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Today's game is Halo 3! A few months ago a friend picked up Halo MCC on Sale to play with our usual Halo group, and we resolved to play through the campaign together. We played Reach as a group of 4, then me and the friend played Halo 1 together, Halo 2 Co-Op had some issues though and he had to play by himself (we think it was performance problems). He finished Halo 2 the other night though and we got the gang back together for Halo 3. We started last night and finished on the level Calm Before, but picked up again today.

Above is my friend in his Warthog he picked up. As you can see it's peak camo for the desert environment. No foes will spot him (shortly after we blew him up though).

On the note of killing eachother, we've done that a lot having more people in the lobby i guess makes us more murderous. My favorite was when i was waiting for our tanks to drop, and one of my friend's threw a grenade at the other and i watch him sail across my screen like a Lizard with wings. It was majestic.

Because the ship came down at the same time his mongoose he was on at the time did some weird stuff too. It kind of sailed but in a linear fashion while rotating. It was interesting too see and highlights the absolute joy of Real Time cutscenes and in game events instead of prerendered ones.

We got a few group photos together too (shortly before they broke out killing eachother) as you can see, my Master Chief is carrying a skull. I did the entire level of The Storm carrying that thing. And we were on heroic which i think is equally impressive. I only died twice despite having to run like the entire covenant was up my ass. I did the same thing the other day with the level Crow's Nest too and it was fun. Somehow the skull is the most overpowered weapon in the game i guess. Makes me wish there was a skull that was skull's only or something.

The group photo feels like an awesome place to end off for tonight too. A little out of order? Yes. But also The Ark took so much time for us and also we crashed at the end because one of our friends lost Wi-Fi and Co-op unfortunately doesn't do check points.

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Today's game is Prey. It's not my first go with this game, but last time i played i got right to the end and stopped. That was on Xbox Gamepass. I saw it was on sale on PC and decided to scoop it up and finally finish it. We'll see if i end up sticking through this, but i'd like too.

The game has a fun Physics engine where you can pick things up and just chuck them, which is the part i'm sure both myself and many others probably remember this game for. I spent the first 10 minutes ish of the games just chucking things at a NPC in the opening and at random stuff around the room.

Then there's also the hints the game provides towards the story at the very beginning. Now that i now the story it's a lot easier to pick up on these at the beginning, and it's cool seeing it hinted at. Though, if memory serves the game doesn't hold these secrets for very long. Nonetheless i think it's cool the game does this.

The game also has a little "alternate history" spin too it that i think is cool. I must have not picked up on this the first time, despite the huge ass painting in the museum of JFK in 2035. Speaking of the Museum, the game gives you a little one to explore that explains the alternate history which i think is cool.

Enough about the cool things this game does, there's also the combat. The game gives you a bunch of cool combat abilities. But the two core ones i enjoy is the Physics and Way the enemies interact with weapons.

Firstly, physics is awesome because in a pinch you can chuck things at enemies, and secondly, and this is the cheap ass strategy i use a lot, you can pick up Turrets and reposition them. I always keep a mental note of where all the turrets are so if i encounter an enemy i can grab the turret and basically mow it down.

Then the way the enemies interact with weapons, namely the main one which is the mimics, is really cool. The game gives you this cool Gloo gun which you can use to freeze the mimics for a bit and let you do extra damage. On top of that the Gloo Gun let's you use it for parkour, so i used it to skip a few sections.

One thing i will say is this game can be harsh at times, at least for me. Maybe i'm not playing right but i feel like i'm in a constant struggle for health. I ended up getting soft locked so i stepped back for a bit and stopped after getting into Morgan's office. I really want to finally finish this game though so i'm hoping i don't get bored and hop to something else like i usually do.

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Today's game is Zomboid. We only had an hour today so we decided to make the best of it and have a Cookout in our little group of 3. We wanted to make Burgers, but we lacked the bread. So we decided "Maybe there's some fresh bread somewhere?" and we go searching. My two friends go off together to search the houses while i search the Strip Mall. I got lucky and found 3 buildings with Raw bread in it in a fridge. Of course though, the game had other plans.

