Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@Enriesto Yes indeed. I think we all have different blind spots which we may or may not eventually discover 😅. Being self-aware of our shortcomings is a big step in building our character, for sure.

And I think I’ve actually watched that video! “In defense of Dark Souls 2” I think it’s actually called. Great stuff!

@Enriesto I think a good case can be made for Dostoevsky taking the crown of Russian Literature, in my estimation at least. Have you read either The Devils or The Brothers Karamazov? two of his best, with an honorable mention going to The House of the Dead, about his time spent in prison as a nobleman in Russia, all fantastic books, but especially the first two. Life-changing stuff! I have discovered the Mary Shelley/Percy book online for a fair sum, so I think I will purchase that at a later stage. Thank you for the recommendation!

It's really cool that you're familiar with Dr. West. Very intelligent guy ,for sure. Also, I was just wondering what sort of writing it is that you do? I studied Creative Writing as part of a Literature degree in the past, so I have dabbled, somewhat.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN The Bros K!! That's what we used to call it back in uni, total masterclass in novel writing. I've read it twice, and might just read it again with your mention. I've otherwise read The Idiot (also twice) and Crime and Punishment, and then some variety of short stories and letters. I think I'll have to bump up The Devils after reading Resurrection (what I'm reading now by Tolstoy). May we all be more like Alyosha in this hurting world...

As for writing, it's primarily through letters and self-imposed synopses of readings I engage. Ranges from many styles, but I've been focusing on poetry lately. We take for granted how sound and imagery move within our minds as we read, and how poets are able to pierce into some truth about a given experience with a remarkable punctuation of these sounds within their use of phrase and structure. That's what I've been exploring lately My own poems are terrible! But it's okay, I write a banger once in a while and ultimately believe in the activity's continuation given the hopelessly unending inspiration I feel from the Greats that have existed prior.

Seeing that pro-AI article that PC Gamer put out, written by the hardware editor-in-chief of all people, has never made me more glad of not getting a job lmao

@Jimmer-jammer And am wishing you well from the flatlands and rolling hills of Manitoba. Happy to make your acquaintance as well

@Jimmer-jammer Excellent! Welcome back and looking forward to hearing about your experience in Bloober's particular version of that "special place. 😃

Edit: I also thought you'd be pleased to know I got the Greatsword from Caelid in Elden Ring and am at 52 Str, leveled the Greatsword up to +3 and plan to upgrade it up to at least +9 or +12 before tackling the Lion boss in Liurnia in order to obtain the Lion's Claw AoW and then take on Margit with my Jellyfish ashes!

(I've been stealth-farming that troll that sits under the peak of a semi-ruined structure in Limgrave, in the field of five trolls and the destructible statue between the Gatefront Ruins and Warmaster's Shack, by sneaking up on him, weakening him by swiping at his ankles several times then going in for a critical hit to his face when he has fallen over).

@NapoleonDynamite Oh, yeah, thanks for pointing that out - now that you've said that I do remember reading that the devs have stated that. 😅

Some people have mistakenly described it as such, though, so that may have been where my confusion was stemming from.

Well the Liam Payne news certainly wasn’t what I expected to wake up to. He had his problems over the years but it’s just horrible, he’s probably the first major celebrity for my generation to pass away.

RIP Liam. It's a very sad thing to have happenned.

@Jimmer-jammer @Enriesto Have you heard of Kobo Abe? I hear he's apparently Japan's answer to Franz Kafka, he's won various literary prizes and apparently his fiction is the Dark Souls of Literature, ruining all other pieces for everyone once you've done a deep dive into his work. 😃

Edit: I haven't read him yet but I plan to, after I've read Melville, Chekhov, and the Indian Abstract Artist, M.F. Husain's biography that I'm interested in - I certainly don't want Melville and Chekhov to be "ruined" for me before I've had a chance to read them!

Honest question here —

Do most people use gyro aiming? I saw that AW2 is implementing it and I just wonder if this is actually something they people want.

Personally, I’ve never played a game in which I’ve used gyro aiming to any significant degree. So I assumed very few people (like maybe… 10%? Just a guess) ever use it. I might be completely off base here

@Th3solution not me 🙋‍♂️

@Th3solution
No. Not sure I ever have but then I don't play too many FPS, especially online competitive games where I assume the precision aiming is most needed

@colonelkilgore @sorteddan Good to know I’m not completely out of touch. I was starting to wonder if I was doing this all wrong.

@Th3solution The only time I've used it is when I played Zelda BOTW. I turned it off eventually as I couldn't get used to it. I know a few peeps on these pages that use it, swear by it

Both Gravity Rush games had Gyro for the shifting mechanic @Th3solution.

I turned it off immediately.

Like bob above says, it never feels natural to me and just puts me off. I'll just stick with analogue sticks thanks!

@JohnnyShoulder @Bob_Salat @HallowMoonshadow Looks like so far it’s 100% in favor of just using the analog sticks. Maybe it’s something that the younger gamers use more because they haven’t programmed their brains to play a certain way over bazillions of hours like we have. I even have gyro aiming on my remote control for my TV and I don’t like using that either. 😂

@HallowMoonshadow @Bob_Salat Glad I'm not the only one!

@Th3solution it was fantastic in Dragon's Dogma 2, I think that's my best experience of it. I was gonna use it in Horizon FW, but I didn't stick with the game long enough to know if it's good in that (I felt like I had to really try to tune it early on to feel right though, and not sure if it ever did feel right)

Apparently it's in TLoU and its turned on in my game, but I've only shot people manually with analogue so far, not even considered testing it, and didn't notice the reticle moving so far so not sure if it is actually doing anything. I'll test it at some point.

@Jimmer-jammer How are you? Did you "wrap" up shooting yet? How did that go? What music have you been listening to recently? Any updates on your SH2 Playthrough?