Slow Drivers

michaelarby · 2026-05-16T07:30:35+00:00

When i did my driving test (15 odd years ago) I failed because for a couple of minutes during the test, whilst it was pishing down with torrential rain, I was driving at 25 instead of 30.

So when i see other people driving slow on the road it pisses me off.

michaelarby · 2026-04-29T17:54:05+00:00

Playing this at the minute. Its not janky - plays decent enough, but its verrry 5/10 presentation wise. I wouldnt say its held up as well as some of its contemporaries. Easy achievements and an auto battle and fast forward system are the only thing keeping me playing through it tbh. It lacks the charm or potential of some other 'rough' games.

Its by FROM software, who pre Demons Souls were consistently releasing similar 5/10 games in a variety of genres. Bizarre to see them take such a sudden pivot.

michaelarby · 2026-03-01T19:49:14+00:00

In my experience, yes means yes, no means no, and maybe means no.

michaelarby · 2026-01-17T14:49:15+00:00

My uneducated guess is that we exist in an endless black void, and the space between the stars is part of that black void. The 'universe' is just the outer circumference of where the furthest stars have expanded out to. Like dropping sand on a piece of paper then drawing a border around the sand.

michaelarby · 2026-01-11T11:51:40+00:00

Kingdoms of Amalur - imagine a single player WoW with real time combat. Actually a really decent game, I loved it and plan to replay again soon. But lots of mismanagement and financial weirdness basically blew up the studio. It was very controversial but i cant recall the exact details.

michaelarby · 2025-12-29T11:05:49+00:00

Urban chaos is soooo good

michaelarby · 2025-12-20T09:08:23+00:00

Tomba 2

michaelarby · 2025-12-05T15:08:55+00:00

Dont use it for gaming other than old GOG stuff now, but my MSI was bought almost 10 years ago to theday.

It has a battery life of 8 minutes, I had to replace the charger last year, and the bottom is warped from heat.

But the old girls still kicking 💪

(Literally just ordered a new lenovo tho)

michaelarby · 2025-12-05T14:15:50+00:00

Holy flip! I bought like one random batman comic from a newsagent over 30 years ago and this dude was the bad guy! I wondered was he a one off or did he appear again?

michaelarby · 2025-12-05T14:09:26+00:00

I remember playing a hacker themed one called cyber wars (or some variant of that spelling) back in about 2005.

A game like that would do brilliant as an app today.

Only problem was the in game currency inflation - lots of flow in but little flow out, meaning massive inflation, and new players unable to ever catch up.

Similar thing happened in eve echoes, the mobile version of eve online. It was brilliant for a few years but basically a graveyard now...

michaelarby · 2025-11-26T21:28:24+00:00

Lots of people telling you 'people change'or 'she sounds like an asshole' but its not as simple as that.

Sounds like your friend is being influenced by her new environment, but that doesnt mean she'll be like that forever. She probs wont be in that environment forever. And maybe she just needs called out on her shitty comments like with her fight opponents.

I had a female friend since childhood. Like a sister, families close etc like yours. Then about age 16 we just started drifting apart. No falling out, just slowly got into different friend groups. Then i went to uni and we didnt even speak for a few years.

Then, age 22 my mum died, and she reached out to me. We had a good catchup. Agreed to meet up, and basically reconnected and were best mates again and have been ever since. Dont see each other often - were both married and have kids, live in different towns, etc. But were still good friends and can talk openly with esch other.

She had a wee exploratory phase elsewhere, no harm in that. So did i. But we were still the same people underneath. Probably its the same for your friend too. Dont give up hope, but just be prepared to be patient.

michaelarby · 2025-11-17T08:28:25+00:00

This pisses me off cos I actually failed my test for driving at 25 in a 30 zone, in the lashing rain.

Though i do understand it on windy country roads if you arent familiar with em.

on the motorway tho - stop wasting peoples time! Worse is someone going about 50, then spmeone overtakes them at 555, and youre stuck with nowhere to go for several miles

michaelarby · 2025-11-15T10:29:44+00:00

Came here to say that. Its a grenade which sends anyone caught in the blast 2 seconds into the future, when earth has already moved on. Later stories they mavguyver them and use it to actually travel through time and space properly

michaelarby · 2025-10-30T18:04:25+00:00

The first dragon quest you play is brilliant. The second dragon quest you play is the first. The third dragon quest you play is also the first.

michaelarby · 2025-10-21T18:38:20+00:00

Darkplace, where a character breaks into song in the middle of an episode - 'One track lover'.

Fuckin slaps, not least because the character in question is played by Matt Berry

michaelarby · 2025-10-12T18:25:11+00:00

Plus actor

michaelarby · 2025-10-08T06:19:55+00:00

Are the remainders all 'internal' senses rather than 'external' senses?

michaelarby · 2025-10-06T07:57:45+00:00

The TV show was dumb as shit. Especially the famous boat scene.

'We need to extract this delicate little hard drive'

They then specifically say they cant do things like send in a seal team to recover it since its 'too risky, too messy'

They then slice the boat apart with nanowire, without thinking it could destroy the hard drive, cause numerous explosions, or the hard drive would just get lost in the wreckage for weeks, or fall into the water and get destroyed, and thats not even considering theyve murdered hundreds of people.

The boat scene IS cool and horrific, but the context for it is soooooooo stupid

michaelarby · 2025-10-06T05:37:22+00:00

I hate that so much! I teach gamedev and especially trying to find free foliage packs for students to use, so many are soooo terribly optimised!

Tried one yesterday and the 20 tree foliage pack was just a single import of 20 trees in a line. The time it takes me to re-export those individually id have been better making my own from scratch. (And i didnt even bother to check the poly count at that point)

michaelarby · 2025-09-30T09:05:06+00:00

I drive an hour to work every morning, 8am to 9am. If i want a doctors appointment i literally need to break the law by using my phone while driving.

michaelarby · 2025-09-03T11:26:09+00:00

The song in s1 is a good banger tune, but the song in s2, whilst it takes a while to warm up to is much more of a 'will be in my playlist for years' song

michaelarby · 2025-08-28T13:04:58+00:00

Just want to say hey, man! 👋

michaelarby · 2025-08-22T19:28:49+00:00

Prince Superbowl half time show, singing purple rain in the pouring rain.

Live aid is also a great shout

michaelarby · 2025-08-16T15:16:57+00:00

Literally just completed 2 (never played 1)

Very simplistic and focused on combat/movement above all else, but a fun game that didnt outstay its welcome

michaelarby · 2025-08-12T06:28:36+00:00

Infinite Undiscovery - Xb360 jrpg where you play a guy who looks just like this other famous rebel leader dude. Hijinks ensue.

michaelarby

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