SolOrion
@SolOrion@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 1 week ago:
…really? Are you sure you didn’t just get the first episode for free? Some of those kinds of story games were released like that. That seems above and beyond Epic’s usual shit.
- Comment on Why do airplanes have big front "headlights"? 2 weeks ago:
They’re supposed to keep their lights on under 10000ft. They’re less for the pilots, at least aside from takeoff/landing, and more for other planes.
Idk why that specific configuration was chosen- to pull double duty, I guess? They’re functionally landing lights, but also warning lights if they’re low/in crowded airspace.
I just googled the question, and looked around a bit so it’s possible this is wrong.
- Comment on why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person?? 2 weeks ago:
I deadass have been ID’d a single time since growing a beard- when I decided to try shaving it. It’s real lol.
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale Featured Deep Discounts - any recommendations? 4 weeks ago:
Lot of great suggestions here- I grabbed MCC myself. Was kinda stunned that it’s… five? I think five games ranging from absolutely era defining (at least for me) to solid games for $10 is an excellent deal.
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale Featured Deep Discounts - any recommendations? 4 weeks ago:
Well, shit. TIL. That sucks.
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale Featured Deep Discounts - any recommendations? 4 weeks ago:
The Owlcat Pathfinder CRPGs aren’t on the deep discounts list, but Kingmaker is 85% off ($2.99) and Wrath Of The Righteous is 70% off ($11.99). Both are solid games.
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale Featured Deep Discounts - any recommendations? 4 weeks ago:
It’s not very patient gamer of me, but if you want specifically 3-player games Space Marine 2 comes to mind immediately. Kinda pricey, though.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 4 weeks ago:
Halo: Reach with Gashnor’s Cursed Halo: Reach mod
- Comment on Bi-weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
Terraria is one of my favorite games ever! I’ve been playing it since 2011.
In case you missed them, the guide has some extremely helpful dialogue options. At least on PC. I can’t imagine they’d leave that out of the Xbox version.
- Comment on Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome? 1 month ago:
Because their first use knew what road it would lead them down.
The vast majority of people aren’t starting with heroin or fent. They start with getting prescribed cough syrup with codeine in it, or a friend offers them something ‘fun’ at a party.
And what about them? You can feel bad about them and bad about a celebrity dying. They’re not mutually exclusive.
It’s harsh to phrase it this way, but frankly I don’t care all that much about the One Direction guy that died personally. I wasn’t a fan. It didn’t impact me emotionally, but I can still acknowledge that he was greatly loved and it sucks for his fans and- I assume- his family.
- Comment on Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome? 1 month ago:
No? This is a confusing question. Do you think they’re just committing suicide? Cuz most people that OD aren’t doing it intentionally. And even then… do you not feel bad for people that kill themselves?
- Comment on Patient gamers, what are your favorite OSTs? 2 months ago:
The Halo 3: ODST OST is so good, man.
- Comment on Patient gamers, what are your favorite OSTs? 2 months ago:
Hades, although I refuse to call it a “patient gamer” game
Why? It’s 6 years old at this point so I think it qualifies.
- Comment on How it feels to be a high-level necromancer in Grim Dawn 2 months ago:
Following Iron Lore Entertainment’s failure to secure funding for its next project, former members of Iron Lore announced they had created a new company on February 18, 2008.
The first paragraph of their wiki page.
- Comment on Is lemmy really any different from reddit? 2 months ago:
and more political just in general, actually
Yeah, that’s pretty much the only part of Lemmy I don’t like. It feels drastically more political than Reddit did. I didn’t even know what the hell a tankie was before I joined Lemmy.
- Comment on What is the issued between the band Thrice and Google 2 months ago:
Who knows?
This stuff just happens sometimes.
I remember Tokyo by Imagine Dragons wasn’t available on Spotify for a few years. No clue why, but it just reappeared one day.
- Comment on Do PhDs HAVE to use Dr? 2 months ago:
TIL. That’s actually really cool info!
