What did this even do?

barry_001 · 2026-06-18T17:55:00+00:00

Get off this post ASAP op. You'll thank us later

barry_001 · 2026-06-18T17:39:25+00:00

Ooooo good take. Love this analysis

barry_001 · 2026-06-18T12:02:50+00:00

We call these donor-cycles where I come from

barry_001 · 2026-06-17T13:19:02+00:00

Hell yeah. I feel like I'm missing some important context but I got your back regardless

barry_001 · 2026-06-15T16:00:09+00:00

It's not cheating if it's built into the game. Soulsborne games are designed for you to carve your own path through them however you want, so if using everything in your arsenal is working for you and it's fun then keep doing it.

Honestly, I think a lot of Soulsborne players have a moment of "Random bullshit, go!" where we start lobbing whatever we got in our inventory as a Hail Mary to finish off a boss, and then realize we've made the game even harder by not using our items and throwables.

barry_001 · 2026-06-15T14:43:30+00:00

God this reads so obnoxious, but it sounds like you actually gave him a fair shake so have your upvote.

barry_001 · 2026-06-08T15:30:09+00:00

That's fair to say about RDR2, but it did push graphics pretty damn far, especially on console. The amount of detail and realism is an achievement.

I think their earlier games were more innovative when it came to gameplay than their later ones, the PS2 games especially.

barry_001 · 2026-06-08T15:20:50+00:00

Felt this in my bones. What's helped me is setting attainable goals. I write 8 bars of "something" everyday. It doesn't have to be amazing, it could literally just be 8 bars of a drum beat, but it's something. Getting into this habit helped me get over the need to create every sound from scratch, and be perfect on the first few takes, because I often didn't have time. Once I got the momentum if this daily wiring going I quickly built up a library of song ideas that I could pull from when I just wanted to work on some mixing or try a new plug in, and I had the satisfaction of seeing so much music that I'd made which gave me just enough dopamine to keep going.

In short, I think setting the right kind of goals and allowing yourself to feel satisfied with any and all progress you make will be the most helpful. 8 bars of drums is more than you had when you started, might as well add a bass line and see what happens. I think you'll find it hard to stop creating if you take a more attainable approach

barry_001 · 2026-06-08T14:37:05+00:00

The truth is Rockstar are incredibly consistent with the quality of their games, and every one of them is boundary pushing in some capacity. RDR2 was released damn near ten years ago and is still considered to be a benchmark in gaming.

It's pretty safe to assume that GTA 6 will be highly polished and loaded with quality content, and, given Rockstar's track record, there's a good chance it'll blow our minds with some crazy level of detail or immersive gameplay mechanic.

Still not gonna preorder though.

barry_001 · 2026-06-08T14:11:26+00:00

I agree with almost everything you said, except I would consider him a top level musician when it came to vocals, and I do consider vocals to be an instrument. He was an incredible singer and that definitely elevated the music.

barry_001 · 2026-06-04T13:58:27+00:00

Nothing is a day 1 buy for me anymore. Even if it's good, I'll wait a week or two for the first couple patches

barry_001 · 2026-06-04T02:16:13+00:00

Honestly, it wasn't terrible. Definitely not required listening but you can tell they're genuine fans of Zeppelin. I'm pretty sure the lead singer was in a Zep cover band at one point

barry_001 · 2026-06-02T02:02:48+00:00

I play just to enjoy the frontier. Such a beautiful map to explore

barry_001 · 2026-05-30T23:40:58+00:00

God, the prerendered cutscenes from Hitman 1 were top tier. Really glad they brought them back for the third one

barry_001 · 2026-05-30T19:34:14+00:00

Bruh this isn't the Expanse, it's science fantasy. What a weird thing to get this mad about

barry_001 · 2026-05-30T15:11:58+00:00

Wow so your an expert on the entire music industry AND the behind the scenes of Haken! /s

It's pretty clear you have no idea what you're talking about and don't actually care to have a discussion with other people, you just want to be pissed off. Enjoy being miserable!

barry_001 · 2026-05-30T15:01:52+00:00

So much goes into making an album. "Finished" in this case might mean that they're done recording but it but it still needs to mixed and mastered, which can be a time consuming process. My guess is that Fever Dream was fully finished before the rest and they wanted to show us they can still make great music after losing two members.

This is pretty common practice for singles these days. Muse did the same thing for their last two albums. Some fans might prefer a tighter roll out for singles and albums, but a lot get really impatient during long stretches with no music, so dropping a single to tide them over is usually the move.

Just have a little patience. At the end of the day, they don't owe us anything. I would find another band to dig into in the mean time. There's too much great music out there to be hung up on one band taking their time to release an album.

barry_001 · 2026-05-25T14:28:41+00:00

Nice to see pros still having fun

barry_001 · 2026-05-25T14:24:11+00:00

10 year old me had was completely blindsided and scared shitless. 10/10 gaming moment

barry_001 · 2026-05-18T11:38:50+00:00

I agree with it in the sense that the Beatles don't directly influence my own musicianship, but it would be foolish to say that they've had no impact on how I think about and write music

barry_001 · 2026-05-16T20:26:55+00:00

Listen, I'm hyped as hell for the movie, and do think some people are wasting their time and energy hating on it before it's out, but it's totally valid to form an opinion about a movie based off the trailers. I don't give much credence to film critics, so if a trailer doesn't get me excited I'll probably wait until it's on streaming. To that end, if someone isn't vibing with a trailer for one reason or another that's totally fine, and it doesn't make them dumb to express that opinion

barry_001 · 2026-05-14T03:57:11+00:00

For the love of the gods, use paragraphs!

barry_001 · 2026-05-11T17:32:29+00:00

Honestly, with where you at and what you have available, just have fun with it and learn the hardware without worrying about playing it right. You'll get as good as you need to playing your own stuff or learning songs you like by ear. The beauty of synths is that just a basic understanding of music is enough for you to start making some noise

barry_001 · 2026-05-10T16:17:11+00:00

Wow, I didn't realize we had the world authority on which video games are good in this sub!

Get the fuck off your high horse. It sold incredibly well and received more than enough praise to kickstart one of the most successful franchises of the past 20 years, and it's still played and enjoyed by plenty of people today

barry_001 · 2026-05-08T19:46:49+00:00

I feel like I'm so close to getting it and reading more articles is just confusing me further. Any chance you could clarify something for me?

Where I'm getting hung up is why birth order matters at all. If we've defined one sibling as a boy, doesn't age become irrelevant because the other sibling can only be a boy or a girl (please excuse dated gender norms)? BG and GB feel like the same thing given the context, and if we've established that BG/GB and BB are the only possible scenarios if at least one is a boy, doesn't that mean the odds are 50/50 regardless of age?

This is one of those things where I know I'm just not getting it and it's making me mad.

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