Wanting people to double dip for virtualized hardware is the moral equivalent of securom's limited activations that Steam did away with more than 15 years ago.
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Well, when they start treating everything as a separate platform - PC stores, consoles, streaming services, I guess they can justify it for themselves before they choke on their greed
If you know how to solve a puzzle, but you still need several tries to do so, I'm not sure it's a good puzzle.Bed of Chaos is one of my favorite DS1 boss fights
I really liked the complete change compared to regular bosses, it was more of a puzzle than a regular fight.
I took this from the post quoted above
If the user can't work out how to get a steady frame rate they go to the Internet where the answers are crowd-sourced. They certainly don't lie with the devs themselves running tech support at ground level.
Besides, I think it will turn out that people will turn to a streaming service try to run the game on cutting edge equipment and discover the game STILL runs like shit. Devs are more scared that users will discover that they are not the programming gods they like to pretend to be.
Bollocks. If you asked me what any dev cared less about it would be latency/user experience caused by equipment. Of course they provide options to turn things on and off, but generating a pleasing gaming experience is (and always has been) the users job.
If the user can't work out how to get a steady frame rate they go to the Internet where the answers are crowd-sourced. They certainly don't lie with the devs themselves running tech support at ground level.
Besides, I think it will turn out that people will turn to a streaming service try to run the game on cutting edge equipment and discover the game STILL runs like shit. Devs are more scared that users will discover that they are not the programming gods they like to pretend to be.
Dunno, I found rice-cooker cooked rice ( ;Þ ) more fluffy and tastier then pot-cooked rice. But that may just be my non-existent cooking skills.
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how very German of you
DESPERATELY!!! someone needs to make one
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The "arms" of the tree pushing you onto tiles that may (or may not) disappear under your feet. I always felt this boss is more about trial&error and luck than skills, unlike most of the other bosses in Dark Souls.
Since it seems I can't even cook with a rice cooker, it can't be me!XDDESPERATELY!!! someone needs to make one
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Speaking of rice, people here started to hoard rice and pasta until there wasn't any left at my local supermarket. Only thing that they had in abundance were chinese noodles which are produced locally but folks are just dumb and scared.
Coconut milk rice is great. Also cooking the rice in bone broth is amazing. I keep it on hand in the fridge for the week, heat it up with whatever I've got (lard, tallow, coconut oil), salt and pepper and it's almost a meal by itself.
I'm kind of confused about the rice cooker too. I've never used one, just a pot on the stove.
we just cook rice in a regular pot.... is that considered strange?
and yes, someone should make a cooking thread. "Rice cookers and other cooking topics" or something like that
and yes, someone should make a cooking thread. "Rice cookers and other cooking topics" or something like that
But what would we do with this topic?we just cook rice in a regular pot.... is that considered strange?
and yes, someone should make a cooking thread. "Rice cookers and other cooking topics" or something like that
"Meta-Nourishment OT - La bouffe sans Teflon"
Yep. This is the same logic that will cause devs to turn off cross-play, and not have controller support on PC, etc. Why make any one version of a game good when they can monetize LOTS of versions?
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Indeed, and personally I 'accepted' this logic because I'm used to Japanese developers being shitty in this precise way, but that's no good either.
Hey cool I'm legit now. All it took was spamming about rice for a couple days.
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Interesting timing on DRG all around.
There was a reveal trailer for Hardspace: Shipbreaker recently and I posted a positive comment on YouTube. Another user replied that I should look into Deep Rock, a game that was on my radar in the past, but I had immediately dismissed the moment I saw "co-op focus" in the description. I'm pretty allergic to all things online-multiplayer.
I noticed that Deep Rock was -50% as well as having a free-trial this weekend so I decided to dig a little deeper on the subject. There was a recent YouTube let's play showcasing solo mode in the game and I was quite impressed with what I saw. Didn't realize that in solo you have an AI bot providing combat/mining backup.
So I downloaded the trail version and fired it up. Hot damn I was sold almost immediately. I legit felt impatient to wrap up the tutorial level so I could smash the Buy button, lol.
First off, the game just looks gorgeous. It's got that flat-poly aesthetic that looks simplistic on the surface but is augmented with tons of lighting and atmospheric effects. It's a striking look. Game also runs like absolute butter, spitting out 120fps without breaking a sweat.
