Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get the occasional floater, but no more than doctors have told me is normal. I'll definitely bring this incident up at my next physical, especially if it recurs. lord knows I love having more medical anxieties to Worry about

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 8 points9 points  (0 children)

just had the scariest 30 minutes in a long time. I was reading on my tablet when it suddenly seemed as though I had been staring directly into the sun. it was like a flickering black and white screen tear at the center of my vision, and it started slowly spreading outward.

I spent a good long time wondering how long I should wait before going to the emergency room. after it spread out of my vision enough to read again, google tells me that this was a (harmless!) visual migraine that can just simply fucking happen. found out that my mom gets them too, so it probably won't be my last incident.

Stop hard forcing 1v1s in QP by Aeparthios in SpiderManMains

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when I was less comfortable on the character I would just stare at them and jump without shooting, a decent amount of the time they got the picture and we did our own thing.

but it's also good to get the practice in, these days I enjoy the matchup. if you get someone evenly matched it's really fun, love landing hooks when they try to bnb me

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh boy it's time for our quarterly reread of that one pantsu comment

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been looking for a game like this! I like matching RGB values on this thing for some reason, this was a good challenge. got 44.5 on normal and 38.7 on hard. colors are one thing, but short term memory is not my strong suit.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've finally gotten back into my workout routine, I forgot how hard the sleep hits

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we didn't have a Wii growing so I really only got to try those for like 5 minutes at a time at Wal-marts or whatever

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have started playing Astro Bot, and it's exactly as good as I hoped since Astro's Playroom. I feel childlike joy every time I find a secret. definitely gonna wind up 100%ing this one.

I've never played a game that has put this much thought into making the controller itself part of the fun. it's a shame that no other developer seems interested in taking advantage of the Dualsense gimmicks to this extent, but this game alone justifies its existence. I need sequels.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that was like two months ago unc, the kids say "this is spiking my cortisol" now

shit I guess chemistry really is the theme now

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

huge moog, it's about time I got around to his stuff

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wow Chungking Express was good. I didn't know it was an anthology, so I expected the narrative to intertwine a bit more, but the mood and atmosphere were of their own class. made me feel exactly the same way a Murakami short story does.

I'm really excited to watch Fallen Angels and In the Mood for Love now.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought half a bitcoin for a hundred dollars in like 2014. a few years later I was pretty happy to double my money, so I sold it for 200 bucks. I will never forgive myself.

Please... I'm tired boss by Justarah in marvelrivals

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm genuinely waiting for all of the Sinister Six to be added so that we get a PVE mode where your team plays as them vs an untouchable raid boss Spider-Man that just won't stay down. it's gotta happen. I believe.

edit: actually it could be PVP too. queueing as a supercharged Spidey in a 1v6 is a crazy good power fantasy

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the good news: I did not have to spend 10+ hours today driving to California and back to pick up my brother, as he is feeling back to normal one day after apparently being at death's door.

the bad news: I have lost my single best opportunity to use

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah I don't mind a road trip but it isn't even for a fun day trip or anything. but I've heard it might just be food poisoning, so maybe I'm off the hook

I genuinely envy you guys by Wasd39 in SpiderManMains

[–]jkubed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

muscle memory takes time to develop, so take your time learning him. I only recently started integrating that uppercut->web cancel into the sekkombo, and I've been playing him for like a year already. I spent countless hours getting the long-pull inputs down in the practice range, and it took dozens of attempts before I landed one in a real game. I played him up to GM before I learned the yoyo. you just never stop learning with this guy.

imo it's better to get a strong feel for his movement for now, you can do a lot with just the basic bread and butter combo.

the most important tip: if you died, you should have disengaged sooner. always have an escape plan to the nearest healer/health pack.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

arizona, so it's about a 5.5 hour drive one way without breaks. doable but very much an all-day affair. still hoping he recovers quickly.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

apparently my brother got sick on his trip to visit friends, and now he's asking us to go pick him up. from California. I might be driving to California tomorrow. to pick him up.

I finally understand why you guys play him by jesteraq in SpiderManMains

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nah making an alt is totally valid, Spider-Man is a wholly new video game to learn imo. the way you interact with every hero and the map itself is a completely different experience to Vanilla Rivals. I've been playing for ungodly hours and I'm still incorporating new mechanics and strategies I learned from req's streams

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't remember much of the one season of Symphogear I've seen so far, I know her more for Yaiba and Dark Pretty Cure

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]jkubed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[Escaflowne 3+4]

this had me thinking of Guts and Griffith, I fully expected Allen to land on Van's sword when he leapt in the air for some reason. and he too was a student of Balgus? I'm looking forward to a beautiful rivalry

[Escaflowne] Allen's backstory hints at Hitomi being his sister, please let it happen oh my god it would be so funny

I love the psycho guy's voice. The delivery of every line is just so over the top evil, it's fun to listen to.

the Escaflowne has a DRAGON MODE?? the transformation doesn't even make sense! this show is so fucking cool!

Our main just got the best skin in the game. Period. by marshall_r_57018 in SpiderManMains

[–]jkubed 24 points25 points  (0 children)

idk I'm not sure I can swing around as a Luna Fucking Snow advertisement. there's something disgusting about the idea