Grungie
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I haven’t had a cable service since I moved out of my parents house. I also run a Plex server.
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1 hour ago, GeppyX said:
Alright, so I'm about halfway done with the game. I do admit that it looks better than the last version. Some of the skies looked pretty beautiful. Yes, it does look a little grainier than the last version, so they could have made it more vibrant. The good thing is I'm really into the game and I haven't beat it in a long time, so I actually forgot about most of the scenes and characters like Bill and Henry. It feels like a new game, but I don't know if it's the graphics or just the fact that I forgot most of it.
I still like the graphics for Last of Us 2 better. But my issue is not that they came out with another release, but that they called it a remake. If they would have just called it another remaster and not hyped it up, that would have been more honest. But I guess I'm playing it, so they got me hooked again. I don't think it looks like a remake though.
Sometimes you run into a debate of semantics where they're technically correct. They did remake the game using the sequel's engine as opposed to what they did for the PS4 remaster, where it was just upscaled and ported.
Though at that point it falls into personal interpretation when it comes to vague terms. It's like people having different interpretations of being "late to work". Most people won't debate over whether 30 mins is considered late, but people will argue whether you should let people slide by with 5-10 mins late. Or if that guy is considered an asshole by saying 1 minute late despite being technically correct.
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Funny how I explained distribution in the first post, but it clearly got ignored.
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The issue with the Steam Deck is that not every game in the Steam library is compatible with it, whereas with the Switch, there isn't any compatibility issues. Well except for a few games for the Switch Lite.
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On 8/31/2022 at 9:26 PM, Kane99 said:
Do you agree with this list? - https://culturedvultures.com/best-psp-games/
I never had the chance to own a PSP, nore have I ever played a PSP game. I've always wanted to, but always felt like it was unattainable for me. And now days the prices for PSP consoles has been going up, so I may be unlucky still to not be able to get one. Anyway, what do you think about the games on this list? Do you agree? Disagree? Are there any games you would replace?
Looking at EBay, the console prices haven’t changed in at least 5 years at about $80. That’s pretty average for most older consoles.
The list is pretty decent, but I think the entry of Final Fantasy Tactics is kind of “cheating”. As I personally think listing ports is kind of lame. I do wish Trails in the Sky was on there.
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Tbh, what exactly were you expecting out of this remake?
I find it weird to buy a remake and go “it’s the same game!” after buying it. Was it advertised as being different?
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1 hour ago, Shagger said:
I will never understand why people will actively try to expose themselves to spoilers, it doesn't make sense to me.
I’m impatient, so I look it up.
I do enjoy seeing the foreshadowing after the self spoil.
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Plenty of people enjoy going to the theaters to watch movies, but it is becoming more niche. People still enjoy the experience of it, but I'm sure over time the younger generations won't have an attachment to going to a theater to experience a movie.
Though streaming hasn't fully killed things like physical media or even the Red Box rental service. Not everyone has access to high speed internet, or can even afford paying monthly for streaming services. I can go to places like Walmart and see lower income people sifting through the $5 DVD bin.
So I can see that over time it might happen, but that depends on the internet infrastructure for those in rural areas, or these services becoming affordable to those of lower income.
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2 hours ago, killamch89 said:
I get what you mean but in terms of compatibility with other software and even getting some relatively basic functions to work, it's not very beginner-friendly. I do have some knowledge of navigating Whonix but I haven't used any of the other distros - I think.
It depends on which distro you’re using. Ubuntu, Mint, and elementary are pretty set it and forget it. If we’re talking about Arch and Gentoo, then that’s a different story.
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6 hours ago, Kane99 said:
Oh yeah I know. Linux can do a lot that's for sure. Isn't Android heavily inspired by Linux or Unix?
I actually use the Chromium browser sometimes. Have thought about adding chromium on an old PC, but I feel it's way more limited than most linux distros out there. I'd Just use it for surfing the web and all that anyway.
Iirc Android is built off the Linux kernel.
