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Absolutely agreed here but I wouldn’t even consider that conspiracy, I think documents showing UAPs even admitted that. It being extraterrestrial would be the true WTF moment.

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Is my Lemmy client busted or the parent comment is about Lee Harvey Oswald

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Yeah it looks good to me now. That was weird (bots are out to get me lol)

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How liberal/conservative do they seem? Our family is fairly liberal but others might not be like that especially if they are older. To be safe , a fruit basket is a good idea. Dates can be tricky depending on the origin of them (ensuring it’s not from settlements).

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I was so addicted to this game it was crazy. Finally able to pull myself away now . It’s also a fun game to just pick up and have a quick session commuting.

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This show should go down as one of the best comedies of all time. The way they meshed humor with philosophy and religion was a masterstroke. The ending always gets me to bawl (only About Time was able to replicate that ). The cast all around was perfect. That fucker Michael Schur did it again.

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Lol it’s a Good Place reference where they aren’t able to say fuck

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I wouldn’t call this a bad movie though? GDT directed movie with decent reviews (72% RT and 65 Metacritic).

Unless you’re referring to the sequel (haven’t watched).

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Is there a better option on iOS?

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I don’t lol , was just wondering after seeing this post 😅

Hollow Knight - 6 Years Later. [Ceave Perspective] [1h31m08s] (www.youtube.com)

Hollow Knight is an incredibly competent game on pretty much all fronts. In my opinion, Hollow Knight is a masterpiece and we will discuss all the things that make it so great in detail in this Hollow Knight retrospective. However - the one thing that I find most fascinating about Hollow Knight is an aspect of the game that is...

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I love both games as well. But even though they’re both considered metroidvanias, they’re fundamentally different games and preference really depends on what you’re looking for.

The death mechanic on Ori is a lot more forgiving as checkpoints are frequent and there’s no tracking back to get your souls back. Hollow Knight is brutal and far more of a challenge. Hollow Knights combat also feels “tighter” and more satisfying than Ori. However, Ori imo has a better story , music, and graphics. The traversal in Ori is a lot more smoother and enjoyable than HN, I find myself mindlessly cruising through the entire world (similar to how I feel swinging through Spiderman).

TIL about Eugene Debs, a 1920 Socialist candidate who ran for President while jailed in Federal prison for sedition, receiving 3.4% of the vote at the time. He promised to pardon himself if elected. (en.wikipedia.org)

Eugene Debs, a Socialist leader in the early 20th century, ran for President five times. His fifth and highest vote count came in the 1920 Presidential election, in which he was running while in Federal prison for sedition. He received about 3.4% of the vote at the time (which included women for the first time since the...

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Looks like history is about to repeat itself ~100 years later.

The Weekly Discussion Topic - Game UIs - 04-08-2023 (lemmy.world)

It’s time for the second ever weekly discussion topic, everyone! Before we continue, I’d like to thank everyone for all the interesting engagement we got on the last post. I was unsure if anyone would even comment at all, so seeing it be so active was really nice. Anyway, let’s get to it; this week’s discussion topic is...

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I want to give a quick shoutout to Fable 2. The breadcrumbs UI trick was great as it let you know where to go but allowed you to enjoy the scenery. No longer did I have to focus on a tiny ass mini map on the corner of the screen. Can’t wait for the new one to come out.

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Been using Memmy on iOS but used to use Sync on my Android device. Now I got that and using it more and more. Love the customization features on Sync and this is the first time I truly didn’t miss Reddit.

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Luckily yes ! Been almost two years married now actually lol was going through my phone and found this

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So far so good :) appreciate the well wishes

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Great what you’ve all done with the place. This is definitely one of the livelier and engaging communities I’ve seen on Lemmy so far.

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Yeah that’s pretty wild. Guess these will be the hiccups before Cloud Gaming really becomes mainstream.

The input lag alone is a dealbreaker for me. After I bought my handheld I’ve stopped using it all together

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Logistically I’m really not sure how companies can promise a consistent experience with input lag considering you have to live close to data centers. Unless they’re gonna build them all around the country lol. Their tech for streaming I feel is very inferior from Nvidia and Even Stadia at the time.

I think for the next at least half decade, it’ll be a supplemental perk to GPU and nothing more. I don’t see it ending traditional game ownership just yet. Unfortunately the way digital purchase has been so widely adopted, we’re already halfway there. The used game market has slowly dwindled over the years.

I have the ROG Ally and I’m loving it. I’ve always been a console gamer and this finally converted me.

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I think this is still my favorite movie of the year so far with Spiderverse (haven’t watched Oppenheimer yet). I’ve been so tired of MCU movies and this gave quite a breath of fresh air. High high recommend.

