I give her kudos for this. Instead of being some brainlet celebrity who preaches banning guns while having a fully armed security detail, she takes matters into her own hands. And as you stated, being a celebrity carries significantly more risk than your average joe.
I’m also interested to see how the Legion Go will perform/compete. What makes that more interesting than the Ally is the expanded input selection and the “joy con” like controllers. If we could combine that with SteamOS or a similar OS to create a similar software experience, I think it would be a lucrative alternative.
The problem I have with the Ally is that for the performance improvement on the hardware side, you lose input selection, the optimized OS, and the battery life to run the bigger titles. Just not enough “oomph” to push me to commit to another handheld device.
I think the biggest single factor they point out is the software side of things, in combination with the other factors such as hardware/price. Although the Deck ain’t beefy, it’s got enough juice to do a lot at a battery rate that isn’t terribly abysmal, especially for lighter indie titles and emulation.
The other factor here is outside support and adoption. There are tons of options for third party customization, such as skins, buttons, pads, cases, etc. Not saying these don’t exist for the competition, just not at the same scale. Kind of like finding support for a niche android phone versus an iPhone.
When you realize how many loading screens there are, you begin to understand why Bethesda requires SSD versus HDD, otherwise half your time would be spent on loading screens.
Unfortunately, I haven’t found anything within the realms of “vanilla Starfield” to remedy your issues. I just kept playing through the main quest and as time went on, it got better (in my opinion). It’s one of those “oh you have to slog through X hours before it gets good” type of games.
Outside of the above, I can only recommend shelving it and waiting for mods or DLC that may freshen the experience.
Original credit to Gianni Matragrano on YouTube for this joke via Spike Spiegel in cowboy Bebop.
Original credit to Gianni Matragrano on YouTube for this joke via Spike Spiegel in cowboy Bebop.
While I definitely enjoy mods in all my Bethesda titles, I do like to play through “vanilla” The first time through, as that’s usually the only time I engage the majority of vanilla content/the main quest. As soon as I introduce mods, I seldom re-touch the vanilla stuff more than what’s necessary, and usually results in half-finished play throughs before I add another dozen mods that require a fresh start. Vanilla Bethesda content can be enjoyed, as I’ve done that from Morrowind to Fallout 4 to everything in between.
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During that time, he created the character of Viconia DeVir, a Drow Cleric who can serve as a companion through both Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2.
I’m inclined to agree. Many folks saw Elden Ring and its hype/critical acclaim, and they’ll look to AC6 next. Of course, I’m already seeing folks that are playing it and saying its not for them via Steam Reviews. So double edged sword I guess. It’ll bring new players in, but some may have bought solely on the hype, expecting something like Elden Ring but sci fi. Personally, I just like Armored Core and mechs.
I’m probably thinking yeah. I mean, you could probably get it to run on HDD, but I’m thinking that if Bethesda created this game similar to their others, there is a boat load of cells per planet/in space and it would be way more than what you would load into the RAM, so SSD will significantly reduce load times.
But that’s just me spitballin too
Same. I’m no Linux veteran, but after messing with distros over the past two years between popos, Ubuntu, Linux4Tegra (distro for a hacked switch), and now SteamOS, I’ve boned up a little bit on what’s available. I recently saw a YouTube video highlighting some shenanigans from RedHat which, like you, makes me hesitant to give it a shot.
You’re not wrong. Any and all faith I had in Blizzard went away over the course of the past decade, with it evaporating completely during the past 3 years. I don’t even want to think how they’ll muck up SC3 at this rate.
Visible to me on wefwef too, but I didn’t look at the text below either since it was called out lol
Gaming communities online tend to be circle jerking echo chambers that either go full toxic shit-fit mode or full praise mode and shit on anyone with valid criticism. Very rarely do you find something in the middle. Something something misery and company and all that
You’re not kidding. Legit looks like someone just took the models from StarCraft and then freshened them up. Protoss Terran Zerg, all of them. In fact you could have removed the context and just showed me the raw footage and I would have arrived at the same conclusion, that it was a mod.
He did. He failed the skill check to bring him out. His question was if there was another way to get him if you fail pulling him out of the portal.
Played 5E for the better part of 6 years. Overall it’s helpful for the systems, but I also almost exclusively played Druid with a little bit of wild magic sorcerer and Cleric in a couple one shot/two shot campaigns.
I think as the game matures, we’ll see some mods come into play that make it a bit more faithful to the tabletop. I don’t know how it’ll affect the overall “balance” of the game, but I’ve always felt that mods can help tailor the game to your personal taste. Maybe Larian will patch in new features as time goes on
Holy shit man. I don’t know what it takes for the death penalty in Australia, but this would be a strong contender in my opinion.
Yup. A quick tap of the horn or double tap is fine. Even a 1 second blast. Once we get into 2 seconds blast territory, it transitions to rude, with 3+ seconds going up linearly on the deranged jackass scale
I guess there is going to be a split on this in terms of what people think. Obviously ride share drivers would love this, and since the only time I’m in Minneapolis is when I’m on business, it’s my company footing the bill, not me.
However - if it was me footing the bill, I’m sure I’d be much less inclined to take a Lyft/Uber. However, ending ops over this is stupid, because there will be people that will pay for it, business or personal. Let the market decide what’s palatable.
Everyone’s wallet is shrinking due to the rampant inflation over the past several years, and if you’re a full time ride share driver, it’s hard to cut even with the rising costs all around. Even before the inflation was hard. Vehicles don’t run on hopes and dreams and need maintenance.