garretble

@garretble@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨West Playoff Picture with 1 Week Left⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still really surprised that the Rockets are coming in so hot out of left field. Good for them.

  And the Luka trade. Man, what a bad trade for the Mavs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My Windows 10 PC’s only function at this point is to play FFXIV in my living room, so I’m not super worried about viruses or anything.

  But maybe eventually I’ll switch to Linux on that box and do that weird set-up to get FFXIV running there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter Wilds: First Impressions After the Long-Awaited Release⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think last night I hit HR38 or so, so I have played it about 40 hours.

  And I will start by saying this my first Monster Hunter. I have zero old baggage or knowledge coming in (other than trying Rise for maybe an hour because it was free on PSN+ and that not clicking at all).

  Performance: I fortunately have a 120hz VRR OLED, so the 40fps mode on my PS5 is pretty solid. It feels good. No, I will not be taking questions from PC zealots at this time - though I do feel bad for you guys that it sounds like there are some issues there they need to resolve. On console it’s pretty solid.

  The game: I’m really enjoying it. Like I said, I don’t have any prior experience really coming in, so it’s all new to me. And after what felt like climbing a sheer cliffside of learning curve to understand how to just play the game, I’m vibing with most all of it now. It was really hard to adjust my brain to think that Square is NOT the attack button, but rather Circle and Triangle. But once that clicked finally, I’m Charge Blading and Bug Lancing all over the place. It’s fun.

  I’ve read some complaints here and there about the wound system, but I like it. I like doing cool moves in the middle of a fight for big damage.

  The worst part of the game is playing with others. Once you get it working it’s fun to play with friends. But just getting to that point is awful. I’m reminded of that meme of the three dragon heads where the two, serious ones on the left are the graphics and gameplay, and the derpy one on the right is multiplayer. I shouldn’t have to look up online how to do what I’d assume is a simple thing: play with my friends. No one knows what a lobby is versus a link party versus an environment link party versus a squad…It’s all too much shit up front to learn and untangle. It took my brothers and I about an hour to set up a game the first time we tried. It’s madness.

  But overall, I’m still enjoying this game. I don’t care that it’s “easier” like I hear from some people. It’s fun. My sword and shield turns into a chainsaw. I’m having a good time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Threads] 26 Feb 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not gonna lie, at half when the Thunder were down I decided to go to the gym instead of sit on the couch.

  It was me. My act of watching was making the Thunder play bad. I’m the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that it has been three years, while I’d like to have one, I feel like I’ll just wait until whatever the next version is - even if that means waiting another year or so.

  I don’t need one, particularly, and I don’t want to be caught at the tail end of this hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Threads] 24 Feb 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For real. Thunder should have won with the lead they had.

  But, in basketball, no 20 point lead is safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, is the USA screwed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate this dumbshit as much as trump, but we shouldn’t be sharing fake twitter posts. It doesn’t help anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthony Davis to Miss Multiple Weeks with Injury Suffered in Mavs Debut⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is that Tom and Jerry bit where Tom sticks the shotgun into the mouse hole and it comes out of the wall pointed right back at him and he shoots himself in the face.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSN Is Still Down After 14 Hours And No One Knows Why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless the game has its own subscription, like Final Fantasy XIV.

  Unless that has changed over the years. I’m not sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Civilization 7 not fun?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I now have six hours in the game between last night and today. I actually finally just stopped after a few hour stretch.

  I’m having fun! But I also have seen some bugs. I can get behind waiting if some smaller bugs are annoying, but I’m enjoying the game quite a bit.

  I’m pretty happy that it runs alright on my Mac Mini M4. Starts up quick and gets going. It defaults to High settings but I turned the shadows down a bit just to keep things a little smoother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 26 Jan 2025 - Thunder @ Trail Blazers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wild there was only one game today.

  I’m glad the Thunder won.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks like Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s a fair point, actually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks like Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At least someone at Sony saw some reason.

  I can’t think of any human being who wanted a live service Horizon and God of War.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct.

  I would like to think you could pair old joycons to it in a pinch since outside of that new button on the right joycon they look exactly the same.

  But, yeah, when it runs out of juice you’d have to stick them back on the old switch or use a third party charger.

  But we’ll see, for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mouse mode has been rumored, and some leaks have shown what could be an optical sensor on the joy con.

  Also, if you take your current joy cons and place them on their side like that, they surprisingly feel pretty great as a mouse. Shoulder button for min click, and your thumb hits the four face buttons. I could see it working pretty well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In theory the old joy cons could still connect to the system via bluetooth, just not attach to the console itself. So maybe that keeps Ring Fit in play for the system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atomfall | Official Gameplay Overview Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A few years ago I think I’d agree, but I feel like at this point it’s a super lazy naming scheme, to be honest.

  Don’t have a good name? Just slap “-fall” on the end of some noun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atomfall | Official Gameplay Overview Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another entry in the long running “-fall” series of games.

  (For real, it’s weird how so many game have “fall” in their name if you start paying attention to it.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cavs top Thunder in the best game of the season so far⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For a moment this felt like a Ty Jerome revenge game from being traded from the Thunder. He came out and couldn’t miss for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 08 Jan 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nervous about this game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the presenters said:

  “It’s clear AI is the new electricity.”

  Hard pass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trying to find a game I remember...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you recall the platform(s)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 05 Jan 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Worst half of any team this season is what I heard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Notch says he will work on a spiritual successor to Minecraft⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We already have Dragon Quest Builders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro dev shares an excellent list of his favourite indie games of 2024⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Animal Well is also my game of the year.

  No other game was more interesting and exciting when you found something new. Or solved a puzzle.

  While on the surface it’s a simple Metroid style game, once you start noticing things it becomes so intriguing. I have a document on my iPad full of handwritten notes and maps. It felt so novel to return to a feeling of the late 80s where paper maps and notes were king.

  While there were a lot of great games last year, I put so much more brainpower into Animal Well, and it felt so good to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 03 Jan 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn that sucks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 03 Jan 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was quite the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shams: "Butler ...is open to playing anywhere other than Miami and feels he can make any team a contender"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like Jimmy generally, but this stuff hasn’t made me want him on my team.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 Leaks Ramp Up as New Patent Suggests AI Image Upscaling Tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tears of the kingdom and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 at 60fps. That’s all I ask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jimmy Butler Remains Away from Heat amid Trade Rumors, Illness; Status TBD vs. Hawks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet the locker room is fun right now. Oof.