While i was heading to the last building the Helicopter Came. I was lucky to have it distracted by my friends for a bit and had some planks in my car and bag from Barricading. So i got them out and boarded up all the doors and windows. To hunkerdown. Remember that part where i said i only had an hour to play? That's where it went. it was like when a show has a low budget episode too fund the bigger season finale. Like Breaking Bad's Fly episode i hear so much about. The entire time was spent in hear trying to keep from being seen by zombies and staying alive. To make matters worse had sliced my hand open on accident on one of the windows while boarding it up, so i had to take care of that.

I ripped some clothes off a zombie in the back and used that to bandage it, then I had to take care of my hunger. Luckily there was some non rotten cookies on the table i could eat. In the back i also managed to find some tea i could drink which helped. I used the time i was making the tea to also make the raw bread i had gathered, so i did manage to find the bread.

At around 4 PM the Helicopter finally fucked off and i was able to sneak out the front door of the Hair Salon next door mostly unseen. I did have to sneak around a bit because there was a ton of zombies covering the area, but i got home safe and with the bread delivered. Since my time was up though i had too save the cookout for next time.

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Today's game is some more of The Last of Us. I made it all the way through the chapters with Sam and Henry, and damn, did their death's hit hard. They were only with me for a short while but i kinda got attached to them. Maybe it's because the game makes you feel so alone sometimes.

My favorite part so far has been the river. It's just so pretty that i kind of wish we got more time with it. Exploring the story of Ish was awesome too. It was cool seeing that narrative laid out for me to follow in the form of notes.

Earlier in the game I had noticed Ellie stopping to pick up the Toy Sam dropped, and it's a neat attention to detail that not a lot of games do. I know she carries it with her after Sam's death, but it would have been so easy for them to just say "oh, yeah, she picked it up off camera". But nope, they committed all the resources too it. It's just such a good detail.

During the stealth section with the spotlights i committed myself to the stealth too. I took out the guy patrolling the front, and then planted a few bombs. Then i knocked out the generator and bang. Everyone basically died without a shot fired. It took a good few tries but damn was it satisfying. It probably would have been easier if i had arrows, but oh well. I made due. I appreciate that these games arent just Shooters. Being able to use stealth adds a lot of charm i appreciate.

The ambient story telling is on point too. I was checking out this room and picked up the note, not noticing the blanket with the corpses under it. The note points out they their are kid's corpses probably in the room. When i put the note down and turned to look i noticed the blanket and had a "oh..." moment. It was really heartbreaking. But also really well done.

I ended off making my way through the suburbs and starting the Fall chapter close to Jackson. Now that i seem to have solved the issue it's addicting again. I'm excited to get back into it.

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Today's game is (finally) some more of The Last of Us. I discovered the crashing i was having seems to be a combination of the game thinking my PC was a Steam Deck and thus messing with some Specs, and the game being a little too powerful. I lowered it down to High and everything seems good now. We'll have to see though for sure.

I finally managed to make it out of that damn hotel. It was an awesome segment but holy fuck did the crashing draw it out way too long. I'm now out on the streets again and i appreciate the change in environment.

They have a segment where you're being chased by an armored truck, and i'm starting to suspect the Naughty Dog loves their Armored Truck chases. Uncharted 4 had one too. Granted that was far more of a scripted sequences while this one is more like run and duck to cover. It's not a bad thing though. It was a lot of fun doing this segment and i loved sneaking past it on the ledge.

While i was in the Basement segment and dealing with the Bloater, i struggled a bit with it. I ended up using a combo of the Shotgun and Molotovs. Even with that it was a bit of a challenge due to the narrow hallways. On the plus side though i got this sick (albeit dark) photo of the Bloater in a scuffle with Joel.

While playing i keep noticing a series of parallels between this and Uncharted 4. I'm not sure why but i feel like i've seen this exact scene before in Uncharted 4 as well only on Libertalia.Maybe i'm just over analyzing things, but damn is this fun to be reminded of.

Overall though, i'm glad to resolved the issue i was having and picking up the game again. I really didn't like living it unfinished so starting it up again is fun.

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Today's game is Flyknight. A friend gifted this too me on Steam, and from what i can tell it's a little Dungeoncrawler where you play as a fly. Finally, my biggest fantasy has been fulfilled! It has multiplayer which is why he gifted it to me, and honestly, while i'm not a fan usually of Dungeon Crawlers, it's good fun to go through with a friend.

