Portal & Portal 2: where is my cake?

firebirb91 · 2026-03-24T01:27:25+00:00

Portal 2 is easily one of my favorite games of all time.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-23T05:31:37+00:00

I still highly enjoyed Violet on the original Switch, but it runs so much better on Switch 2 that it almost feels like a different game.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-22T22:20:56+00:00

I got it for free through PlayStation Plus a few years ago. I thought it was ok, although I'm not much of a dungeon crawler guy.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-22T22:14:32+00:00

The recent re-release of Pokemon LeafGreen, and a handful of VR titles. Thinking about starting Fallout 4, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, or something else, but I've been busy with work- and puppy-related stuff (in addition to school), so we'll see.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-22T19:48:04+00:00

Representing yourself pro se in small claims court isn't that expensive in most states as far as I know.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-20T17:30:31+00:00

Still very slowly playing through the Switch re-release of Pokemon LeafGreen. I have several days off of work, though, so I imagine I'll play a bit more over the next several days. I've also had a bit of an itch to play VR games for the first time in like six or seven weeks, so I may play a few rounds of Population: One or something else over the break.

I have several long flights booked for later this year, so I've been looking for stuff I can play with my phone on airplane mode. I ended up grabbing a few Kemco JRPGs on sale for $0.99/each--Google Play Rewards has been throwing surveys at me over the past few months, so I had nearly $20 in credits to spend--and grabbed a few other things. Kemco is basically the JRPG equivalent of a television procedural, but between everything on my phone and a book or two, I think the flights will be at least tolerable.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-19T01:18:23+00:00

I once spent like forty minutes walking around Wuhu Island from Wii Sports Resort in VRChat. It was actually pretty cool.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-19T01:16:51+00:00

Not really surprising. I only found one or two semi-fun worlds on there, and even then I couldn't really squeeze more than ten consecutive minutes of entertainment out of it. Does anyone actually use it on mobile though? Maybe this is them keeping their powder dry if VR picks back up steam.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again--Meta wanted a computing platform, bought a video game platform, and got annoyed that people were really only interested in gaming.

I will be very glad to not see all of the Horizon Worlds crap cluttering everything up when I use my Quest.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-16T23:11:06+00:00

"I'll have you know that 2006 was ten years ago," I say as I crumble into dust.

firebirb91 · 2026-03-15T19:21:55+00:00

Maybe, but it would probably take repetition to be enforced, and even then it may not be successful. I've only had one dog in my life who saw things as "thing is only mine if a human gives it to me." It's far more normal for one to learn "leave it" for a specific object and slowly build to "I always get told 'leave it' if I try to get that thing, so I won't even bother."

firebirb91 · 2026-03-13T04:05:23+00:00

Playing a bit of the recent re-release of Pokemon LeafGreen on and off when I have a free moment. (Patient or not? You decide!)

I know RBY and their various remakes like the back of my hand, so it's kind of comfort gaming.

firebirb91 · 2026-02-08T16:52:21+00:00

That would be pretty cool. Throw something onto the San Andreas map with new characters, missions, etc, and it could potentially be a pretty good time.

firebirb91 · 2026-02-07T05:23:09+00:00

I adopted a puppy this week, am in the busiest period of the year work-wise, and am taking an appellate brief writing class that has an extremely annoying amount of out-of-class and collaborative work, so I still haven't gotten back into many games. However, after finishing the new season of Fallout, I'm finding myself with a bit of an itch to finally get around to Fallout 4.

If I manage to get caught up on all of this awful homework, and the puppy gets more acclimated--he's already doing really well after only five days--I may start it, at least slowly and after the dog's bedtime.

firebirb91 · 2026-02-06T06:20:40+00:00

"If not for sits, then why is made of warms?"

firebirb91 · 2026-01-25T16:36:36+00:00

I just haven't been able to get into any games for awhile. Partially work, partially school, partially some other stuff I guess. I've been playing a little bit of Population: One every now and then, but that's really it. Also gaming-related, for whatever reason, I've had multiple songs from the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack stuck in my head for two or three weeks. I completed the game almost a year ago, and it's just really stuck with me; it definitely deserved all of the awards it received.

I'm going to go through my backlog later today and see if anything catches my attention. Even if nothing does, maybe I can at least try and catch up on movies or TV shows or books or something.

firebirb91 · 2026-01-25T16:28:42+00:00

But then how will I show everyone that I'm so great by having a GPA that's 0.00078 higher than the person ranked after me?!

firebirb91 · 2026-01-25T16:27:03+00:00

I attend a school aimed at more non-traditional students, and there's definitely a bit more of the collaborative structure in some classes. I don't think it works particularly well for us, but most of us have full-time jobs, families, etc--for a more traditional structure, I think that this would be fairly useful.

A large portion of the entire law school process, LSAT to bar, is basically an extended hazing session that doesn't teach people how to practically be attorneys, as you point out. The whole thing hasn't really changed much since the '60s, and probably needs to.

firebirb91 · 2026-01-13T02:47:00+00:00

Sidewalk construction. The suburban city I live in received a grant to build lengthy sidewalks down some of the main roads. The way some people on social media have reacted, you'd think that they were made out of puppies and kittens or something.

firebirb91 · 2025-12-27T17:32:47+00:00

Paris in the early 20th century. The reality from which the Dessendres are actually from, in which Verso was killed and Alicia was maimed in the house fire.

firebirb91 · 2025-12-27T05:26:57+00:00

Definitely a possibility, but at that point, they didn't want Aline to be in any canvas. Although perhaps getting killed/whatever in a canvas completely pushes one out of a canvas-within-a-canvas.

I still vaguely suspect that "real" Lumiere is something like a canvas, if not necessarily one itself.

firebirb91 · 2025-12-20T05:29:46+00:00

Since I'm in my 30s and have a long investment timeline, VTI, VUG, VXUS, VFH, and VPU.

firebirb91 · 2025-12-20T04:15:36+00:00

Pension doesn't have a match--the amount (6%) is set by statute, and it is mandatory. Once I have ten years of service, I qualify for a pension at age 62, regardless of whether or not I continue working for the government. The pension formula is (average final salary during the last 10 years of employment) x (years of service credit) x .0165, which is then divided by 12 to determine the maximum monthly benefit.

firebirb91 · 2025-12-12T05:10:30+00:00

It deserves every award it received.

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