I have a Chromebook, it does what it needs to do. I’ve never used Chromium OS, but I think you have to compile it yourself. I’m far too lazy for that…
I also don’t know if Chromium supports Android apps, but those can be hit and miss. My Chromebook has an ARM processor, so compatibility isn’t an issue, but the user experience can be lacking. It can be worse than Android tablets.
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46 minutes ago, Kane99 said:
It's essentially another type of operating system, similar to Windows and Mac. The key difference being that it's usually open source and free. That's why there are so many different distros of Linux operating systems out there, because of its open source licensing, where anyone can edit/alter the code and make their own.
Ubuntu is a distro of Linux I'm familiar with. Ubuntu is one of the most user friendly Linux distros you can go for. There's also Kubuntu, which is a smaller version of Ubuntu that you can install on older machines. And I think they even go smaller with Xubuntu. Linux is great for bringing new life to older PCs.
There are also Linux distros that are only text based, kinda like how earlier PCs were and some of what DOS was like.
I don't know much about the Unix side of it, just Linux and a few distros. But I have used stuff like Pupply Linux on a really old PC to get some life out of it. It's kinda fun to install linux distros on old PCs.
I currently have a tablet/laptop combo that a friend of mine gave to me. He installed Ubuntu on it.
Tbh a lot of Linux distros can be run in only terminal only form, it's common on the server editions of the same distros. You can save on resources when you don't have to run a GUI. It's common when you're running a server that only runs a single piece of software. In the enterprise world, you also run into closed source distros of Linux, but Chrome OS is a desktop distro that's closed, but has an open source variant called Chromium.
Unix is an older family of OS's that Linux got inspiration from (hence why it's categorized as a Unix-Like OS). The most common home desktop OS that's in the Unix family is MacOS. There are a lot of terminal commands that work on Linux, so on that end, you can get by on Unix if you know a lot of Linux commands.
The OS's in game consoles are also usually based off of either Unix or Linux, as is a ton of the OS's that enterprise hardware run off of.
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1 hour ago, The Blackangel said:
What part are you lost at?
To hella sum it up:
DOS = old Microsoft (pre-2001)
And Linux and Unix are two separate “families” of different operating systems.
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To super dumb it down, they’re different operating systems. At face value, seeing a command line interface makes it all look the same to the untrained eye, but not all commands and functions are universal.
DOS was largely tied to Microsoft operating systems, and has largely faded out of use. Windows pre-XP was essentially just a skin running on top of DOS, hence why Windows OS’s like Windows 95 had you run in MS-DOS mode to run games in DOS mode.
Unix is a different operating system, but you’ll almost never run into “pure” Unix. I’m not familiar with the terminology, but there’s different variations of it. The most famous or widely used variation of Unix (too lazy to fact check) is MacOS. Like different variations of Windows, Unix based operating systems all have a similar core underneath, but have different “skins” for the user interface.
Linux is another operating system. It’s a Unix-like operating system where it’s an operating system that has similarities to Unix, but isn’t. Like Unix, you’ll rarely run into “pure” Linux. The variations of Linux are called distributions or distros. Some common distros are Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, Mint, elementary, Debian, Gentoo. They’re essentially like different skins, and some are built on top of each other. Some of it can be convoluted where you have a distro that’s built off of one distro that’s built off of another one. Linux is usually open source and free to download. There are exceptions to this. Linux is pretty popular with computer nerds, because some distros like Gentoo are really popular with tinkerers. It’s also less locked down than Windows and MacOS where if you know terminal commands (Unix and Linux’s term for the command line), you can really have full control over the operating system.
I can go deeper, as I do IT for a living.
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Honestly, anti-piracy tends to make it more of a pain for legit customers than the pirates. Most DRM gets cracked very quickly, so it only deters it for like… 24 hours.
I wish I could pirate software at work, and it’s not because I want to save my company money. It’s because it’s less of a pain. Enterprise licenses are jank af.
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On 8/25/2022 at 8:28 PM, killamch89 said:
Sears used to have a lot of overpriced stuff so I think that's why it became so unpopular after a while.
