Oneeightnine

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I'm thinking that no, it doesn't. Which begs the question of why we do it? Is it a psychological thing?

 
 

Lots of talk across season one about the opening credits. How do we feel about them?

Personally, I'm a big fan of them using the iconic music, and I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot barge pole.

The actual visuals? Utterly perplexing to me, and I say that as someone who's familiar with the source material. I understand what they were going for but I think everything is a bit hard to parse.

 

It's been a fun four years since I last had to have these around the house....but alas it's time to bring the potty out once more.

Hopefully he takes to it as well as his sister. I am not confident.

 

Morning all. It's Monday morning which can mean but one thing....What have you been playing this last week?

 

This is something I've always struggled with and I think it's put my daughter in a spot where she's very reluctant to do anything by herself.

Don't get me wrong, she plays well with others and her younger brother, but when he's not available she basically just wants to play with me rather than going off on her own and playing by herself.

Now I don't mind, but I wouldn't mind a bit of...not playing time but also I'm worried it's going to affect her going down the line.

Thoughts?

 

How has your week been? How are the kids? What's going on and what have you got planned?

Welcome to Saturday Moanings, your safe place to vent, moan and otherwise just....have a good whine about the world, your household and everything in between.

 

Finally. I have absolutely no idea who these guys are, but it's nice to be able to visualise them in the roles at least.

 

Jurassic Park for me. I had an amazing JP jumper when I was like...maybe 6. It was far too big for me but I loved dinosaurs. Naturally this meant I wanted to watch the film because...well I'm 6 and it's got dinosaurs.

Ultimately I ended up watching it with my Mum and Dad. We got as far as the iconic T-Rex chase scene and I told them to turn it off. Didn't go near the film for another few years.

I've now got my own 6 year old. There's no scenario I could envisage where I even consider letting her watch a film as gory, tense and frightening as JP.

 

How are we feeling about this?

The game won't have a performance/quality mode at launch, but you will be allowed to tweak a little if you're playing on PC.

Now obviously it's not the worst thing in the world, and I'm sure many will be perfectly fine playing at 30, but I can't help but be disappointed by this news.

On a personal level I'll always go with the framerate over graphical fidelity; oftentimes the differences between the visuals in a quality mode just don't justify the loss of that smooth 60FPS, although I'm willing to grant that mileage may vary on that one.

I understand the constant want to improve visuals. They go a long way towards selling a game to it's audience, but I wish we'd gotten to a point where you could 1) have a conversation about the importance of FPS without appearing like a snob and 2) allow devs to prioritize 60FPS over graphical fidelity.

So yeah???

 

What an.... interesting list. What are we thinking?

Personally I'm stunned Lara Croft made the top five and Agent 47 seems like an odd choice. Small sample size?

**The full list: **

  1. Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

  2. Mario, Super Mario

  3. Agent 47, Hitman

  4. Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog

  5. Sackboy, LittleBigPlanet

  6. Pac-Man, Pac-Man

  7. Link, The Legend of Zelda

  8. Master Chief, Halo

  9. Kratos, God of War

  10. Shadowheart, Baldur’s Gate 3

  11. Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2

  12. Pikachu, Pokémon

  13. Steve, Minecraft

  14. Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid

15.Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot

  1. Cloud Strife, Final Fantasy VII

  2. Astarion, Baldur’s Gate 3

  3. Kazuma Kiryu, Yakuza

  4. Ellie Williams, The Last of Us

  5. Nathan Drake, Uncharted

 

Which makes me wonder. Dad's of Lemmy...what's the worst advice you've ever received about parenting?

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Another example, although less painful for the eyes.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Using Boost for Lemmy as the example here.

Since release Sync just hasn't been able to handle tables. Every other app I use does it no problem, but sync really struggles with it.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to go again, but time is a factor. I maybe have an hour or two a day of free time so I'd rather not commit to a new run...plus the DLC if it can be avoided.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

I'm with you, I don't think he finishes the main series, but (and this is where I think we differ) I've found so much joy and interest in the rest of the world, the stories and even the lore around all of it that i can't consider it a waste of time.

I absolutely love YouTube deel-dives about the characters and the world, I've spent hours looking over the maps and even more time reading Martin's work in the form of Fire and Blood, AKOTSK and the larger reference type books that have come out since Winds was released.

I'm re-reading the main series right now, and whilst I'm fairly confident there's no pay off I find being in that world, and reading those words to be gift enough to continue with it.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk -1 points 6 months ago

Is this the most Guardian?

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's a great book to be written about how the Tories went from an unassailable election win in 2019 to...whatever this mess is in 2024. It'd be hilarious if it wasn't so damn damaging to the country.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The thought of even having a pension worth £14k a year seems so far fetched to me. Guess I'll just drop my hours from 45 to 39?

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Does BabyBell and Cheese String count?

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the photos are part of a larger collection, maybe a book?

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To be fair (and again I can only speak to the UK here so maybe it's different in the US). If a takeaway place isn't on these sorts of services, then they're going to miss out on an awful lot of custom.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm probably not the target demo for Nintendo, but I won't lie...the Switch feels very long in the tooth at this point.

Great concept, great delivery, but it's showing its age and it's time for an upgrade at the very least.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone goes on about how important this book is, but I got barely 1/3 if the way through and bounced off it hard.

Horses for courses I guess.

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