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How do you guys balance gaming with other hobbies? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] 2 points 7 hours ago

I don't have kids, but I do work quite a bit during the week. I choose games depending on how easy they are to pick up/put down.

For instance, Queen's Domain is a game I can't play with any other distractions or plans because it's a game that I want to immerse myself in and take my time with. But on the other hand, the Lego games are probably the easiest games to jump into and play a level or two, even if you're not really feeling it.

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    Selaco: The Machines of War is now available in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
    Nikola Tesla would hate to see how his name is being used in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
    25 original Xbox games (including many Star Wars titles, Morrowind, and TimeSplitters) are now playable on PC via Xbox backward compatibility, with achievements added to a few of them. in c/games@lemmy.world
    [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    Xemu rules. I used it earlier this year to emulate Blinx 2 and JSRF

    Really any of the emulators (Dolphin, RPCS3, PCSX2, OpenGOAL, Xemu) will make you feel like an all-powerful gaming god. At least that's how I felt when I could drop a save state and pick up from pretty much any moment that I left off, speed up the gameplay so it's in a kind of "fast-forward" mode, and other things.

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    • Epic CEO says ousting Jensen would be 'Apple firing Steve Jobs level of idiocy'—Musk would hire him in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
    Epic CEO says ousting Jensen would be 'Apple firing Steve Jobs level of idiocy'—Musk would hire him in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
    [–] 62 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    I love Steve-O's story of buying a phone with Wozniak.

    They go to the Apple store, Woz walks up to the counter and says "I'd like to use my employee discount to buy a phone." The employee asks if he has his card, he says "no but I know my employee number." The employee then asks for the number, expecting to get something with multiple digits, and Wozniak just replies with "One."

    If that isn't the biggest dick energy response to a question I've ever heard.

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    • Pc building in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
    [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    I have water cooling in my PC, which I have had to replace as the one that originally came with it from the shop failed after about a year and a half.

    The failure was not catastrophic however. The failure was in the sealing of the cooler, so when it got hot enough the water eventually evaporated out of it.

    I haven't had an issue with my new cooler since.

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    • Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) :"Skydance Games told the development team behind Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra on Slack this afternoon that the game is not canceled" in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
    Guard scolds Hegseth, advisers for laughing at Tomb of Unknown Soldier in c/news@lemmy.world
    [–] 54 points 3 days ago

    You're goddamn right. I remember watching a couple videos of visitors recording at the Tomb years ago, and there were just a couple people whispering a little too loud and the sentinel went off on them.

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    Caught My First Ban! (lemmy.world)
     

    Only 3 days, but eh. I don't care. I only go on there to read comments about certain topics that pique my interest (games I'm currently playing, other current news stories) and very seldom comment, unless it really gets under my skin.

    I left a comment on a post about the recent ICE killings, saying that anyone and everyone should be "armed to the fucking teeth when going to their next ICE protest, because it's much harder to oppress someone when they're ready and willing to put the other person down like the rabid dog they are."

    And I'd fucking say it again.

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    The Riddick Trilogy Discussion (lemmy.world)
     

    So I just got down watching the Riddick Trilogy for the first real time in years. I had seen the third one, Riddick, in theaters when it first came out, and liked it enough but just kinda brushed it off as a generic sci-fi movie. It wasn't until a few years later when I watched Pitch Black and then Chronicles of Riddick, and started becoming a fan.

    This most recent watch, I watched them all back-to-back including Riddick for the very second time. And I gotta say, I fucking love these movies. They're over the top, batshit, badass, and basically run on the rule of cool; but there was also a lot of thought put into the world the movies inhabit and the designs of the technology the characters use.

    I liked the small feeling of Pitch Black, and the desperate plan from the survivors of the crash. The creatures were brutal and pretty scary even if they look like hammerhead sharks.

    I really liked the setting and story of Chronicles, throwing Riddick and the audience into a much wider universe than the first one even let on. I love the Necromongers' heavy gothic designs and the effects used to show how their technology works with the almost ghostly energy when you see the ships fly. And their whole intro at the beginning of the movie is badass too, and how they show up in the comet that supposedly hails their coming. I'm a fan of that 40K-like mix of sci-fi and fantasy elements.

    Riddick is also just as enjoyable as the first two imo, especially if you watch it while Chronicles is still fresh in your mind, or right after. It does basically become Pitch Black 2, but there's enough that's different about it.

    I guess I just made this post to say that the movies are fun and you should watch them, if not for the story then for the action; and if not for that then watch them for the worldbuilding and the set and prop design, because there's a lot to enjoy onscreen.

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    [Request] Something With "Depth" (lemmy.world)
     

    I've never REALLY played Minecraft (I've only messed around with creative and building things), never played but am somewhat interested in Hytale, and never played but very interested in Vintage Story.

    MC has a mod pack called Abyssal Ascent, which stacks like 8-12 different dimensions on top of each other (like the nether, plus a bunch of other custom modded ones) and you have to climb your way out from essentially the center of the world. Haven't played this one either, but I've seen some cool videos and read about it.

    I'm kinda looking for something that would scratch that modpack itch, but in reverse. Something that starts on the surface, and just keeps going down, finding different layers the deeper you go.

    I'm also cool with general pros/cons between MC, Hytale, and Vintage Story; I'm leaning heavily toward VS.

    Edit: I appreciate the suggestions so far, I've added a couple to my wishlist. I would like to add that I probably should have specified that I prefer 3D games to 2D, and I put "depth" in quotes in the title because I'm looking for physical depth to dig down into, but I do like deep mechanics and systems too.

    Edit 2: I got Vintage Story. I played for a couple hours on my first world, but I think I'll treat it like Zomboid where I learn a little more each time I start a new save, because I feel like I kinda already fucked myself with the world settings lol.

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