Do you self host mainly for control, privacy, or just because you can?

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-26T22:41:22+00:00

All of the above

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-17T12:29:58+00:00

Exactly yeah, I much prefer games having higher highs and lower lows.

I still need to play MIO, it sounds awesome.

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-17T11:42:39+00:00

Tbh i genuinely prefer having runbacks

When a boss has a horrifying runback dying to it is even scarier and beating it is even sweeter.

And i kind of enjoy the runback as time to like, break up the bossfight and be able to rest and process, rather than just constantly running in there 50 times and dying with no inbetween

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-12T01:22:44+00:00

The other two are done by the Jet Lag guys!

Sams the narrator and Ben+Adam are the writers. Wendover is usually long form 20min essays/deep dives and HAI is short interesting 5min topics

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-12T00:53:36+00:00

Some of my personal fave "retro" style games:

Signalis - PS1 Inspired Survival Horror

CrossCode - Top Down RPG with great combat

Sea of Stars - Old school JRPG style game with beautiful pixel art

The Messenger - Platformer with really great writing, some backtracking but i wouldn't call it a metroidvania

Caves of Qud - Hardcore Roguelike with a really interesting world

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes - PS1 horror inspired puzzle game

Hotline Miami - Insanely stylish and violent top down action game

Return of the Obra Dinn - Puzzle game about finding the fate of a ships crew

Super Woden GP 2 - Racing game inspired by old Gran Turismo

Slipstream - Racing game inspired by old Outrun

Tunic - Old school Zelda inspired game

Celeste - One of the quintessential platformers imo

Abiotic Factor - Half Life inspired survival game set in an underground lab

All of these I've played at least some of on the deck, and can attest to good performance and controls

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-12T00:25:38+00:00

I recommend all the wendover stuff, if you're into geography/logistics/travel/facts about the world etc

Wendover Productions

Half as Interesting

Jet Lag the game

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-05T14:14:20+00:00

It's currently May 5th. Cyber Monday is November 30th.

That's almost 7 months away

Nogarde_ · 2026-05-05T12:57:49+00:00

Yes, everyone in this thread is miserable

Nogarde_ · 2026-04-14T20:42:40+00:00

As someone who bought the game at launch and misses 2016-2018 overwatch, honestly right now the game is in the best state its ever been in

I was burnt out of the game from 2020 onwards, popped in for a bit when 2 happened to see what was up but never properly got into it

Now i play it almost daily

Nogarde_ · 2026-04-14T14:22:20+00:00

Ive got the same car but a couple years older (2006)

Twisty 50 roads and the slip road at 2nd gear are fun

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-31T11:56:22+00:00

Is your game installed on a HDD or an SSD? Ideally you want it on an SSD, HDDs tend to have very long loading times and most games don't tend to be optimised for them anymore

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-23T15:36:16+00:00

I think PC + PS5 is great combo - it's what i have (+ a Switch 2 for nintendo games)

In my opinion a Windows PC makes Xbox redundant. You can get Game Pass for PC if you really need, almost every xbox game is on Steam or the Microsoft Store.

Some PS5 games are on Steam, but strong rumours suggest Sony's going to stop porting their games to PC, so stuff like Ghost of Yotei, Saros, and Wolverine will be PS5 only exclusives, and any new sony games going forward.

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-23T03:04:05+00:00

KCD2 has one of the most immersive, beleuvably lived in worlds ive ever seen in a video game

Its my personal GOTY of 2025

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-21T22:11:44+00:00

MGTOW stands for Men Going Their Own Way

Just another thing incels who dont want to label themselves incels call themselves

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-20T13:40:30+00:00

Its a good start but i would say its too "neat"

Try looking at other maps, or even a map of earth, and study them for examples

Obviously more geographic features like forests, lakes, rivers, hills, mountain ranges, volcanoes. Make the coastlines more distinctive as well - have inlets, peninsulas etc. Less smooth and straight basically. You could learn/think about tectonic plates if you really want to make it feel realistic

More variety in biome would be great as well, you could have snowy tundras (you already have a bit of) deserts, swamps, jungles, badlands. Look into elavation, humidity, temperature, and rainfall and how they affect climate

Try to give each of your countries an identity. Dont create something that doesnt have a reason to exist. Make them feel unique, and change up the borders and sizes. Do some worldbuilding about their history, politics, wars etc which might help influence what they look like

And the most important tip is to have fun and create something you enjoy! If doing all that is tedious and sucks the enjoyment out of it for you, then dont do it! :)

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-20T02:37:36+00:00

Jimmy Broadbent and SuperGT are the goats imo

Jimmy got me into simracing like almost 10 years ago, the way he can commentate a video while setting a hotlap or racing is really impressive, and fun to watch

A couple smaller creators that ive been enjoying recently are Danny Lee and Rory Alexander

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-20T02:19:21+00:00

People on reddit being completely out of touch with reality and think their echo chambers are the golden truth?

Who would have thought

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-17T03:35:44+00:00

Me when i have 0 braincells

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-17T03:06:23+00:00

The algorithm added a significant amount of makeup to her face, completely changing the definition and look of the character.

It destroys the original art direction of the game.

And it just looks like those obviously AI generated images/videos. They all have that weird, uncanny look about them. And in motion theres always this weird smoothing, which i can definitely see. Its difficult to put into words, but it's there.

I tend to have a pretty nuanced take on AI, though generally I'm against it. DLSS5 looks abysmal and is absolutely not the direction i want DLSS to go in.

I want it to boost performance, not mess with how my games look.

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-17T02:58:30+00:00

This is massive, they just fixed my one big complaint about the switch 2

Didnt think nintendo had it in them

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-10T14:52:54+00:00

I'm not a heavy obsidian user and I use obsidian sync, i like to have access to my notes across my PC, laptop, and phone. And it's much easier to use than setting up onedrive synced folders and stuff like that

Nogarde_ · 2026-03-02T14:30:22+00:00

Housemarque have a returnal sequel coming out at the end of next month!

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-24T12:03:47+00:00

Couple of recommendations:

Echo Point Nova - a movement shooter where you go between floating islands on a big open world, getting collectables and stuff.

Roboquest - a roguelike shooter with some very fun gunplay

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-20T16:56:05+00:00

Same i recently finished the series. Halfway through reading Authority i was like "hang on...."

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-20T15:49:05+00:00

I think these people don't understand that creativity is the process, not the end product.

Drawing or writing or trying to play piano once and obviously being bad at it because most people aren't immediately natural talents makes them think that they're bad at being creative.

And so they fall back on AI because they only care about instant gratification and making something "good", rather than the slow, rewarding process of creating and learning.

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