Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Personally, I just like the fact (pretty much) everyone jokingly dislikes him.

@Scooby-Doo Yeah. It makes me feel like I’m playing Candy Crush or a mobile game targeted at kids, not trying to learn a new language.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Yep. I remember when streaming was THE cable beater, but in some ways I think the general concept is subsuming cable in terms of how bleh it is. Though that partially depends on how many services one ends up subbing to.

I managed to go see PIB 2 last night before some bad weather rolled in. I gotta say, it was a pretty decent film! JH is shameless, almost laughably so. Not even a "conscience" could help the dude! XD I did like the darker aspects too, though I can see why those would've bothered some parents (though PG should always come with an asterisk). I just couldn't believe they actually resorted to "swearing" via the bleep trope. XD

@Sunsy I don't use GOG, though I know there's plenty on there I'd like too. I only buy things on Steam if they're on sale, though once in a great while I'll pick up a freebie if I know it's good. Such as when SteamWorld Dig 2 was briefly free awhile back. I've paid for the Switch version however (physical). And the regular Doki Doki Literature Club is free on there too.

Outside of hobby shopping, I basically only shop on a need to basis. Grocery shopping isn't too bad as long as a store isn't crowded, but the only good places for "things" around here are Walmart and Dollar General. I REALLY dislike going to the former. Especially because they've mostly gone self checkout.

@MarioLover92 Happy belated birthday! I hope it was a good one! I hope your celebrations were full of many things Mario...and cake! (Or whatever other awesome foods you prefer)

I got MPT via a My Nintendo discount when they were available. So not quite 50% off - more like somewhere from 30-40% - but even that purchase was more than worth it. Definitely a trio of quality games. I wouldn't be against trying Hunters again, but only if it's remastered to where the controls aren't tanky and awkward.

Glad you're enjoying Planet Robobot! It seems to rank pretty high on many Kirby fan lists. Not sure if I'll play that for my next Kirby title when I'm in the mood (just finished Triple Deluxe recently) or cave to Kirby and the Forgotten Land since it showed up in my Christmas haul this year. My first experience piloting a mech in anything was ironically in Xenoblade Chronicles X.

@SlashFuture I just use the direct link on postimg

@SlashFuture that's very odd.

Cool! I saw the first two Guardians sometime after getting Disney+. Thor Love and Thunder was my first Marvel theater movie, because of it I got to see the Guardians on the big screen. My friend showed me the trailer and decided to go with him to get out of the house. Hoping Guardians 3 will be next. Nice to meet someone else who enjoyed the Trolls movies. Me too, I'm still waiting for a trailer, not much is known except Trolls 3 was announced in late 2021.

Hopefully, I'll see it in a theater this time. Did luck out with Trolls World Tour as two local theaters showed it this past summer.

I was talking about It's a Wonderful Life with the music being different...

Mom and I missed watching it on Christmas Eve, so we did this classic a few days ago just to watch it. I decided to save time looking for the DVD, just put on a streaming version of it, which had an altered musical score (amongst other errors, such as the title saying "A Wonderful Life" dropping the "It's" part, and saying it's based off a Charles Dickens story). First few minutes felt like a bootleg movie, yet, everything else was the same. Actors, scenes, etc. Just the music was changed. So I decided to just put our DVD copy of It's A Wonderful Life on, which has the original soundtrack.

It wasn't Trolls that had a music change, it was It's A Wonderful Life. Such a weird version Plex had. Like changing a music can make a classic movie feel surreal. Hope this clears it up.

Fair enough. I'll only hear it if the movie is played or something.

@Tyranexx Both GOG and Steam, I tend to shop more when games are on sale. Some of the deals are just good! I also take advantages of freebies on both. One of my favorite freebies, in 2020, GOG had a Dungeons and Dragons sale, and gave away the Eye of the Beholder trilogy for free. Thankful for it too, was the first time I dabbled in D&D. Yeah, IIRC, the original DDLC is a free game, and the paid version is a special version of the game. I played DDLC when it was new.

That's like me, I usually like going to the stores when they are quiet. I haven't been to a Walmart in quite some time. Like over a year. I mostly like going to Target more, plus they tend to have cool character stuff other places don't have. I got collectable Trolls tins there, and they were the only store that sold them. Plus I like their game section. Not just games, but also gaming merch. Found my Amy Rose and Peach plushies this way.

@SlashFuture huh, mine is not like that. Are you googling it every time to use it?

