Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

Pulling my hair out!!!! I have 2 PS4's. Myself and my two kids play on these. I bought minecraft for PS4 (also have bought as ios/android/windows). so, all i want to do is to be able to have them both on the Playstaitons playing on a server that i have setup on my windows machine. problem is that only my login on PS4 will allow to play the full game. I am really hoping that i do not need to buy the game 2 more times to accomplish what i want to...... second thing i will want to do later is be able to setup a realm via my windows account so they have a place to play online with their freinds, i am guessing at this point that i will need to activate 2 more ps plus accounts (one for each of them to accomplish?)

As I play Dark Souls Remastered(GiantDad build, Guts (Berserk) build, previously) and Dark Souls 3 (Geralt of Rivia build, currently) ,I reflect that I am playing these games purely for the pleasure of playing them, as I have already completed both of them, and am just playing them casually; for the sake of enjoying the quality of the games with different builds, and perhaps seeking out the odd, elusive trophy that I may have missed, first time around.

A little update on the Japanese snacks I've eaten over the past few weeks.

First up an instant noodle bowl that you're supposed to eat cold!


Pretty ingenious, it had a peel off slotted area on the lid (on the opposite end where you open it up) to drain the hot water after cooking. Afterwards you fill it with cold water, drain it again, and repeat a few times until the cooked noodles are cold. The noodles themselves were good (you mix in the ingredients after cooling them off), but although it's a fun novelty I think I prefer my noodles hot.

Next up is "Soup de Pasta", a cup clearly marketed as more of a western style take on the concept. It featured Spaghetti style noodles & Cod roe (the little red bits).


Definitely not one of my favorites. The seasoning mixed up into a hot watery take on a cream based sauce, it had a pungent fishy odor (as someone who generally likes seafood, this isn't a complaint I've made before), and there weren't many noodles. To my surprise after the stink, it actually tasted pretty okay, but not something I'll purposefully get again.

Next up is a cup of "Kitsune Udon", which is of the same brand as the "Tanooki Soba" I posted last time. It featured fried Tofu.
Just like it's predecessor it tasted delicious, with a rich, almost sweet flavor (which I think is from the Nori, now that I paid attention).

Next up is a pack of onion flavored ramen.

Nothing particularly standout, but they tasted pretty good.

Finally, a bag of Evangelion branded potato chips. They come in a few different variants, but I got the Unit 0/Rei design in my box.


I think they were supposed to be some sort of special flavor, but they seemed to be just regular potato chips to me. Tasted good, just nothing special or exotic.

Sorry for the long post. I had intended to post these as I ate them and just got behind in actually doing it, lol. I know it's probably not that interesting a topic.

@RR529 I find it interesting! Always good to see tasty food from different countries. I got a slow cooker this week so made garlic and Parmesan chicken thighs with roasted potatoes. Not bad at all, although slow cookers really are slow. 4 hours in there!

@RR529 Were you too busy eating the snacks to post about them?

@nessisonett, thanks, that sounds good!

@JohnnyShoulder, probably, lol.

@nessisonett What else do you like to cook?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Well it’s probably my biggest passion other than gaming so I do cook a wide variety of stuff. My favourites would probably be Mexican food cause it results in a ton of leftovers and Italian because you can experiment a lot with sauces. I like to cook Japanese food on occasion but it’s quite hard to stock up on cupboard staples like mirin, sake, dashi and proper soy sauce without spending too much.

@Kidfried We had a similar situation with the fantasy football. At least that’s only members though, I didn’t think about lurkers on the forum.

@Kidfried I can't edit it, the thread has been archived. I will ask @antdickens to delete the thread if you want? We don't use it anyway.

lol this is pretty funny. Remaster anyone? Bluepoint?

I’m getting rather sick of this site’s tolerance for bigotry in the article comments. It’s been noticeable throughout the year - particularly Naughty Dog articles and now in the Harry Potter one. Homophobes get a “no worries mate”. The staff need to seriously get a grip.

I know I should just hit ignore but seeing stuff like ‘trans people are sexual deviants’ and ‘homosexuality is a choice’ is beyond a joke. I know this is a games site but the more places make a stand and actually lay out that they don’t support bigotry and hatred in any way, the better. I know the staff can’t moderate every hour of the day but there’s been some sickening stuff and instead of just deleting everything to do with the discussion, some sort of statement would be nice.

Pretty sure Liam has said that hate isn't allowed quite a few times @Kidfried & in some of the TloU2 commemts threads the rest of the staff did say that too from what I remember.

I don't think it's tolerance for bigotry myself moreso that the is site is FAR too big and popular with the staff being stretched out as it is. We also don't have an active mod like Tasuki (Ninty life has like seven or so from what I remember)

I wasn't here long enough to really get any sense of Tasuki's... "reign" so to speak but the comments were a lot less wild westy then they are now @mookysam.

@mookysam @nessisonett @Kidfried Do you guys report these comments? That is one way of bringing them to the attention of the moderators.

@JohnnyShoulder I do when I see them, although tend to largely stay away from article comments. It's sad that @RogerRoger's email made not the slightest bit of difference. The impression I got was that users posting spoilers for The Last of Us Part II were dealt with extremely harshly, but users making homophobic statements was just something to shrug at and brush under the carpet. It's also difficult to discount the notion that articles that draw controversy get more clicks.

Perhaps better moderation would help @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy, although Nintendo Life is even more toxic despite a larger moderating team. I agree with @Kidfried and @nessisonett that there perhaps needs to be some sort of statement and then deal with hateful comments appropriately, such as bans. I appreciate the site has grown a lot in the past year, but it's something that needs action.

@Kidfried Think it could come under abusive behaviour? Without looking at the rules I wouldn't like to say though.

If things are being reported and not being looked at, then that is bad form.

Maybe create a thread in the Feedback and Suggestions section and @ antdickens into it?

@JohnnyShoulder To be fair, as much as I reported one that was truly terrible, it was at an obscene hour that I wouldn’t expect the team to be up at. It’s just a bit disappointing to see it remain up several hours afterwards.

Actually, never mind, they still have comments up. Of course it’s a burner account, created only to stir up trouble as they have no other comments than ones on those two articles. They still have 20 upvotes on one of their comments though!

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/18/trump-nominee-to-replace-ruth...

This year is hell.

2020 is like a Carry On movie with the jokes removed.