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- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 day ago:
I recently mastered Scooby Doo: Night of a 100 Frights for the Nintendo GameCube as part of a Collectathon event on RetroAchevements and… kinda liked it. Somehow a metroivania platformer with zany hijinx moves and dogshit physics.
But then again, it’s intentionally bad sometimes to match the old cartoons Hanna Barbera style. It has a laugh track for crying out loud!
Actually most of these games in the event have some redeeming factors (I even liked Mort the Chicken)… except Mr. Beans Wacky World. That game is actually awful.
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 day ago:
Oh no. That’s on my playlist but the psx version. (It’s for an RA event). I hope I enjoy it…
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 1 day ago:
To this day I’ve still failed to talk my stepdad out of buying Madden games… even when they no longer work on Windows 10 (and of course Linux) so he’s having to upgrade… Sigh.
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 1 day ago:
I mean, until their internal ram failed and you needed to do a full RPG in one sitting, but I guess that’s true of board games losing pieces or breaking.
- Comment on Anon is a child prodigy 4 days ago:
I was going to mention the same thing. Even the “smartest man alive” would be in those useless upper bounds.
To explain that upper bounds issue to others, imagine being the top score on a leaderboard. Some of that’s going to be random chance and other factors, even if most of the time you score in the top 1% of scores consistently.
- Comment on Pink Ranger 4 days ago:
It might be in reference to Mirai Sentai Timeranger, but the costume doesn’t seem right and the katakana is just Mirai Good, so… idk.
- Comment on The White House, Washington D.C. 5 days ago:
That’s … Literally called Nitro Circus?
We really are doing the whole Bread and Circuses thing now literally, huh?
- Comment on [politics] she never recovered 1 week ago:
Honestly, the BBQ is probably quite good, but it’s wasted on a cardboard cutout for sure.
- Comment on Weird 1 week ago:
I’ve had a 40 year old body for like, 25 years. I’m not 40 yet.
- Comment on Day 690 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
Farm rupees? I swear I couldn’t get rid of rupees fast enough, the RA achievements for the Wii version of the game required every chest opened and that version wouldn’t let you open a chest if you had too many rupees. Donating it all was top priority; I didn’t even do bug turn ins until way later.
- Comment on why the heck is bro watching a painting 1 week ago:
Err… my LGs screen saver is random paintings, which is either an LG thing or a WebOS thing. You don’t even pick the paintings.
I’m a bit more concerned it’s on the floor directly but that’s just because I’ve got toddlers and that’s always my first instinct now. That TV is in danger!
- Comment on That's a no 2 weeks ago:
If it’s a lane closure, yes, you zipper merge at the end-- imo, because you need visual confirmation of what’s happening but also because it’s predictable and usually both lanes are already matching speeds and zipper merging ahead of you. There’s no need to complicate things with an early swap. Granted, I rarely see a lane closure warning more than 100 meters, if at all… in my tiny car, the best indicator that we’re merging is sudden lane changes of everyone in front of me.
Where I draw the line is when there’s an exit only lane on a freeway and people are zooming along and suddenly want in. Did they jump into that lane just to get ahead? Or are they a helpless victim of circumstance from the latest onramp and unable to merge until now? I let them in, but I’m usually bitter about it.
- Comment on That's a no 2 weeks ago:
It’s rare, but I think they’re referring to when it’s open enough and running at optimal speeds. It happened the other day on a side street during an off hour, the free lane couldn’t cut to the front without going like 70mph in a 40mph zone.
Of course a muscle car did just that, but still.
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been using OnlyOffice, although I bet LibreOffice can open them too. That doesn’t convert files unless I save, but it doesn’t seem to me up the formatting either. I used to have to bulk convert using a Google drive plugin, which could help for bulk conversation but isn’t a FOSS solution.
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 weeks ago:
What’s rather ironic is my Linux FOSS setup is more compatible than ever because it can open my students .notes and .pages files, while MS Word couldn’t.
And naturally, I’m proud of using FOSS so I guess I’m proud to be compatible with everything.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
Judging by the footnote, it’s YouGov which isn’t a very good poll typically. That said, it’s likely got enough people across ages to standardize it properly. They probably do have a larger amount in one demo vs another, but you can simply weigh them differently to balance it out.
There’s probably plenty wrong with their methodology if we dig deeper though; these polls aren’t very scientific typically. With political division, it could be how they were asked, for instance.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
I’m way too analytical to fall into that curve, and I’m sure most people on Lemmy are like that too. Like, we literally have data going back decades on most of these metrics, so why are people even going with their gut? Quite a few are literally numbers you can check!
But alas, your average nobody ignores data…
- Comment on Anon is standmaxxing 2 weeks ago:
You’re never too old to practice Standmaxxing™️!
- Comment on I have a busy morning planned 4 weeks ago:
What about kicking the tires? They’re forgetting to kick the tires!
- Comment on Day 671 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 4 weeks ago:
Even more obscure, since it never got shipped to NA, but a South American friend suggested it to me saying it has Shadow of the Colossus vibes. Which is good, haha.
- Comment on Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should 4 weeks ago:
Now do it with a fried chicken bun!
- Comment on Day 671 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 4 weeks ago:
I like that your daily games lately have been (very random) nostalgia, haha. That said, I say this as I boot up yet another underrated Wii game nobody heard of but is weirdly good (Arc Rise Fantasia).
Spread the retro joy!
- Comment on Anon tries watching nu-Trek 4 weeks ago:
I mean, they’re trying to make a joke but it kinda works better with, idk, Voyager or something (well, maybe gay or black comment but certainly more diverse and highlighting stuff like cultural diversity).
That said, I’ve seen this exact joke about wokeness already but with TOS, so eh.
- Comment on Rare, slightly used 4 weeks ago:
I bet it’s not even officially licensed, smh
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I learned to rest my hand on my chin so I make the thinking face. Resting thinky face.
- Comment on That kid was the WORST 5 weeks ago:
It’s more that I was not particularly good at it yet by 14, and Smash is particular. Plus I haven’t declined (yet), but maybe when I hit 40, hehe.
- Comment on When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances 5 weeks ago:
Legally, yes, it’s even in the info they give at the DMV and I’ve even seen some people pull to the side (if for no other reason to copy those in front of them) but I know if we left an opening in the center in standstill traffic, some asshole would zoom down it almost immediately. And then probably several more, because again, they just copy each other.
- Comment on That kid was the WORST 5 weeks ago:
Even better (by 14 yo me standards), I met a pretty girl online, whom I later married and got into the industry (albeit, less cultured? Lol).
When questioned by my childhood self why I am not making games myself, I point to my backlog and we both nod in agreement before I thoroughly wreck him in Smash Bros.
- Comment on That kid was the WORST 5 weeks ago:
I’m one of the few people who’s 14 yo self would fucking admire, mostly for stupid teenage horny reasons but also video game industry reasons.
- Comment on Sega has canceled development of its ‘super game’, as it pivots away from live service games | VGC 5 weeks ago:
Given trends, probably open world online craziness.