Weirdfish

@Weirdfish@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a big problem for Hollywood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is literally nothing that will get me into a movie theater again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok boomer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought they stopped selling children at Walmart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will The People Who Say They Love Cinema the Most Come Back to the Movies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t see going to a theater for a movie ever again.

  Live performance, sure, but I’ll watch movies at home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Two games I have platinumed on PS4 that I still go back and play are Subnautica and Kerbal Space Program. Not sure if you mean 100% as in like scan and collect every item, or get all the trophies, cause I don’t think I’ve ever 100% a game in that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Had it pretty bad once while in the military, and this sums up how I felt exactly. Dumb people in a dumb situation almost ended up with me in a lot of trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The office is 3 day a week onsite, w Mon and Fri remote.

  I have to be on site Tue - Thur to support the users.

  I go in most Mon and Fri because it’s the only time I know I have physical access to the systems.

  My support work is largely “remote”, in that I can manage my systems 99% of the time better from my office than in the room, and I really like my setup.

  Aside from physically rebooting hardware that’s too frozen to reboot remotely, or replacing defective hardware, I can work 100% from anywhere I have internet.

  Thing is, I love the company I work for, the end users and various IT and facilities staff that support my work are all great people.

  The only close friends I have all moved far away decades ago, so the “water cooler” is the only real social interaction I get.

  I do spend a ridiculous amount to live 15 minutes from the office so the commute isn’t a concern.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are you playing this week? May 13 2024 Edition⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just found out Factorio is out on console, so I’ll be addicted to that for the foreseeable future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Is Taking Away Your Games...⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve sunk hundreds of dollars into Rocksmith 2014 on ps4 to learn to play the bass.

  The game, DLC songs, two guitars,as preamp, and cables.

  I absolutely love it, and feel I am still getting better over time.

  It so saddens me to know that one day Ubisoft will shit down the servers and a that investment will go to waste.

  From everything I’ve read Rocksmith+, their subscription model new version, just sucks in comparison to 2014, and I hate that their answer to people wanting to play games they ready own is “Well, just play the new one”.

  Loved farcry 2, 3, and 5, hated farcry 6.

  While I’ll always be able to play 2 and 3 from disc on my PS3, 5 will one day crap out as well I’m sure.

  Companies who take servers required for single player games offline should be required to either patch the game, or release the server source code.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the new Fallout TV show depressing?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll admit, I’m not deep enough of a lore whore to pick out the retcons.

  This is the futherest in the future as far as timeline goes, so watch the show to see who controls the region now and what happened to said faction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the new Fallout TV show depressing?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of both dark themes and on screen deaths and violence, many of which are pretty graphic.

  Fallout as a franchise is well known for some pretty horrific elements, often painted over with bright colors and upbeat music, but horrific all the same.

  If Game of Thrones or The Boys were too much for you, then Fallout certianly is.

  That said, it is an absolutely brilliant and faithful adaptation of the source material, and as a long time fan of the games, I loved every minute of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best indie games you've ever played?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, haven’t seen it, but will check it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best indie games you've ever played?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, the first 30 minutes go like this. Find the stuff to make and craft the knife, scanner, fins, air tanks, and building tool.

  You can eat kelp and make bleach>water w salt and coral to stay alive, though it’s a LOT of kelp.

  Then head straight to southern island to scan the multipurpose room, indoor and outdoor grow beds, and grab lantern fruit and marble mellons.

  You can then build a base and grow all the food you will ever need. I stock up on a ton of bleach and make water as needed, though the food also restores some hydration.

  I usually have this done before the Aurora explodes.

  Once you have the cyclops you can plant in there as well. Three lantern fruit trees per base is all the food you will need in the game, and marble melons have a lot of water.

  The only thing you miss out on really is the emergency air bladder, as that requires a fish. To make up for it I carry a second air tank when diving deep or exploring wrecks. I also build outdoor grow beds w brain corals in strategic places as emergency air supplies.

  Honestly, I started it as a lark, and found it so enjoyable because I never get distracted chasing down and catching fish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best indie games you've ever played?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one of those I downloaded, played 10 minutes of, and then got distracted by something else. I’ve done a good job avoiding spoilers, I’ll check it out next.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best indie games you've ever played?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just finished my first permadeath vegan play through (never caught a single fish, though I admit I ran over a few hundred).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best indie games you've ever played?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not any good at deck building games, but my girlfriend is pretty close to platinuming it on PS4 and I have to say, that game just gets weirder and weirder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games that force you to make hard choices⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing it now for the first time and just recently did that, and the main story priest mission, two of the more memorable missions I’ve done in a long time and has totally sold me on this game.

  The mechanics are different, and may put people off, but once you settle into it I think the controls and various game mechanics are really good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats the difference between cheap and expensive modern TVs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In a controlled environment, side by side, yes there is a noticable difference.

  I work in AV, and have seen the top end stuff for sure. Maybe I’m old and my sight isn’t what it was, but for home use I just don’t care.

  With HDR in a dark room w a “properly calibrated” LED I get as good an image as I could want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats the difference between cheap and expensive modern TVs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want the best bang for your buck, in my opinion, you have two options.

