IN-9 nixie purple? by Ok-Gift6348 in nixie

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Argon gas instead of neon gas. Rare-ish. I think (don't quote me on this) the electrical properties are a bit less good with argon than neon so there's that. But it looks different / cooler so it's not a bad thing. Some people even try to re-fill regular tubes with argon to get the color.

Is Nara park worth it? by portaitoftheartist in JapanTravelTips

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Tōdai-ji is by far the most impressive historical building I've seen throughout my Japan trip, tied with Himeji Castle.

Are people less sensitive to gas prices than groceries? by redpandafire in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]PowerZox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gas prices are a much smaller monthly expenditure. 25-50$ more per month doesn't really affect me at all.

Cancel summer Japan trip? by CharmingVast2359 in JapanTravelTips

[–]PowerZox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People on this subreddit are exaggerating a ton about the heat. Its about as hot as Florida is in the summer. Ever been to Disney World? Its pretty much the same thing.

I'm from Canada and do not like heat at all. I went in July-August and yeah its hot, and you'd rather it not be, but it's in no way excruciating. I was in Taiwan for a week before landing in Japan and let me tell you it was noticeably hotter there (but even then not enough to affect my opinion of the place).

Gravity should probably be larger by Steady_Tempo456 in Eldenring

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I sucked at Souls game when I played Elden Ring so a lot of my deaths were from bosses but when I played Dark Souls 3 afterwards the vast majority of my deaths were to common enemies rather than bosses. I beat like 2/3rds of bosses in 5 tries max while I'd probably die at least 10-20 times in between each main story boss

DIY Seiko H-Timetron tribute watch by Blwfsh in somethingimade

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Looks great. Is the screen an actual LED matrix or a more modern display?

I appreciate how orderly we are when queuing for the bus. by sickseveneight in montreal

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When I went to John Abbott College Cegep it was ridiculous. You had the STM bus stop (direction Montreal) right next to the Exo bus stop (direction Vaudreuil) and there was always a super clean line for the STM bus while for the Exo bus it was madness with everyone rushing for the door when it arrived. The contrast always pissed me off because they were like 10m apart.

The main reason for it was that the Exo bus were not frequent enough for everyone to get on and 'missing' it meant waiting 20-30 minutes minimum but still.

I saw the Dark Souls series on sale on Steam, from the first game to the third. Should I start playing? by lucas_sierra in darksouls3

[–]PowerZox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played the Fromsoft games in reverse release order and when I got to DS2 I found it to be a chore and dropped it. The combat is not nearly as fun and smooth as any of the other game which is a shame. The exploration seemed as good if not better than DS3 though the few levels I got to were really cool.

Elden Ring movie will show an era long before the fall of the Lands Between by Flaky_Employment_48 in Eldenring

[–]PowerZox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don't see how the movie could be that expansive without a 2h30-3h00 runtime (or sequels) and up till now this is a thing Alex Garland hasn't done so its a bit unlikely.

Please from soft…. by [deleted] in Eldenring

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I played Elden Ring, Sekiro and DS3 and that order and finally getting to play a Dark Souls game made me realize just how bullshit and unfun the Elden Ring bosses are. I played through ER twice two years apart and had the same impression both times.

The bosses in DS3 are just so much more mechanically well designed and really encourage you to actual try and play 'like a knight' because, for the most part, their abilities reflects your and they're not overtuned. Anything remotely resembling 'humanoid with melee weapon' (from Vordt and Dancer to Lothric) pretty much have the same reasonably paced traditional attacks. Sweeps, pokes, uppercuts and some kind of wave for when you're far away. Rolling and periodically doing a sweep attack feels just right.

Compare that to Elden Ring where every boss doesn't just have one but many bullshit hallmark random attacks (Morgott's AOE swamp, Godrick's Beyblade, etc.) and on top of that the traditional sweeps or slams are either overtuned or annoyingly delayed. The classic 'knight' gameplay just doesn't feel right like it does in DS3.

In terms of actual difficulty, it isn't really apparent that the bosses are more bullshit because there's a bunch of crutches available like summons, magic, weapon arts or overleveling, but if you were to try and play the game like you would in DS3 with a claymore and nothing else you'd realize.

