Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Sunsy Yeah, the Mario ornaments are the only gaming-related ornaments we have here, too. Most of the other ones are traditional, lol. Nice, I ended up getting the G&W at Nintendo's online shop.

@Tyranexx Yeah I definitely made some progress. Unfortunately I got stuck again, this time where you fight Solidum Telethia and Tyrea. I ALMOST beat Telethia, too...

First day back at normal work was nuts, albeit productive at least. The MonHun news announcement helped. XD Also, it appears @Octane is back from a break?

@theJGG There are plenty of long games I enjoy. I'm just one of those who gets sucked into the gameplay loop so easily. Not to where I can't stop playing for the evening or anything, but the "I'm gonna do this...now this...one more thing....Oh heck, I'll do this too right quick". I'm the "explore everything I can" and "talk to everyone" sort.

@BruceCM Trust me, I did browse a few of those deals, but I didn't quite bite lol. For rendering, it wouldn't need to be anything top-of-the-line per se, but enough so that I could do some basic modeling in programs like Blender and run Unity builds at optimal settings.

@SM3DASislit As mentioned, if you have problems again, you should give a shout-out to Anthony Dickens (antdickens, though I won't tag him here). He's a member of the site's staff and is in charge of all the technical wizardry here.

I was on remote work for about 5 1/2 weeks; I moved the equipment I would need the day before Thanksgiving. It was voluntary unlike my longer spring/early summer tenure at home; I knew I'd be exposed to some high-risk relatives over the holidays. While the amount of people was significantly reduced, I knew sticking to my own environment most of the time would ensure the chances of making them ill would be low.

I suspect it will take me AT LEAST a year to catch up, probably closer to two. It would be easier if I didn't pick up any games at all. Even with the industry lull however, they're still releasing games I want before long....Monster Hunter Rise and Bravely Default II are part of that list. XD

@ThanosReXXX Oh, I have the time, just not so much the desire in lieu of other projects right now. I would like to be more comfortable with machines on the hardware front, though when one has historically been a little accident-prone....

Randomly touches internal component on random device

Device explodes

@MarioLover92 That fight was a little difficult, but I did manage. I'd argue some later fights are more of a pain. What party are you using? IIRC I mainly used Shulk/Reyn/Sharla and made it through fine.

@Tyranexx I used Shulk, Sharla, and Dunban, I think. I experimented with the different party members too. Perhaps I need to level up a bit more, there's quite a few side quests I can do.

We had our king's cake today and I got one of the figurines.

They're quite cute, porcelain. It apparently comes with different pieces that make a nativity set (randomly selected though), but so far we've only found this one, the baby.

The cake is really good though so I'm sure we'll see the others soon enough.

@MarioLover92 Indeed. Cool, I'm quite liking the Game and Watch, it's a nice little device. Kind of always wanted one being someone who's a bit into retro-style LCD games. It may not be the old fashioned LCD game, but it's still a cool device with Super Mario Bros, Lost Levels, Ball, and a rather cool clock.

@Eel Galette du Roi? (literal French translation for King's cake) I used to live in Paris and that was a great celebration. I sure hope I can find one around here.

@Tyranexx, I've become like that too. I beat games way too quickly for even my own liking (Xenoblade in 70 hours, Persona 5R in 82, Dragon Quest XI in 45) so I like taking the time to slow down and talk to NPCs, and quest.

@Mr-Fuggles777

That's odd, I haven't heard of sites promoting dead threads to be "revived", but it also makes sense at the same time. I checked the Community Rules, and it doesn't seem to say anything about reviving dead threads (unless I somehow missed it).
Oh, okay. Wait, I remember now, I was scrolling through the comments on one of the recent articles (forgot which one), and I just happened to see your conversation with COVIDberry, which for some reason they kept on calling you Mr. Fuggles.

@ThanosReXXX, @Tyranexx
I do happen to know who antdickens is, but thanks for letting me know anyways, though. I did contact him for something else though (i.e.. asking him about the possibly an emoji menu bar being incorporated the next time the comments UI gets updated).

