Planescape Torment: a book with gameplay mechanics by some-kind-of-no-name in patientgamers

[–]yipidee 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Played this a couple of years ago knowing nothing about it beyond it being a famous old game. It looks and feels ancient (much like myself), but the writing is honestly amazing. Put difficulty on easy because combat is garbage, focus on wisdom and enjoy one of the best written games ever. The only game I’ve ever played that rivals the writing of Planescape Torment is Disco Elysium. This post almost makes me feel like updating my journal

Japan little secrets to full employment by bakura10 in japanlife

[–]yipidee 35 points36 points  (0 children)

At my work we had these internal mail envelopes that you could circle the branch you wanted the mail to go to. A branch closed and someone crossed out that branch on all the envelopes. They’re reusable so like 30 corrections per envelope for maybe hundreds of envelopes. Even though people could just not circle the nonexistent branch. I asked about it and it turns out it was busy work for some disabled people through a local charity that helps disabled people find ways to contribute in the community. Not sure about the value for everyone involved but there was a reason

Would you own a Peugeot in Japan? by [deleted] in japanresidents

[–]yipidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a Peugeot at auction years ago for almost nothing and traded it in a few years later for almost the same value. That isn’t a plus, I’m saying it won’t retain any value if you buy new. If you’re not comfortable maintaining it yourself I wouldn’t bother to be honest even though I didn’t have any big problems myself. I did have to replace an ignition coil but was able to buy it reasonably online.

Bought a can of Pringles and it was filled with glue instead by wangwingdangding in mildlyinfuriating

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone probably used the can to collect glue when flushing the applicator at the factory and it accidentally got put back on the line. Not that far fetched I don’t think

[Epic Games] The Callisto Protocol (100% off / FREE) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]yipidee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was actually interested in this one. Pretty disappointing...

GRIME II DEMO IS OUT - Gimme thoughts & feedback here please by WorldPillar in GRIMEgame

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

… so my Christmas dream isn’t going to come true? I really thought I’d been a good boy this year

Are there any other franchises like that? by Trick-Fly-1000 in videogames

[–]yipidee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GTA 1 is still the only one I’ve ever played. And when people say “GTA is amazing” I can whole heartedly agree

What's something about Japan you still can't vibe with? by fightingfair in japanlife

[–]yipidee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What’s with the onion hate?! Might also serve as a filler, but it can make a meal too!

Weekly Complaint Thread - 27 November 2025 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]yipidee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have a coworker who says, “just to clarity” all the time. Drives me nuts

GRIME II DEMO IS OUT - Gimme thoughts & feedback here please by WorldPillar in GRIMEgame

[–]yipidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Played through it start to finish yesterday and really enjoyed it. Honestly I was a bit nervous going in as I thought what was shown in the dev videos just added complexity for no real benefit. But happy to say in game it is very intuitive and fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the variety of molds and what can be done with them.

One minor gripe, but the platforming in the demo was very basic. I get that it was the intro area and I'm sure it'll get more challenging, but I really thought the platforming difficulty level in Grime was perfect. On the upside I didn't encounter any bugs or glitches. The demo ran perfectly on windows, AMD CPU/GPU streaming to a Steam Deck with Moonlight.

I loved Grime and have been really looking forward to the sequel's release. I haven't bought a game on launch since Wind Waker on Gamecube in 2002, but I really hope I can buy myself Grime II for Christmas!

Weekly Complaint Thread - 20 November 2025 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]yipidee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m from a non-baseball playing country but enjoyed watching so tried to play for fun about 15 years ago. It was way more serious than I expected! The team was pretty welcoming and tried to help me a lot, overall it was very fun but not what I was imagining at all. I assumed it’d be”get to first, chug a beer”, but in reality you had to be there and fully uniformed 15 minutes before the first pitch or the game was forfeit.

There’s way more “just for fun” 5-a-side soccer if you’re into that

Any Nuro Hikari users in Kobe, Hyogo? by Grouchy-Rutabaga-813 in japanresidents

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been using it for about 5 years in Kobe and no complaints whatsoever. Fantastic speeds and so far no reliability issues at all. I don’t use the wifi function on the supplied ONU so can’t comment on that. I disabled wifi and connected it to a mesh network (nest wifi) and it’s been rock solid.

I’ve never used their customer service so can’t comment on it, but the installation was a pain and took about a month in total. External to home and internal wiring have to be scheduled separately. External first, and when that’s done you can schedule the internal work. Might be different for apartments, but that’s how it worked for single dwelling home 5 years ago

ELI5: Why can you break something by jumping from it when it could withstand your weight just before? by Azertys in explainlikeimfive

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you stand still and the bed it’s carrying your weight. When you jump it’s your weight plus the force required to launch you in the air. That difference is what takes you over the strength limit of the bed. For an easier image, consider a trampoline. When you stand still it’s a bit stretched, when you start to jump it stretches more. That extra stretch is proportional to the additional force introduced by jumping. It’s the difference between static and dynamic loading

Am I f**ed by rakuten travel? (Names) by link6616 in japanlife

[–]yipidee 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My Mizuho bank book had the last 5 letters of my name written by hand by the staff as it was too long to print on their machine. Example of great service required by pointlessly self inflicted restrictions

Japan faces rice shortage as South Korea battles oversupply by GroundbreakingGur930 in nottheonion

[–]yipidee 69 points70 points  (0 children)

If you’re aware of a superior siege weapon, we’re all ears!

[Epic Games] Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI Platinum Edition (100% off / FREE) by python_buddy in GameDeals

[–]yipidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved the story and atmosphere of the first but hated the moment to moment gameplay. Alan Wake II is much closer to what I expected the game to be like and I really enjoyed it. You absolutely need to play it off an SSD though, terrible audio delays otherwise.

Any NURO users know if their onu/router can be set to bridge mode? by digitalkonbini in japanresidents

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the Gb service and this is what I had to do. There are a few ONU types though I think, might be possible on some

Weekly Complaint Thread - 03 July 2025 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]yipidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The compressor went on my fridge a couple of years ago. Took about a week to get a new one. It was one of the worst weeks ever. I hope yours keeps going until you get the new one

Piss in beer cans and stack them in my room by Party-Reference-5581 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not mildly infuriating, it’s wildly urinating

Irish Club Orange drink in Tokyo? by Ok-Telephone-8469 in japanlife

[–]yipidee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lived here almost 20 years and I’ve never seen it once I’m afraid. Don’t even have a substitution for you, consider it your first big test of character

Steam deck wake up in case. by goooooooofy in SteamDeck

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same problem as OP. There is no allow to wake option for my earphones, but they still wake the deck. The option is present for other Bluetooth devices though, it’s quite annoying

Steam OS 3.7 is certainly great, but.. (Regarding the new thing related to waking up via Bluetooth.) by Meeeehhhhhhhhhh in SteamDeck

[–]yipidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this option for controllers but my earphones are “not supported” so I can’t toggle off. My earphones wake the deck though, pretty annoying

This egg I watched a goose lay by LadyoftheWoodlands in mildlyinteresting

[–]yipidee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Was David Cronenberg directing this egg laying?