  One is to go cheap. For personal use I buy Visio displays, and have had nothing but success. I never connect them to the internet, and use my PS4 as my media player.

  The other is to buy a commercial grade display. This usually means no media apps at all, but they are designed for 24/7 operation. Look for something advertised as a digital signage display.

  As the other poster mentioned, OLED is supposed to have better contrast and black, but I’ve never noticed much of a difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The Next Subnautica" aims to deliver underwater survival spooks in early 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Dont know about PC but it has invert on PS4 cause I always play w Y inverted.

  If its on PC, I have to assume there is a setting in controller software to allow for it even if the game doesnt.

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

  I’ve bought all the soulsborne games on release going back to Demons Souls, and I just sucked at them.

  I am finally playing Bloodborne after giving up at the first boss many times over the years, playing co op with my girlfriend, who has beaten them all and platinumed quite a few.

  While I got good enough to beat most of them, except Sekiro, I just couldn’t get the rhythm of Bloodborne, and always gave up, even though I know many people consider it the best in the series.

  Going back to my tried and true method of “Just keep grinding and leveling up till you figure it out” finally worked, I beat the first main boss yesterday (with her as summons).

  Really looking forward to this one as I’ve done a pretty good job of avoiding spoilers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An unofficial PC port of Nintendo 64's Perfect Dark is available for download, featuring mouselook, widescreen, FOV & 60fps support⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Both perfect dark and goldeneye had dual analog support on the N64, though only in single player. Was my first experience with dual analog and all my friends thought I was nuts holding two controllers. Then the Ps2 came out w dual stick and we never looked back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Kerbal Space Program

  If I had to pick one moment in all of gaming that felt like a real achievement, landing on the Mun for the first time was is something I’ll never forget.

  Doom 1993

  Sure there was Wolfenstein, but Doom just blew our doors off when it released. Countless hours late night in the computer lab playing deathmatch, my first introduction to creating mods and maps, so many great memories.

  Subnautica

  Not my usual style of game, but this one is special. First time I played I did an hour or so to understand the basics, then restarted on permadeath. It took a very long time, but I eventually beat the game in a single life. The entire time was spent in a constant state of zen like terror.

  Some honorable mentions would be GTA Vice City where I was heavily involved with the modding community, the Mass Effect Trilogy as the most epic story on gaming, Far Cry 2, the Dark Souls series, Infinifactory, and Cities Skylines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨new adaptor just dropped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I use 3.5 stereo as an rs232 connector all the time. A poe ethernet to serial would be a huge help to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought it at launch, and on PS4 it was actually an unplayable mess.

  I’ve since gotten a PS4 pro, and still haven’t loaded it up again.

  Pretty sure I’ll get a PS5 this year, so I’m thinking of waiting till the to play it.

  With large games like this, I know I’m going to sink a lot of time into my first lay through, figure why not wait until I can do it right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  When Oblivon was an Xbox exclusive, Sony turned to Fromsoft to create an RPG for Playstation to compete with ES4.

  The whole project tanked, and from the ashes we go Demon’s Souls. A whole new genre of gaming was born, and we’re all better off for it.

  Hopefully something similar will happen this gen.

  I have always been a huge fan of Bethesda games, well, fallout and elder scrolls at least. I would love to play ES6.

  That said, there is no way I’m but another game system just for a handful of games.

  Honestly, considering that Skyrim has been ported to every single device w a processor in it, I’d be very surprised if we don’t see a PS5 release of Starfield next xmass season. That is just way too much money to be left on the table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is woke a religion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  By lumping them all into the same category, it gives credibility to “religion”.

  When you have a panel where “A priest, a rabbi, and a mullah discus spirituality”, it’s a level playing field, everyone is just there to compare notes on their LARPing rules.

  If an atheist or a scientist join the panel, you now have an emperors new clothes situation, “Yeah, I don’t have all the answers, but more importantly, neither do they, and I’m not claiming to. Here are the facts and evidence as it is currently understood, and what that might mean”.

  When you call atheism or science or woke a religion, they are trying to trap you by saying “ha! Your belief is just as meaningless as I mine is! We’re all equal and subjective rules apply”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft makes further appointment for future of Far Cry IP | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Farcry is one of my favorite series, and like so many ubisoft titles, they ruined it.

  Leveled gear and enemies can fuck right off.

  At least they spent time and fixed most of the issues with breakpoint.

  I made the mistake of preordering 6, played for a couple hours, and never touched it again.

  Still go back and play 2, 3, Primal, and 5 about once a year and have a wonderful time.

  I’d love to see another good farcry, as well as ghost recon and splinter cell. Going to wait to see the reviews and understand the game mechanics before ever buying another ubisoft product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which side are you placing your bets on?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Technology has advanced more in my lifetime than in the prior thousand years, we are very much in the middle of the greatest revolution in tech ever.

  The fact people are often so jaded about it amazes me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The trick for me is having a dedicated home office. I wake up, shower, dress in work clothes, and “go to the office”.

  Only things in there are my work desk, and some excercise equipment.

  The company is currently hybrid, with a couple days required in office every week. From everything I’ve heard, productivity is up, and there is no talk from management that we’re changing things.