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Berttheduck

@ Berttheduck @lemmy.ml

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  • Is The Last of Us just The Walking Dead but with mushrooms?

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  • On a larger scale yes very much so. It's mushroom zombies which gives them some cool variants and interesting ways to have threat rather than just the shambling hoard.

    On a small scale is about a journey made cross country in the apocalypse by two people and their relationship.

    I'd recommend both the games, though the first is better, and the TV series as very enjoyable and worthwhile.

  • Any suggestions for clothes available in the UK or EU which are at least hard wearing?

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  • I have a Tilley hat already! Love it and it's lasting really well. I didn't know they did other stuff.

  • Rogue Trader is my first Warhammer 40k game and it has enthralled me. What other great games in the 'verse have I been missing out on?

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  • This is a great list. A couple to add:

    Necromunda is an FPS which plays like Titanfall 2 in 40k, so excellent moment to moment gameplay, some really cool levels and set pieces highly recommended.

    The proper old school Fire Warrior which is an FPS I played probably 15 years ago no idea if it holds up today.

    If you have VR Battle Sister was pretty fun nothing special but holding and using a bolt gun up close was awesome.

  • What's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?

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  • The Kurzgesagt video about this is really, definitely worth a watch.

  • Why are prop, non functioning guns way more expensive than airsoft guns?

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  • My guess is detail and economy of scale. Airsoft guns commonly use the design of a really world gun either licensed or legally distanced so can be very close to reality in looks. Airsoft is also quite a popular hobby so many manufacturers are involved. You are also looking at an M4 variant which is the single most popular Airsoft gun in the world. There are literally hundreds of variants running from cheap manual springs to high pressure air tanks and costing thousands. Prop guns are more niche, they are detail orientated and don't need to function the same way. Maybe they make a pop and eject a case from the side of the gun which is more complex to do mechanically than send a little plastic bb out the barrel. There are less people buying each type of prop gun though so it will cost comparably more per item even if it technically doesn't do as much.

  • The Case Against Gameplay Loops

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  • I think your comment is more well thought out than the article. Very nicely written.

  • Hi dad missing you a lot today

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  • I'm sure your dad knew you loved them and would be happy you still remember them this fondly.

  • I just did 20 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per day for 8 weeks.

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  • Well done! Try to keep at it for another month, a habit takes 3 months to set in. If you can manage for another month then you'll likely continue doing it which will be great for your long term health.

  • Thanks to Artemis II mission, Kerbal Space Program records a highest concurrent player count since 1.0 release

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  • I had so much fun with the first Kerbal game. One of my big achievements in gaming is an orbital docking. Nothing like doing actual rocket science to make you feel good. I hope NASA doesn't get a rocket into orbit and realise they forgot their solar panels, battery or parachutes. Thank god for save files.

  • Interrogation or proposition?

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  • Depends on the crowd you're out with but it is nice to see the younger generations drinking less. Got to be healthier for them.

  • Interrogation or proposition?

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  • Technical definition Drug- a substance which has an effect on the body. Ie literally everything you ingest.

    Common parlance - a thing you take which has a medical or recreational effect. Ie paracetamol or weed.

    Smoking (a drug) and alcohol (a drug) are common enough that they don't count as drugs to most people so medics will usually ask smoking alcohol and drugs as 3 separate questions to cover all bases.

  • Interrogation or proposition?

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  • Socially acceptable drugs that are very common (tobacco and alcohol) Vs illicit drugs is usually the distinction being made, at least in the UK.

  • Do "rich" superheroes have to be rich in order for the story to work?

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  • Does it get better? I watched the first 1 or two episodes but stopped because the first real decision the young black female hero makes for herself is to join up with a gang of criminals which felt really problematic to me.

  • Optical illusion

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  • Most suicides are spur of the moment things in execution. So the more steps it takes to complete suicide the more chances for reflection and regret and the less likely it gets carried out.

    Compare the steps required from gun and overdose.

    Gun: decide on firearm, retrieve from storage, load, shoot.

    Drugs- decide on the drug of choice, find a source of the drug, purchase enough to complete suicide (tricky to judge with many drugs and expensive with things like heroin), often purchase alcohol as well, prepare drugs (if tablets pop them out of the packets or prepare the heroin), take drugs (if taking tablets probably going to be swallowing tablets for a good while).

    In the UK we limit the amount of drugs you can buy at one time (like paracetamol, a common overdose choice) as the extra step of having to visit multiple shops or come back repeatedly reduces suicide rates.

  • Do you hallucinate (without drugs)? What is it like for you?

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  • A solid decade before Minecraft at least no idea where it came from.

  • Do you hallucinate (without drugs)? What is it like for you?

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  • I've only hallucinated when I was young and really feverish and sick. I was scared of "lava buckets coming up the stairs" according to my dad.

    I work with people with delirium who commonly hallucinate, it's often things like people or animals. Common things are small children and dogs for the nicest ones and spiders or aggressive people for the less nice ones. They also don't realise they are hallucinating a lot of the time. Being unwell is hard.

  • Book recommendations?

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  • It's a great book but I dunno about boy meets girl. It's more civilisation dies and is reborn a few thousand years later with the weird leftovers of the previous one.

    Or did it have a romance I am forgetting?

  • No shoes are truly BIFL if you wear them regularly, but these come close

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  • Solovair make boots in the UK which are basically Dr Martens but still hand made. They are fairly light boots which can be resold and come in various styles.

    I've had 2 pairs for a few years now and they are wearing beautifully. I've not had to re-sole them yet but it should be easily doable.

  • Best bang for your buck war bond?

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  • Democratic detonation has been one of the best for a long time. Gives you lots of different options in terms of loadouts. Not sure if it's still considered best compared to the newer options though.

  • Airsoft @lemmy.world
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    I'm off to my second ever game this weekend

  • DM Workshop @ttrpg.network
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    Wildsea game