jcarax

jcarax, miesiąc temu

TLoU scratched a lot of the same itches, for me.

jcarax, 4 miesiące temu

I agree. It’s a pre-apocalyptic movie that gets as close as possible to crossing that boundary, without doing so.

Though I would argue that there’s not a hard cutoff between the pre-apocalypse and post-apocalypse. There is also a period where the apocalypse is actively occurring. So there’s a pretty big barrier to it becoming post-apocalyptic.

jcarax, 5 miesięcy temu

I love my Audeze Maxwell. I use it to listen to music all day while I work, and jump on calls throughout the day. It has excellent sound quality, and a built in mic that works very well. When there’s background noise, I pop in the boom mic and that mic’s noise cancellation is great. It also provides a little better clarity.

There’s both a 2.4ghz wireless dongle (which I plug into my monitor), bluetooth (which I use with my phone using LDAC), USB, and 3.5mm connectivity.

The battery life is excellent. I charge it weekly, and I really don’t need to.

They offer an Xbox and Playstation version. The Xbox version comes with an Atmos license, the Playstation version supports Tempest 3D sound.

The sizing adjustments aren’t great, there’s no telescoping of the ear cups. It just has a sling with three adjustments, by popping it into three different sets of screw holes. It’s ok, but not great, and it’s not the kind of thing you want to move back and forth, say, if you wear hats sometimes, because those holes will wear out. You aren’t supposed to remove the screws.

It’s also closed back, which is not my preference. I don’t have background noise, I don’t care about isolation. I prefer the sound of open backs, and they also provide more spatial awareness if you want to place footsteps.

Also, being closed back, and having a not so great ear pad material, they get fairly toasty. There are third party ear pads that improve upon this, but you can only do so much with a closed back can.

jcarax, 5 miesięcy temu (edited 5 miesięcy temu)

I don’t think it’s the noise cancelling, I think it’s that headset manufacturers think gamers all want big boomy bass. My Sennheiser Momentum 4 have noise cancelling, and aren’t boomy in the slightest.

I also don’t think that it’s the closed back, though closed back are certainly capable of better bass than open back. My Audeze Maxwell also do not have boomy bass, and the Momentums are also closed back.

All that said, I agree that the sound quality of most gaming headsets is a mess, and I also prefer open back headphones. I don’t want to deal with cables anymore, though, so I’m hopeful that we start getting some nice open back headphones and headsets.

jcarax, 6 miesięcy temu

I was thinking someone is finally making T’rain.

jcarax, 7 miesięcy temu

Holy shit, someone else who played Interstate 76! Too bad Interstate 82 never saw the light of day.

jcarax, 7 miesięcy temu

I know, it was just so disappointing.

jcarax, 8 miesięcy temu

Unfortunately, it’s not many of us. A lot of folks don’t even not buy games that aren’t good, if they’re heavily marketed.

jcarax, 9 miesięcy temu

My major problem is that our culture and history are interwoven with language. An attack on offensive language could very well, maybe unintentionally, disconnect us further from our culture and history. Not all of that history and culture is great, but even then, we need to stay connected so that we can continue to learn from it for as many generations as possible.

We live in a world where we’ve been trading in culture for convenience. Now we have some burning books and attacking change. On the other side, we have others who are attacking anything remotely offensive to them, attempting to banish it. The casualty of this war will be the little we have left of our cultural traditions.

jcarax, 9 miesięcy temu

I don’t really know, to be honest. But the way culture and language are intertwined, and how unnerving it is for people to be asked to adjust their lexicon, it concerns the heck out of me. Not book banning and burning levels of concerned, but in the same direction.

jcarax, 9 miesięcy temu

Oh trust me, I’ve been called plenty of things, and have hurt for a great deal of my life as a result. I’ve also said awful things, and hurt even more for that.

I just think that separating people from parts of their language is more akin to a cultural lobotomy than anything else. Taking aspects of language from someone who does not truly understand why, will surely be jarring, and lead to negative reactions more often than not. I don’t think this is going to have a long term positive effect, unless we take the slow road of working to understand each other, and truly embrace all diversity. If we condemn those who hurt us, it only acts to drive more of a wedge through our society.

Telling someone that their actions which are fundamental to their being are hurtful to you, and they need to change, is in fact hurtful to them. It’s not their fault how they were raised, and how their experiences have shaped them, no matter how horrible someone might be. But if we embrace the diversity they add to society, and support them where we can, they just might come to see it for themselves, and strive to be better.

Only the individual can decide to change themself for the better. And even then, it’s a life long journey, and often only minimal changes are possible. So, we should be celebrating the efforts they put forth, not condemning them for the things they don’t have the capacity to change.

jcarax, 9 miesięcy temu

I’d rather they bring out some nice open back bluetooth headphones. Much better imaging, which is great both for music and shooters, and more comfortable for a lot of us. I just want the convenience of wireless, I don’t need ANC.

Maybe Audeze will do it with a Maxwell stable mate.

jcarax, 9 miesięcy temu

Man, I wish I wasn’t old and slow.

jcarax, 9 miesięcy temu

And let’s not forget porn.

jcarax, 10 miesięcy temu

a costume ROM

Oh, drop the charade masquerade

jcarax, 10 miesięcy temu

We need another Red Faction

jcarax, 10 miesięcy temu

Exactly my thinking for Horizon. These studios are pumping so much money into mechanics and graphics, I wish they would put similar resources into story and lore.

jcarax, 10 miesięcy temu

Three times in the first season, and then a fourth when they cancel season two.

jcarax, 11 miesięcy temu

It’s annoying enough that Netflix removes my account and watched history, after I go a few months without the service. But I still deal with it a couple times a year. This… this makes me just want to never touch anything Ubisoft ever again.

jcarax, 11 miesięcy temu

That’s an Assassin’s Creed game, yeah? I don’t know, I tried an AS game at one point, and just couldn’t get into it. I was excited for The Division for awhile, then it released. I wanted to like Far Cry, but didn’t like the mechanics. I really don’t see anything in their recent catalog that I give two shits about.

jcarax, 11 miesięcy temu

Man, I wish I could play Journey for the first time, again.

jcarax, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 11 miesięcy temu)

Mama World

Now I’m imagining an MMO built around an expanded Teeheeti, from Ni No Kuni.

jcarax, 11 miesięcy temu

But now I get to chuckle at fairy shenanigans, so it works out.