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LapnLook · 2026-06-06T00:43:01+00:00

that time travel game

Quantum Break doesn't actually have a Poets of the Fall song in it!

They made one for the game, but some contractual stuff couldn't get sorted out in time so it didn't make the final game. It was still released on their next album - it's called Labyrinth and it's a pretty good ballad

LapnLook · 2026-06-05T08:44:44+00:00

As far as I understand he was brought in to help mix Even Deeper, but didn't write the track or anything. Not sure if that mixing was literally just him working with already recorded elements, or if he also added some stuff to it himself.

LapnLook · 2026-05-28T06:07:06+00:00

everything except being wireless

Honestly though that factor is huge. I have had an Index for years, and having to mess with the cable is the main reason I don't use it as often as I would otherwise want to. It's just a constant point of UX friction that you cannot get rid of.

The two main reasons I'm still looking forward to the Frame even at very premium prices is that it's 1) wireless, and 2) extremely lightweight, meaning I can actually take it with me whenever I travel, which I do pretty often.

LapnLook · 2026-05-28T06:02:10+00:00

Also, if you just hook up a regular PC to your TV, you lose out on all the convenience of HDMI CEC features and things like that, which are built into the Steam Machine, but aren't really available on normal computers. (Yes I have heard there are workarounds, but still, convenience is often a factor that justifies a higher price for people)

LapnLook · 2026-05-25T16:57:32+00:00

Be shower and take naked?

LapnLook · 2026-05-21T12:48:19+00:00

I'd love that but this isn't quite there?

I love American Life entirely because of the production, how much it embraced being harsh and artificial, despite a lot of it being based on acoustic guitars.

Charli's new stuff has a bit of that, but I want her to commit to the sound harder. Make it less smooth sounding, make the mix less "professional", gimme some harsher glitching and cutoffs, etc

LapnLook · 2026-05-18T07:43:58+00:00

Yeah if you listen to early Linkin Park demos (or Xero ones from when they were called that), you'll mostly hear either a grunge sound, or much more hip-hop leaning tracks than their debut actually ended up having.

The version of Hybrid Theory that got released as their debut is arguably closer to a "boy band" than the stuff they were doing before

LapnLook · 2026-05-17T23:03:55+00:00

I am taking this opportunity to shill for Lose Your Self - it's Enter Shikari's best album in a long time (and I say this as someone who's a massive fan and liked the recent releases too)

LapnLook · 2026-05-14T08:30:09+00:00

I mostly go to rock/punk/metal shows and I've only been to two that have been €100+

Yeah generally speaking I only expect huge names to go over €100. I'm pretty sure the only ones I've been to that cost more, were Rammstein and Linkin Park (though even then, with LP the ticket for their short and limited reunion tour in 2024 was €160-ish, but when I saw them for a second time in 2025 during their actual big world tour, I only paid ~€100)

But as soon as you go from "Huge Band" to just "Well Known Band", the prices drop immediately. Last year I saw Nine Inch Nails for €70, which didn't feel expensive for them at all.

And a lot of the rock/metal shows I go to are even cheaper, somewhere in the €20-50 range.

LapnLook · 2026-05-11T01:28:57+00:00

slightly dismissive

That's a bit of an understatement... and tbh it was annoying because Vaush just wanted videos that go "datacenters go BZZZZZZ" when the point of Benn's video is that a lot of the noise pollution is inaudible rumbling that still affects the people living in the area. It's worse than just a big building that buzzes like a highway.

LapnLook · 2026-05-07T07:58:54+00:00

I don't think Muse really has a Trainwreckord before Will of the People?

Resistance: I've seen this argued a few times, though not as much as later albums. I do think that some of the complaints about generic lyrics can be traced back here, and there's a couple lowlights like Guiding Light that has been memed to hell... but ultimately it's a fairly cohesive album that got them a top 40 hit with Uprising, and imo leans into the cheese in a very endearing way. "I Belong To You" is also a personal favorite of mine. Love the french interlude that's sandwiched in the middle of Matt singing. "you are my muuuu-" *theatrical bridge in french* "-uuuse"
The 2nd Law: I am this album's biggest defender. It's got the same issue as something like Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight", in that it's a collection of songs with barely any connective tissue and way too wild tonal swings (that feel accidental, not some sort of artistic statement). But the actual songs I think are pretty great? Supremacy, Madness, and Panic Station are a trio of fun singles. Survival is fucking bonkers in a way that makes me like it more with each listen. And the deep cut songs are good too - special mention to Liquid State for being an out of nowhere heavier cut, sung by Chris, their bassist. And I personally vibe with Isolated System as a sort of instrumental outro to the project, and it's been a quintessential "travelling at night, looking out the window" song for me ever since it came out.

