DrSteveBrule
@DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 4 hours ago:
Its on my to-watch list. Flying Lotus is one of my all time favorite music producers so ive curious how his movie turns out.
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 1 day ago:
We can circle back to this debate when anonymity is the weapon in a mass murder.
- Comment on Technically the truth 1 day ago:
Which is an example of acceleration.
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 1 day ago:
Plenty of people do that with their personal information on full display.
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 2 days ago:
In what way is anonymity bad on the internet?
- Comment on Elden Ring's player engagement is through the roof: 45% of its Steam players have played for 100+ hours 2 days ago:
When i first started playing Dark Souls i always equipped my characters with shields. I played all 3 games several times through with shields. One playthrough I decided to challenge myself and not use shields, only relying on dodging attacks. Doing so also opened up my offhand for using a staff or talisman (the equivalent of seals in Elden Ring). I have never used a shield in any Dark Souls game or Elden Ring since.
Dark Souls 2 introduced a feature called power stance. I wont go into go into great detail about it here, but tnere are many guides online that explain how it works. The short version is that it allows you to dual wield weapons from of the same category. You equip them in each hand, level up your character with the correct stats, then you open character up to unique move sets and really high damage.
Power stance wasn’t included in Dark Souls 3, but it was reintroduced in Elden Ring and is very fun to use. Some of my favorite weapons to power stance with are: daggers, twinblades, reapers, rapiers, and even heavy rapiers. I wouldn’t say power stancing is the equivalent to playing on easy mode. The movesets are unique and take some practice to use effectively. There are also some cons, like not having a shield or magic casting weapon in either hand. There is no way to do a jumping heavy attack using both weapons. Also stamina depletes much quicker. One of the greatest pros though, is that each weapon can be equipped with different status effects like bleed/poison or holy/frost.
If you look up or are suggested specific builds, be open to tweaking them to your liking. Higher numbers for damage output are obviously good, but are only so useful if the weapon you are using is right for you. Keep trying different weapon types until something sticks. Also, level up several different weapon types because different enemies have different resistances and weaknesses. Slashing weapons aren’t as effective against rock enemies as hammers are. Sometimes these resistances aren’t obvious so dont be afraid to use online wikis to look up some info.
Lastly, dont neglect summon pools! Some people will try to convince you that summon pools are for noobs, and it only counts as a win if you solo a boss. That’s not true in the slightest. Every item/feature in the game was added with the intention that players will use them. Same goes for spirit ashes. Each spirit ash is very different from the next. Some will follow you around, some will sit in one spot, some regenerate health, some inflict status effects on enemies, etc. If you or anyone else is on PC feel free to shoot me a DM and we can set up a coop session!
- Comment on Let's play this game again 2 days ago:
It is only in the form of crypto with your name attached to it. Trump, Elon, and all the rest constantly hype it up on social media and make bank on it. Everyone in the world associates you with being another maga grifter.
- Comment on Let's play this game again 2 days ago:
Everyone who interacts with you immediately forgets who you are or why they are doing what you convince them to do as soon as they stop seeing and hearing you. They will continue to do as you instructed them, but they won’t know why. Once it’s done, they will continue life as though they’ve never met you unless you introduce yourself again.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 days ago:
We would usually say “the ones I spied on”. English is the only language I’ve ever spoken and although it sounds weird to not include the word “on”, I really dont see why its necessary either.
- Comment on The PS3's comeback was insane 5 days ago:
My ps3 got what I called “the yellow light of death”. They both had the same issue.
- Comment on 70% of games that require internet get destroyed 5 days ago:
I’m not even aware of any ps3/xbox360 games that are fully contained on discord. Maybe Orange Box?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
A McChicken is definitely not worth more than $1 lol
- Comment on Recommendations for "girly" games? 3 weeks ago:
Peggle! It’s a very fun and unique brickbreaker with lots of silly and cute characters, art, and music.
- Comment on At least in the darkness of my dreams, I can forget how things are 5 weeks ago:
For your health!
- Comment on What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good? 5 weeks ago:
The only thing I can think of that Word does better, is making equations. LibreOffice works ok, but it’s more clunky. I still use it over Word because it runs much faster on my PC
- Comment on Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’ 5 weeks ago:
How does people being wrongfully deported to El Salvador relate to a gaming community?
