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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 20h

When you suggest getting new jeans and she says no

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 20h

Studying Chiitan's aerodynamic properties

Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 20h

That's small? My cat's are about the same size.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 20h

A mid-sized ship tries to rob me and I just ram him.

After hunting pirates of one faction for a while, they send me a mail saying that they've downgraded my relations with them to "unfriendly".

I blew up like a hundred of their pirates and all they do is take me off their christmas card list?

Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 20h

So... do they?

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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 5d

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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 8d

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 20h

Good: When a game deliberately gets silly or dumb because it's more fun for the player.

Bad: Games making themselves worse to pressure players into buying microtransactions.

Ugly: When a fan community becomes fanatical and goes around backseating the hell out of anyone playing their game.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 22h

Man, I really like the Type 10 because it's dumb in the best possible way. Every interaction with pirates is hilarious.

*Pirate sees big ship floating in a cloud of destroyed ship parts*
Pirate: I'm gonna try to rob him!

Pirate: Don't try to run!
Me: Bro, I couldn't run even if I wanted to.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 1d

ewiwa

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, they were already blocked by some of my other lists. Nice.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 1d

This is just with visiting like the first three engineers too. It's far from fully upgraded.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 1d

So after hunting a bunch of materials all day, I engineered all the guns on the type 10.

What the hell? Engineering makes this much of a difference? This thing is evaporating smaller ships in like 5 seconds.

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 1d

Via @automaton-media.com, composer Uematsu: “I’ve never used AI & probably never will. I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right?"

More:

Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he's “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding - AUTOMATON WEST

Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu discusses the history and evolution of game music and shares opinion on generative AI.

automaton-media.com

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

In FFXIV, that is arguably you.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

Lumas from Mario Galaxy.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

I can't knock the devs too much though. The game is excellent in the areas that it really focused on (namely flight and shipbuilding), and its side activities having some rough patches is not a dealbreaker.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

There are many parts of this game that feel very archaic mechanically, and this is one of them. This "get 30x of this rock to get this cool item" stuff is the most basic mmo quest design ever, and just as boring as it ever was.

Manual looting with an SRV is another example.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

About ED engineering mat grinding:

- it's not as bad as I feared because people have guides on the best places to get this or that.
- but it still sucks.

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

That's kind of how I got into the lore too. I started with the first Space Marine game and then started playing other games and reading wikis.

This Youtuber is really good at explaining the lore.

youtu.be/qvmh1op4xzA?...

WHAT IS WARHAMMER? A guide for newcomers.

YouTube video by Arbitor Ian

youtu.be

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god what did they do this time

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 3d

The desire sensor is working correctly.

Umamusume is the game I have the most tenuous attachment to, so of course I got the new banner character on the first 10-pull.

This has happened three banners in a row now.

Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 3d

Calling it "poor engineering" is kind of like calling a flaming wreck of a car "slightly damaged".

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 3d

I forgot she has that shirt lol

Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 3d

Unpacking

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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 3d

Slime Rancher

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