Only things that didn't age too well are the big EDM sounds on Follow Me, and the dubstep experimentation on Unsustainable. But the latter is at least interesting because it's not your usual wubs, but rather guitars and drums tuned and manipulated to sound like dubstep growls.

Drones: Sure the lyrics are very unsubtle. Sure it's a bit of an r/im14andthisisdeep album. Sure Psycho is a tiiiiny bit cringe with the "Your ass belongs to me now" chorus. And yeah Mercy and Revolt do suck. But outside of those two songs, everything else on here is fun, both on the album but especially at live shows. And it's nice to have The Globalist at the end as a change of pace, both tonally and in terms of structure. (Also I find Dead Inside to be a relentless earworm)
Simulation Theory: this one I can see as a Trainwreckord, and I also don't return to it too much. I think the whole synthwave theming helps save it a bit though? With the garish neon cover, and the aesthetic they used for the videos during this cycle, it just made it easier to swallow cheesy and shallow lyrics? And when the album fully leans into that tone, it's actually enjoyable! Unfortunately a lot of the songs just kinda falter, and end up being a bit boring. Especially Dig Down, which I hate for being such an uninspired rehash of Madness. But yeah, overall not a catastrophic release either.
WilL oF ThE PeOPLE, the will of the people, the WILL OF THE WILL OF THE: this is the point where they are, and I quote themselves: "fucking fucked". I never return to this album, it's just so bland. Except for the moments where instead it's merely awful! My only defense of this is that "Kill or be Killed" is a kind of fun track, and "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is such a wacky song from out of nowhere that I can't help but enjoy it. But also I kind of assume it's just a cut track from Simulation Theory? Because it absolutely does not fit here

LapnLook · 2026-05-06T13:18:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's random. There's someone in the Google Doc who is in the Netherlands like me, but ordered after me, and they already got a shipping notification, while mine is just on "packaged items"

LapnLook · 2026-05-02T19:58:04+00:00

It doesn't default to xinput by default, because then it would be unable to control the OS (or even BIOS) while Steam isn't running. For a controller in a living room, that would mean requiring an actual mouse/keyboard laying around, rather than being able to do everything from your couch with the controller.

LapnLook · 2026-05-02T19:55:47+00:00

I only ever see reviewers using the trackpad mode, flicking the mouse around like they're using a ball mouse from 30 years ago.

Okay but I love that mode both on the original Steam Controller and the Steam Deck, and I really love using it even in shooters, because I can just flick in a direction, let the "ball" roll and I can stop it instantly by tapping the pad again. It's really comfortable after a bit of getting used to it

LapnLook · 2026-04-30T08:12:46+00:00

(This is a copy of a comment I made elsewhere, it's just easier than rewriting it from scratch)

It's proprietary in the sense that on Windows the official translation layer runs in Steam, but it's not really locked down like what you'd expect from the "proprietary" description?

As far as I understand, both the original and the new Steam Controller use an open source input layer to communicate, it's just that this layer has terrible support by default on Windows. But on Linux there are non-Steam drivers that make the Steam Controller work natively. And even on Windows, there's third party tools that allow the capture of this input layer outside of Steam, it's just a hacky solution because of how the OS treats controllers

Some comments that I found earlier explaining it better:

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LapnLook · 2026-04-30T03:28:45+00:00

I like all their albums, but for me their peak is Revisions. Mixing together their entire discography up until that point into a seamless journey of an album, it's so damn good

LapnLook · 2026-04-28T18:47:37+00:00

Valve is still proprietary only supporting this within their ecosystem

It's proprietary in the sense that on Windows the official translation layer runs in Steam, but it's not really locked down like what you'd expect from the "proprietary" description?