@ThanosReXXX
I figured that Eel would know since it seems to be a cache issue (a minor issue) if Eel somehow had a "secret" (semi) permanent solution on how to fix the notifications when they didn't work correctly (if that makes sense).

@Tyranexx
Yeah, I went remote for the university I'm attending after Thanksgiving Break as well until the end of the semester, to try and slow down the spread of the pandemic. It's always good to look after family and be concerned about your family (something other people have not been doing since this began).
Anyways, yikes that's crazy it will take you at least a year to catch up. If you don't mind me asking, do you have a plan for which games you plan on defeating first? I know you have a plan for reducing your backlog, regarding new games, but I don't know if you have a plan regarding your current games.
The only games I'm interested in this year (so far) are Balan Wonderworld, LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga, and Genshin Impact (if you count the Switch release date, that is). I might also get Cris Tales (as I found the demo really interesting, even though I'm not really into RPGs).

@MarioLover92 When I got DE I promised myself not to stick to my regular party layouts. I usually stuck with either Reyn, Dunban, or Reyn, Sharla, with Shulk in the lead for both. But I experimented with everybody during my three playthroughs on Switch, and after playing as Sharla for a while I noticed that I actually kinda like her play style. Same with Melia, her elementals system is really fun and can really rack up some big damage if you play it right. I feel that Seven's moveset is really bulky and generic apart from Talent Arts so I left them be. Dunban's fun to play as, but I haven't really managed to perfect his "evasion tank" skills yet. Reyn's fun but a lot of the time you'll end up mashing Bone Upper or Hammer Beat because of how fast they cool down. And Riki... no. I just can't.

@SM3DASislit I've always been looking at Genshin Impact for the PlayStation, it looks like a great Eastern RPG (can't say JRPG since it's a Chinese game) and I'm a big fan of those too. I had misgivings about the similarities to Breath of the Wild but it looks like a genuinely good game. And it's genuinely good that you're able to spend quality time with your family, use the time to get closer, all of you'll be better off for it! Stay safe!

You certainly don't want an exploding PC, @Tyranexx .... Some Unity games seem to be surprisingly demanding, I find but that's presumably not the builds you mean? Anyway, hopefully, you can find something suitable at a reasonable price soon!

Just found out that the soundtrack for Pixar's 'Soul' has music from Trent Reznor (0.0)

@Losermagnet I really need to see Soul ASAP. Pixar makes amazing movies and The Good Dinosaur.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand the good dinosaur was strange, wasnt it?

@Losermagnet Yeah, I wouldn't call it a BAD movie, but man was it underwhelming. Cars 2 is arguably worse, but at least that had some cool action scenes and car homicide.

@ThanosReXXX I will post this here for the Retroid Pocket 2. Currently it is at 80$ on their site.

https://www.goretroid.com/products/retroid-pocket-2-handheld-...

And it comes with a tempered glass protector and a 32GB card. And one of the cool features is that it can be hooked to a TV with HDMI. You can use it like a Switch as you can just connect an Xbox controller to it.

Are you a fan of those things?

@HotGoomba___Rebrand same for me. I could never get on with Cars.

Unrelated - I just got my first COVID vaccine. Get my second dose in 4 weeks.

@Losermagnet how did you find the jab, a few of the guys in work got sick from it. Hopefully you feel ok

@Losermagnet Good Luck with the vaccine. Thankfully there are no real side effects from what I know of.

Can someone tell me what is the objection in Cars 2 PS3 and Cars 3 PS4 ?
I think those games are not just about racing.

@TheJGG
It definitely does look pretty good. I guess you could call Genshin Impact a CRPG (Chinese RPG).
Actually, the BOTW comparisons was the (main) reason why I became more interested in Genshin Impact, even though I don't necessarily care for BOTW itself. Definitely agree with your family statement.

@SM3DASislit I used to sympathise with the guy who smashed his PS4 in protest at the Genshin event, but now I feel that was childish, and a waste of good PS4. I was curious as to how much of it was inspired by BotW, but I really do wanna try it now, be it on Switch or PS4/5. I could start now, but I wonder how the Switch'll fare.