swelter_spark
@swelter_spark@reddthat.com
- Comment on I'd never do this obviously 1 week ago:
Blasting down the road might save you about 3 minutes on an hour and a half trip, as best I can tell. It doesn’t seem worth the stress or the danger of causing an accident or getting pulled over.
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 2 weeks ago:
IMO, I would rate them: ME1 Andromeda ME2 ME3
The original Mass Effect was great, a classic, but 2 and 3 had less and less of what I’d loved about the first game. By the time I got to 3, I was playing because I felt invested in the story and characters, not because I found the gameplay enjoyable. Andromeda wasn’t quite as enjoyable as ME1 to me, mostly because I didn’t connect with the characters as much, but the story was surprising and original, fights were exciting, and the gameplay had a lot of interesting new elements that made the scenario feel immersive. It’s really too bad that so many people didn’t like it.
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 2 weeks ago:
The beginning of the game is really bleak, but it makes the scenario of trying to colonize a lifeless planet feel all the more real IMO. After you meet aliens and start terraforming planets, it starts to be more what people wanted out of it, I think.
- Comment on [Opinion] Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up 2 weeks ago:
No reason why the forks can’t continue their own independent development. If they do disappear, I guess I’ll use a webkit-based browser, or maybe a Gemini browser that also does http.
- Comment on I'd never do this obviously 2 weeks ago:
I just chill when I drive. If there’s a speed minimum, I obey it, but otherwise I’m just out there to relax and have a good time. I don’t even look at people’s faces when they pass. I’m not doing anything wrong. If they’re mad, they need to get over it. (My bf hates driving with me.)
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 2 weeks ago:
I really enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 2 weeks ago:
If you like animals, there’s lots to do with animal rescue, and you meet lots of great people. There are ways to contribute even if you don’t have a lot of physical mobility, like helping with internet activities, record-keeping, photography, and caring for animals temporarily while they’re being quarantined.
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 2 weeks ago:
Septerra Core and Divine Divinity were both really good.
- Comment on As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG 2 weeks ago:
Space rats make it an buy for me, but I’ll still wait until it’s 75% off.
- Comment on PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more 3 weeks ago:
That’s what I thought.
- Comment on Spiritfarer Developer Thunder Lotus Reveals At Fate's End, An Action Game With Dialogue-Driven Combat 3 weeks ago:
This sounds interesting, and the art looks nice.
- Comment on Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests 3 weeks ago:
That’s funny and interesting, although maybe not related to American politics.
- Comment on Martial Law: Our Spring, an adventure game set in an 80s Eastern Bloc country under martial law, releases a demo on Steam. 3 weeks ago:
Sounds great.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 3 weeks ago:
I’m on day 20 or so. Myst was the game I would compare it to, also.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 3 weeks ago:
Screenshotting the clues you find definitely helps piece it all together.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 3 weeks ago:
I’m working on the letter puzzle related to the pictures right now. Definitely couldn’t remember that without writing it down.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 3 weeks ago:
:0
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 4 weeks ago:
Oh god, what sigils? I don’t think I’ve even gotten to that yet. I’ve opened up the side yard and the mine, and got 3 of the 4 torches lit. There are so many puzzles! I think it’s better to know nothing, though, and discover it along the way.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I did that frequently, as a form of entertainment, especially after I had gone to bed at night.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been playing Blue Prince. It’s fun.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 4 weeks ago:
I use a case and usually a screen protector. They get broken pretty frequently anyway.
- Comment on Anon visits a guy's house 4 weeks ago:
Never had this anywhere. The floor is always the coldest part of the house.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
They were originally supposed to replace soap and shampoo, so you only had to buy one product.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
You can get anything clean with disn soap. It’s great for laundry, too.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think there are any holes in my computer large enough for roaches to get into, but I did once have a router that I only realized had an ant colony inside of it when I took it apart to move.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
A family member got a roach stuck in her ear and had to go to the hospital to have it removed.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Looks like you’re having a good time!
- Comment on Consistency is key 5 weeks ago:
Oh, this is smart.
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 5 weeks ago:
The first game didn’t have much in the way of story. The focus was on the puzzles and adventuring. I don’t think that makes her less of a woman character. In a video game, the assets are the only difference, anyway. Not that women can’t be rough and adventurous and physical and like guns.
- Comment on I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store? 5 weeks ago:
Haha, no problem.