@Princess_Lilly I’m doing well, pretty normal day for me so far!
Yes the threads are sort of becoming abandoned and dead unfortunately, which is surprising for me since they are usually very popular and active. I don’t think I’ve also seen a lot of discussion on any of the news articles recently too.
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flippy from Happy Tree Friends.
@Pastellioli I think August is just one of those quieter months y'know?
Not a lot of news or releases and a lot of people are away on holiday/vacation (as in they might have gone away somewhere)
Although somehow it's the end of August🤯
For a particularly long summer for me, it seems to have gone incredibly fast as always. Has anyone else noticed some of the leaves starting to turn?
But hopefully that should mean forums and news should be starting to ramp up a bit as we head into September/October!
I finally changed my profile picture and made it a GIF! Sadly parts of it look a bit too cut off (especially some parts with Conker in it) but eh, there’s no way I’m going back to fix it. I had to use a GIF maker though since the recording I used was way too big. I wasted way too much time making sure the files weren’t big and cropping the runtime to reduce the size.
@Nintoz Definitely true. August is super quiet right now…I saw that reflected a ton on one of NL’s sister sites, PX, cuz I was in a game club and this time it was super quiet, plus I think a lot of people went on holidays or to some other places, or were just super busy, and a lot of the big game releases aren’t until September-December. Hopefully there is more next month. I really like talking to people on here the leaves where I am haven’t turned brown yet. Still a nice shade of green.
@Princess_Lilly Yeah, really because there aren’t really any big game releasss right now. The game that is being discussed the most on this site right now is Emio, (plus it’s one of August’s notable Nintendo titles) and while I have seen lots of traction and chats about it, it isn’t a super big game, I think it’s when September-December comes the journalism will pick up and discussion will start more, since a lot of the hyped up games are releasing soon. Hopefully less people will be busy too, cuz some holidays are coming up as well.
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flippy from Happy Tree Friends.
Forum activity can ebb and flow, especially on weekends when more people are busy. If I also recall, I think it's a bank holiday weekend in the UK. News is typically a bit slow around now too...or would be if Nintendo hadn't announced a joint Indie World Showcase and Partner Direct tomorrow.
(Also as an aside, I do have a full time job and other responsibilities. So my own activity widely varies.)
@Pastellioli Ugh, I hate the 502 bad gateway errors. Those are a server side issue though; nothing we can do. I'd like to visit a Daiso store sometime just to see what they have, but I'd likely also have to refrain from buying too much. XD The closest I typically get to Texas is when visiting relatives in Oklahoma, but that's very rare and is almost a day drive from where I live - stopping included.
Reddit is...a major mixed bag in my experience. Some of the smaller subs can be informative and wholesome, especially the more niche gaming and food communities. A lot of the larger and/or very opinionated ones can be crazy echo chambers though. The moderation can also be very bad as typically said mods are part of same echo chamber; I've seen sensible comments removed for no reason. Because Arceus forbid someone comes along with a different opinion sometimes that doesn't fit the status quo. Some really bad subs were removed in the past, but not all IIRC. I'd go on, but I'd be breaching the site rules if I did. Some of said echo chambers have loud yellers that don't represent humanity as a whole and can skew general perceptions on a subject.
I like that Conker display! Clearly some work went into it.
Sadly with console wars - no, with pretty much anything where a preference is involved - you always have folks who like nothing more than to get a rise out of others. AKA Baiting. They do it for entertainment. I'd say the concept is similar to bloodsport from the Roman Coliseum days, but physically less messy. Some things out there MAY be worth getting worked up over depending on the subject, but entertainment mediums are not one of those things IMO. Personally, I'm mostly team Nintendo with a bit of PC sprinkled in. Probably more of the latter once I finally get around to building my own machine once I save up enough. Outside of Rare Replay, the Xbox ecosystem doesn't have any exclusives that interest me. PS has a bit more exclusives in its favor, but most of what I'm interested in on that console ends up on PC eventually. I can wait; it's rare I buy games day one.
Currently playing: Pokemon Scarlet DLC, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch)
@Tyranexx I think I get those 502 errors a ton when I write really big paragraphs. They are super solvable, all I have to do is just go back and then re-enter the thread, and my message is usually already there. It’s not a big gripe, only happens to me a few times!
For me, it’s so hard to not buy a lot of stuff from Daiso. I sometimes go back and forth between items and going “I want this” to “I don’t think I should buy it.” I stink at restraining myself from buying a ton of stuff at the store, especially if it has a huge focus on being inexpensive.
