HexagonSun

@HexagonSun@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The plastic lawn backlash: why people are pulling up their fetid fake grass⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As with all plastics, all this fake grass will continue to be a problem even when it’s removed. We can either burn it or leave it in landfill to ever so slowly decompose into billions of bits of microplastic.

  It should have been banned a long time ago, but we only ever address things when it’s already too late.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people have spoken, and they want to speak to real live humans, not a rail ticket self-service app | Gaby Hinsliff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In a rush to buy 3 travel cards last week, as the train was literally pulling into the station, my finger slipped and I accidentally bought an extra child’s ticket.

  When we changed trains at the next station I went to the counter and they sorted a refund of that extra ticket for me.

  I asked how it would be possible to do something like that in the future with only ticket machines and the guy said he didn’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion [2]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It was the ROSE “Revised Old Style Edition”. Basically the original game with revised translation and current naming conventions .

  Think I initially patched the wrong version of the ROM, and then had some further issues because of that, but got there in the end!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion [2]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I finally finished Final Fantasy VI yesterday (a ROM-hack of the SNES original).

  Bring a long game, and having already played for 15 hours before losing my progress and starting again, it was a very full-on experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Miiiiiiiiiiiiiist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, having stuff being obvious is actually incredibly freeing. Without that I waste so much time checking every part of every room, trying to work out which corridor leads to the objective vs which one might have collectibles.

  Knowing I can just play a game, fine most stuff, get on with it, and not regret not using a guide is a real gift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Miiiiiiiiiiiiiist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. And coloured ledges you can grab, sparkling items to collect. I remember in old Monkey Island games there being no way to visually discern what you could or couldn’t interact with, you’d spend so long just trying things to see what worked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Miiiiiiiiiiiiiist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was way more prepared to waste time being confused by a game back in the day. You occasionally would try stuff for fours. Now if I get stuck 10 mins I start thinking they didn’t play test or design the game well enough haha.