But what really sold me after my initial graphics wow was the feel of the game. Player movement, camera control & shooting are all incredibly dialed in, making world traversal feel amazing. Kinda reminds me of Doom 2016 for some reason.
Pacing feels smart with a good balance of resource gathering and combat. The biggest ding I'd level against the game is that you can't save and exit out mid-mission. This makes total sense in a co-op focused game, but it really bites for the solo player. One of the big reasons I'm not into multi at all is I want the freedom to pick up and end a gameplay session at the drop of a hat. And it looks like some of these missions can last over an hour which means you really need to be signed up if you want to see completion. Thankfully mission briefings do indicate how long they are out of a 4-star rating.
There's an extensive upgrade path for each of the 4 characters you play as (engineer, gunner, driller, scout) as well as your bot buddy Bosco. Makes me think there's some good replay value in there if you want to grow your characters.
So yeah, for $15 DRG feels like a steal, even in solo play. Just feels like a great pick-up & play title with an entertaining loop. Glad I looked further into it after my initial dismissal.
I'm so inspired to get out the rice cooker now -- I've only ever made boring white rice in it, but the coconut milk and broth variations sound AMAZING. I don't usually think of the rice cooker as being so versatile.
Ryza is really fun. I guess it helps that I haven't played an Atelier game in a few years now. The pace of releases got too much.
I do wish it had a slightly larger selection of playable characters earlier in the game.
Oh, and the PC version works well, the only thing they really need is better transitions between their shadow cascades.
I do wish it had a slightly larger selection of playable characters earlier in the game.
Oh, and the PC version works well, the only thing they really need is better transitions between their shadow cascades.
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That thing with the hair colors in DOA6 is some next level BS. Disgusting is the right word for it.
Let me guess, you have to pay for each hair color for each character ?
Can I buy a Rift S if I still have a 970 for some time or is it a recipe for disaster ?
Trying to decide if I should prioritize GPU, headset, or nothing.
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Maybe I should post this in the VR thread, but I've got nothing to say about rice cookers
Trying to decide if I should prioritize GPU, headset, or nothing.
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Maybe I should post this in the VR thread, but I've got nothing to say about rice cookers
I would buy a GPU first if I were you, 970 will do fine in some games, but I doubt that something like Alyx will be enjoyable with it.Can I buy a Rift S if I still have a 970 for some time or is it a recipe for disaster ?
Trying to decide if I should prioritize GPU, headset, or nothing.
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Maybe I should post this in the VR thread, but I've got nothing to say about rice cookers
I think a 970 will give you an okay VR experience, but it's at the edge of not being good enough.Can I buy a Rift S if I still have a 970 for some time or is it a recipe for disaster ?
Trying to decide if I should prioritize GPU, headset, or nothing.
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Maybe I should post this in the VR thread, but I've got nothing to say about rice cookers
I would personally get a better GPU before a VR headset.
Koei Tecmo charges for the change, not the colour...Let me guess, you have to pay for each hair color for each character ?
You pay 1 euro every time you change, even when changing back to a color you used previously. 1 euro to change the hair color of a character and you're not even buying that color, just paying to change it. This is fucking insane, how did we get to this point? People paying for this shit and therefore supporting this type of scheme should be fucking ashamed of themselves.Let me guess, you have to pay for each hair color for each character ?
Anyway, didn't have time to play the whole FF7 demo but I liked what I played. Need more time with it to give a definitive opinion on the battle system. The game looks fantastic though.
Half-Life collaboration (for both Steam and EGS)
Indeed, and that's good for me as August is for Control so I will have time for both.
Got my new PC today.
This one:
Is the ryzen 3600x always at 40 to 50° Celsius with just looking at videos?
This one:
Is the ryzen 3600x always at 40 to 50° Celsius with just looking at videos?
just fyi: I'm adding people from here on Steam here and there, dont be alarmed when you get a friend request by ***.... thats me. I will usually let you be in peace, I just like having a friendslist full of nice people.
So basically, if we want to stop global warming we just need a bi-yearly semi-pandemic.Edit. I mean maybe I'm a tad pessimistic with this and my fear of new consoles delay the other day, but look at that.
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Sounds about right, my 1700 runs at barely 40 with the out of the box cooler. Pushs into the mid to late 50s under full load.
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