DrSteveBrule
@DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
- Comment on PSA for those in America 3 hours ago:
I went to Universal around last Christmas and they had an awesome drone show. I had never seen anything like it and didn’t even know it was a thing. 100% better than a fireworks display.
- Comment on Uber Eats or something idk 3 days ago:
That’s strange. Where I live, Doordash and all the other delivery services list higher menu prices than what you’ll see at whichever restaurant you go to. If a menu item is normally $15, Doordash will list it as $18. This is before they even add the service fees.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 6 days ago:
I have to imagine once it ages a bit more they’ll bring the regular price down. But as many fans say, it’s really a fair price for what the game is.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
Its in a hospital and as far as I am aware there’s no cameras in the break room.
- Comment on Any other trauma victims? 1 week ago:
I had a roommate that asked me if I was funny or had a happy childhood.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
My job has the opposite problem. We have four refrigerators full of food that no one wants to eat. People bring in homemade meals in glass containers that end up rotting and growing mold. Every so often someone gets the courage to clean all the refrigerators out, but it doesn’t take long before they turn back into giant trash cans again.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
Are psychedelics legal where you live?
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 1 week ago:
Aa per the FAQ on their website, Factorio will never go on sale.
- Comment on The roses, of course. Ow. 1 week ago:
I never could figure out what that was lol
- 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 3 weeks ago:
There are a lot of other reasons to pirate content besides disagreeing with pricing. I get that the price point of this game is the subject here but I doubt 99% of pirates are at a disagreement over pricing.
- Comment on “Production” to describe multiplication? 3 weeks ago:
It seems like every other poster here confusing your use of the word “production” and simply stating that “product” is an acceptable word to use lol
- Comment on The audacity 3 weeks ago:
They’re also easy to clean if they get gross from surgery.
- Comment on Michael B. Jordan Did the Impossible — In an era of mounting crises, the "Sinners" star got people off their couches and into cinemas for an original film 4 weeks ago:
I’m currently waiting through the trailers for my second watch in theaters lol
- Comment on What's a TV series you've tried repeatedly to get into, but can't? 4 weeks ago:
No The Sopranos doesn’t make the audience root for the mobsters. It’s a show that follows horrible people doing horrible things. There is great writing and very realistic dialog, but that has never tricked me into rooting for Tony or anyone else. Especially if you make it to the last season, I was personally rooting for Tony to get killed.
- Comment on What's a TV series you've tried repeatedly to get into, but can't? 4 weeks ago:
To me, The Sopranos has some of the most believable characters of any show I’ve ever seen. They’re all just so fucking stupid. But not in a bad writing kind of way. They’re as stupid as the average person and maybe a little more so. The show is full of miscommunication and unreliable gossip going around dozens of characters. It’s not witty dialog, it just feels real.
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
We can circle back to this debate when anonymity is the weapon in a mass murder.
- Comment on Technically the truth 5 weeks ago:
Which is an example of acceleration.
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month ago:
I’m not even aware of any ps3/xbox360 games that are fully contained on discord. Maybe Orange Box?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
A McChicken is definitely not worth more than $1 lol
- Comment on Recommendations for "girly" games? 2 months 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 2 months 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? 2 months 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