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@ TheBest @midwest.social

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  • My new snek

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  • Very cute!

  • I’m worried the Switch 2 might be too heavy for me to enjoy

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  • Good read on something I haven't heard discussed much.

  • Massive Turnout at the Minnesota State Capitol for Today's Nationwide 50501 Protest

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  • Can confirm, was inspiring!

  • The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a ‘Long-Term Franchise IP’

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  • Last I heard they cancelled work on the next sims, doubled down on "improving the health" of The Sims 4 with improvements instead. Truly transformed into a GaaS, being 10+ years old.

    Which is crazy. Just make a new game.

  • Ermessenda. She’s the face of this community and left us yesterday battling with cancer. Let’s remember her doing what she did best. Eating my food.

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  • Thank you for sharing 💜

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  • Personally disliked a lot about gemma 2, but I'm always down to see what billions in R&D is going to if they keep open sourcing parts of their models.

  • Fully playable Star Wars: Battlefront 3 Wii build leaks online

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  • US states if they had their own "Brexit". Do you have better suggestions?

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  • shit caught my typo - I would never slander the motherland

  • US states if they had their own "Brexit". Do you have better suggestions?

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  • but MinnesoDone is fire

  • Fossil collection found in Neanderthal cave suggests abstract thinking

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  • Great read, thanks for posting

  • RISC-V motherboard for Framework 13 laptops and mini-PCs starts at $199 – quad-core RISC-V CPU and 8GB of RAM included

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  • This is just so cool. Most practical? Not yet. But definitely great to see. Thanks for the share.

  • Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."

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  • The bot said "nah you are stain on the fabric of humanity, I'm done with this, byeee"

  • Need for Speed: what is the best title of the series?

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  • OG MW is still peak. The way the game comes together is better than the sum of its parts.

    BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT Unbound.

    I played though half of Heat around two years ago. And Ill say it suprised me how nice the driving and the world looked gorgeous, but I didn't get far. This was a great attempt at modernizing the franchise, and I think it set the groundwork well for...

    Fast forward to 2024 and Im playing Unbound and loving it. The map is large, expansive, and fun to explore. I legit was able to start mapping it in my head the same way I would with MW. They have such a big range of cars from classic to modern. Alebit the body kit and overall customization is slightly lacking, there's enough variety that I find myself shopping for new rides because I want to.

    And Unbound is dripping with that ASAP ROCKY, manga ass, trippy trap style that permiated the culture a few years back. The neon and drift visual effects I fuck with heavy, because it actually leans into that fun arcadey humor. The characters are cell shaded just like the overlaying style graphics, and I think it juxtaposes the photorealistic vibe if the cars and world well.

    The open World Map is much improved too. Its literred with collectables, art to collect, mini world events (speed traps are BACK, along with hot lap and drift challenges). I don't think its as good as Rockford, but its good in its own right.

    Im a little torn on how the game progression is set up. Essentially, the player gets a "week" to run races and escape from cops to earn as much cash as possible, upgrading your ride along the way, coalescing in a more important qualifier or story race on Saturday. The player can choose to participate in as many races during a day/night as they want before turning in all that cash at a Safe House, proceeding to the next day/night phase. Rinse and repeat. The player will have had to level up a car to a certain class of car (Classes are split into B, A, A+ S, S+), and the races a player can choose to take part in will fall into one of these categories. So its highly advised and even required to have a full stable of cars, not just get locked into one. For that I appriciate it, but this leads me to my next point...

    The cop chases. Ugh. Early game they're fun and add a lot to the tension, especially when you have a shitbox for a car. But they feel less integrated into story mode than before, as you don't ever HAVE to really deal with the police in a mission sense. They exist and will always be there to pester you but that's just it - theyre more of a pest than fun. I could go deeper, but constant high level cop chases make me not want to keep playing some days.

    The story is take it or leave it. Pretty run of the mill, but it didn't actively make me hate it either, so I would says that pretty fucking solid. You can completely ignore it, but its juuuust campy enough I've stayed involved.

    Probably going to beat it this weekend, but overall, my thoughts are that I'm excited for the next one. Heat and Unbound FEEL like the first two in a mid-franchise trilogy, kind of like Resident evil 7 & 8, and I'm totally ready for the next one.

  • Nintendo made a music streaming app for Switch Online subscribers

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  • no. fucking. way. what a good Wednesday.

  • 100,000 rides in less than 6 months: Why riders are digging the Amtrak Borealis

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  • All I want to say is that Amtrak is definitely investing in maintaining current routes and expanding new ones. If you have an Amtrak station near you, expect it to be updated in the next 2-10 years if it wasn't recently. Also, more metro areas are in talks about expanding their connection to the system.

    So are we experiencing a public rail renaissance in the US? No, but the ball is rolling.

    In the meantime I have my bet on electric busses gaining more traction in California, and therefore the rest of the country.

  • 100,000 rides in less than 6 months: Why riders are digging the Amtrak Borealis

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  • Small world, I worked on some of the design on this. Pleased that its getting used.

  • 3 Reasons Gen Z Is Getting Fired From The Workplace — A Psychologist Explains

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  • Actually a decent read with some thought behind each statement.

    Im a border Zillenial so I get to see both sides of this.

    I recognize the older way of thinking, and I'm willing to go above and beyond because I personally love my job, but my younger cousins and siblings aren't so lucky. But the article is right they don't put up with any bullshit.

    Rude manager trying to power trip? They gone.

    Horrible inconsistent part time hours that won't provide stability? They gone and aren't willing to go through the system, work for years, only to get a promotion to AM and limit themselves that way.

    Boss putting new responsibility's and expectations without performance acknowledgment or a raise? They gone, they didn't sign up for that without being paid for it.

    They don't want to waste their life strggling and hating employment.

    Life is worth living.

  • SKALD: Against the Black Priory gets controller support and Steam Deck Verified

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  • Thats immediately how I played it; with my deck and the built in controller.

    Wish the game kept me interested a little longer tho!

  • Live: Minnesota primary results 2024, US House and Senate races

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  • This is a very neat site, thanks for linking.

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    Neopets go TTRPG With Crowdfunding Campaign

    www.kickstarter.com /projects/geekifyinc/neopets-official-tabletop-roleplaying-game-ttrpg/description
  • Sync for Lemmy @lemmy.world
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  • headphones @lemmy.world
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    onn (Walmart Brand) Bone Conducting Headphones

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    Question: How does one open source their stuff?

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    SOLVED

    Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help

  • PaymoneyWubby @lemmy.ml
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    Bout to upgrade my rice game thx Wubby

  • PaymoneyWubby @lemmy.ml
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    Oh god, it happened

  • main @midwest.social
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    I just want to say thank you to Midwest.Social

  • PaymoneyWubby @lemmy.ml
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    Skeeter may be blue but Osmosis Jones Is Black

    youtube.com /clip/Ugkx0DRW2jRoRNe2YXS-oXKlPS4y50z-rlcn
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    The New 8bitdo Retro Keyboard shipped early. Small-ish Male Hand for scale.

  • PaymoneyWubby @lemmy.ml
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    yall know where I can find this STL from HLYL #19? Looks fucking sick. thanks.

  • Dogs @midwest.social
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    Husky Lab Mix chilling on the river

  • cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml
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    New shelter kitty cuddling up to her new older brother!