My understanding was that they had a bad CEO that ran them into the ground. He made some decisions that racked up a lot of debt, and refused to modernize their stores and business model.
They apparently also were inconsistent with their prices between different stores. Sears price matched products, and it became dumb to price match for your own products.
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They do have a limited number of read/write cycles, but for the average user, that takes ages.
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3 hours ago, Yaramaki said:
One thing I can't get behind are the excuses of not having to go to a store anyway, just buy it online instead if you don't want to interact or be near other people we live 2022 not in 1995.
Well downloading gives the benefit of basic instantaneous level of going to the store with the convenience of not leaving the house like ordering online. It’s like, why bother at that point you know?
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4 hours ago, runswithspatulas said:
Yeah so? We have every right to decide how we purchase something. I hate going into stores because of the people and the whole Covid thing has kept me from desiring to be in a store with a bunch of other mouth breathers. For shame? What shame? As long as I'm happy isn't that kinda the point?
Even before the pandemic, digital distribution was taking over physical sales. It was also never been a secret that the convenience of digital distribution was that you don’t have to leave the house for it, like why else would AAA titles get digital distribution?
I’m not singling anyone in particular out for this, but an observation I’ve seen that’s pretty common, is that people who are really anal over physically collecting for one form of entertainment they care about are okay with digital distribution of a hobby they don’t care about. I’m a big music nerd, and some people here might scoff at this, but I’ve run across a ton of people who complain about people listening to music through streaming and MP3’s, and tell you that physical is the only way, but they’re okay with consuming video games and movies/shows through digital means.
People who consume all their media via physical means are the true rarities out there.
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2 minutes ago, Clasher said:
I don't think there is any Google owned app that Comes with the iPhone.
iPhone like to remain exclusive and you just have to purchase apps or download them from the app store.
Android phones are infused with Google so you have almost everything already installed from Google maps , Google music , google mail, Google chrome and the likes.
It doesn't come with it, but it's free to download. You can also just sync your gmail account to their mail app as well.
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I’ve been playing JRPG’s and Zelda for years, so it never really bothered me.
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Standing desk
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We all have them at my workplace. They’re the ones with a button to raise or lower the desk. I tried standing once to test it out, and my lazy ass just stuck to sitting down.
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1 hour ago, The Blackangel said:
Any room is a panic room if you've lost your phone in it.
But I think I have you beat for losing things. Because I can't tell you the number of times I've lost my glasses, only to find them on my face. I lost my phone one day, only to find it in my hand. There's a hell of a lot more, but with my memory being what it is, @Rain Dew would have to tell you them.
I hate when I’m scrambling in the morning for my keys, and they were in my hand the entire time.
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Nice to see Dragon Quest get mentioned
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I love Jack Frost from the Megaten franchise.
This one is easy to pick on, but Bubsy was pretty obnoxious.
Is there any such thing as "overhyped" or "overrated" video games?
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As a fan of JRPG’s, a lot of franchises tend to have that one entry that’s significantly more popular than the rest of the series. A lot of the time, there isn’t a big change in the gameplay, and more to do with timing, or what console it was released on. So I always tend to find those entries overrated, because if you’re disconnected from its release, it doesn’t really stick out in the context of the franchise.
An easy example is Persona 5. Gameplay wise, there weren’t any significant changes from Persona 3 and 4 to warrant the meteoric jump in popularity. It was just the entry that was released in a timely fashion. Persona 3 came out on the PS2 the same year as the PS3 and Wii, and Persona 4 came out in 2008… on the PS2. Persona 4 was also remastered… for the Vita.
If this happened to Persona 3 instead, it would make sense, as there was a massive overhaul in gameplay mechanics between Persona 2 and 3. Though going from Persona 4 to 5, my reaction was “yup, it’s a Persona game”.
I would also say that the jump in the popularity of anime between 2008 and 2016 also helped too. Since a lot of anime fans that weren’t into RPG’s also went out and bought Persona 5.