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It’s great to see them making more Jedi games rather than something that is more GaaS bs. It feels like the gaming industry is finally finding a middle ground between the two. The PS4/X1 generation really felt like it steered way too hard into live services at the detriment of many studios (BioWare with Anthem, even Arkane with Redfall recently) .

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I think we’ll see that now with Ubisoft getting involved. Still blows my mind that BioWare hasn’t made a Star Wars game recently considering they’re responsible for KOTOR (then again who’s still around from them?)

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I love seeing more competition in the PC handheld market. I personally have an ROG Ally and it’s been working great (I don’t have an SD card though).

I feel like at this point Microsoft needs to create a big picture mode setting for their Xbox app. I have GamePass so it’s been a struggle to navigate using handheld controls. Then I switch to Steam and it’s big picture mode is great to use and smooth. Shame Microsoft doesn’t have something similar on their own OS. Armory Crate isn’t bad but doesn’t hold a candle to Steam either.

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Only through cloud which leaves a lot to be desired.

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The Steam experience is actually pretty great on the Ally. They have the big picture mode which works really great.

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Haha yeah LG has a very complicated UI. Their OLED TVs are definitely worth the premium though. Surprisingly my favorite UI is Samsungs in terms of simplicity. They have the one ribbon on the bottom with the streaming services.

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They’ve honestly been the best streaming service for me personally. Their focus on quality over quantity has been great. There hasn’t been a show I’ve watched on the service that I would say is outright bad.

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This is the End

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I love you man

Knocked Up

Rush hour 1/2

Dumb and Dumber

Liar liar

Hangover

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Gonna go against the grain here and just recommend the default Mastadon app. It’s simple and gets the job done with no Bells and whistles. Not sure there’s much missing

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Wait is it true that it’s streaming only ? At that point just buy a Windows Handheld or steam deck . The GPD win 4 looks like a successor to the Vita anyways

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Transformers : Dark of the Moon - easily the best transformers movie. They let transformers just beat up on transformers for the last hour and half. Score was excellent by Steve Jablonsky, action was great and was a nice end to the first trilogy where there was at least a little effort to keep the story consistent.

Man of Steel - beautiful score and cinematography. The closest thing we will get to a high budget dragon ball Z movie. Still the best visualization of Kryptonian strength and speed .

Battle LA - Fun little alien invasion military movie. Eckhart gives a nice performance.

Tron: Legacy - visuals and soundtrack carry the movie hard. Imagine it as a very long Daft Punk music video.

The Greatest Showman - Amazing soundtrack here as well. Hugh Jackman’s acting was also great.

We’re the Millers - comedies might be cheating but had to highlight this one which I really enjoyed. Great chemistry with the entire cast

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I’m guessing hard labor also especially in third world countries .

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Been absolutely loving this since I got an Ally. I’ll play some games on my Xbox and it’s right where I left off when I get on my handheld.

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Wow he was 96?! Iconic music. I heard he was struggling lately but didn’t know it was that bad OR that he’s that old.

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I actually really enjoyed Ms. Marvel. I’m a SA first gen from Queens and it was incredibly relatable and actually taught me a few things even I didn’t know about the partition. The actress is very charismatic and likable as well. The supporting cast complimented the show (the dad is MVP). My only real complaints are her powers just being very… boring lol. Hopefully they expand on that in the movie.

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I think you’re fine there’s so many different permutations then of “PC”. I use a Windows Handheld (Ally) but still considered it a PC

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I’ve finally gave in and tried Vampire Survivors… what have I done. I didn’t realize it was 3AM by the time I put my handheld down and suffering at work today.

Outside of that been casually replaying Halo CE and **Midnight Club 2 **

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I also loved GoTG outside of the combat. How I stayed engaged was trying to get the achievements for each other guardians to powers, made for some challenges.

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They do have React as open source and free to use as well. Small things I’ll appreciate about evil Meta .

Lemmy.ml ~~is down right now~~ (back online, was unreachable for about 6 hours) (isitdownorjust.me)

lemmy.world had a DDOS in the past 24 hours, Lemmy.ml was showing problem, but now it is entirely unreachable. lemmy.world was showing “Error!” page (server still reachable), but that seems to have only lasted for a hour or so.

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Lemmy.world also seems to be sporadically down.

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Let’s see where he lands now. Fox News seems to have gone so radical that even people like Geraldo are no longer “welcome” to the Conservative discourse.

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Mass Effect Trilogy. Each game when I initially played had 3-4 careers of 50 hours. This was when one game’s choices affecting another game to this degree was very new so I would be trying many different permutations.

Definitely the case if we include LE later on.

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