I have heard of a lot of super bad subreddits on a Wikipedia article and some videos. Again, it’s these and some of the bigger subreddits that usually are the worst, combined with how some moderators act on those subreddits. It’s always the smaller subreddits that tend to have the best community and moderation, and the ones I visit the most. It’s sites like NL that I love the most over other forum sites, also because the moderators here do a good job making sure everything is in order and everyone is having a good time. Plus, they are super kind too.
The baiting is very annoying to watch. I am still a Nintendo fan (although I haven’t played the Switch in a few weeks), and it pretty much was my go to console in the past, had the Wii, WiiU, and almost everyone in the family had 3DS and 2DS handhelds, and I also had a bit of PlayStation in there too. I had played the Xbox 360, but it was traded in for a Wii. Then come probably almost a decade later, I’ve become a Nintendo and Xbox fan, but Rare and Rare Replay were my only reasons for getting into Xbox. If Rare’s games were still exclusive to the Switch and Nintendo consoles (had the Microsoft acquisition not happened) then I don’t think I would have swapped to Xbox. I like the performance, I found value in Game Pass (though the new pricing is icky) and have played a few other games on there, but I really came for Rare and Rare only, but I am open to playing other games. I also never buy games immediately day one or pre-order. I only do it after it releases, or if I know that I’ll like it. But a lot of people have now been seeing issues with pre-ordering games, cuz I have heard too many stories of people pre-ordering games that turn out to be sloppy and pretty mediocre or terrible.
Thought I would say hi again! Discussion has been very dead here huh? A bit disappointing but it’s fine. Is everyone doing well? I love NL and all the people on here; the team running it for their hard work to make everything good and the community for being super kind and silly.
Yesterday I tried to stay up and draw late, but my art block is getting super strong and I don’t know what I should do. I want to draw specific things and specific characters before I draw other stuff, but I feel like I need to draw something original and practice to get out of this art block. However, I think I also need to draw smaller so I can finish art faster on this busy schedule. I want to draw so many video game characters in my style but I don’t know how to make them look right…I’ll maybe try one last time before I give up. I think it’s sad that I’m starting to care less about art since I haven’t had time to do it and I can’t make anything nice without scrapping it and going “oh this looks like garbage.” When I look at the amazing artworks online on Instagram, I go “I want to draw something like that” but I just don’t have the time to and when I do so, I just fail at it spectacularly. Sometimes makes me doubt if I will be able to become a popular artist if I’m stuck in an art block and if I can’t have enough time to practice and improve my skills and fix my stagnant progress. I was too busy last week from two factors, and I’m also too busy right now to do it. Ive said multiple times that I would draw a specific subject only to swap back and forth cuz I can’t draw an aspect of it right, and it sucks.
I haven’t been really gaming as of late. I’ve been a bit busy working now, so the only time I really have to play games is on the weekends, and sometimes late at night. But, it’s also cuz I’m trying to focus on art, but I’ve been super into trying to make something.
Sometimes I don’t really have the motivation to do any of these hobbies, and I sometimes just feel like lying down and sleeping. Or, when I plan on doing it, I delay it or fall asleep on accident and wake up with all my free time gone. It super disappoints me that I am starting to slowly hate and get angry at stuff I once loved. Guess not having time and constantly failing is what causes those feelings.
Anyway, sorry for my rant lol. I just really feel like I’ve done nothing noteworthy or right from how I feel.
Friend visited the other day, had a great day, did some gaming, went to a store as a break from the gaming, and took him to my favorite pizza place. Some of the games we played included DOOM + DOOM II, Asphalt Legends Unite, but we also played games we can't play online like co-op games of Sonic Superstars, Super Mario Wonder, and Trolls Remix Rescue. A bunch of local co-op games. Even got to show him an episode of Snorks (he like 80's cartoons and never seen Snorks) and he showed me Chibi Godzilla Raids Again.
@Sunsy I loved Chip ‘n’ Dale a lot, maybe my favorite cartoon duo after I watched the Rescue Rangers film and show. Super endearing and charming. I love rodents a lot, so it’s no surprise here!
I do get super worried and anxious over what impressions I leave in text, since it’s sometimes hard to tell the tone someone is speaking in since there is no actual talking or sound to convey emotion or tone, so I sometimes tend to edit messages a ton to sound nice and respectful, like a lot, even old ones because some more info pops into my mind. Sometimes I edit it to fix the comment and make it sound kinder if I come off as a bit rude, but also to add more info and rewording stuff to make it less wordy and excessive. I have a bad tendency to write long walls of text like these lol. It’s a habit of mine to keep going on and on and on when I chat with people on here. It’s one of my favorite things, and I am a bit surprised some people here take the time to read my long messages and respond to them. Usually on other places on the internet if you write lengthy responses no one responds or goes “I’m not reading all that.”
