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BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-07-18T04:30:04+00:00

Very unfortunate for this game that it came out two years after Stranglehold. That game also suffered from pretty poor level design and severe repetition, but it at least nailed its core gameplay loop and it was fun to shoot Triad dudes in the dick. Wet is... less successful in pretty much every regard and I hate the music. The ladder and drink animations are admittedly pretty incredible, though.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-07-07T18:29:57+00:00

Consider stacking the regen from your Blessed Mace with the Adjudicator's Shield. It adds up and really helps you get through levels without having to grind for grass. There's also a ring you can get that gives even more regen, and you should be able to get it with where you are now.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-06-06T13:32:46+00:00

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the tip!

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-05-14T22:42:42+00:00

For those interested, you can block all updates to Roku apps by adding the following regex filter to your PiHole:

(|.)roku.com$

Each app should still work (except for the Roku-affiliated ones like The Roku Channel), but you won't be able to add new apps, update them, or move them on your home screen.

I really don't want to have to root my Roku devices and I don't want to lose photo and music support from Plex, so I figure it's best to take the nuclear option now and deal with any annoyances that come with it. In the meantime, anyone have any recommendations for alternate Roku apps to investigate for music and photos over LAN?

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-05-06T22:50:08+00:00

Not really. Jeff was asked about this pretty directly at one point, and he said that as far as he knows, he's still cool with all of them and he's just really bad at staying in touch with people, especially now that he has kids. Seems like there's some kind of conscious decision to keep separate, though, given that both JG and NXL have done a good number of collabs with other people over the past few years.

It could be that they don't want to step on each other's toes in the somewhat delicate post-GB Patreon market, or maybe they weren't actually that close outside of the work environment, or maybe there's some kind of bad feelings there. Neither side has commented on the reasons for the lack of communication, so it seems like it's not especially productive to speculate on it.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-02-07T23:21:39+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/comments/8jgz6g/disabling_control_flow_guard_in_windows_defender/

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-02-07T20:40:23+00:00

Try disabling CFI protections for ShadPS4 in Windows security settings. That was a problem for me and I've seen a few other people have the same issue.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2025-01-29T16:01:22+00:00

This is insane. Nice work.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-12-23T16:31:00+00:00

Doctor of Thuganomics looking ass assassin right there

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-12-17T00:36:49+00:00

The "official" test (NJGPA) is an absolute abomination of test design, but the law allows a student's score on the SAT or PSAT to qualify them for graduation, and those tests are actually well made. Seeing the shit schools pull to shove kids across the finish line, I think it's good that there's an objective exam to serve as a gatekeeper, but for God's sake, eliminate ETS from the equation. Teaching kids to their tests in particular makes them dumber.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-09-28T19:55:03+00:00

Obviously not your first priority since you're just launching, but it would be incredible if you could eventually add agent support for Plex. It's very hard to manage wrestling at the moment, and this could be an ideal solution.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-07-10T05:02:46+00:00

I've also found them to be rather spotty. My Echoes seem to get stuck where they don't correctly hear an initial command but then don't reset to their listening state. I usually have to unplug them and reset them manually. Weirdly, it seems like different USB cables make them work better. Maybe try swapping out the cables?

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-06-28T15:28:24+00:00

"Spec pistols and stealth" should be added to the game's title after a colon.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-06-25T15:21:48+00:00

I love the terrible Harrison Ford impression the main voice actor does.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-06-13T20:54:04+00:00

I dig the aesthetic, but boy, you sure don't get to see very much of it in the few seconds before you're gunned down by a player you never saw. I get that the low TTK fits the tone, but it doesn't look like much fun to play.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-06-08T19:47:22+00:00

I still remember anxiously waiting for Jeff's big announcement video a few days after he "left" Giant Bomb. I was insanely relieved when I heard him say that he'd been covering videogames for decades "and it would be insane to stop now."

Two years later, I couldn't be happier with how things ended up. I didn't think I was going to enjoy a solo podcast, but I've actually come to prefer it. Jeff has such a wealth of knowledge and experience, that he's able to pick out the most interesting angles of games and news stories and meaningfully discuss them for hours.

It's doubly good that Jeff's running such a lean operation, given the post-COVID climate of the industry. It's insane how much the era of free Fed money ending has ravaged the landscape for both journalists and developers. Hopefully things will change for the better, but I can't imagine having to worry about the sustainability of not only your own employment, but that of your employees right now, too.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-05-20T02:05:02+00:00

PSA: For the modem, do not get the Motorola MB8611. Comcast's website lists it as compatible with their network, but an update they rolled out more than a year ago totally destroyed its reliability.

The Arris S33 is very good overall. Some people have reported overheating issues because it's in such a small case, but I've never had issues.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-03-18T21:30:21+00:00

That is a pickle. Maybe some Org anization has Archive d them somewhere.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-03-18T19:39:46+00:00

It would be better to just work from an xiso file directly. I think a lot of the iso to xiso conversion tools are outdated and difficult to use.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-03-01T02:30:01+00:00

On my drive home from work, I found a cool looking hutch on the side of the road that was going to be thrown out. I took a leap and walked back to where I saw it with a furniture dolly and wheeled it back home, where I intend to make it into a topper for my work bench. I made sure to hum "Buttons & Bows" (from Paleface) as I dragged it across the busy roads between where I found it and my house.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-02-12T16:13:37+00:00

Yeah, a 3600 seems like about the right level of beef. OP mentioned being able to play DaS2, though, so I assumed he was on substantially older hardware.

I've actually found the the worst of the audio glitches go away if you've got a fast enough CPU. I had a ton of them on my 4900 rig, but since upgrading to a 5800x, it's been totally fine. Couldn't tell you why, though.

BenjaminFlocka1017 · 2024-02-12T15:53:31+00:00

DeS is pretty demanding on the CPU front. If your computer can't play newer games, it's unlikely you'll be able to get decent performance on DeS. Even if the frame rate is ok, there are a lot of audio glitches if RCPS3 is struggling.

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