brenticus

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[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I finished the main story last night and I basically agree with you. It's got plenty of issues, but overall it's fun. It is neither the 9/10 game of most reviews I saw nor the 4/10 game that people want it to be.

I think my main issue is that it wants to have a story about the underworld and how you can't trust anyone and you're a huge underdog just trying to survive but it doesn't want to commit to it. It feels thematically janky in places and ways that feel design-by-committee. It fills the shoes of Shadows of the Empire decently enough, but it feels like it was trying to be 1313 and failed.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you can see a polar bear it's a threat.

They really aren't like other bear species. They are an apex predator in an area where basically nothing other than another polar bear can even harm them. They see most things as food, including humans.

As a bonus, Iceland has a pretty wonky ecosystem that needs protecting as is and polar bears aren't native to the island. They have to swim extreme distances to get there, making relocation extremely difficult and expensive, plus if they leave it be it will entirely disrupt other wildlife in the area, to say nothing of the human population.

As others have said, it sucks that it got shot, but Iceland especially has very limited options on how else to deal with it. Shoot on sight is, unfortunately, a very reasonable policy for them.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I find there's a trade-off in quality for my bone conduction vs in ear pods, especially if I'm moving a lot, but not blocking my hearing as much is often worth that trade-off. Plus it's more secure on my head, which is important when running/biking/swimming where it is not trivial to find a missing earbud in the grass however far back it fell.

Highly recommend for exercise, but I would never fully replace my earbuds with them because, frankly, they sound worse and look worse.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I know the story isn't really that interesting, and the anime adaptation isn't that brilliant, but I'm still excited. Solo Leveling is good at hyping me up and the hype only goes up from here.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have read some bad fucking Star Wars books in my youth. Still love them. Even Darksaber, where a random hutt builds a death star because it's actually even easier to build planet-destroying weapons than Disney made it seem.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You are using a Masterlock 176. It can be opened with a Masterlock 176.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yep, it sounds pretty much exactly like what people expected.

Honestly, I'm on a bit of a Star Wars kick lately and it's been long enough since I've played an Ubisoft open world to find some enjoyment, so I might pick this up. But it certainly doesn't sound like it's going to blow me away.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Yeah, there was a whole kerfuffle about it because all the files were still on the disc, therefore some jurisdictions re-rated the game to some version of adults only. Rockstar definitely did all the development work to get that sex in the game, they just decided not to show it in normal gameplay.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Love this light novel. Far too relatable.

Idk if it's just the angles but the art looks a little off. Hopefully works out well when it airs, just gives me weird vibes.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I was very much expecting a death followed by a mad montage of him training up Lowlife109 followed by a victory, but no, the madlad just did it. God damn.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I went from being glad this goofy-looking game is getting some attention to realizing I wasn't one of those 5000 wishlists already. Oops.

Game looks like it'll be a fun little experience, I'm looking forward to it!

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I had to double take that scene. I was like cool, head flies off, hope he's dead, chainsaw devil's here... wait a minute...

 
 

I just keep starting books lately. Yeesh.

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force: I have a fairly decent collection of Star Wars books, and recently my dad gave me all his old books plus a bunch from when I was a kid. Wanting to read one but not wanting to start YET ANOTHER book that would take a week to finish, I picked this up yesterday. 9% done.

I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, Vol. 2: I read volume 1 last week. Blew through it. I loved it. I started volume 2 this week rather than finish off anything else. Genius move. 11% done.

Whalefall: Library surprise! Put it on hold months ago, got an email that it was ready just before the library workers went on strike, rushed to pick it up, read a few pages. It is now in the pile. 2% done.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: Sometimes I just want to read on my kobo. My kobo book for a long time has been Ulysses. Ulysses is a hard and long read. I needed a break from it so I started reading this... and am still reading it three weeks later. 54% done.

Ulysses : I've been reading this for a long time and wondering whether I understand it, like it, or generally have the slightest clue why I'm reading it, but when I pick it up and my brain doesn't bounce I am just enthralled by whatever the hell Joyce is doing. I'll get back to it eventually. 40% done.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: I got these lovely hardcovers a while back which are beautiful, feel lovely to read, have fantastic illustrations, and my god it's just a wonderful story... but lately I've been pretty lethargic and don't want to hold a hardcover. So it's been sitting by my bedside for ages. 37% done.

What do I start without finishing any of my other books next?

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Chainsaw Man – Ch.155 (mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp)
 

'Tis the season and I figure I should finally put up some Christmas lights on the house, but ideally I'd like something I can leave up and change colours for other holidays, shots and giggles, etc. So getting some RGB LED strips sounds reasonable.

The problem, potentially, is that it gets below -30° here pretty much every winter. I know this is problematic for batteries, and sometimes other electronics depending on the build, but for a bunch of LEDs with some sort of ZigBee controller I'm less sure.

So: outdoor RGB LEDs when it's really freaking cold. Anything I should worry about? Any recommendations?

 

I avoided web novels for ages because I knew this would happen to me, but then a friend recommended Shadow Slave to me last weekend and god damn it my life is over.

You read a chapter, around a thousand words. It ends on a light cliffhanger. You swipe to the next chapter. Repeat ad infinitum. Sometimes it takes me a long time to get through a longer book – I've been reading Don Juan for, like, a month now – but this? 300 chapters in a week. Around 300k words. Like nothing.

I have over 700 chapters to go before I catch up, but then what? I can hardly imagine a world where I stop at just one series, even though it has a new chapter every goddamn day. Maybe I check out the sources for other manwha and light novels I've read. Maybe I dive into that one where Florida Man is selling bath salts in another world. There are too many options. How many years of my life will disappear into reading mediocre but addicting progression fantasy a few hundred words at a time?

TL;DR I have a problem but at least I'm not on Reddit.

 
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