I named my Character Dan. I made them skinny as fuck for some reason and pale. It contrasts nicely with my friends character Sir Buzzing.

I've picked a sword as my weapon of choice in this game. From what i understand the player has three slots for weapons, this one is just my favorite though. I swapped to a one handed one and a shield though for maximum defense. The combat in this game is pretty basic but fun. The best way i can think to describe it is like Skyrim. You have the swing with stamina, the block, and the spell. You also have to drink potions to heal.

Potions refill at Campfires and give you 4 charges to use, which is nice. The combat isn't to challenging. Especially if you get the hang of the parry system.

The game also features fishing which is nice. I legit love when games have optional fishing mechanics (looking at you Red Dead Redemption 2). Me and my Friend have a tradition of just fishing in games too relax. We've done it in Red Dead, we did it in VRChat one time when we were dicking around with it, and we do it in Zomboid too. We just enjoy anything except real fishing.

We stopped for the night because we had no clue how long this dungeon is and didn't want to keep pushing on. We ended for the night with my friend trying to get an air assault on me. What he didn't know was that i learned my lesson from Halo PvP and found an item that blocks friendly fire. SO NOW i'm the only one that can commit friendly fire. Knowing the two of us i will (not) use this power wisely.

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Today's game is Old School Runescape. I was in the mood to hop on and mess around in the game, so i booted it up and did the Cake Quest (finally). It took me a while to find the bucket for the milk, but i eventually did it. While i was looking for the Dairy cows i found these goblins watching the Cows. I don't know if they're busted or Runescape's goblins are friendly, but they don't seem to attack me. I sat back and watched for a while until a player came by and slaughtered the cows and i went back to looking for the dairy cows.

Finding the bucket was difficult, and i spent a good 10 minutes looking. But eventually i found one in the basement of the Castle. I also made sure to grab a jug i needed for the flour nearby so i could future proof.

While searching for the mill i found another goblin, this one just watching the ducks. He seemed like a chill guy and i watched the ducks with him for a bit.

Finally though, i returned to the castle and turned in everything for the cake. It took me nearly 2 years to finally get around to this quest (the fact that i usually only hop on to dick around doesn't help either) but i finally did it. I even got a shiny little achievement for it. I was going to also look into buying a house tonight but it turns out the Houses are reserved for members only and i'm not really down for paying for a subscription for this game (or really any game).

Instead i left my player to squat in this random house with a cat i found until i finally log back on to mess around again half a year later. If he's anything like me he'd appreciate the cat.

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Today's game is Dead Rising 2. I've had this in my library for a bit and with me still trying to debug whatever is going on with The Last of Us i had to get my Zombie fix somehow. I got this from a Humble Bundle at some point, so I decided to give this a try. And can i just say? Where the fuck has this game been all my life? There has been a Trashcan being thrown at zombies shaped hole in my heart that this game just filled. It takes itself so fucking seriously and then let's me look like an utter fucking moron by making this guy do the stupidest shit imaginable. I stole a Wheelchair from a zombie pushing it and then proceeded to run everyone over with it. NO OTHER GAME LET'S ME FULFILL THIS ODDLY SPECIFIC FANTASY.

It's a bit merciless with the save points, but i honestly had a lot of fun just browsing around the store. There was one i stopped by on my way back called In The Closet which caught me by surprise with that joke. I was going to stop by and look at what was in there but I was in the middle of an escort mission so i had to hurry to get this lady home.

And despite how stupid this game lets you be, it's somehow the most serious thing ever too. The main character has to get Medicine for his daughter, and already i would be willing to protect this child with my life. This digital collection of polygons and classes is the most innocent thing ever and i refuse to let anything happen to it.

I mentioned rescuing a survivor, Denyce. I was initially hesitant to escort her home but i gave her a baseball bat and she did a pretty good job of fending for herself so i'm not too worried now. I do wish there was a run button but i can't complain too much because i'd probably end up getting myself killed with it.

I ended off after delivering Denyce here safe and sound to the saferoom. This game is definitely a fun romp, i had to wait a bit though to get the Character's daughter her medicine though and i wasn't sure what to do with the time. I think i need to go back to this game at some point though, if only so i can throw benches at zombies.

