I mean I love space, from sci-fi to more realistic. I played a lot of Kerbal Space Program. But I don’t love grinding. I did plenty of that in Warframe but only because the core loop and mechanics feel good and the unlockables are kinda fun. Absent that kind of engagement, no way. KSP requires planning maneuvers but at least there’s time warp and no threats except your own mistakes.
What’s so good about Elite Dangerous? I hoped to enjoy it but bounced off pretty quickly.
I genuinely don’t know if those are gender identities. The world is a big place so I would guess to at least some people they are. I really don’t think I’m qualified to draw the line between fetishizing one person’s identity or kink-shaming another though so I can’t speak to any of that.
I don’t have any interest in talking past each other or attacking you or arguing semantics. I just figure there’s room under the rainbow for all kinds, so I just try to ask questions and share my limited perspective when I don’t fully understand something.
If you’re good here, that’s totally fine and I wish you all the best 🙂
Well gender and gender expression are social constructs, right? So why do you think they’re so static and immutable? Especially as a person who seems to have experienced changes in this regard first-hand.
Do you ask the same questions about nonbinary folks, i.e. whether it’s a fetish or they just can’t acknowledge their true gender? I suspect many would find that distasteful, if not intolerant. We already have words for trans and questioning people so the fact that these folks don’t choose those labels suggests maybe they don’t fit.
I honestly don’t know. The impression I get (and it’s only that, I haven’t polled anyone) is that “crossdresser” is used more by people who don’t identify so much with the “boy” part of “femboy”. i.e. They may be older, or don’t have a lithe boyish physique. And to my mind anyway, it carries more of an erotic connotation, whereas “femboy” seems more casual to me.
The trans community exists on the euphemism treadmill. We invent terms, those terms gain a negative connotation, so we invent new terms. Those develop a negative connotation.
That’s an interesting point.
How about self-described sissies and crossdressers? They deserve love and respect too of course, but my understanding is that they differ in some ways (when/why/how) from all of these.
Another for Warframe. Something like 5000 hours over 5-ish years (I’ll correct numbers later if wrong) and I think I only ever paid like $12 for some starter platinum.
Since that’s free-to-play, here are runners up:
Well they dropped the full set (base + expansions) from $20+ to ~$5.
I played a lot of the original BoI release, but eventually got burnt out on roguelikes and never felt compelled to pay a premium when it was redesigned on a new engine for Rebirth. But at $5, sure, why not. Good Steam Deck title.
It was like the first 25 seconds, haha. Hats off to them.
There’s an interview with two Valve employees (maybe by Tested? I forget) where they were very clear that this is what RAM they were able to purchase. Otherwise they would simply have to produce far fewer Steam Machines overall. Not very good choices to have when releasing a product…
Heh, I thought this was in c/AneurysmPosting
Ah drats, I par-boiled mine and then put it on a kebab spit
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TL;DW?
Gamers Nexus is great but I don’t always have an hour+ for their videos 😐
Y’know when this was first prototyped I considered asking whether was licensed, but thought, “Nah, dbrand wouldn’t be that stupid, I’m sure they worked it out with Valve”. Heh. Too much faith on my part I guess.
ITT: Dad vs science; Science wins
My thoughts exactly.
Only the right enthusiast would pay more for worse performance just for the size.
Not just size. There’s also lack of setup (works out of the box), low noise levels, reliability, and don’t forget HDMI CEC. These things all matter for a living room machine IMO.
If you build your own, kernel and firmware updates for the components can be a mixed bag.
Hm, I’m not sure how that Intel CPU ranks but I’ll concede the core specs (5060 GPU, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD) are better than the Steam Machine. It’s surprisingly good looking too IMO, and it comes with a mouse and keyboard while still leaving budget for a gamepad.
The TDP is probably 8x the Steam Machine (not that most players would care) and decibel rating probably double (plenty would care).
Of course Windows is its own penalty. But nothing would stop you from putting Bazzite on it.
Nice find. Currently it’s on sale for $200 off, where normal price puts it right in line at $1099. But a deal is a deal. I think you deserve more upvotes for this.
I saw Weird Al when his tour hit my city last summer (finally! I’ve been a fan since I was a kid). Yeah I don’t actively follow his stuff anymore but he and the band are still great. Fun show even as an adult.
He actually closed the set with a cover of You Can Call Me Al. From what I understand that’s a regular thing 🙂