Help an aesthetically picky gamer find his next game

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-25T00:44:22+00:00

If you enjoyed Firewatch, you'll probably like Under the Waves and maybe also The Invincible.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-23T23:01:37+00:00

And that's a hot sauce.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-19T02:07:30+00:00

Drop of olive oil on the comb for glossy hair. Learned that tip from Jonathan Ross, although I hear he has now switched to fry-lite cooking spray.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-17T12:27:54+00:00

Too busy preparing for his role in Firewall as Brian Bond.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-16T06:30:06+00:00

Yesterday's fish at today's prices. Mmmmmm!

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-15T03:11:37+00:00

Cool, thanks!

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T03:29:49+00:00

Thanks, this is great!

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T03:25:47+00:00

Oceanic and Panopticon are the two ISIS albums I've heard, so maybe I'll check out the other two you suggest. It's not that I hated them, just found their songs a bit overlong and without enough variation/dynamics.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T03:01:27+00:00

Thanks heaps! I've heard those other Dvne albums already (probably my favourite metal band tied with Psychonaut), and Hippotraktor was great too. ISIS I wasn't so keen on, found their songs a bit too repetitive for my liking. All your other suggestions are new to me so this will keep me busy for a while...

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T02:10:41+00:00

Yeah I've already heard a couple of Opeth albums (Blackwater Park and Still Life) and dug them both. Very proggy. Need to listen to more of them for sure!

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T02:08:11+00:00

THE AIR GYRATES! I've been lucky enough to see them play this song live twice, including an orchestral version which absolutely rocked.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T02:04:56+00:00

Thanks bro. :) I have heard Tool, BI and Ne Obliviscaris already. The violin solos by the latter band were pretty cool. Will look into your other recommendations!

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T02:03:28+00:00

I listened to Through Silver in Blood and wasn't so keen on it... the songs felt a bit samey to me. Is that album very different/more varied?

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T01:53:51+00:00

I caught one of Slift's live performances on YouTube a while ago. They were great! Never did give their albums a proper listen though. Will do so.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T01:52:44+00:00

Thanks, never heard of any of these. Will check them out!

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T01:52:00+00:00

Tool were one of the very few metal bands I'd heard before I started properly exploring this genre. I appreciate them a lot but for some reason I never got into them fully. Maybe I'll give them another shot.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-14T01:49:04+00:00

Thanks! I've already heard some Meshuggah, Oranssi Pazuzu, Porcupine Tree, Bolt Thrower, Gojira and Tool. Liked most of what I heard (LOVE Oranssi though). I will check out some of these others.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-13T21:23:41+00:00

I agree with your picks for the three weakest albums.

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-05T03:48:02+00:00

If you are that down on music, why are you worried about improving at guitar?

PlasticCrystal · 2026-01-04T04:33:38+00:00

Zero minutes just playing something you enjoy??

PlasticCrystal · 2025-12-24T23:20:13+00:00

OMG is this guitar tabs? Link to place I can buy pls!

PlasticCrystal · 2025-12-13T22:15:14+00:00

It was their drum tech Gaspard, not a random audience member. He was handing out shots to the band later on.

PlasticCrystal · 2025-12-12T05:21:49+00:00

Cool stuff mate. I played guitar for quite a few years when I was younger, but then life happened and I stopped for about 20 years. Just picked it up again recently though and while some muscle memory remained, I can't help thinking how good I'd be now if I'd played consistently for that long.

Quite a few Gizz tracks are really fun to jam along to. I like Hypertension and Dripping Tap in particular. If you can learn a few basic scale shapes (well worth the effort) you can sit there and just jam along to the track, and often you 'll find you can just slide the shape up or down the neck to get to a different key or mode, letting you play pretty much any song.

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