I also found Kirby, the celebrity life style must have taken a toll on the poor guy, looks nothing like the games.

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Today's game is Mario Kart 64. I want to unlock the 200 CC option so i've been playing a bit of this, and plus it's just straight up my favorite Mario Kart. It's basic, and straight to the point of Mario Kart, and the Item Balancing feels great. This is nothing i haven't said before though.

I did Toad's Turnpike though on 150 CC, and came in first. I nearly lost to my Mortal Enemy, Donkey Kong, but managed to pull through after I rammed Donkey Kong into a truck and then he got plowed by Wario with a Super Star.

After the race though, decided to go back in Time Trials and peak around. I discovered the course is partly on a bridge, which i just didn't ever realize. Specifically that green strip up there on the Main Screenshot? That's the bridge and the player starts up there. Even more so i never realized the Toad on the bridge. I guess usually i'm moving too fast to notice these things.

I also did a race on Chocomountain, and the entire race Donkey Kong was stuck on that spot on the mountain. He never moved oddly enough. Serves him right though for what he did in Mario Party 2. The dick.

I won the Cup in first place, which is to be expected. The AI in Mario Kart 64 isn't too hard, and the cheating isnt as bad as Super Mario Kart. Spaghetti Kart has a Harder CPU setting, so i'll have to see if maybe that's something i can handle.

If you'll look closely at my victory though...

Donkey Kong is watching like some sort of Blurry Cryptid photo. Probably plotting his revenge. So if after tonight, news breaks that i was murdered by Donkey Kong (and quite possibly backed by Nintendo due to playing this on PC), don't be surprised.

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Today's game is some more Zomboid. We played some more of our save where we're camped out in the Military Apartment. We even got another Friend on (Who we call Chef). He owned the game but never got to give it much of a try until now, so we decided to rectify that (plus he also helped us board up windows and burn corpses).

When he spawned in though we had to go pick him up from Muldraugh. I hotwired a car and drove it to get him. On our way there and back i nabbed a Duffle bag for him and we robbed a beer store for Beer (For medical supplies obviously, though Jerry may have had a few beers on the way home. No one tell the cops.)

When we got back, i had wanted to get my Aiming skill up for later, so i went out with a gun and just started taking shots at any Zombies i saw. The community center was largely open and filled with Zombies, so i went there to build up my skill. It went pretty well.

On the walk back though it was really fog (which is where the main picture was). I ended up sneaking through the alley's and back streets to be safe since i couldn't see an inch in front of my face. I luckily made it back without incident though.

While i was out i was also collecting supplies, which i ended the night unloading the supplies in a room. We're wanting too open the world up as a server for my friend group to play on (instead of having to have me host), so we're hoarding supplies until then so we're prepared since we're expecting some of our friends too be more than a little offensive with their playstyle. We're stocking up mainly on weapons and medical supplies to defend ourselves.

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Today's game is Red Dead Redemption 1. I did Nigel West Dicken's quest today, and i forgot how old he looked. Since i last played the first game, i've always just had this image of him i guess being a little younger.

Instead he's this kind of wrinkly i don't remember. I don't know, maybe his tophat makes him look younger?

I also got this lovely quote from him. Words to live by honestly. I'm currently waiting for him to recover. While i did i went and did another stranger mission. Namely American Appetites Pt. 2. It turned out to be more difficult for me than i expected though because i went up the cliff. Turns out though that i didn't need to go up there. I ended up accidentally falling down the cliff though to get where i needed too. That's where the main screenshot is from. Moments before the fall.

The last mission i did was the Cow herding one with Bonnie. It was a chill mission, and it was nice to see John in his element instead of just Shooting guys. I'd have to assume the Bonnie questline is to show how John can't lead a normal life due to his past catching up with him since it ends with the barn burning and Bonnie being held for Ransom.

