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@ OmegaMouse @feddit.uk

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Just a little guy interested in videogames, reading, technology and the environment.

I'm on Telegram - feel free to ask for my details :3

My other account is @OmegaMouse@pawb.social

  • People who order "a decaff coffee with an extra shot" - why?

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  • Follow-up question - each portafilter is two shots right? So if you end up adding an third shot to a coffee, what do you do with the leftover fourth one?

    (Or do you have a smaller, single shot portafilter?)

  • What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated?

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  • Yes that's true! I find that games like that have their own sort of niche, in which players usually know quite a lot about the game (from watching others play it online) before jumping in. And there's an expectation that they'll refer to the wiki regularly. These kind of games can't have a tutorial that covers everything, because there's way too much to cover.

  • What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated?

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  • This is a weird one for me because it often depends on whether I paid for the game. I got the first Fallout game for free (from GOG or something), and when I inevitably became confused by the UI and objective I ended up giving up on it. If I'd bought the game (either today or back when it came out) I definitely would have invested a lot more time into it, and got past that initial hump. Back when PC games came on disc with an instruction guide, reading that was part of the experience. There's definitely a awkward period around the early 2000s when games were becoming way more complex, but before in-game tutorials were regularly a thing. I find it hard to go back to a lot of those games.

    Likewise I played the first hour of Resident Evil HD on my PS4 (free with PS+) and never had the motivation to get into it. After paying for it in a Humble Bundle, I played through the whole thing on Steam and loved it! The fact that I'd paid for it was able to outweigh the fact that the game was quite outdated. I guess I felt like I wanted to get my money's worth.

    Any game from 2005-ish onwards feels 'modern' enough that I don't usually have this problem.

  • All The Books I Read In 2023

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  • Glad you enjoyed it! It was a really interesting heist type novel with some great world building. Cool how it basically started its own 'cyberpunk' genre.

  • All The Books I Read In 2023

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  • I've read Project Hail Mary - that was great fun, and went to interesting places I wasn't expecting.

    11/22/63 is one I've been wanting to read. Will definitely do so at some point next year!

    What did you think of Neuromancer? I finished that not too long ago.

  • All The Books I Read In 2023

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  • Wow that's a lot! Do you have any particular favourites of the ones you read?

  • Not a creacher was stirring...

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  • Perhaps

  • MealtimeVideos [Dormant] @lemmy.world
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    Microscopic Marvel in your Earbuds

  • My hand are normal, and loook

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  • LOOOK AЃ ͱANDS

  • Do you guys have any book reading goals for next year?

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  • Well I hope you're able to slow down the pace a bit (assuming that's what you want)!

  • Do you guys have any book reading goals for next year?

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  • Ah thanks for clarifying. Would you not say that reading it slower would be the more enjoyable method? If you're after escapism, wouldn't it be better to engage yourself fully in the plot? At least for me, I find escapism works best when I'm fully immersed in the story's world and characters. What you've described sounds more akin to someone skimming a research paper.

  • 'It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads?

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  • Storygraph is quite a good alternative from my experience

  • 'It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads?

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  • There is definitely an element of that from the article and I agree it's ridiculous. Some authors and their followers attack those who give poor reviews (because they can't accept criticism, instead arguing that a 'professional' review would give them a much better score) and on the other side you have people reviewing books that aren't even out. In many cases it's no longer a place to find genuine reviews, but an unmoderated wild west with crap at both extremes (a bit like Twitter in that respect). It's a shame because there are plenty of people leaving great reviews, but it's becoming much harder to find them.

  • Do you guys have any book reading goals for next year?

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  • Out of interest, what do you mean 'you don't read too closely'?

  • Cheese rule

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  • Squeak :3

  • 13 Sentinels - some thoughts (spoilers)

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  • Yeah I agree with all that! Definitely a bit too much school life stuff near the start. The story starts to get properly interesting around the halfway mark, but also branches out so much that it's hard to follow. I'd love to see a similar game in this setting, with an equal complex story but told in a more standard way.

    Also yeah Megumi's part kinda sucked. Didn't ever get interesting.

    Thanks for the clarification on those bits!

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    13 Sentinels - some thoughts (spoilers)

  • Unrequited Love

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  • The texture of the balloons made me think I was looking at meat for a moment

  • Feature request - hide blocked accounts from comment total

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  • Ahh that's ok, thanks for confirming. Perhaps a future update to Lemmy may change things, but it's only a minor concern regardless.

  • Feature request - hide blocked accounts from comment total

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  • Maybe, though I wonder if there's a way for voyager to adjust what is displayed

  • Voyager @lemmy.world
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    Feature request - hide blocked accounts from comment total

  • I'd rather just confess to the murder

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  • There are some great furry porn writers too :3

  • internet funeral @lemmy.world
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    Fantastic

  • Explain Like I'm Five @lemmy.world
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    How is a chemical 'element' differentiated from it's isotopes?

  • MealtimeVideos [Dormant] @lemmy.world
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    Something weird happens when you keep squeezing

  • internet funeral @lemmy.world
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    Breach

  • Explain Like I'm Five @lemmy.world
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    How did Celtic culture survive in Wales and Cornwall despite Roman invasion?

  • The Legend of Zelda @lemmy.ml
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    Hitting a bokoblin's stone back at them

  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
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    Phone style keypad for Moonring (or other games)

  • internet funeral @lemmy.world
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    A recording of our actions

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    crime rule

  • internet funeral @lemmy.world
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    It's too dangerous

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    How can I become a better conversationalist?

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    Spooky games part 3: Resident Evil

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    Spooky games part 2: Dead Space 2

  • Mycology @mander.xyz
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    Interesting looking fungus - can anyone identify it?

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    Hard platformers with banging chiptune soundtracks?