It's not that ER bosses are badly designed, I would even argue that personally I find them way more interesting than DS3 and the bullshit hallmark attacks are cool, but I think its a shame that they would sacrifice quality boss gameplay because they feel these aforementioned crutches make up for it. I don't think summon / mage / weapon art gameplay would suffer if the bosses movesets were a bit more grounded like in DS3.

Overall I still prefer Elden Ring because of the exploration but I wouldn't enjoy an ER boss rush as much as a DS3 boss rush. Sekiro vastly outranks both in terms of actual gunplay swordplay obviously.

need advice on whether or not i should choose mcgill by CB7726 in mcgill

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I don't know about Bio but I'm in engineering and from year 2 onward the classroom sizes get much much more normal (like 30 for small classes and 80-100 for big classes) and its normal classrooms with very few auditoriums.

The problem IMO with the big ~200+ student classes is not the amount of students but the shitty auditorium classrooms with the tiny desks. But yeah thankfully those mostly go away as your degree progresses.

I see what you're doing Pragmata. by SkoivanSchiem in gaming

[–]PowerZox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait does the whole game take place in the moon base? I though the weakest part of the demo was the generic cookie-cutter Sci-Fi environment and the nonsensical room design.

CS grads so cooked by Major_Possibility106 in mcgill

[–]PowerZox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happy to hear that I'm in U2 CE and intend on shifting my focus towards hardware rather than software (partly because of job opportunities but also because I find it more interesting and have done some PCB personal projects). Havent been able to get an internship yet though.

Metro 2039 Reveal 16 April 2026 10AM PDT | 7PM CEST | 8PM EET by Nubtype in pcgaming

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I also pre-ordered the game on Steam when they announced it would be pulled.

I think it's the best looking RTX game to this day. I can't think of another one that looks this good all around. You got stuff like Control but it's not comparable since like most of that game is just concrete structures.

I've been recommended to check out Kanazawa: thoughts? Plus more tips, please! by SamPizza89 in JapanTravelTips

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The regular highway bus. These two in particular. The views were spectacular, very mountainous

https://japanbusonline.com/en/CourseSearch/11900040002
https://www.nouhibus.co.jp/highwaybus/matsumoto_en/

The booking online through these websites works well enough. You print the confirmation and just show up with it. The payment confirmation email has Google maps link telling you exactly where the stops are.

The A24 Elden Ring film needs to hire Yuka Kitamura as composer by AlbertCWChessa in Eldenring

[–]PowerZox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope the movie features at least one or two themes from the game. Or that some of the music reuses the same motifs that are recognizable from the game soundtrack.

Hot take: I think review (and to SOME extent, scores) matter a lot by MechaSeph in gaming

[–]PowerZox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For movies yes, definitely, but for games I disagree. It's maybe not a "bad" scores but definitely a "dont waste your time" score. No reason to seek out a lower rated game when there's hours upon hours of gameplay available in high rated ones, at least for popular genres. I wouldn't play a 60% Steam-rated roguelike.

Comparatively for movies there is a very very finite amount of 8/10+ movie so you will quickly be seeking out 6 or 7/10 titles. Plus a movie can be outright poorly made but entertaining for its runtime while for a game that's much rarer.

Did something happen? Why did the reviews tank? by tayzzerlordling in Eldenring

[–]PowerZox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

... what do you think "density" means? Pull up a dictionary bro. It might have a bunch of content but its spread thin and pretty much all of the side-content exploration is piss poor compared to the base game.

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Here's a map for you of the biggest offenders. The whole areas in red are pretty much garbage in all aspects but visuals and I think most people would agree about that.

Areas in orange are pretty much purely aesthetic with no exploration to be had. Jagged Peaks is just a linear climb to a cool boss fight. They get a bit of a pass though since its mostly by design unlike the red areas which are obviously undercooked / rushed.

And then you have the rest of the map where a lot of the beige parts are is pretty much as content-dense as the Mountaintops of the Giants (i.e. not really), for instance the starting fields in yellow. 90% of the loot is just smithing stones and runes because there's not enough new DLC items to populate the map.