- Comment on The Last of Us Complete hits PS5 today, physical Collector’s Edition coming July 1 month ago:
I’m trying to remember, is this a Mr. Show reference?
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 month ago:
I recently emailed my professor about a question on a take home test. I asked for clarification because the wording was weird. I also asked how I should format the answer, and where in the textbook I can find info relating to it. His email back to me just said “the answer is on page 75”. It was not.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 month ago:
My cousin and I spent a summer messing around in hitman blood money when we were younger. There’s a level that takes place in a neighborhood with a cul-de-sac. We managed to kill every single npc undetected with the snare wire and dump theoe bodies into the sewer to leave no evidence. After each level, the game generates a newspaper article to describe the events and it basically said everyone in the neighborhood just vanished.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 month ago:
If the game plays on your linux distro who cares what you call it?
- Comment on FromSoftware aren't abandoning single player in favour of games like Elden Ring: Nightreign, says Miyazaki 1 month ago:
Wtf did i just read? The author here admits to not caring and therefore not paying attention to what he was supposed to be “reporting” on. Video game “journalists” continue to amaze me.
- Comment on Nintendo is Bringing Us Kicking and Screaming Into the $80 Game Era with the Switch 2 1 month ago:
That’s true. I should’ve specified i use gg.deals to look for sales from 3rd party websites. Green man gaming is a pretty good one that often has $5-$10 off of new titles.
- Comment on Nintendo is Bringing Us Kicking and Screaming Into the $80 Game Era with the Switch 2 1 month ago:
gg.deals
New steam games may have $80 price tags at some point, but most of them will end up on that site for a fraction of the price after some time. Nintendo titles might go down to $70 after a decade.
- Comment on Since they wouldn't understand phones, I'd just tell them I was speaking to demons. 1 month ago:
There was a good point explaining how the invention of email made communication a more dreaded thing. When all you could do was send written letters, it could take weeks or months to communicate with someone on another continent. When email was invented everyone thought it would make life so much easier to get a near instant reply. But now some some people have to read and send a hundred emails a day. It’s the same with cell phones. A hundred years ago we mostly didn’t have phones. Then landlines became popular but you had to be home, also you had to memorize numbers or write them down. Now everyone has a cellphone where anyone can call you at anytime and any place. It could be work related, medical related, an old friend wanting to say hi, a tech illiterate family member asking for help, someone trying to sell you something, or any other kind of spam call. Phone anxiety is completely understandable.
- Comment on I've done it again... 2 months ago:
Is 5 pounds enough?
- Comment on Physicists vs Normal People 2 months ago:
Acceleration in physics terms just means a change in velocity. Velocity is speed in a given direction. The steering wheel, gas pedal, and break pedal all accelerate the vehicle.
- Comment on "Mickey 17" releases digitally on March 25 — only 18 days after its theatrical debut 2 months ago:
Buying Blu-ray, going to theaters, and buying merchandise aren’t alternatives to owning digitally. I won’t speak for all pirates, but I just want to own a digital copy of what i pay for. Even streaming with a paid subscription isn’t a viable alternative. I don’t pirate to protest, I pirate because there’s no other choice.
- Comment on Another live service shooter is getting shut down, this time before it even launched on Steam 2 months ago:
Instead of issuing refunds on any purchased in game currency, Zynga informs players should quickly spend it in game before the game shuts down lmao
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 2 months ago:
Personally no i never rooted for Walt. Don’t get me wrong I still enjoyed his character and the show overall but I figured him to be a pretty bad guy from the start. Sometimes I just enjoy a show even when all the main characters are bad people. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is another example from a completely different genre. Most episodes end with those characters in a bad predicament based solely off of their poor actions, but that’s what makes it interesting to watch for me. I would feel like a shitty person of i rooted for them because they are incredibly shitty people. Another example i can think of is Narcos. That show was wildly popular, but there’s no way anyone can justify rooting for Pablo Escobar.
Anyway I guess that’s all beside the point of why you may not like No Country for Old Men. I haven’t seen that movie in a long time so I can’t recall many details. But I can still appreciate reading your thoughts on what makes for good storytelling. There’s really no right or wrong as far as I’m concerned, everyone has their preferences.
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 2 months ago:
Do you not like any movies or shows where the main character is the bad guy? The Sopranos is my all time favorite show but I’ve never rooted for Tony. Breaking bad is great too but I still never rooted for Walter White.