I’m not into one of your other conversations and I don’t know the context, but bullying people just because they don’t play “cool” M-rated games and just like to play fun kiddy games and movie tie-in games instead is lame. It’s fine to like both or prefer one over the other (I think there are some other users on this site who like kiddy and tie-in games over M-rated or popular games) but it just feels like some games are put on pedestals by gaming communities and forums (not the ones on this site, to clarify) and if you don’t like or play them, they always get on you for it, when it isn’t a requirement to play M-rated games, or games that get onto “the greatest games of all time” lists. It’s not nice or fun to pick on others for not having the same tastes as you. It’s so lame.
I’m not into playing movie and cartoon tie-in games, usually I play games that work with original gaming IPs and worlds, but I have tried a few tie-ins that I did find fun and something to laugh at. I remember that when me and my brother still had a PS4, we played a tie-in Ratatouille game they put on PlayStation
Plus I believe and we were laughing our butts off at a ton of stuff that happened in the game. I can remember this part where you are being chased by the old lady with the gun outside and running from her and it was so funny. I am sure we did have fun playing it. Plus, some tie-in games are so fun and well-made, like that tie-in game they made for The Lego Movie, plus there have been a ton of other Lego games that are fun too and although I haven’t played it, a lot of people say The Simpsons: Hit and Run is one of the best tie-in games ever made, I remember watching a video on it that sung its praises and it was entertaining. I think tie-in games have a very poor reputation unfortunately compared to games using original properties, mostly from the fact that a lot of tie-in games aren’t made with much effort, and it seems that the reception those games get bury a lot of the well-made and good ones, so a bunch of people instantly think that, if it’s a tie-in game, then it’s garbage, and if it’s an original game it’s good.
I mostly play E-T rated games, but of course a few M-rated games too.
I see what you mean, I always try to be careful when posting online, just trying not to say something that may upset others. It's also why I won't touch sensitive subjects online, not to mention, it's just more fun to talk about things that you like like games and movies. It's ok, I've seen lots of long posts. If anything, I sometimes feel like I could go on and on.
I agree, it is lame. Though back when I was on an old forum, it wasn't because it was "kiddy" games, it was more like "look at these reviews, the games you like are bad," often from somebody who never even played the game. I think I got the "what are you? Five years old?" once, it did feel bad, especially since I was already a teen at that point in time. I enjoyed games based on my favorite cartoons, honestly, they weren't all bad. I'd say they were pretty fun, even better when they were faithful to the source material. Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies for example, felt like an actual Jimmy Neutron episode. Chicken Little, while I like the movie, I found the game to be better than the movie. Just some examples since this was a long time ago.
That's fine, I play original games too. Ah Ratatouille, I have it for GameCube and Wii, so it may be different than the old PS3 version (assuming that's what's played on the PS4). I remember it being one of the last GameCube games too, releasing in 2007. Never played the Lego Movie game, but I have Lego Dimensions and Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Wii U, they were fun. I have the PC version of Simpsons Hit and Run, it was a really good game. I don't watch Simpsons anymore, but it was cool having an open world Springfield to explore and do whatever in.
That's fine, ratings don't matter much to me. I'll play a game because it interests me. Though most of the M-rated stuff I do play are mainly FPS games. Like Doom, Quake, etc (I like id Software games). I was actually playing Modern Combat Blackout on my Switch earlier today, I like going online occasionally with that game. Plus it's better than the mobile version, has no microtransactions and it's just a normal game.
@Sunsy I'm a bit of a history nerd, so I enjoy learning about older buildings and what all they were used for. I like visiting them too - within reason. I'm not going to enter a condemned structure that's about to fall down with the next big wind lol. Nearly 100 years...that's pretty good for a building on the North American continent. There's another one-screen theater in the town I work in that was restored at one point, but it's currently not in use. It has changed ownership more than once and was in the process of being restored before repairs had to stall out again due to rising costs.
I really enjoyed Inside Out 2. The film team really did their homework on psychology and human emotions as we currently understand them. I'm no expert, but I've had some exposure to the field. How Riley calmed herself down during her panic attack through grounding and controlled breathing is how one would handle that situation in real life.
