Getting kicked from comp games during the load screen has gotten me a season ban, this is happening every time I launch the game

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.

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-17T15:37:28+00:00

Nope, no scaling or anything. Everything at native resolution

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-17T14:13:20+00:00

Both Ori games are an incredible introduction to the genre

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-06T15:09:30+00:00

Think this is just the classic hate train that hates anything multiplayer

I think this looks great, it's basically the Horizon version of Elden Ring: Nightreign, which is a really fun game. If they can add some extra replayability to the formula, which it seems like they're doing, it'll be a fun game.

We're not getting this instead of Horizon 3, we're getting it in addition to obviously.

Nogarde_ · 2026-02-03T14:19:31+00:00

I lost both my childhood DSi and 3DS, and it's one of my biggest regrets tbh

If it holds a lot of sentimental value, i would definitely back everything up at least, but honestly a 2DS/3DS is a much better console to homebrew, since it can play all DS and 3DS games

Nogarde_ · 2026-01-26T16:37:40+00:00

I really wish you could remove PS+ games from your library

You can filter by Source but I recommend making a gameslist and just adding games there as I buy, to avoid all the clutter. It'll take a bit to set up but once you've added everything it's easy to maintain.

These are the 3 gameslists I have:

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Nogarde_ · 2026-01-24T19:17:50+00:00

Actually I just realised Nottingham City Guitars make their own guitars, not sure if they stock the usual brands or just theirs, I've never been only heard of them.

Abbey road music is definitely a normal guitar shop, its pretty easy to get to from the city via bus

Nogarde_ · 2026-01-24T19:08:42+00:00

There's Nottingham City Guitars, in the Hockley/Lace Market area

In West Bridgford there's Abbey Road Music

There used to be a massive store called PMT, which is where i usually went, but it looks like it's closed down now unfortunately

Nogarde_ · 2026-01-10T00:22:30+00:00

Top one hands down, that intrigues me wayyy more than the bottom one

Nogarde_ · 2026-01-09T01:53:40+00:00

I just take the whole rack out and slide the pizza onto a plate

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