There’s not many objects that you use with the same regularity and intimacy as a mouse other than footwear and furniture. If they’re a bit off you get used to them to the point their flaws become part of their charm. I got my Microsoft Sculpt Mouse when they were brand new. It’s still going strong and I’ll be heartbroken when it eventually dies but, at the risk of jinxing it, it’s showing no signs.
My Logitech MX500 (or might be MX510?) should be over 20 years old now. Still going strong. And it lasted through over 400 days of WoW played-time as well as thousands of hours of StarCraft and StarCraft 2.
wow, almost as old as my (combined) Microsoft trackball, that is about 26 yrs old. Where yours has a bald spot from your finget, my trackball has lost ALL texture, so smooth a slightly sweaty hand slides easily. I have no idea how many hours it has been (ab)used for, I was unemployed when I got it and spent most of the day on IRC and playing games, good times. Haven’t found a decent replacement yet, I think my time is running out
Same. I still use the original Proteus Core labeled version. They have since re-released the mouse 3 times I think but my original is still going strong
World I think definitely has more to offer for die hard Mario Kart fans. As a Family or group game though I’d say 8 is the better title.
8 you just pick it up, pick a character, pick a car, and pick a cup (or track if you’re doing VS), without having to worry about which tracks connect to which and all the new mechanics introduced in world
I’m not too heavy into gears of war lore but I would assume the Retro Lancer, which has a bayonet in lieu of a chainsaw and was introduced in Gears of War 3, was the precursor to the modern lancer.
Considering it is a microsoft game, just wait for the Palestinian children to appear.
But to actually answer the question. Gears was a game from the late 00s/early 10s made by Epic who had been making THE best arena shooters for almost a decade at that point. The chainsaw bayonet is just another Impact Hammer or Gauntlet. It isn’t something you are actually supposed to use outside of stunting on other players. Which lines up with Gears being a cover shooter through and through and charging out of cover being a REALLY good way to get gunned down on all but the easiest of difficulty settings.
I actually did play it on XBox back in the day, I just don’t remember anything. But yeah, I’m re-learning that pretty quick. Still though, the chainsaw is pretty awesome, why not explain it?
I’m trying to avoid buying from companies on the palestinian boycott list, but I already know a Gears of War remake playable on Steam Deck is gonna be one exception.
I’ve been wanting to make something like this for a while but never got around to it.
I also wanted to get a dedicated piece of hardware ala the Steam Deck or a Raspberry Pi or something, so Indie devs would have a spec to target to ensure smooth gameplay while not having to do any kind of special build since it would run normal Linux. A proper Linux Console
I also wanted to design a custom controller for it. I actually got the PCB designed, but never made it and never made the enclosure. It was gonna be kinda like the new Horis where it’s half-modern controller/half-SNES controller, only mine is based on the XBox layout not the PlayStation’s, and also I had the buttons oriented somewhat like a gamecube, with a big “main” button, a smaller secondary button, and two auxiliary buttons (tho arranged in XBox order still)
I really enjoy these posts of yours. I take it your Pixelfed account is at @MyNameIsAtticus? Linking it here, so I can hopefully just click the link and follow through my fedia.io account.
EDIT: Aw, man. I can follow, but not actually see anything through fedia.io or through the Interstellar app.
I just tried with my lemmy.world account too, but it was the same result. So I guess pixelfed just doesn't federate with lemmy and mbin in that way. Looks like it's more akin to mastodon. I need a phone app and a desktop solution, where I can just plug in all my fediverse accounts and then have the option of seeing all content from all of them in one place.
A all in one Fediverse app like that is something i've been wishing for. I've seen a few but they always end up missing some service i use. Hopefully one day.
Well, I'll be. I decided to check your pixelfed one more time through my Fedia account, and now I'm seeing your posts! They show up as Microblogs, and I can see one you posted about an hour ago about FF7. Guess I just had to be patient and let it federate. I can see the posts both through Fedia.io on desktop and the Interstellar app, so that's awesome.
Gonna see if I can leave comments over there too, and if you can see them. I would assume so :)
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