Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I got official letter from government from my teacher WhatsApp group about Valentine's Day prohibition in my country especially in school environment, I was thinking that was really stupid and ridiculous.
I heard the Valentine's Day prohibition was because a lot of peoples misused the celebration by having sex especially from youngsters or inappropriate way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Just because there are some morons did really wrong in celebrate Valentine's Day, it doesn't mean the minor event Valentine's Day should be cancelled.
My country still have some morons to cancel Valentine's Day for wrong reasons. 🙄

@Anti-Matter you can still buy chocolate and at home "pretend" to have Valentine's Day.

@Anti-Matter Now that’s just stupid. I feel bad for you. A government thinking that Valentine’s Day is about THAT, then proceeding to ban it is just ignorant. It’s almost as bad as Twitter’s cancellations.

Besides, everyone knows that Valentine’s Day is a huge marketing stunt for businesses to make money. 😛

@Eagly I’m gonna watch it right now, I’ll be back.

@Eagly yes, he is.

@Eagly At first I was worried about him posting so soon, but I read the description, and it’s a bit of a relief. I’m just glad that he’s alright.

As for the video itself, I have thought about the new Dreamworks intro myself. I didn’t really know about the interchangeable characters, but it’s pretty cool to hear about it. I forgot about most of the previous intros, but he’s right. Some of them were more likable and clever.

@Anti-Matter I think Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a game I'd certainly enjoy; in fact, your impressions seem to match many positives I've seen about it elsewhere online. I don't think I'll get too carried away with the sandbox elements and customization due to my limited free time. Not sure if I wanna pick up the full game yet or if I'll just stick with the demo. That'll depend on how much I like the demo...as well as whenever I admittedly get to it. I did think about starting it, but then I started playing Dragon Quest VII to satisfy my DQ itch instead. XD

@Eagly +5 for the Bloons image lol. A couple of those used to be in my Flash games rotation years ago.

If I had a different job, I probably could've managed to work and game, but I'm a business application dev; a lot of what I do takes a certain amount of focus. I also started working out during that time in some of my free moments. I loved my time with XC:DE and was over the moon when they announced the Switch version since I'd had a heck of a time getting a hold of a Wii or N3DS copy of the game for a good price. The latter was partially due to how late I bought a "New" unit though.

I like being creative, it's just a time thing for me (again). It would be less of an issue if there weren't so many backlogged games I wanna try lol. What you describe is actually why I normally avoid sandbox-style games, but DQB2's story and feedback loop would likely keep me engaged. The sad thing is kid me would've loved games like Minecraft and spent a ton of time playing it since I do like LEGO and creating, but again...time ticks on.

@Sunsy In terms of Metroid Prime Trilogy on Wii, IIRC the control changes actually made the game easier from what I've read. Though I've also read they nerfed a few things in Echoes; while it's still very good, it's my least favorite of the three for several reasons. One is that I still found it quite difficult.

I do miss the tile interface of my Windows Phone and how clean it looked. Some neat features that used Cortana as well. That said, I quite like owning an Android device - especially stock Android, which isn't too muddied up with bloatware and unnecessary UI like some phone platforms (CoughSamsungCough). I currently own a Google Pixel 5A and owned a Moto X4 (Motorola phone) before that. My main issue with Windows Phone was the lack of killer apps and games. Pokemon Go was all the rage the last year or two I owned it, and the FOMO was very strong lol.

@Eagly As a Trolls fan, I see nothing wrong with having Poppy in the logo. Period.

Super Mario Bros. Movie better have a minion fighting with Donkey Kong over a banana for the Illumination logo, lol.

@Tyranexx The interesting thing about Echoes and 3, I never played them, so those will be new. I have played some of the first Metroid Prime.

Yeah, it does use that menu feature Windows 8 and 10 has for icons. Glad you like using Android. I can imagine the lack of Windows apps, I didn't find much on the store for Windows itself, and most of the games are also elsewhere, like on Steam. I've been playing Asphalt 9 on Steam over the Windows Store version for PC out of preference. I still haven't played Pokemon Go, mostly because I have a limited data plan, so I tend to keep playing games that require online at home. Will admit, I feel it is kind of unnecessary for a single player game. I have a few offline games like Sonic 1 and Crazy Taxi to play when I'm out.

@Eagly Breathing? He's not a YouTuber I follow regularly, but I take it whatever it is, it's a good thing. A bit confused.

@Eagly Oh ok, glad to hear he's doing ok and is back on track. Sorry to hear about the car accident and his loss. Now I at least know what happened at least.

Area Zero and AI Sada / AI Turo Battle theme were really blown my mind after I listened from YouTube for several times.
It was really eerie, futuristic, epic like you were fighting with god / goddess.
The last battle with AI Turo from Pokemon Violet I finished last Sunday was really intriguing and it made me feel I misjudged the games from its graphical glitches.
Without the graphical glitches, I could give the score 7.5 from 10.

This is a small gift that I made for my girlfriend for Valentine's Day! It is our last Valentine's Day as fiancés

@Zuljaras That's pretty cool, the message in bottle thing was a good idea.

@Eagly Aren't you in the same levnis? (I was going to just say boat then I realised I couldn't miss a chance to use the Xenoblade version.)

@Eagly Yeah, pretty much the only people I see on a regular basis are family members so... What do you mean by the last bit? (I know what Origin means.)

@Eagly Makes sense. (It would look funny though.)

Happy Valentine’s Day.

Ok, so for some reason I can never put images on this site.

Does the {img)(/img) thing actually work?

@ChaoticKirby
You should replace the brackets with [ ]
And no space in typing the links.

@Eagly @Anti-Matter I used parentheses as an example. When I use the actual thing, it shows up as untitled.

Is it because I usually use Nintendolife on mobile? Does it only work for desktop?