I saw a video where people have been freezing their rice … which is something I need to start doing because I just wind up eating way too much rice for meals.

I don’t know, I’ve had friends that hate turned-based games and refuse to play any anime based games and just adored this game so much that I couldn’t get them to talk about anything else for months.

I used to love turn-based RPGs but I kinda fell out of love with them over the years … I’m gonna say around FFX. I actually enjoyed Expedition 33 less than these guys that typically play CoD and Factorio.

That is a very fair statement.

Not yet. Although some people say it’ll be close to the price of an Index although it’s still all speculation.

I’m reminded of an old Simpsons episode: https://youtu.be/UUc9Ojfxq3E?t=106

Bart: “How much do those yoyos cost?”

Milhouse: “I don’t care”

That’s kind of how I feel about this.

What you’re describing makes me kinda miss being a regular at a pub.

Post-COVID and moving to Canada … I find that I stay at home all the time nowadays. The bars I go to here are more establishments and have less of the home feel I used to get in Europe.

I only heard about it through a YouTube recommendation. Very cool features. I may give it a whirl next.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Zorin OS.

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Everyone I’ve recommended CO to and took me up on it – loved it. But I have other friends that have heard me talk about the game and I just “know” it’s not for them and if they play, they’ll be ranting about the mechanisms and other things.

For me, it made me wish I was French :P I love the aesthetic, story, and characters for sure. It’s different than FF to me because it seemed like FF got embarrassed by its turn-based gameplay over time and it feels like CO embraced it fully.

Also, I heard the fanbase can be rather toxic as well. Once again, that sometimes happens with more popular games too. I was watching a few streamers that said they’d want to put it as their GOTY but some fans were just doing a lot of bullying. After playing the game, I understand their passion for it … but it can sour other people’s expectations and experiences for sure.

Americans saw this and said, “this is fine”

Update: I’m using the term “Americans” as the majority of American voters in 2024.

Is it any surprise? Any game that’s more popular gets a lot more contrarians.

I’m expecting to pay around what the Index costs. I can get a Quest for quite a lot less but I’m refusing all of that Meta business.

I feel the same … I don’t have the same amount of hours to put into a game like this.

Mark Kermode is a film critic that I absolutely adore.

He had the Kermode Awards every year (he’s quite self-deprecating about it) … the winners for his awards are ones that cannot be nominated by the Academy Awards.

It’s normally to highlight the missing actors/actresses/movies that he’s enjoyed over the year. Feels like something like that would be cool too.

I feel as though games need more categories. Even best VR game seems limiting to me because I don’t care for horror so I’ll never look into that game either.

Best metroidvania, Best rogueli[k|t]e, Best puzzle game, Best Turn-Based RPG, Best Soulslike Game (I’m assuming that’s what “best game you suck at” is), Best Rhythm game, Best Couch Co-op Game, Best FPS, etc

Obviously there can be flaws with my examples but there are just so many different types of games out there. It just feels limiting to have what we have.

I bought Arc Raiders and I was like, “oh it’s just an extraction shooter”

I was very surprised it won. I think people like their game and just want it to win something.

The problem is that is goes into the “sphere”. Click on one video and it feeds into many others.

I used to think it was a smaller section and then my streamer friends complain about “woke”. The thing that always gets me is when someone says: “I don’t mind a minority character as long as it makes sense for them to be there”. Oh right, minorities should explain our existence shall we? I would like to think that they mean when social commentary feels shoehorned or there’s corporate pandering (which I think we can have discussions about) … however, we don’t need to suffer from woke-paranoia just because someone doesn’t fit the mould. I remember the Star Trek Beyond “controversy” and when the scene happened I didn’t even register it because it was so forgettable to me.

I’ve been in arguments with friends about how “how many genders we have …” and I have to be like, there’s so few actual trans people and trans issues that are “in your face” to get as worked up as you guys are …

Sorry I went on a deeper rant than I should have.

They also sold Tomb Raider alongside Deus Ex … Thief, Legacy of Kain …

Sold all of these and a few studios to focus on NFTs. Although I think their other reason was to focus on their “eastern” properties.

I felt Stadia had potential but I also thought they should have tried a game subscription model rather than the one they went with.

I very recently tried Expedition 33 with GFN and I tried turning the graphics all the way down and the lag seemed unbearable. It very well could be me, but I have a fibre optic connection with typically low ping. It could just be where I’m situated or maybe there’s more configuration I didn’t figure out. I know others still like and use the service.