Cool, it's always fascinating. I remember when I was in elementary school, I even got to see some historic places from my state. Indeed, I was really surprise to find out how old the theater is, when I look at old pictures of it, I can still see it's the same building. They did add to it over the years, but the theater is still there, and that's cool. Aww, sorry to hear it's not in use.
Glad you like it. Indeed they did. That scene hit hard, they did a good job showing what she was going through and how she handled it.
Wowwwwww. I ate a lot of junk today lol. Will I regret it? Probably. Did I love it? Absolutely. I ate so much bread and sugar haha. Two of my favorite things to eat!
@Sunsy Yeah, I do have a lot of fun talking online. I don’t really have a lot of friends in person, so I like to talk to people on here. In fact, I’d consider a few of the people on NL and its sister sites my online friends! It makes me a bit happy, but I haven’t been talking to two of them recently cuz they have told me they have been super busy with stuff.
Oh, I didn’t know that they acted like that because the games were bad and not because they were “kiddy” and film and show tie-ins. I thought it was more like a combination of both, and thinking that M-rated stuff makes you “cooler,” like how some people think excessively swearing every time they talk makes them look cool. I think it’s fine for anyone to like anything, even if it isn’t top notch or good quality. I liked a lot of media that wasn’t good quality. I can’t quite remember or list any video games I’ve played in the past that scored badly that I liked besides Pokémon Rumble World on the 3DS (I think NL rated it highly but other publications not so much) but I can for sure remember liking a couple of movies that weren’t good, like Mulan II, which I think a lot of people thought was bad mostly from how much they ruined Mushu (which I can absolutely agree with now, his character was butchered so badly) and the writing too, but young me loved it and the songs so much haha. I think I liked a lot of the direct-to-video Disney sequels even though Cinderella 3 is considered the best out of them all. It is not a crime to love media that is considered “bad,” everyone is free to like anything they want, as long as it’s not problematic!
I also don’t really have issues with age ratings, I’ll also play anything that interests me, but for M-rated games, it’s only a few, usually the ones that are older and are more so rated that for violence. I think the only M-rated games that really REALLY interested me was Conker and the Perfect Dark games, but the latter is way more deserving of T-ratings. M by 2000s standards, yes, but they seem way more targeted towards teens since the content and violence isn’t strong. Conker though? That M-rating was really warranted with the content it had. Maybe some of the content in that is tamer if you compare it to some modern media, but it’s still pretty adult and crass. Other M-rated games don’t really interest me, but I can tell a lot of them are good!
Bwahahaha finally finished my Kamen Rider Gaim CSM driver and lockseed collection! Now I can go back to buying games like a normal person. Also my Sailor Moon glass dessert plates just came in. I swear I am going to have the best tea parties. LEGO Deku Tree came in as well.
I swear I always get quoted when I have a typo. Dangit.
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@Pastellioli Possibly. If the server location is in Europe, posting in the evening or at night in North America might also butt heads with with a server reboot or site refresh or other process. In any case, web errors over 500 indicate it's a host server issue. All we can do is refresh. XD
I'm not normally an impulse buyer, but I think I get the Daiso conundrum lol. I did find some neat Japanese themed shops on vacation and had to really restrain myself since I had very limited luggage space.
I like NL over larger sites - the largest forum boards I've ever inhabited are on IGN, and this was well over a decade ago. The mods here are - in my opinion - pretty balanced and allow a lot of voices to be heard as long as folks stay respectful and within the rules. Which beats (to use a more tame example) only allowing praise or, conversely, criticism for Nintendo. Usually the forums are pretty chill, but some of the article comments can get thorny sometimes.
I was exposed mostly to Nintendo systems back in the day, with a little Sega Genesis and PS2 rarely tossed in via some cousins and a previous babysitter. I've owned at least one iteration of each Nintendo handheld since the GBC and had somewhat regular exposure to the SNES through a babysitting aunt and some cousins. Then a huge console gap between there and the Wii (Handhelds were cheaper; my family wasn't loaded. I received a GBC for my 10th birthday to fuel my Pokemon addiction). Game Pass certainly has value for Xbox, though arguably less so with the recent pricing changes. From the outside looking in, I could tell it's a knock at consumers. Pre-ordering is very rare for me; it has to be a title I know I'll like, usually part of an established franchise. Bonuses are rarely worth it unless it's a collector's edition I want to splash out for (extremely rare) that doesn't sell out in five seconds.
