So this brings up a funny story.
IDK when, but I was on a trip, thinking about my ex wife(then girlfriend at the time) with my parents somewhere and they had these vibrating back massager things. Usually they’re like 4 wooden balls on sticks attached to a wooden handle. I knew how much my ex loved it. Anyway I thought “dude fucking brilliant” and I bought it for her and my parents were like: “Uh, ok? You sure she’s going to like that?” “I’m like are you kidding me? The number of times I have to get sore hands from giving her a back massage is incredible!” Oh, I’m like 15 at the time.
Well, I gift it to her, and with the smallest hint of embarrassment says she absolutely loves. That night she thanks me again, saying it made things so much easier, in kind of a flirty tone. I completely miss all social cues always so this didn’t register. Sometime later I come over and she wants one of the back rubs, and I’m like “hey, grab that tool I got!”
She responds with “I’m not in the mood for that, besides it’s out of batteries.”
I thought I was going to fold into myself. “How many back rubs have you given yourself?” “Oh, like none. Just the fun stuff.” The heaviest levels of cringe hit, knowing how many people saw me buying this for my girlfriend completely oblivious to what it would be used for.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
‘please, Internet, tell me how to turn my game controller into a vibrator’
Kids these days… Back in my day, we just turned on FF8 and spammed summons
Speculater@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh God, I literally quit the game because the summons were so absurd. I feel I spent more time watching the same animations than I did playing the game.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I imagine that’s a design consideration.- same with Ultima and other big spells. You get a big payoff after a big wind-up. It’s trying to telegraph that if you want speed you should build your party differently using junctions
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
At least there was button tapping to power up so there was SOMETHING to do during the forever animations
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
I was obsessed with that game when it came out. Just played it again, and it’s actually pretty bad. Even without using summons at all, and with emulator fast-forward on most of the time, it’s almost unbearably slow and tedious.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
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Bro you spammed limit breaks in that game, tell your kid self to git gud
FF7 was the unrelenting Summon Fest once you got mimic and w-summon
ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
You missed out on the tomb raider demo disc that came with PlayStation magazine (probably issue 73 based on the fact I have it and I wasn’t subscribed very long while demo discs were a thing) Same era.
If you went for a swim in the pool, and swam into the side, you’d not only get a constant intense vibration, you’d also get to see her swimming motion, and I don’t think it had breath mechanics yet (or at least she wouldn’t die in the demo zone), so you could take your time. Win win.
There was also a vibration test in the menu if you just wanted no frills.
4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
We played Rez with the Trance Vibrator
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I still have Rez and the official trance vibrator!
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Oooooh Shiva, you can be my ice queen any day
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
pre-teen me spamming Shiva.