cobysev @ cobysev @lemmy.world

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When I lived in Japan, there was a pachinko arcade in my town that had nothing but pachinko machines lined up in rows like slot machines in a casino. They were skinnier than this, but a couple feet taller than me, and I'm 6" even.

It's illegal to gamble with money in Japan, but not to gamble with little metal balls, so you buy the balls, play with the machines, and sell back the balls you have left at the end. If you win more balls, then you get more money when you sell them back. A nice little legal loophole for gambling.

For anyone who doesn't want to do the conversion, that's 17 days.

They have potent psychic powers that manipulate reality around them

I read once that this is why they paint their vehicles red. Because they believe that red makes it go faster, and with their latent psychic ability, the red ships actually DO go faster, because they believe so strongly in it.

Every post I make to this community always gets about 9 downvotes. I think a dedicated number of them are people who just don't want to see this kind of content. Or maybe bots, considering how the number is almost the same every time I post.

But as long as the overall vote count stays in the positives, I'll keep posting! I like discussing the various games I play and I figure this is a great way to open discussion in the community.

this genre is a little saturated

I honestly haven't played any other games like this; I didn't realize this was a common genre. I caught Witch It! in beta several years ago and it's the only game of its type I've seen.

One of my favorite modes of this game is "Mobification." Basically, every time a witch is defeated, they turn into a hunter. So as you lose witches, you also gain more hunters and it gets harder to stay hidden. A very challenging game mode, but also very entertaining. And fun if you have witches that are really good at hiding. The more hunters, the easier it gets to find those sneaky witches!

Because this is a South Korean game, I felt it was only right to play it in its original Korean language (with English subtitles, because I don't speak much Korean). English dubs on Asian works just feels weird to me.

But I lived overseas for almost a decade, so I'm used to hearing foreign languages. It feels more authentic to me to hear something in its original language. I know a lot of Americans don't like to hear foreign languages in their movies or games though (or read subtitles while watching something), so there is English in this game if you prefer.

I also turn on subtitles anywhere I can, because I have ADHD and my brain won't focus on auditory signals. So being able to read while someone's talking helps me to stay focused and in-tune with the conversation. It helps to provide context in some of these screenshots though, which is a bonus.

I did mention that in the post. It's not on the Steam store anymore, but it has an offline mode with bots, so you can still play it.

Ugh... I'm in that first category. I have no idea who Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter are.

This doesn't seem like it would work. Debris falling off the trains, dusty buildup, vibrations, rocks bouncing around the tracks; heck, even just wildlife crossing the tracks. So many things are gonna damage those panels if they're just lying on the ground between tracks, and solar panels are extremely fragile.

I hope they have some sort of bullet proof glass or something over those panels. Probably going to need a special train to spray water over them to clean regularly, too.

I dunno about Swiss trains, but the tracks behind my house in America leave a thick black film on everything, and it's very hard to clean by hand. I think they transport coal.

Yeah the game distorts your vision slightly, to add to the subtle anxiousness. You can fine-tune it in settings, but by default, it can make you feel a little unsteady and ungrounded.

I love liminal spaces. I usually experience a sort of warm, soft comfort from them. Probably from exploring my dad's empty office building back when I was a kid. He and his secretary were the only employees, so there were tons of empty, poorly lit rooms and hallways.

But the longer I played this game, the more dread started to creep over me. Probably because I have a mild fear of deep waters, and you can't see anything in these waters unless you're standing right over them.

I cranked my video settings to the max to really get into this unsettling game. It's super immersive with surround sound headphones, too.

I've spent the last year or so playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint with a couple friends.

It has an interesting sci-fi/military story, tons of side missions if you're tired of following the main campaign, and a wide open map to explore if you're just bored of everything. Plus, there are random missions every day, so if you're done with the main campaign, you can continue to do missions and enjoy exploring the world even more.

Also, your party doesn't have to stick together. You can play on the same map, but go off and do your own thing. I have a buddy who can't follow instructions to save his life. He's always running around, causing chaos everywhere he goes. We're trying to stealthily infiltrate a base and he just crash-lands a helicopter into it and runs in guns blazing.

So... we let him run off and grief other bases or enemies while the rest of our party focuses on the mission. Everybody wins, and we all get to play together and have a good time.

EDIT: Same goes for Tom Clancy's The Division and The Division 2. Unlike Breakpoint, which takes place on an island nation, fighting against a wannabe dictator, The Division takes place in America after a virus plague has wiped out most of civilization, and you're playing as an elite team that's trying to restore order to the population.

I've been playing The Division with my friends for a few years now. It's a very fun game series.

My grandfather had a massive heart attack in his 70s. He only stayed alive because my mother was a Red Cross certified CPR instructor and kept him going for over an hour until an ambulance got there. Doctors said his body was pretty messed up and they gave him maybe a month to live at best.

My grandfather said, "To hell with that, I wanna keep living!" He lasted another 10 years until he finally passed away.

Similarly, my dad was on hospice care earlier this year. He had a strong body, but his Parkinson's was affecting his functions and they gave him less than 6 months to live. Not even a month later, he told my sister that he's tired of fighting and just wants to die. Within a day, he had passed away.

I definitely believe that the conscious mind plays a role in keeping the body going. If you can convince yourself to keep going, your body will fight the good fight, but if you give up, your body stops trying so hard and gives in.

I thought it was referring to "standup meetings," which is what we called weekly meetings with the commander in the military.

Everyone stands for the commander when he enters a room, then each person presenting needs to be standing while briefing the commander.

It's military protocol for a high-ranking officer, although the cool officers would tell everyone to buck protocol, remain seated, and just give them the bullet points so we can get back to work.

Oh no! Not Steven Universe! Anyway...

(Goes back to watching SU on my Plex server)

I just upgraded my cosmetic armor set to this season's Awoken Archenemy set. I have the full set, but I don't like how the flaming horns cover almost all of my head, so I opted for the Waning Sun Diadem for my helm instead. I definitely feel like a fire sorcerer now! Check it out:

We are. I just read an article yesterday about how Microsoft paid research publishers so they could use the papers to train AI, with or without the consent of the papers' authors. The publishers also reduced the peer review window so they could publish papers faster and get more money from Microsoft. So... expect AI to be trained on a lot of sloppy, poorly-reviewed research papers because of corporate greed.

I can't believe he's still going! They put him in hospice 19 months ago and he's still ticking! Normally, they kick you out of hospice after a month or so if you haven't passed away yet, but he's a former president so I'm sure they're letting him stay as long as he needs.