the real reason, because ads and service interruptions seem way more inconvenient to me than not having my music.
- Comment on Why don't Oblivion and Morrowind turn the character model when you run in different directions? 4 days ago:
Some games do, some games don’t. It’s a design choice.
Also, Oblivion was released originally in 2007, and Morrowing in 2002. The consoles, game logic, and gfx were a fraction of what modern games can do, a lot of games back then didn’t have the fancy animations for all directions. Either because no one bothered to put in the time to do it, or there were other backend/engine limitations at the time.
- Comment on Is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion still fun for a first-time player in 2025? 1 week ago:
This is pretty much the exact same experience for the remastered, except it’s 120GB installed and the gfx are modern.
If want the Skyrim experience, but a different game, try out the Enderal workshop overhaul on Steam.
- Comment on Oblivion Remastered Impressions (and Discussion Thread) 1 week ago:
I will say, I’m running in Desktop mode and using keyboard+mouse. Presumably controller works, but I haven’t actually tried in handheld mode.
- Comment on Oblivion Remastered Impressions (and Discussion Thread) 1 week ago:
GOG version runs great for me. I just installed via Lutris using Proton Experimental, no problems to speak of while playing so far.
- Comment on Oblivion Remastered Impressions (and Discussion Thread) 1 week ago:
See my reply to this user above, but yea don’t bother buying it if you only have the Steam Deck. Cheaper and a better experience to buy the original on GOG.
You always have the option to get a full refund within the first 2 hours of gameplay on Steam though, if you want to see the performance for yourself.
- Comment on Oblivion Remastered Impressions (and Discussion Thread) 1 week ago:
I can confirm, even trying several different combos of optimizer mods, plus running the resolution at 1280x720, it stutters like crazy as soon as you get out of the initial area surrounding the Imperial City and looks like dogshit because of everything at low or lowest.
Baldur’s Gate 3 with almost 100 mods (including optimizers), and similar upscaling settings at 1920x1080 in Desktop mode, runs better on the Steam Deck.
Since the remaster is literally using the same game logic as the original, I ended up just installing the GOG version of the GOTY edition, installed a bunch of mods, and it runs amazing. I don’t think I’m missing much in the way of changes/improvements.
- Comment on Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen 1 week ago:
My first as well. Feeding on the anti-Tesla hype to gain some clout and probably funding.
- Comment on I'm bored and desperately search for a proper game 1 week ago:
Some further suggestions I haven’t seen mentioned in all these comments yet, surprisingly:
And maybe a little more casual, but still similar vein as city management:
- Comment on "Cyber Trucks aren't lame!" 2 weeks ago:
You’re probably right, the reactions of people around him and the way he addresses the cameras feels staged.
Mainly just complimenting how much he nailed the temper tantrum, really felt like I was talking to my cousin.
- Comment on "Cyber Trucks aren't lame!" 2 weeks ago:
Are you sure this isn’t real? If actually satire, someone get this man an oscar!
- Comment on If trump shaved his head and didn't wear any makeup do you think you would recognize him? 2 weeks ago:
He looks like Michael McKean (aka Chuck McGill)
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remaster is real - Eurogamer 3 weeks ago:
Shit, you’re right. That was an awful time reference for the joke… it might actually release before the Oblivion remake.
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remaster is real - Eurogamer 3 weeks ago:
Now we get 11 years of Oblivion re-releases!
I guess TESVI is already doomed, probably won’t release until after the ice-caps melt.
- Comment on Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? 3 weeks ago:
They all wish they were as clever, funny, and efficient as GLaDOS
- Comment on Suggestions for a top down game that is genuinely different to all the others? 3 weeks ago:
What actual genre do you like to play? Might get some more relevant recommendations. Otherwise, top-down is just a POV and there are a ton of genres that have been made this way.
- Factorio - Factory Building
- Door Kickers - Tactical CQB
- Dwarf Fortress - Roguelite Town Management
- The Battle for Wesnoth - Turn-based RPG
- GTA1/2/London 1969 - The best GTAs
- FTL - Roguelite space adventure. Real-time with pause.