I usually just have a lot of free time in the day. Plus some games i like to break up so i don’t get tired of them, especially if it’s a game i’ve played before (plus, I’m a completionist so i try to 100% all my games). L.A. Noire i had put on hold because of an issue i was having. But Fallout New Vegas started having this issue where it would crash in vats and i just wanted to play something vaguely 1940s, so i said fuck it and re downloaded La Noire to see if the issue sorted itself out
I dislike this trend of invisible UI. I’m (usually) on a 4k screen, I’ve got plenty of room for it, it’s not the early 2000s anymore; stop hiding the fuckin scroll bar or video progress bar
I think most people are on laptops now. Blows my mind but yeah.
My comparison is that screen size is like desk size. A laptop being those tiny pull out side desks at college, and a monitor being a desk. I was massively downvoted for that. People like their small screens.
I get a poked fun at a little bit on mechanical keyboard communities for preferring a full-size (I gotta type IP’s, need a numpad!).
I don’t think I could work solely on a laptop without external peripherals, it’s just not a good experience (also giant hands and chiclet keys is not a good combo). My work laptop exists permanently folded closed connected to a dock.
I’d put the analogy as trying to cook a multi-course meal in a saucepan on a single burner vs a full stovetop and set of pans (also you only have a paring knife).
Not to be "that keyboard guy," but you can still have a full numpad on a smaller keyboard using a separate layer that's triggered by a key being pressed or held.
I know because I've done it - the keys are all grouped into the same orientation, they're just not labelled. It's an adjustment, but it's worth it to me for the extra desk space.
I get that that's not really an attractive option for some though.
I tried a TKL and a numpad for a while, but it just wasn’t comfortable for me for some reason. Not a fan of layering, just doesn’t come to me naturally
I like the trend of invisible UI. It keeps the display free of clutter and persistent UI elements (hello, OLED) and doesn’t hinder usability at all. I hide scroll bars whenever possible because middle clicking is far more convenient than click-dragging. Hidden elements always appear by using a related action–moving the mouse reveals the play bar, scrolling reveals the scroll bar. It’s completely intuitive. I even remove the forward, backward and reload buttons on my browser because gestures and shortcuts are just faster.
UIs are near-universally as clean and functional as ever… at least on macOS. Windows appears to be a clusterfuck. Linux is alright.
Larger documents that I can drag the scroll bar to specific points, rather than PageUp/down or scroll manually (also wtf is up with acrobats scroll speed?? Shits slow as balls)
You’ve got great taste in games Atticus! A lot of people had (valid) complaints about this game but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. The story was decent, the characters were enjoyable, and it felt like a proper Star Wars romp. Plus I’m a sucker for a good poncho and a cute droid buddy.
Here’s hoping Jedi Survivor gets a non-DRM release at some point, I’m not getting an EA account just so they can checksum my game every time I mouse over the icon.
Jedi Survivor is one of the few games I think that got me to give up my no DRM rule for EA. Usually I’d buy it and then pirate it. But I just couldn’t get it to run natively on my Steam deck for some reason so I said screw it and installed the DRM
But commonly enough, those are also the ones who yell out the loudest " I have the latest hardware, but the game runs like shit! Optimize your games, shitty devs!!!"
Meanwhile, the potato farmers with 15 fps: “Runs fine for us.”
I recently got into eso again. Some of the lore can be a bit questionable, but it’s a fun game with some nice lore bits. I’m also glad that TES VI has not been released yet, I only recently finished my formal education and that game might have interfered.
This made me check if mine was on the defect list. Apparently laptop chips made it out unscathed, maybe because it cant draw 300w if 300w is the total power supply of the laptop, and most are far less.
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