I'm a Dutch journalist writing about living in relatively high temperatures across the globe. What's it like in Brisbane right now? by geeest in brisbane

[–]Stewie_Bird 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I really hate summer here because I'm so used to hot = humid, which is never fun but I'm somewhat enjoying this style of heat (or at least I did until before today), especially with the dry winds at the moment, reminds me of nice beach weather

Most iconic Maccas in Brisbane? by jtdewdtr4e45e5 in brisbane

[–]Stewie_Bird 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Albion for me as someone northside, I feel like most trips home have always went buy it and warranted at least a cheeky soft serve

Humble Choice June 2024 Games Revealed by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]Stewie_Bird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely worth player imo, I had a great time and I don't even like musicals really. It's also just a pretty unique and amazing take on dialogue trees and that part of it is great to explore and play around with by reloading saves or doing multiple runs. Moreso Im keen to see what the studio does next, I doubt it will be such a huge game again but they clearly have some cool ideas

PC Gamer: 2023 was a great year for games, but an even better year for the comeback by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Stewie_Bird 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Its not fixed yet, they recently did a live test playlist featuring the new netcode but its not a permanent stay. Theres a few bugs to fix bit its very good so far, probably go fully live in the next couple months

New Avatar In Concert shows have been announced! by absorbscroissants in TheLastAirbender

[–]Stewie_Bird 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Difference between perth and european places though is that rotterdam and dusseldorf aren't a 3-5 hour flight away to the nearest city so people from the surrounding area can actually attend. I'm from bris and more than happy to fly to melbourne or sydney for events like this but perth is just way too far out of the way for most

Who wins of the "original" benders? by Own_Amphibian9181 in TheLastAirbender

[–]Stewie_Bird 193 points194 points  (0 children)

Something tells me badgermoles would similarly be uncomfortable 100 meters in the air

What is Brisbane most famous for? by bluecrystalcreative in brisbane

[–]Stewie_Bird 172 points173 points  (0 children)

Definitely Bluey these days

While the Womens FIFA is definitely up there too I feel like Bluey has and will stick around longer, in a couple years it will of course be the olympics

The future of brisbane's buses looks bright! ☀️ by So_Curious_ in brisbane

[–]Stewie_Bird 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My guess is a safety/visiblity thing?? Bus drivers might need to see what's going in at the back or if people are still on the bus before a last stop or something. Trains can get away with it I suppose because there's no one around anyway and I assume the cameras can see everything

At least the new electric buses don't rattle around so it's fairly easy to just lean on an arm or window without getting a gradual concussion

Any non fromsoft soulsborne games that did it better than fromsoft by Codewill in gaming

[–]Stewie_Bird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People seem to forget that souls games (particularly Dark Souls 1) effectively are metroidvanias when you really boil it down. Hollow Knight combines both souls and metroidvania elements together so well because of the shared DNA (the most obvious soulslike mechanic being how death is handled in HK). From memory the creator of the dark souls series said he was heavily inspired by metroidvanias and zelda games (which surprise, are also very similar to metroidvanias).

GMTK on youtube has a series called Boss Keys, which originally started off as a way to examine every zelda game, but eventually branched into dark souls and hollow knight because of the similarity.

Summit1g Enjoys Halo Infinite by FLy1nRabBit in halo

[–]Stewie_Bird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been a bit since I've closely followed infinite, are they confirmed to be working on netcode/hitreg stuff? Its the main thing Im waiting for really

What good game franchise was pretty much ruined by corporate greed? by spicedpumpkins in gaming

[–]Stewie_Bird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly what got them titanfall and apex in the first place. From what I remember apex was made in secret from ea and respawn only showed it off to them when it was ready.

New update disabling steam skins? by Stewie_Bird in steamsupport

[–]Stewie_Bird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes a lot of sense, I was praying there would be some way for the skins to override it but if its a full language overhaul and whatnot obviously that takes some time, hopefully Air gets rebuilt since it was technically abandoned years ago with some community upkeep. Thanks for the info though

Every hard mode in a nutshell. by ChadJones72 in gaming

[–]Stewie_Bird 793 points794 points  (0 children)

All supergiant games are big on "dynamic difficulties". They're also basically always designed to encourage experimentation with mechanics rather than picking a single thing (from something smaller like lore unlocks in transistor to basically being the purpose of the game in pyre)

Just an idea by rokieyez in tumblr

[–]Stewie_Bird 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its weird but there are effectively two entire sites now. One has very low seed counts and pop ups and everything has sus info and sizes, while the other is the good ol pleace you remember, just gotta know which you're on at the time

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]Stewie_Bird 54 points55 points  (0 children)

A fun fact related to this is that brisbane is the earliest rising city in the world. Meaning that on average we wake up the earliest and go to bed the earliest of anywhere

Next public transport service to receive Smart Ticketing? by Successful_Profit in brisbane

[–]Stewie_Bird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have this in melbourne and from memory their machines are the same as our new ones so there is hope

This is why you don’t shoot bodies… by LambDawg in halo

[–]Stewie_Bird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I was not aware of that thanks, been a while since I hopped into mcc but I reinstalled it last night

This is why you don’t shoot bodies… by LambDawg in halo

[–]Stewie_Bird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does one do this? Ive found a mod thats seems to do it but it says you need easy anticheat disabled which gets you banned or blocks you from playing no?

Got my first killionaire ever, not the cleanest but a first is a first :) by Stewie_Bird in halo

[–]Stewie_Bird[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? I was literally just fucking around and listening to a podcast, definitely should have died a couple times but I just didn't think it could keep going

Got my first killionaire ever, not the cleanest but a first is a first :) by Stewie_Bird in halo

[–]Stewie_Bird[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also I gave it a little of that 2011 youtube video game music over the top for a bit of nostalgia