Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@lolwhatno 'in the same breath' means to say something in the same statement, usually when they say two different or contradictory things.

Tbf to my dad, he has been playing video games for about 20 years now. He first go into it when he got made redundant and was the first time in his adult life he was not working. He was running out of things to keep his mind active (there was only so many times that he could paint that garage door), so he gave him my old ps1 which I wasn't using. He has been hooked ever since, and has been a god send for him during lockdown. I certainly would be lost without video games.

And you are welcome, have an awesome day yourself!

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, my mum’s always seen us playing games but never played console games much outside of Lego games because it was always my dad who did the ‘fun stuff’ growing up. She was always into games like the original Tropico, The Sims and a whole load of other tycoon games back during the first boom period. Now we’re at the ages we are and it’s just me, my mum and my younger brother, she’s taken more of an active interest. Red Dead Redemption 2 was probably the game that convinced her that games could really stand up to TV and movies in terms of production value and the quality of the story. This is probably why I really don’t get the people that talk as if Red Dead 2 is incredibly hard and complicated to play because if my mum can play it the first time using a Dualshock 4 then anybody can play it.

@lolwhatno It’s long and it’s slower paced than GTA because you’re on a horse but I never found it boring. I guess it’s probably slow compared to other games but it’s so engrossing that I didn’t mind. A bit like Persona 5 in that regard.

The pandemic got 1000x cooler today with my new mask

@kyleforrester87
Very cool, where did you find such legendary loot?

@LieutenantFatman red bubble, where else 😂

@kyleforrester87 You need to get a Knack one for the other half.

@Jimmer-jammer Taking a 'quiet storm' approach to jazz guitar now, employing soulful and poppy melodies in my solos, trying to make it a bit more heart-warming rather than just running up and down the scales. What approach do you take to piano? What sort of music do you play on it?

Edit: And the approach I take to the electric guitar is very much informed by the Souls games and Cricket, trying to create something of "epic" proportions in sound based on the themes in those games, but in a progressive jazz world.

@Jimmer-jammer @Thrillho @nessisonett @colonelkilgore How are you guys? What's new in your lives and what are you currently playing?

@TheBrandedSwordsman hey TBS, finally finished AC: Black Flag... it went WAY over schedule so I’m behind the 8-ball now on my 2021/2022 plan.

Just doing the online requirements for Dead Space 3 and then it’ll either be Remnant from the Ashes, AC: Unity or Red Dead Redemption (1). How about you?

@TheBrandedSwordsman I’m currently playing about a million things. Disco Elysium is my main focus and I’ve almost got the platinum for Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm but other than that, a bit of Hitman III for Game Club and still making progress towards the Tony Hawk platinum. On PC, Risk of Rain 2 and Binding of Isaac have both gotten massive updates recently so playing loads of those. And then there’s A Link to the Past on Switch where I have 3 dungeons left!

@TheBrandedSwordsman All good here thanks.

I’m also in the midst of the oddity that is Disco Elysium and enjoying myself. I’ll probably jump back to have a challenge mode run on Ratchet and Clank afterwards to get the platinum or give Miles Morales a whirl on the PS5.

How about your good self?

DRAMAtical Murder is now out on Steam in English. A game that I messed with my PC to set Japanese system language to play back when I was about 13. Kinda tempted to play it again but 1, I really do not want any of my Steam friends to see me playing it and 2, I absolutely will cringe playing it.

@Jimmer-jammer Hey man, I am not too bad, still focusing on jazz guitar, I tried soloing to rock the other day and it just didn't work for me at all, such a limited palette compared to jazz, I play by ear so as long as you know which notes to hit it works really well. I will probably still buy rock on vinyl for ideas for my jazz guitar solos, various intonations etc. ,but will stick with jazz as my main musical expression. When I went back to jazz and attempted to solo again after the rock stuff my fingers just flew all over the fretboard and I was definitely pleased with the results, jazz just seems like a natural fit. Rock is your preferred genre as a musician though, no?

@Thrillho Good too thanks, trying to find another game to play, thinking of probably Uncharted (5) The Lost Legacy after the recommendation of my good friend @colonelkilgore ,wrapping up the series for myself with a fitting postscript for the series, at least that's the way I believe it'll be.

@TheBrandedSwordsman well I’m sure you’ll enjoy it, don’t think there can be a more fitting title considering you are fancying something like Uncharted 4. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on it too as I’ll be playing it at some point.

@Thrillho I just downloaded The Lost Legacy so that is what I will be gravitating towards. Good stuff eh? Have you played it? I know you're a big Nathan Drake (and Sully) fan!

@Th3solution How are you? What's new at the office and what are you playing?

Woke up this morning to a handful of notifications on NLife which were from a new account tagging me in month old articles sharing really dodgy pseudoscience about Covid and systemic racism being made up. Gotta love the ‘community’ 😂

@TheBrandedSwordsman Hey buddy, doing well. I just scored myself a PS5 so that’s been the big news for me lately. Enjoying Astrobot’s Playroom. I see you have Lost Legacy, so I’m excited to hear how you like it. Since you’ve liked the UC4, then you should enjoy this too, I think.