@Sunsy One of the things I like about traveling is seeing historic sites, places, markers, etc. Even for some local or mundane stuff. It makes me glad to see older buildings preserved and given new life, even if they've went through several add-ons and restorations.
That scene in Inside Out 2 did hit very hard, didn't it? Techniques like what Riley used are really good ways to get out of our heads and focus on something else with our bodies or environments.
Currently playing: Pokemon Scarlet DLC, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch)
Super late now. Extremely sleepy but also full of energy. I can’t stop thinking about the Sonic 3 trailer and imagining how fun it’ll be seeing it in theaters. I saw the second one in theaters, so I am very much looking forward to seeing this one in theaters too. I am hoping that seats will be full, cuz everyone is hyping this one up and I can definitely tell that there’s a lot of excitement for this one out of all the films. I also feel like buying a Sonic game on my Xbox all the sudden.
Also, has anyone eaten caramel cold brew M&Ms? I ate a bag today and they are heavenly lol. Probably my new favorite candy right now alongside king-size Hershey chocolate bars. The M&Ms are always heavily discounted at the store I get them at. Only a few cents per bag! It’s very much worth it when I want to satisfy my sweet tooth and want something small.
@Tyranexx Refreshing solves almost every problem haha. The 502 errors don’t really bother me since it’s easy to solve. I actually got one right now, but I fixed it!
I am so bad with handling money, especially when it’s at a store I like a ton like Daiso. I need to stay away from art stores to resist the urge to buy a ton of stuff I won’t use. I was on an oil paint fixation once and I bought way too many things that I didn’t even use, so it was a ton of money that went down the drain! Luckily I have avoided doing that again and buying a ton of pricey stuff I will never use. I only buy stuff I know I will use in art, like pens or something.
The forums are nice, I go on these way more than the comments. If you look at my profile, I have wayyyy more thread replies than article comments. There’s a lot of good people and discussions on these forums and the comment sections, but I can agree that some article comment sections can get like that, probably way too often than forums. Way before I made an account on here and just viewed articles as a guest maybe 3 to 4 years ago, some comment sections got super off-topic from what the article was about. I sometimes do worry what I say goes off-topic. I remember I was on this “last game you beat” thread back in April on on of NL’s sister sites, and I was writing about a Rare game I finished at the time, and I was chatting on there nonstop with a friend of mine about how much we liked Rare and their games, but I did worry a bit that I got super off-topic on what the thread’s subject was about. I just try to make sure I leave one comment related to the subject and then leave, unless I get a reply that I want to write back to.
Interesting story. I really like hearing a lot about people’s histories with the game consoles they had. Me and my family used to be Nintendo and PlayStation gamers, my dad has a PlayStation 5, and in the past he had a PlayStation 4, a Vita and a PlayStation 3 he was supposed to get fixed but never did. I think with the 4 he transferred his data to the 5 and likely traded it in, cuz I don’t see that thing anymore. He still is more of a PlayStation gamer to this day and less of a Nintendo gamer. I think he gave the Vita to my brother, but I need to find it. I played the PlayStation way less as the years went on to the point I unfortunately don’t care about it anymore. I still think what Sony is doing with the PlayStation is cool, a lot of the games look cool, but I don’t play it anymore, and it’s also probably because of my gaming preferences too. Most of my time was occupied by the Switch around the time I started to play the PlayStation 4 less.
Yeah I liked Game Pass, it did have some value when I had it, but the new pricing is making me not really want it’s renew. I unfortunately cancelled the original sub and had planned to get it back, but then they hit everyone with a price hike and them removing the cheapest sub with one with less games and making it a bit more pricey. There is a $1 Game Pass Ultimate for 14 days deal I will probably get sometime next month, but I need to find the right time for it. I’ve been a bit too busy and I want to play online games with my friends when I find the right time for it. I almost can never play online games anymore, unfortunately they have become inconvenient with my schedule and I can’t play without getting interrupted, and the worst part is you can’t pause.
@Pastellioli summer has come and gone? I couldn’t tell. It was 48 Celsius all-day. It’s probably gonna take a few more months for the heat to calm down here. “Chilly” is not even remotely close here unfortunately. Be that as may be.
Bwahahaha finally finished my Kamen Rider Gaim CSM driver and lockseed collection! Now I can go back to buying games like a normal person. Also my Sailor Moon glass desert plates just came in. I swear I am going to have the best tea parties. LEGO Deku Tree came in as well.
finished the kamen rider set as in watching it or collecting it? Amazing either way. I’m still curious what the sailor moon set looks like. I can only guess it looks adorable.
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