Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

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@Tyranexx Great to hear you feel better now, wouldn’t want maladies taking you out! It’s been a long day today so it explains why I’m ten hours “late” getting this in… onto the meat now (more on that pun later). There’s been some really diverse amounts of quality and effort put into Nintendo anniversary content that you’d be forgiven thinking it’s by different companies. We were both born after the eighties so there isn’t a hope in hell we’d have been able to enjoy stuff like the original Famicom Detective Club on the Famicom. Seeing the love Advance Wars and FDC are getting is very encouraging. I’d give this video a recommend since it encapsulates many examples of legacy content and how some compare to others.

Because of how many games I’ve bought recently I’ve decided to wait. Ys VIII on my list though so I’m going to try and find a way to get it physically. It’s just too big, and I’ve had three years worth of digital games as is. It costs a bit much but I’m sure there’ll be some way to get it cheap. And my gaming backlog’s been horribly imbalanced, I’ve put 60 hours into Stardew Valley over the last three weeks, but 4 into NieR, 2 into Witcher, and none into Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The OG game… about fifteen. Just shows how addicting that game is. Never has an indie captured me like that. A Hat in Time sounds awesome, but because it’s a 3D game it’s way too big. All I can hope is I can find it physically.

Yeah Three Houses has its own world. The lore ran surprisingly deep in that game, so when you throw yourself in there’ll be plenty to think about. That was my first FE game and seeing as how I have next to none of the appropriate consoles it’d be in my best interests if any of the games get ported. I think there’s a glitch in Breath of the Wild where if you face Calamity Ganon whilst there’s a blood moon, it’ll regenerate all his health. So don’t do that unless you want a challenge! If you know the ultimate end reward for finishing the DLC I’d imagine you’d jump in now, I remember the sheer excitement I had when downloading the DLC, and beating it in a few days to get the reward.

Same. I haven’t played a single Sonic game (except Mario + Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games) but I’m informed on games, plot, characters and more. I was very surprised when I realised just what happened in Sonic ’06, that is, a human princess kissing a hedgehog. Good God that was… very weird. Especially with the realistic cutscene animation. Jim Carrey’s a fantastic actor, though his career seems to have stalled until Sonic the Hedgehog came out in cinemas. He has so much energy, enthusiasm and the ability to switch ranges so fast, that he’s perfect for any role, except the massively dramatic. Dumb and Dumber made me laugh a lot, it was a very stupid film. The best thing is that it made me feel better about all the times I’ve messed up, because all of them combined are better than one act in this film. Bruce Almighty was one of his best roles, playing an arrogant, flawed man who’s simultaneously very likeable and relatable. Morgan Freeman is already omnipotent!

From my own experience being in the countryside, out of town for six months in the UK, it’s definitely better. Helps I’m not a fan of crowds but the pandemic’s been good to people who live out of the way. Shopping isn’t a problem, or wasn’t, the closest supermarket was ten minutes away. It was a really interesting way of living, since I’ve lived in cities the whole time. I’m the opposite with clothes, I hate shopping for clothes! Trying on the same thing for hours has been very painful. And my sentiments on noise are also the opposite, I hate it when there’s no noise. That, in a way, is more deafening than any loud noise. Sleeping with AC on helps; almost like a white noise generator.

When it comes to making mistakes on air British news anchors have done the best job overall. Usually US anchors point out the mistake and turn that into a new story but English ones just roll with it and keep the air of professionalism. I saw a clip where the US weather system messed up and it said that various Arizona towns were… almost three thousand degrees. I know it’s hot there but I never imagined it was that bad! It’s both good and bad I haven’t read the news in weeks as of today, because while there’s been useless info like the new coronavirus stats, there could be some important stuff too. But that works its way to me anyway… somehow.

Those are my two minds right there. I love it. But it’s pretty creepy knowing your sign in details can tell you where in the world you’ve been. Information nowadays has become so readily available that things like this are just being recorded in the background. It even tells me exactly which hotels I stayed in when I travelled to India, which is very fun to reflect on. Looking at the map made me recall that trip so vividly. If that was the intended effect, I’m glad to have it!

I’ve picked up so many accents that I usually end up having two pronunciations of various words that I use back and forth, sometimes in the same sentence; the way British English says it and how it’s pronounced in the native language. I use both “inven-tree” and “inven-tory” so there’s nothing to be worried about! Same with the word “controversy”, in British English you say it like… “con-troversy”, and in American English, “con-tro-versy”. Much harder to convey over text than inventory but hopefully you got that one!

We’ve looked to book karting again, later this week. Such is the might of the green shield! I’m out later today for my first swimming session in two months, that’ll be something to look forward to again. The restaurant we went to on Friday was Japanese, some great cuisine there, I enjoyed a wagyu beef “sandwich”. It was very flavourful! And the next day we prepared a full English roast, with Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, boiled vegetables and a massive roast beef.

Tragically we’re not seeing the pyramids, we did those a while ago with a massive amount of photos to show for it! But beaches… water… some Red Sea and some fun. That’s our goal! Glad everything went well for your grandmother, it sounds like you all had a great time! I can’t say I’ve heard of Dairy Queen but the UK has an equivalent, Coldstones! Do you bake, or are you good at it? I’ve done cookies for years but hopefully I can gather resources to think bigger…