JigglySackles

@JigglySackles@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is spreading.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s more work than the people saying that give thought to. I’m I’m the process of switching but finding replacements for the apps I rely on is no easy task.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And I’m with you. I think learning languages and other cultures is essential to a well rounded individual. I think more languages should be taught. I was just offering up a possible explanation as to why it may not be emphasized here in the US.

  A lot of the bullshit here stems from a capitalist utilitarian mindset (ignoring the “fear of melanin” bullshit). If it doesn’t observably generate profit it’s looked down on. It’s why many of the good things we had are being systemically torn down by rich fucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  LOL perfect. The thunderstorms were the only thing I missed when I lived in other places too. Love a good thunderstorm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem in the US is that besides English, you might be exposed to some Spanish. And not much else unless you seek it out. Or have immigrant friends. Without consistent practice, and some more native speakers, any learned language just rots away.

  I learned German for several years in college. It was fun. Went to a local brewhouse with my classmates and talked in simple german while we had dinner, it was a good time. Now, other than my own attempts at saving my whithered skill, and a couple bedtime songs for my kids, I don’t use it.

  And even when I was better at it, using it as a tourist in germany was moderately helpful, but it wouldn’t have been nearly enough skill to pass any kind of immigration language proficiency exams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I figure if some place is selling Jesus merch to amass wealth, it’s not intended as a holy item and shouldn’t be treated as one. Stomp away. Lol

  That said though, the company demanding damaging product before chucking it is just shit tier behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Speak for yourself. Love and miss that cooler, predictable weather. Sick of this shit where I send my kids to school in 30 degree weather and pick them up in 70-80 degree weather. ALSO…IT. FUCKEN. WIMDY. And to top it off stank ass Bradford pears spaffing into the breeze through spring and summer. Oh and lots of tornados every year. Oklahoma weather is bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Best-Selling Video Games Since 2020⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I see about 3 I’m either interested in or played. CP2077 is definitely worth getting into. As is Baldurs Gate 3 from what I know of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can definitely understand that. It’s especially bad coming back to an old save. Feels like Gandalf in Moria “I have no memory of this place…”

  Also…

  Fuck you Shoresy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooooo ship ship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Had enough of having to change it every 3 months⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And this is one of a few reasons that frequent password changes aren’t very helpful in increasing security over the difficulty it adds to the end users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol perfect, I like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never be surprised by insecure IoT devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This was always the goal when they started adding screens. Screens should always be viewed as ad delivery mechanisms especially if internet connected. That goes triple for devices that absolutely don’t need a screen. Like a fucking fridge. They will slow boil the process at first. But they’ll do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. I don’t care to get in on early access too often.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? Were they the later games? I grew up with the NES ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get it. I’ve seen some on here that make no sense to me as metroidvanias. But I think it might be generational. To me a metroidvania has to be 2D, because those are the kinds of metroid and castlevania games I grew up on.

  Seeing suggestions for Batman Arkham games or Supraland (love both series) is a weird suggestion to me because I see those as action and puzzle platformer respectively. But for people growing up with 3D Metroid etc. I can see why they’d classify it that way, even though I think the series changed away from the classic metroidvania genre at that point and into more action or action platformer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was scrolling looking for this one too! Really excellent game. I’ve been enjoying it and it scratches my metroid itch better than what most people are listing off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ayyyy plus one on both Carrion and Supraland! Loved both of those. I can’t wait to get the latest Surpaland game (Supraworld iirc?). Such a fun puzzle platformer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that all comes down to how the travel, visual appeal, and POIs are handled. As well as a personal interest in the gameplay loop. The following are my general opinions on a few games for why I think they do or do not work.

  Daggerfall would be way too big, because the POIs are few and far between and there is no visual interest between, but it worked because it had fast travel.

  Each of the successive TES games had more visual interest to them and wel spaced POIs and I spent a lot of time walking on first playthroughs without fast traveling anywhere.

  Similarly No Man’s Sky could seem too big at first blush, but if you like the gameplay loop it’s infinitely fascinating. For anyone wanting to move further in it’s also helpful that there are gates to help make large jumps, without them being a requirement to enjoy things.

  Cyberpunk 2077 was very visually interesting and had a ton of POIs and was fun to traverse on foot and in a vehicle. I thought the size was fantastic on my first two playthroughs. The third time the badlands areas got a little frustrating though.

  Stalker and Stalker 2, are very fun to traverse by foot for me despite being very large. They are visually very interesting, especially 2. There are plenty of things you can stumble on and explore. In fact on my first playthrough of Stalker 2, I didn’t even realize it had a fast travel option for over 60 hours because I didn’t feel the need to look for one to use. Loved the huge size of those.

  WoW was horribly oversized, as are many MMOs. WoW was(and imo still is despite many upgrades since I played, just not a fan of toony looking games) completely uninteresting visually, had no “on the way” POIs and had no motivation to look around. Long travel was a chore on top of a burdensome gameplay loop. I hated WoWs size. It felt big just because it would take people longer to play. I can’t express how fucking boring it was to me. And exploring had zero reward. I remember wandering into the water and swimming for like 30 minites to get behind some massive tree or something (all I remember was it was a brown gradient that’s how dull the visuals were) and I get behind it and there was fuckall. That was the last time I played I think. More brown gradient and uninteresting light blue water gradient stretched off into a foggy white gradient. Fucking hated WoW but especially its size. MMOs like that are the equivalent of having a rail shooter that’s more train ride simulator than shooter. It works for other people, I just couldn’t stand it.

  Outward is a fantastic game but it’s world feels a little too big sometimes. I don’t really enjoy wandering it that much even though I enjoyed the game on the whole. Just felt I got to the point of sprinting from one objective to the next because I was tired of traversing the map.

  So it’s really game dependant imo. If they nail some key aspects, size doesn’t seem to matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican Government To Tax Violent Video Games It Says Make Kids Violent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuckin hell, thought this shit had finally gone away in the 00s. It’s the 90s all over again. 🙄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Master Race⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used some software they gave out, but otherwise I sit on the horde like a digital dragon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thats all⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. People are in the sub if they want to be pedanticly PC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only we knew...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they thought you wouldn’t call them out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There was no need to ever improve upon THIS⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When it’s 100F or higher, there is no such thing as AC too cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would I buy this?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish overspending was why I was poor. At least I could fix that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with breakfast in bed?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t like breakfast in bed either. Would much rather get my day going first. Brush teeth, take a piss, get some lazy clothes on etc. I wouldn’t mind a couch breakfast, but only if I don’t have to cut anything. If I need a knife, please let’s just do this at the table. I’ll appreciate the gesture just as much and won’t be struggling half conscious to keep my bed clean with a wobbly ass tray.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with breakfast in bed?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Might be sleep apnea, or something similar, that is slowing your body producing urine while sleeping. Talk to a doc. Getting apnea treated solves this for many.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with breakfast in bed?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with breakfast in bed?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I can agree with that. Game devs need to take more time to ensure that they aren’t building something that encourages bad behavior.