[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago

They do, but it's a very small part of their total financing (less than 1% I think), and they don't have government appointed staff or anything like that.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

This 100%. The only games I've managed to finish in the past ten years are on Switch or a portable system.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I like the old one AND I like the new one. I will like all cartoon bee variations provided. Half the reason I joined this instance was for the bee pun.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I don't watch a lot of anime, but how about the original Evangellion? My understanding is that the last few episodes were deeply confusing and disliked when they came out, to the point that the movies were created partly to "fix" the ending.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

You beat the materia keeper without using materia!?

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I loved Ogre Battle 64. To date, I can't remember playing anything else quite like it.

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From 3rd grade(ish) up through senior year of high school, I was fairly into music. I was in both band and orchestra, and played numerous instruments as well as piano. I was never really great, but was proficient enough and played in a few community orchestras as well for fun. When I went off the college, I kind of dropped it and haven't touched an instrument in a long time.

By chance recently, I acquired a free upright piano. I thought it would be nice to have around for the kids (since fooling around on a piano is what got me into music myself when I was young). Side note: this plan is somewhat succeeding.

Anyway, it's pretty apparent to me that I literally forgot everything I knew. I used to know a few pieces from memory, but that's just like gone from my brain. I tried pulling out my viola, but my hands don't seem to remember where they go to the point that I probably need finger tape again.

Has anyone else come back to music after not playing for a long time? Any tips?

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I'm working my way through EO1 with a LTM/AA party. Just snuck past the wyren in the 2nd stratum. I've played these games before when they first came out, but really enjoying them more now.

The QoL stuff that has been added (speeding up animations, a sensible skill tree display, and having the bestiary available in combat) make big differences to me. The later has made a party focused on elemental attacks more enjoyable.

The mapping as been surprisingly not painful. It was definitely more enjoyable on the DS, but it isn't terrible on switch (even docked).

I'm really hoping this is a sign that the series may one day get a new entry (or a spiritual successor).

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

SaGa (the series in general). Always heard it was the obtuse bastard child in the RPG family. The series has tried a lot of interesting things and while most games in the series are flawed, they are all really interesting in spite of themselves.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm waiting for the physical version to arrive from PlayAsia. I played all three of these already. I'm hoping there's enough changes to make a new run worthwhile. I think just having access to the bestiary entry during fights will make elemental and aliments seem more useful. In the original games, I'd often forget weaknesses, and thus not exploit them enough.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I played Stardew Valley on Switch, but I cannot recommend it enough. One of the best games I've every played.

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This was my BotW experience. Once I figured out how to make fully recovery meals, that's all I ever used. I had like a thousand random rocks, bugs, and lizards and I have no idea what they do (and don't really care to figure it out)

[-] scribblemacher@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

No backlight mods. I actually like the stock screen. Not having a backlight is what gave the GB and GBC it's legendary battery life. In addition, many GB and GBC (not not necessarily all GBA) games were designed with a non-backlit screen in mind.

That said my GBA is a SP AGS100 (front light)

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