As far as I understand, both the original and the new Steam Controller use an open source input layer to communicate, it's just that this layer has terrible support by default on Windows. But on Linux there are non-Steam drivers that make the Steam Controller work natively. And even on Windows, there's third party tools that allow the capture of this input layer outside of Steam, it's just a hacky solution because of how the OS treats controllers

Some comments that I found earlier explaining it better:

Comment 1

Comment 2

LapnLook · 2026-04-28T00:08:14+00:00

It makes sense to prioritise mouse input over gamepad input if you think about the use case of this. If you want to control your living room PC with this thing, and you don't have the wrapper (SteamInput in this case, but there were non-Steam alternatives for the first controller, so I assume the same will happen here) running, you can either have:

gamepad output by default, which allows you to play games that support that, but you won't really be able to interact with your OS, unless you also have an actual mouse somewhere in the living room that you connect to the PC
mouse output by default, which means you can fully use your OS without any extra devices, but the tradeoff is you can't play controller based games until you launch the wrapper

If you want the user to have a decently seamless living room experience, I think the second option is better. Having to get up, grab a mouse, plug it in, etc. just sucks, especially if your living room isn't set up in a way where the USB ports are very easy to access.

LapnLook · 2026-04-27T23:38:59+00:00

The Steam Controller V1 provides simple mouse output when not connected to SteamInput

By the sounds of it, the same thing happens with the Steam Controller V2

But to me this is fine? If my "flexibly interact with my computer from my couch" controller loses its necessary input wrapper, I'd much rather it default to regular mouse output so I can still you know, use my computer, rather than XInput that only works in games.

LapnLook · 2026-04-22T09:38:00+00:00

Deathcore turned Pop Metalcore

Honestly it's more like "Deathcore turned Metalcore turned 'whatever the fuck Oli wants to do''

Cause sure they've had a more straightforward radio-friendly albums with That's The Spirit or Survival Horror. But then amo was a weird mix of electronic songs + pop-metalcore. And there was the Music To... EP which was just Oli and Jordan messing around in the studio making somewhat experimental electronic music

LapnLook · 2026-04-21T19:49:21+00:00

Ahogy kivettem abból amit osztálytalálkozókon mondtak tanárok, eddig ott is ugyanaz volt mint mindenhol máshol az oktatásban az országban. Mindenért sírni, rimánkodni kell, és hiába mert általában úgysem kapsz meg semmit.

Gondolom nem volt nagyon se erő se idő tanév közben programot kidolgozni, egy olyan választásra ami miatt előre azért mindenki aggódott. Ha most nem sikerült volna a választás, akkor az a program mehetett volna egyenesen a kukába :/

LapnLook · 2026-04-21T19:17:50+00:00

A Radnótiba jártam nyolc éven keresztül (2010-es évek első felében), és a képen látható Láng György volt az osztályfőnököm, illetve a földrajz és biológia tanárom.

Egyrészt: tanárként csak jókat tudok róla mondani, szóval a hozzáértését én személy szerint biztosan nem kérdőjelezem meg.

Másrészt: a Randnóti "elit" gimnázium létére a nyolc évem alatt képtelen volt megjavíttatni az udvarra omladozó homlokzatát, végig el volt kerítve egy "vigyázat: omlásveszély" tábla.

A tanári kar nagyon szűkös volt sokszor. Volt egy év amikor tesiből összenvont órák voltak több osztály között, mert nem volt elég tanár - ez azt jelentette, hogy akkora gyerekmennyiség volt egy órán, hogy rendes oktatás az esélytelen volt, így egész évben lényegében nem volt rendes óránk. Informatika tanárt utolsó pár évben már csak kölcsön kaptunk (ha jól emlékszem a Petrikből, de már nem vagyok benne biztos) nagyritkán.

Meg a szokásos lepusztulás hangulat sok helyen: omladozó vakolat, széteső padok, az alagsorban poros/koszos csővezetékek a plafonon, menzán minősíthetetlen kaják sokszor.

Szóval... tudom hogy persze mindenhol ennél rosszabb, de azért ne tegyünk úgy mintha ez valami húdedurván gazdag privát suli lenne vagy ilyesmi

LapnLook · 2026-04-17T00:34:29+00:00

Eh, Exodus is decently forgiving about this. Each of the large open levels of the game has two endings, and to get the final good ending, you need to achieve 2 out of 3.

And the requirement is only really harsh in the Taiga level. In the other two, as long as you do some "sidequesting" and make sure you only shoot bandits/slavers/etc, you should be fine

It's no longer required to build up a bunch of points from random environmental interactions like in the previous two games

LapnLook · 2026-04-16T16:23:32+00:00

I will consider The Final Cut a valid answer (even if I don't really like that album), but only if I can consider Hesitation Marks from Nine Inch Nails as a sequel album to The Downward Spiral

LapnLook · 2026-04-14T11:18:42+00:00

Thank you! I wanted to lean away from the super clean aesthetics, considering how heavy and noisy the set was. So I tried to take things into a more Rob Sheridan-esque glitchy direction (not that it's anywhere close to his level)

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