- Comment on Do PhDs HAVE to use Dr? 2 months ago:
Double up. Assert dominance. Demand to be referred to as ‘Mister Doctor’. Hmm… ‘Doctor Mister’? I think I like Mr. Dr. better.
- Comment on Is my reaction weird? 2 months ago:
Boners are largely age dependent. I remember in high school I got random boners all the time and anything could trigger them.
100%. I remember sometimes they’d happen in Church of all places. No clue what happened. Tip for anyone with this problem currently: flex your legs hard and repeatedly. Always worked for me.
- Comment on Has anyone here ever bought games on eneba? 3 months ago:
Yeah, it’s possible. It’s not incredibly likely, though, I’ve bought maybe six or seven games from key sites like that over the years and I’ve not been banned.
Just keep in mind that if the price is too good to be true it probably is- be really wary of any keys that are below the historical low for whatever game you’re buying.
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 3 months ago:
There’s not, maybe that’s what he means by ‘in a way’?
Great games, highly recommend them. Not sure they really fit the trope, though.
- Comment on How do people make and save kaomoji art? 3 months ago:
ChtGT
I’ve not seen someone censor that yet and I was confused asf lol
- Comment on Does anyone watch Google, Microsoft, etc the way Cop Watch watches cops? 3 months ago:
Yes, but that would just make them a biased source. Not an entirely useless one.
- Comment on How come the US does not put a bounty on Putin like they did Bin Laden? 3 months ago:
He can travel as a proper national leader to all the places he wants to travel
Unless he wants to travel to a place willing to enforce the ICC’s arrest warrant. Afaik he’s only been to Mongolia and South Africa since the warrant was issued, and both were criticized pretty heavily for not enforcing it.
Realistically, he’s not going anywhere that even might arrest him.
- Comment on How come the US does not put a bounty on Putin like they did Bin Laden? 3 months ago:
Legitimacy.
- Comment on How come the US does not put a bounty on Putin like they did Bin Laden? 3 months ago:
Because A: putting a bounty on the leader of a nuclear power is drastically different from the leader of a… terrorist rebel organization(I’m not entirely sure what to call al qaeda).
And because B: it would change basically nothing. Putin already can’t travel in most places internationally because there’s an ICC warrant out on him for war crimes. The bounty isn’t going to be relevant in Russia or allied places, and it’s not going to be much of a motivator to an entire government.
- Comment on Question about Firefox - any way to open specific sites as if they were an app or program (similar to an option in Chrome)? 3 months ago:
I don’t personally use this feature, so I don’t honestly know if this would solve your problem, but there’s a firefox addon that might add the functionality you’re wanting.
If it doesn’t, then this issue
except that links clicked from within them will open in Chrome intead of FF, which makes for a confusing experience.
could possibly be solved with a chrome extension
- Comment on Civilization VI: Just another knowledge check 4X game 3 months ago:
To elaborate further on grand strategy games, pretty much all Paradox games can be played… sort of cooperatively?
Generally the maps are large enough that you can kind of just pick your corners and only rarely interact.
In a single game of Europa Universalis 4 one player might conquer all of Asia, while another consolidates Europe and a third player is in Africa. You can’t generally actually disable PvP, you can just not go to war. Same is true for Crusader Kings 2/3, and Stellaris. You can coexist and mutually stay out of each others way while possibly helping each other out.
Also, I’d add some of the survival crafting/sandbox titles to the list of stuff you can play cooperatively. They don’t all work for it, but some of them are definitely friendly to a coop group play style. 7 Days To Die works brilliantly like that, though it will be absolutely trivial with multiple players unless you turn the difficulty up. Ark: Survival Evolved can be pretty fun coop (especially with the Primal Fear mod- you will need friends.)
- Comment on Civilization VI: Just another knowledge check 4X game 3 months ago:
OP seems to want a very competitively focused tightly balanced experience, and Stellaris is absolutely anything but that. I enjoy the game, it’s fun, but I can’t imagine anyone considering it to be particularly balanced or enjoyable as a PvP/Versus experience.
- Comment on Civilization VI: Just another knowledge check 4X game 3 months ago:
I’ve never seen some specify that they want different second person pronouns, but hey new things every day.