frank
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- Comment on Console war, console war never changes 1 week ago:
That’s such a great way to phrase that.
The switch 2 has a lot more competition than the switch had, and hasn’t made up much ground.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 week ago:
I think Outer Wilds is the most unique and fantastic way to tell a story I’ve ever experienced. Truly open in a way I’ve not seen before or since.
With the banger of a soundtrack too, I just can’t bring myself to rate other games higher than it; even if I enjoy them more, Outer Wilds is probably the best game I’ve ever played.
Slay the Spire probably makes the list as it’s inspired countless tweaks on its incredibly balanced deck building experience
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
Okay but it’s still definitely soulless AI slop, fingers aside
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
Mom has more fingers than daughter? This just feels like AI slop
- Comment on Grieve with me 2 weeks ago:
Yup, same. And that smug sense of superiority that comes with it.
I’ll be excited to whip out a Phillips head screwdriver on the day my USB c port acts up to swap it :D
- Comment on A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish 3 weeks ago:
Whew what a whirlwind I’ve had leading up to this while intending to play on deck
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 5 weeks ago:
Met my coworkers after work yesterday. 21 minute bike or car ride by the GPS. By the time they parked downtown it was 35 mins, meanwhile I shaved a minute off the GPS :) feels goooood
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 5 weeks ago:
I’m glad you asked!
I didn’t really like the aesthetic at first so I was on the fence.
It’s 3D, and most things take up more space with plenty of them taking some height as well. This makes the builds a bit more complex in a fun way. Also, the scaling is wild. You need a LOT more shapes, so you can duplicate or make more efficient things, ship them by train eventually, really makes it feel like a different game by the end than it does in the start.
They have a huge content update coming June 2 as well
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 5 weeks ago:
Frostpunk 2 is a really interesting one to me.
I LOVED the first game. Soundtrack on in the background sometimes, liked the board game (just manual meh balance FP1), got all the achievements, really enjoyed it.
The second IS a good distinction from it, it’s not just rinse and repeat the same game. Great story, epic music, different scale and problems. It’s just like… They took the second tier of ideas they had for FP1 and implemented them. It actually probably would have been a good game if it didn’t have those footsteps to follow in.
Surprisingly, a few recent sequels have been amazing. Shapez2 is an unbelievable follow up to the OG. Hades II is the same imo. Massive, beautiful, fun distinction in gameplay, but still great ideas and balanced and such.
Monster Train 2 is great in demo, Kingdoms 2 crowns is a bit less recent but is such a great follow up to what’s effectively an arcade game in the first. It’s not all downhill or anything
- Comment on TIL about dating 1 month ago:
Southern Scandinavia checking in with 13 and sunny with a light breeze
- Comment on America is fucked 1 month ago:
They’re efficient and have no sense of humor
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 2 months ago:
I do basically only play indie games sans like, 2-3 Nintendo games per console generation. but yeah, sure feels like you get it all in the worst way
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 2 months ago:
Okay, fair enough. Just appreciating the lack of shit and (for something like an Animal Crossing or a BoTW quality Zelda game) I’m super happy to pay that much for a game I’ll sink hundreds of hours into, and I’d rather reward that price hike than any other form of monetization by them.
I’m real enraged by like 99% of things on the internet and in the world these days, but this pales in comparison to the rapid pace of enshittification I feel like I’ve had in virtually every other place in my life.
Still don’t love it.
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 2 months ago:
Okay, here’s a slightly hot take.
I’d rather the price go up and the games remain ad free and high quality (not you, pokemon, you can get fucked) than become enshittified with micro transactions, ads, etc
I don’t like it. But it’s much more acceptable to me
- Comment on Other than Canada and Australia, which countries are best alternatives to traveling to the USA? 2 months ago:
I live in Denmark. I’ve met a few people who don’t speak any English but they’re not Danish :D
Also it’s a fun language learning trope here that it’s hard to practice because people will just reply in English if your pronunciation isn’t good/it’s obvious you’re not Danish. It’s not ubiquitous but it definitely exists sometimes
- Comment on Should I withdraw/stop putting into my 401k? 2 months ago:
All I have to add is be careful investing in a Roth if you plan to leave the US. Some countries don’t acknowledge it as a retirement vessel and tldr it’s a pretty bad investment if that’s the case
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 2 months ago:
Cash travels, sell your non -heirloom stuff.
Doesn’t need to be a lawyer, relocation companies are amazing at this stuff. They can help with taxes, government registration, all of it
- Comment on Who gets all the tariff money about to be collected from US citizens buying products from Canada? 2 months ago:
The cool part is you can double and triple dip. Buy bitcoin, promise to make a US Crypto reserve, sell it during the boon, make your own memecoin and profit off that as well
Then maybe do it again when you maybe waste money on a Crypto reserve
- Comment on If society goes completely cashless, bank robberies would no longer be a thing, which means there would no longer be "bank robbery" plots in future Movies/TV shows. 2 months ago:
Shooting the mailbox twice is a line that gets me laughing every time
- Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company 2 months ago:
Sure did. Repairable ones. I strongly prefer wired headphones and will keep using them as I can, and I ain’t buying earbuds.
But I’d rather not let perfect be the enemy of good. I am not giving up a cellphone, so I’d rather have Fairphone trying (ans sometimes fucking it up) than give my money to anyone else in the market.
Them not being perfect in my eyes doesn’t qualify as a hostile relationship between their corporation and me.
- Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company 2 months ago:
I have VERY few and I cherish them.
Fairphone feels great to me. I think My coffee stuff is the same (Profitec, Eureka Mignon); no app or wifi or anything, fairly available spare parts.
- Comment on What's the Standard Operating Procedure for if someone steals your phone while you were using it and its unlocked? 3 months ago:
I’ve had a false positive walking around the other day. False positive is no big deal of course, but it’s interesting that I’m seeing a post about it now
- Comment on Fruit 3 months ago:
For the uninitiated
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 3 months ago:
I would agree in places with good infrastructure. I lived somewhere with rampant power outages, sometimes for 5 days at a time.
Gas was sure nice then.
- Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone? 3 months ago:
I didn’t realize there was AdGuard available. Is it an extension or like a standalone app running in the background?
- Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone? 3 months ago:
It’s the opposite. On Android I have an adblocker. On my work iphone I have to raw dog the internet
- Comment on i'm gonna need directions 3 months ago:
You’re right, according to online calcs. But man I can’t remember how to count these myself.
Wanna explain for someone who didn’t have to do much chemistry?
- Comment on After Years of Struggling To Be Noticed, My Indie Game Was Covered By VICE 3 months ago:
My friends and I loved your demo and can’t wait to play the whole release
- Comment on Two big Final Fantasy remakes are reportedly still in ‘active development’ 3 months ago:
I love FFT ad FFTA but come on, give us a new one sometime. We’ve had like 10 remakes and ports of FFT
- Comment on Gulf of Make a Report to Apple 3 months ago:
I’ve been struggling without public transportation in Organic. It kinda works? Like it shows the path but doesn’t actually show the stops or station names