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I went on PureXbox

@SlashFuture what I do is google a meme or image and then right click it and download it then on postimg I click choose images and select the image I want from my downloads.

postimg is being weird lol

@SlashFuture
Try imgbb.com to upload your pictures.

Try this ^

@SlashFuture Awesome, animated movies are my favorite to watch. Not many, Trolls World Tour seems to be part of special events local theaters do. The theaters I went to had it as part of its summer series, and I went to both. Both times were great, and the second showing had a lot of people there, so I guess many still wanted to see this one on the big screen.

The second theater that showed Trolls World Tour, also showed Scoob, another movie that had the same fate as Trolls, being released to home. Part of the same summer event. They showed one movie twice a week for the summer.

Both times were fun. Wore my favorite Poppy shirt and had a Poppy plushie with me, and treated it like an event.

@SlashFuture Hope so too, it should be.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika You're not, it happens. Yeah, it sucks they changed the soundtrack to a well known classic movie just to have it on a free streaming service like Plex.

The kicker, the official NBC site has the whole movie up for free streaming, with the original soundtrack.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I meant as in I saw our doppelgangers when I went looking for Forza news.

Long time ago, peoples were afraid with twins as they considered twins as Doppelganger (Evil twin) so when the baby was born twin, one of them must be killed or separated.

@Sunsy Thank you! I had a wonderful birthday, and I did everything that was mentioned. I had a really nice party, the cake is delicious, and I also played some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online races sometime afterward. Got 1st in quite a few races as well, so that felt great. My mom and I also had a Disney movie night, the one we watched was Beauty and the Beast - it's still such a good movie after all these years.

That's cool, I have controllers that are themed after Mario and Luigi when Smash Wii U came out. I think they were made by Hori? Those controllers are pretty solid overall, the only thing I don't like about them is that the left control sticks are kind of sensitive. If I want to walk slowly in Super Mario 64, for example, I have to tilt the control stick very slightly, or Mario would just run at full speed.

That Game Gear glitch you mentioned, was it on a particular game? That sounds like kind of an odd glitch, I'm not sure if I came across it - then again, I didn't have a Game Gear back when it was new, and didn't play the GG Sonic games until Sonic Adventure DX.

Ah yeah, for sure. I still remember that other rumor about Super Smash Bros. Melee, where you'd unlock Toad as a playable character. I wonder how Toad would play in Smash if he does become playable. I especially remember that, and the Sonic and Tails one since SSBM was my jam back when I was a child. I'd look up stuff like that online, too - it was quite an interesting rabbit hole to jump down to see all those fake unlockables, lol.

Ah, didn't know that it doesn't require NSO, thanks for telling me. I'll try to remember to do the goals next time I play.

@cordova94 Thank you for the warm wishes! I indeed had a lovely day. Here's hoping that I get a great year ahead, as well!

@ComfyAko Thanks! It's been a while since I played New Horizons... I've been thinking of finding some missing fish/bugs next time I play.

@Tyranexx Thanks! I had a nice birthday, thanks for asking. My birthday had quite a bit of everything, lol - it was full of cake, Mario Kart, and Disney. I went into more detail when writing my reply to Sunsy.

Gotcha, that's still a really good deal. A remaster of MPH would be cool to have. I was thinking that it'd be cool for them to remake it alongside the trilogy, assuming the rumors about MPT on Switch are true of course.

Yeah me too! Cool to see you've finished Triple Deluxe. It's a pretty solid game from what I remember - I've finished it years ago. Gotcha, it's your call at the end of the day - I really liked Forgotten Land, though I haven't fully completed it yet. Perhaps I'll revisit it to get some missing stuff for 100% completion. The first game I recall playing that had mechs you could use was Mega Man X. They were called ride armors, and you could jump into them to punch enemies and other stuff. They are quite powerful for sure, and certain enemies can pilot ride armors too.

@Anti-Matter Yes I am fully aware of all of that. However, many kanji have more than 1 spelling for Kunyomi/Onyomi, and every time you see a kanji you need to know exactly the word it represents which basically makes remembering them all absolutely impossible given that there are about 60000 of them and about 2000 is in common use

I for one am grateful for your GIFts

@ComfyAko You must have magic powers, you mentioned a game and then bam! Something to do with it is announced a couple of days later.

@TeaCatherine Yeah, what a coincidence!

Let's talk what we are going to do once we become bilionnaires and Half Life 3 comes out.