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Hey.

I’m Dan. A 36 year old father of two who doesn’t have nearly as much time as he needs to do half the things he wishes he had the time to do.

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Monday is the second day of my weekend, so it’s probably my favourite day.

Tuesday though? Oh boy. We don’t like Tuesdays.

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I’m partial to a Sainsbury’s Red Label myself.

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I think there’s a big difference between a mental institution and a therapist. Almost apples and oranges.

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Does BabyBell and Cheese String count?

Is there any way I can stop seeing sports posts?

I don’t know if this was asked before and I don’t know how to look for that so I’m sorry if this is a repeat but, I keep seeing American football posts which I couldn’t care less about and I keep blocking the communities but they’re like thousands of millions of communities that never end. And no, I don’t wanna stick...

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I’m a big sports guy and I rarely see random sports posts in the wild. Could OP be viewing the “all” page maybe? We had a similar issue a few days ago with Elon Posts and I wonder if it’s not a similar issue here?

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… What was it advertising?

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Also…on a Sunday? Madness.

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I’ve seen Elden Ring on PC for as low as £30 over the last few weeks if that takes your fancy. I’m also fairly sure it’s on sale on PSN and Xbox ATM (at least in the UK).

Wo-Long maybe? It’s from the folks that made Nioh and is on Gamepass.

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I tried to get into Mortal Shell twice now and both times I’ve ran away screaming. I hear great things about it, but I find the character feel so cumbersome from the outset that I just give up after an hour or two.

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I’m probably going to play Lords when it’s cheaper. I’ve just finished Lies of P and I’m working my way through Dark Souls Remastered, and with Spider-Man and that new Mario game, I’m officially maxed out with regards to game time.

Really scary 2D horror games?

I am fascinated by games with 2D art that still manage to give you a good scare. I guess what I find interesting is if a game can manage to translate the scares and audio design which we know from 3D environments and movies. I have never really played any though. I would love to hear some suggestions, especially with Halloween...

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Oxenfree messed me up when I played it a few years ago. It’s got this super eerie vibe to it that really ratchets up the tension and sense of dread.

A game I played recently might do the job too, it’s called Signalis. It plays a bit like a 2D Resident Evil game, but with a slightly more interesting story.

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My mum still likes to buy her adult kids something, although usually we direct her to an Amazon wishlist we use as a sort of ‘I want this, I’ll buy it eventually…maybe’ list.

She’s going to spend the money, she enjoys doing it and as much as I don’t ask for it, it doesn’t hurt to have something to open on the day, especially as all of our money goes on the two kids.

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It was on in the 90’s. Two boys find an old Roman flying machine. At some point they become friends with their elderly neighbour who herself sees the ghost (or has an imaginary friend that is a ) of a Native American chief.

I don’t remember much more about it other than that. Oh and the fact that it had a baller theme-tune that totally hit the spot after a hard day in year 2.

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Yeah I should have emphasized that the string is perfectly taught, has no slack, isn’t affected by things like the wind and can’t break.

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Not the same sport but the 1999 Stanley Cup (NHL) was won by an Overtime goal that was absolutely against the rules. The refs knew it, the league knew it, the teams knew it…but because of the nature of the goal it was kind of impossible to call it back because the entire arena had splurged itself and they’d already started celebrating.

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youtu.be/vFf4nA8PEd8?si=9njgmKLeJCmM9Wtr

It’s a long one but these guys make fantastic videos and it really sets the scene well for what transpired.

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Not as ridiculous as a 99 that costs £1.98

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It’s a no from me

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A neighbour recommended them just after I told her how much money I’d spent at Clarks. I’ll definitely be giving them a look.

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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move

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I’ve still got a lot of time for the film from '05. Great casting and some genuinely stand out moments.

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That’s more of a Bethesda thing than a video games thing. They’re well known for using a frankly kinda ancient game engine.

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On the money thing, I’ve always liked the idea that I take some of the adult kids money and store it away for them for when they move out.

My kids are far too young for that, but I don’t think a bit of that sort of thing hurts in the long run. He’s earning significantly more than I was at his age and he’s not paying much at all; I’d give £150 a month to live at home 15 years ago, and I never saw any of it back.

Charge him board. It’ll benefit him in the long run, especially if you fence off some of that money to give him later.

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I wore a coat whilst walking my kid to school. It felt good.

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Needs more sausage but aside from that it’s pretty alright looking. Maybe go in with the brown sauce.

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To be fair if someone asked me for ‘brown sauce’ I’d probably turn it down too. Enjoy your stay.

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I don’t think anyone is suggesting we’re experts, just that as a nation we love a cup of tea.

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We trailed this a few years ago in the supermarket I worked at. The idea was you’d buy the jug and then just buy a new bag when you needed one. Save on plastic waste I assume, but it never caught on.

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Imagine getting upset about what people drink on a sunday morning. Good lord.

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We’ve got Earl Gray but no thank you sir. I leave that sort of debauchery to my partner.

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All joking aside it’s probably fine, but it wouldn’t hurt to have some regular old Yorkshire Tea on hand just in case.

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You mean to tell me the whole ‘no taxation without representation’ was a smoke screen all along?

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I absolutely love your description of the game being ‘big empty rooms’. I think I’ve come to the same conclusion in the last 24 hours. The space stuff and the on-planet stuff feels disjointed and unconnected. The way you traverse the universe is incredibly underwhelming (so many menu’s) and the actual game design just feels so 2008.

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Mostly waiting for Lies Of P to land in a day or two. I have spent more time with Starfield, but as I mentioned in a previous comment, I think I’m reaching the end of my time with that one.

I don’t think it’s ‘bad’, but I do think it’s a severely compromised game that underwhelms more than it should for a game of it’s budget and the team behind it. There’s moments where you can see so much potential but it is always somewhat hidden by this mid 2000s design that I thought we’d moved past.

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Took a COVID test this morning after a colleague I worked with pretty closely came down with it last week. Negative. For now.

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Not sure why I remember this, but around 17 years ago I watched a BBC show about the history of Tea and IIRC the Dutch think we’re all crazy for drinking our tea when it’s hot. They also advocate for a bare minimum of two minutes brewing.

I’m usually a solid 3 minute sort of guy. I’m a rockstar like that.

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I wouldn’t put this on my CV, because employers would likely think I’m taking the piss, but my most saleable asset is that I can take an awful lot of crap before I ultimately walk out.

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I know, but I’ve got bills to pay and kids to feed. I worked for 15 years in the same place, it wasn’t horrible until the end. Then I changed it up, working more hours and earning more money but I feel like this place is taking significantly more out of me than the old place did; or maybe I just don’t have as much time to recover now I’ve got 2 kids instead of 1.

I hate my job. I hate how it dictates my life and how despite working a 50 hour week (and my partner working 20 hours) we still barely afford to make rent and feed our kids, but I’m not sure how we’d escape this nightmare short of winning the lottery.

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Dunno what you’re on about, I’m still sweating my backside off at work.

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I wouldn’t say it’s offensive or anything, its basically just a more family friendly take on ‘shit’.

List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more

When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various !games@instance or !gaming@instance links....

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I run both !currentlyplaying and !photomode

Currently Playing is a place to discuss what you’re currently playing and Photo-Mode is a place to share in game screenshots and photographs you’ve taken whilst playing.

Sorry if the links are messed up. I’ve got no idea the right way to link at this point. The whole system seems a bit of a mess.

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