Essence_of_Meh
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
- All Chapters of Captain Tsubasa Are Available for Free on Manga Plus Until April 12mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp ↗Submitted 7 hours ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
- Comment on Kowloon Generic Romance - Episode 1 discussion 14 hours ago:
It’s here! I love the manga so seeing it animated is great.
It looks like they’re going with scattered approach (episode ended in the same place as volume 1) so I’m a bit worried about what this means for the adaptation as a whole. I hope they’ll go back to skipped chapters and just used episode one as a hook.
Other than that it’s a pretty promising start. Can’t wait for more.
Oh, all the food in this episode made me hungry and there’s no Chinese cuisine nearby. Curse you anime food!
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 day ago:
Huh, never knew my approach to work had an actual name. That’s neat! Thanks for teaching me something new.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 day ago:
I mostly play according to the intended game design. The only exceptions that come to mind at the moment are:
- Open world games (GTA, Fallouts, Elder Scroll series etc) - I tend to act like a normal, civilian part of the world. I eat and drink, travel like a person rather than player (i.e. safely, without quick travel), avoid violence and do peaceful tasks when possible. I also go on trips and take screenshots of the scenery.
Finally, if there’s an equipment system I limit myself to “reasonable” amount of baggage (both in terms of weight and volume). - Mirror’s Edge and Portal - the only games I learned to the point of speedrunning. I’m nowhere near the level of being able to compete with professionals (nor am I interested in that) but I can get through both pretty quickly and without issues.
- Open world games (GTA, Fallouts, Elder Scroll series etc) - I tend to act like a normal, civilian part of the world. I eat and drink, travel like a person rather than player (i.e. safely, without quick travel), avoid violence and do peaceful tasks when possible. I also go on trips and take screenshots of the scenery.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 days ago:
I try not to overthink it - if it’s a topic I’m interested in I just keep posting, even if I’m alone. There’s no point (in my mind) in worrying about people being put off of a community with a single poster since the only alternative is a completely dead one. It might be just me but I feel like the latter is less inviting - if only because you have no idea if anything you post will get a response. With a single poster you know there’s at least one person passionate enough about the topic to engage with you.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 days ago:
I feel you. I’ve been trying to kickstart a community for over a year now and the best I can hope for are a few votes. It can be pretty deflating after a while.
- Comment on [Discussion] Maid to Skate - Ch. 3 2 days ago:
Man, I pretty much lost any hope of this getting picked up again. It’s good to be back.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 days ago:
Thanks! I don’t really “play” ESO as much as I use it as a sightseeing simulator at the moment but yeah, both normal gameplay and just running around can be quite enjoyable. They did a great job with the world and quest design.
It’s a shame the community on Lemmy isn’t that busy, but I guess there’s not a lot of players here yet.
Well, it’s a self-perpetuating problem of small communities - no one engages with them so they look like ghost towns scaring people away. Someone has to be the one to get the ball rolling if they’re to thrive wink wink nudge nudge.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 days ago:
Game list:
- NHL99 - tried again but no luck
- Colin McRae Rally 04
- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Full version
I once again spent some time trying to run NHL99 but couldn’t get it to work. I’m honestly close to giving up on this one which is a shame because I really wanted to see how the game holds up. To make myself feel better about this failure I decided to reinstall Colin McRae Rally 04. I already played this one last year so I’m well aware it works beautifully - this time was no different.
I mostly ran some random races as I’m not really in a mood for full championship this time. Either way, it’s a fun game. I don’t know why but I really love these old rally titles. Now if I could find some time to try running one of Sega Rally Championship games, that would be great. Last week I mentioned getting close to the end of Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War and, well, I finished it. My feelings didn’t really change since the last post - the final levels were challenging but fun (I’m not sure what is it with these guys and shoving you into tight hallways in a jet but whatever) and the game over all was a really enjoyable experience. While I don’t think I liked this one more than 4, this playthrough still confirmed my plan to continue with the series.
I don’t know when I’m going to play the next one (I’ll probably give it a few months to focus on other titles) but it’ll happen. My only gripes with the experience have nothing to do with the game funnily enough but rather my platform of choice - the Steam Deck. While the small screen worked great for the most part, there were a few segments where I felt it ended up being detrimental to my performance. Not a game breaking thing but still.
The second, more important, issue has to do with controls. I’m not sure I like playing AC on the Deck. It really feels like there’s something wrong with my ability to execute quick and precise manoeuvres in more difficult situations. I actually ended up switching to my desktop monitor and PS3 controller to finish the game (the latter brought an especially noticeable difference).Last but not least, I’m once again plugging my Pixelfed account - I created it, might as well let people know it exists. I’ve added some more screenshots since last week, this time from The Elder Scrolls Online and Remember Me.
I’ll try to keep a decent variety of titles posted there - both to keep it interesting (I hope) and because that’s just how I play games most of the time. One thing I can promise though is that most, if not all, of the titles posted there will be worthy of the patient gamer community. - Submitted 5 days ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 14] 5 days ago:
I’m still a bit too busy to do much reading at the moment but I can happily report that The Saga of Tanya the Evil is finally being updated again. I just hope these updates are going to stick around for a while this time rather than disappear into the ether for another few months…
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 14] 5 days ago:
It really does feel livelier, doesn’t it? It’s nice to see the community growing like this. Congrats!