With how Rockstar is i wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional. It's a very nice detail to notice regardless if it is though. And it's part of what i love about these games. That's where i chose to end off for tonight though. The New Austin Chapter is a lot longer than i remember. And it seems to be longer than the other ones too. Maybe this weekend i'll sit down and just binge the entire game. I'd love to get to Undead Nightmare soon (one of my favorite parts of this game)

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Today's game is Zomboid. Yesterday was a lot of fun, and i had fun seeing everyone's opinions. I saw Zomboid mentioned a few times again yesterday and i got really in the mood to bring back Jerry and Cable. It's been a hot minute since i played Jerry i think, so for anyone who hasn't seen him before: Jerry Attricks basically a middle-aged Suburban Dad who when the apocalypse hit wanted to watch the big game and have a cookout. On his way back from the store he picked up his "son", Cable (played by my friend), off the streets. Cable is actually a "20 something gay stoner" (word for word quote from my friend), but he just goes along with it, despite the fact he's lost more limbs than a person probably should due to Jerry's actions.

We started with a light modpack. Spongie's mods, some car mods for flavors, and the Only Cure. Keeps things light but adds a lot of flair in my opinion. I accidentally gave my friend the wrong spawn town so i had to hunt down a car for Jerry to get over there. Luckily i found this lovely thing a few houses down. I tracked down some gas and managed to get it running.

After picking up my friend, we drove by a Drive In and planned to stay there. It had lots of space and it was secluded from society. It made the perfect base for us. Not to mention there were a ton of cars and a gas station right across the street.

We found a better base though after driving into a nearby town. We were making a supply run for metal sheets to repair the vehicles, when we found a Military Apartment Building. In our very first save we had a motel base, and remembering that we decided this could be the motel base 2.0. We looted shotgun shells and stuff from the local houses and used the car horn to draw them all out. Then we started house cleaning. Before long we had emptied the entire building basically. Next up on our list will be too cut down trees for planks and make barricades too protect the building. We saved that for later though because Jesus christ are there a lot of windows on the bottom floor.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago

I really despise the usage of 'Argument' here in the title. It does not do the situation justice. As far as i'm aware this wasn't an Argument. it was entirely one sided. The perpetrator just walked up and started being homophobic before shooting him. It was a murder and to call it anything less is just being dishonest.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

I got curious and searched a little bit to find you an answer. All I can find online is people saying it’s a meme tracing of some porn

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Desperately need me a community just for tiger facts like this and pictures of tigers. Greatest of the Big Cats

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I’m not sure what it’s called, buy I love the trope of where a large party gets split off into two smaller parties who eventually reunite. This split could be forced through physical events or it could just be a relationship split between friends.

Lord the Rings is a great example of what I mean. Frodo is forced to leave after seeing what the Ring does and Sam goes with him, while Mary and Pippin get kidnapped and have their own adventure, and finally Aragorn and his merry trio go help the war effort in Rohan. They all end up reunited in the end though.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

I was not expecting this from EA of all people. I wonder what prompted this

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

Right now specifically? I have it out for Pearson. I bought a eTextbook from them that I need for a data structures class because of the bs online assignments. I only need it for a semester, had to pay $120 for a whole year.

The built in Java IDE? Completely busted. Returns the same failed to compile error for every single assignment. I even went and tested it in IntelliJ to make sure it works. It’s not my code. It’s a problem with Pearson’s IDE.

Then, I raise the issue to tech support, only, tech support is just an AI that goes through the usual “Clear Cookies, try a different web browser”. Finally it says it will “raise it higher” since none of those things worked. I’m gonna have to be higher after dealing with this BS. Anyways, right now they’re high up on my personal shit list since they took my money and can’t even deliver a functional product

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

this doesn't really add to the discussion, but i just wanted to say thanks for sharing a source. I feel like i don't see it enough, so i appreciate you taking the time to share it

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I just found myself building and before I knew it I had constructed this masterpiece😔

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Man. I miss Telltale

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

I wouldn’t mind a Beige Gaming PC

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I will say that I am incredibly biased for this game. To the point that My friends when we play Sea of Thieves always have to listen to me (jokingly) complain about how Sea of Thieves should control the ship more like Black Flag. But I still find that its naval controls is by far one of my favorite methods of doing it. It’s done in a way where it’s not too clunky and you need to micromanage, but it doesn’t take away from the action and makes you really feel epic. At least that’s how I personally about it

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I get that. I played it originally on PS3 when I was younger. To this day the PS3 controller is just the most comfortable way for me to play it just because of the nostalgia I have for sitting in bed playing it buried under a fuckton of blankets with my head poking out

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