Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Tip:

Use a paper towel or toilet paper to remove the dead insect. You’ll pick it up, not come in contact with it, and clean the guts all in one step.

Unless it’s some rare kind of juicy red blooded bug, you won’t really have to deal with much cleanup.

Question for you guys that have played Shadow of the Tomb Raider already: I'd heard it had more of a horror/suspense/scary vibe this time. I'm not into that. I hated the zombies in Uncharted 1. Is it still properly "tomb raider" or has it taken a darker more stress inducing turn this time?

Almost at the end of Pikmin 2. It has been a great time!
Probably gonna beat it this friday since it's a national holiday in Brazil.

Watching some Ralph Bakshi movies in the meantime.

I kill bugs with napkins, TP (if it's close by) and a fly swatter if needed. I do tolerate the occasional spider in my house since they eat a lot of the other stuff that likes to barge in.

I remember watching a couple of Switch videos where people were dropping them from crazy heights onto different surfaces just to test the durability. Apparently it's a pretty durable machine, but each drop made me cringe. I try to baby my electronics for the most part, and each accidental drop gives me a heart attack.

Uuuuuggggghhh I bought Breath of the Wild for Switch (I had it for WiiU), the new package that comes with a starter guide.

The shop charged me twice!!

And the bank says I must wait two days before they can do anything.....

Nhhhggggghhhgg.

That's... unfortunate. Hopefully things are resolved soon!

STARLANCER!

Hope anyone in Florida is all good. Michael Meyers is beatin everything with a wind knife. Should be here in 7 hours. I get tomorrow off, since my department is working this evening. After work it’s gaming till the power goes out.

But really.... starlancer.

@Tyranexx Yeah, try to treat my electronics like they're made of liquid plutonium. Of course trying to do so often gets me into MORE trouble with accidentally hitting or dropping them than if I used them normally.

But the drop was terrifying. I'm glad it was a wooden surface and not concrete or something! Darned velcro....

Funny how that works lol. Sometimes my anxiety is unwarranted, but you'll notice a significant difference or two between my old systems from when I was a kid versus now. Granted, I always have been a neat freak and often don't deal with sticky systems in any case, but let's just say I wasn't as careful with where I stored my systems as a kid....

My Game Boy Color and Advance SP have both been almost everywhere.

@ReaderRagfish House of the Dead 2, Gundam 0079 Rise from the Ashes, and Toy Commander are my 3 favorite dreamcast games. Dynamite Cop, Silent Scope, Super Runabout San Francisco, Hydro Thunder, and the first Power Stone are also really fun games.

@ReaderRagfish: While I had a case for my GBC, I only took it with me on longer journeys when I planned on swapping between cartridges a lot. Otherwise I typically kept it in a compartment reserved just for it in my backpack; while this protected it from the elements, it likely got jostled around a bit. It's actually still in fairly decent shape other than some paint wear and the fact that the up/down inputs on the d-pad are delayed sometimes.

My GBA SP on the other hand....I didn't have a case for it besides the small freebie one with Rayquaza on it that came with my Pokemon Emerald preorder. I didn't always like using the case, so more often than not it spent a ton of time in my pocket. Ironically a lot of the paint damage on it is from klutzy me accidentally dropping it on more than one occasion (once on my bedframe, another time in the security line at the St. Louis Arch). It still surprisingly works, but it occasionally doesn't power on correctly; I suspect the last (bad) fall that it dealt with had something to do with it. The shoulder buttons don't work 97% of the time, but I highly suspect that they're just clogged with lint. I don't like doing it often, but the blowing trick does work wonders....

I now use carrying cases for a lot of my portable systems when I'm out and about, but I never liked using the console armor type of things as they seemed to make the consoles more bulky. Same goes for screen protectors since, with one exception (I blame the Guitar Hero: On Tour games), my screens are usually on decent shape

its dangerous to go alone!
take this.

@ogo79 Helllllp meee, Marinaaaa!

@ReaderRagfish I own it on Dreamcast and Wii. I actually prefer the control of the controller. Not to mention with my thumb twitch abilities (and man hands) I'm able to mash the fire and reload abilities at the same time so it's effectively like having a machine gun. 😂
Tldr
Never tried the dreamcast light gun, but the controller works great!

I got to play Typing of the Dead on PC in college as someone had loaded it onto half of the computers in one of the labs. Dang was that a fun game, but good grief is the dialogue campy. XD

@ReaderRagfish yeah, pretty sure you need the dreamcast keyboard for that. Think they're going on ebay for 10-20 bucks though. Last time I looked it up was a year ago so for all I know they're worth the same as a physical copy of Earthbound 😂

If you don’t play STARLANCER, I can’t be held responsible.
Coaster Works was fun, too.

@ReaderRagfish It's hard to take you seriously now.... Every time I see that avatar I can't help but think of you as a toxic troll. I read all your posts as though they were Sligs.

Hahaha I know it just has a smug face. Like eating a bowl of Trollioes.
I’m about to start the last temple in TP, I believe.

I felt quite upset just now.
I have updated my Portal Knights Switch version into version 1.5.2 (Yay....!)
But, after i played for a while, What The Heck ?! Why don't Keen Games allowed Switch owner to get Rainbow Island as Secret addition (Steam, PS4 & Xbox1 version got Rainbow Island) ??

And also, the game was still running on 30 fps, looked quite laggy on some crowded area. I felt like my Switch version of Portal Knights was getting worse than my PS4 version. So, i decided to play the PS4 version for a while to calm down my gloom and upset feeling. At the same time, i still have struggle feeling about my favorite games on wrong machine (PS4), whether want to keep it or sold it. After i finished playing the PS4 version, i played again the Switch version in Handheld Mode. I still wasn't really satisfied with the condition on Switch version but i was fond with Switch version several months ago before i started to hiatus from Portal Knights Switch version until it got update version 1.5.2.

Oh, well....
It looks like i have to take care my Beloved games on PS4 (The Sims 4 & Portal Knights).

But somehow, after i watched Dragon Quest Builder 1 gameplay + Dragon Quest Builder 2 Demo gameplay, i felt more interested with Dragon Quest Builder in term of Building the town, but not in term of character design (except DQB 2, the Male player had better looking than DQB 1).
The good thing, DQB 1 was running on 60 fps, even i tried the Demo version, like i want to say "WHAT ?!"