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- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
I don’t know about the newer ones but 4 and 0 were really fun experiences. I wish they were a bit longer to have more time to play with all the planes but other than that I have no real complaints.
- Comment on "Journey Home After School" Anime Adaptation Announced with Illustration 1 week ago:
I can’t wait to see animated Chokki-chan in action (っ˘ω˘ς )
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
I didn’t have much time to play this week so no as big wall of text this time. I did however find a moment to spend a little bit of time with both Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 and Ace Combat Zero.
More talk about Ace Combat
I’m almost done with the game (I think there are two missions left) so I feel like I can safely say I enjoyed the it quite a lot. It’s fun, though I do feel like there’s not enough time to play around with different planes throughout campaign (unless there’s a new game plus option). One thing I didn’t like however was mission 15 - I don’t know what happened there, whether I suddenly started to suck or if my issues with controlling the game on Steam Deck took its toll but this is the only mission I had trouble with. Enough that by the end I didn’t really feel much satisfaction, just annoyance. Lets hope this was a one time issue.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
Well, guess I have something to do over the weekend.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
I’ll be sure to write about it if either game decides to cooperate. I’m not giving up that easily!
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I thought about doing it the other way but forgot to actually change it. Next time! Probably. If I don’t forget.
I wondered about pixelfed but I’m not really familiar with Instagram or its derivatives and kind of assumed it was for a different kind of content (don’t ask me what, I have no idea what lead me to this view anyway). Guess I’ll look into it properly. Thanks!
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve got another wall of text this week, it just do be like that sometimes.
TL;DR:
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 - Championship Manager: Season 03/04 - Ace Combat Zero: Belkan War - RimWorld
I was unable to get either NHL99 or 2001 to run so far. I’ll keep trying but it doesn’t look promising unfortunately. I also tried to run NBA Live 2001 but that ended up either black court or a straight up freeze during loading so… I feel like early 2000’s EA games don’t like me very much.
I’m still dabbing with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4. I’m making slow but steady progress, playing mostly when I’m in the mood rather than blizting through the whole thing in one go.
I still have a bit of a problem with trying to string tricks (especially grinds) a bit too eagerly but other than that I’m doing fine. It’s going slightly better than my THPS2 playthrough from 2 or so years ago, if I remember correctly.Championship Manager: Season 03/04 is also still on the menu. It’s not really a game intended for long sessions in my case so I mostly treat it as an emergency activity, played for a match or two when nothing else strikes my fancy.
I mentioned Restaurant Empire last week and that I was having a decently fun time - that’s still true. It’s not the best management game ever but it’s not bad. I have two issues with the game so far: default mouse sensitivity feels terribly (it feels like the cursor is magnetized to certain elements and moving on a tile system) and there’s only one female player character to choose from (not that it means anything but there’s 32 of them!).
My next choice for the week was Ace Combat Zero: Belkan War. I only played 4 before but I liked it quite a bit.
Unlike 4 however, I’m playing this one on a Steam Deck instead of a desktop PC. It plays great, as expected, but I do have so minor issues using the Deck for longer periods of time, especially during more challenging missions (mission structure thankfully helps with that).Lastly, I came back to RimWorld for a bit. Similarily to The Division, it’s a title I come back to every few months or so, play until I’m bored and go back to whatever else I was doing. It’s pretty great, even in its non-DLC form.
On a slightly different note, does anyone know a site (preferably a fediverse one) that could serve as a gallery dump? I have some screenshots from various games I’ve been thinking about uploading but I’m not really sure which service would be good for that.
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos - Official Release Date Trailer 2 weeks ago:
It has both modern and classic controls which be toggled in settings I believe.
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos - Official Release Date Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Hey @Someasy@lemmy.world, I believe you were asking about this recently.
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- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 11] 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m worried about. I’ll wait and see if there are any other suggestions but it seems like I might have to stop posting some of the titles in the future.
Thanks for the links, I’ll check them out!
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 11] 3 weeks ago:
I come here today seeking help.
Give me $50 and I’ll pay you back double in a week, no joke.Does anyone know some trustworthy alternatives to Mangadex? It’s my main source for the stuff I read but some of the series I follow and post here aren’t updated there anymore. I’ve been using Chapmanganato but it looks like the site died and now I’m in a bind.
I’m looking for an alternative that will be safe to post here as I don’t want to unknowingly risk anyone’s devices (not everyone uses ad block plugins or hardened browsers after all).
- Comment on [DISC] Yotsuba&! - Ch. 114 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure whether it’s a difference in scan quality or a change of technique by the author but the image looks a lot softer than in previous chapters. Not in a bad way mind you, it’s just something that immediately stuck out for me (even though the last chapter was… 7 months ago?!).
Great chapter as usual, I love me some Yotsuba shenanigans.
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