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    Do repeating assets ever bother you?

    Only in some cases... Actually really only one case, because it has never bothered me outside of Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk has such high fidelity graphics that it just completely pulls me out of the game to see repeated NPCs and the like. I really don't mind it in most games, because my brain...
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    Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

    Easter I'll be going to my parents house, but I need to bring some roasted broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Need to actually go buy those at the store this week, if I ever get my van done... Which is a weird thing. I've done hard stuff on cars, rebuilt engines, totally rebuilt suspension and...
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    April 2025 General Game Discussion

    I somehow lucked into one of these chairs about 8 years ago. I bought it from some person in a much wealthier neighborhood than mine for about $100 and it's held up very well, though I did have to replace the gas cylinder on it as mine was very wobbly after awhile. I put a heavy duty one in...
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    Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

    The ones without Zelux actually look more realistic. The ones with definitely look more AI, if you know what I mean. The first one I could have mistaken for something real.
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    My Lack of Excitement for DOOM: The Dark Ages

    The first game is essentially reskinned Doom. Doesn't mean it's bad and in fact, it's fun enough that I played through it entirely via a DOS emulator on a PSP several years ago. Hexen I've always meant to try after playing the demo back in 96 or whatever. It seemed very neat with a kind of...
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    Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

    Had been thinking yesterday that maybe the reason I thought my driver side caliper was dying was maybe because the passenger side actually was. When I did the brakes during a road trip last year, the driver side pads were extremely worn, whereas the passengers still had a lot of meat left on...
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    April 2025 General Game Discussion

    I certainly don't. I just know my own posts tend to be very long, so I wouldn't be surprised is all.
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    Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

    No insurance, only Steam gifts. I'm probably perpetually depressed, because it's the vast majority of the way I get things done. I still haven't spent any appreciable amount of time tinkering with AI. I keep meaning to give Flux a go, but I guess I have nothing I really want to create with it.
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    See how much money you've spent lifetime on Steam...

    My break wasn't really full of focus yesterday, at least for reading. We'll see if that goes better today.
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    Who is your favorite boutique or small game publisher?

    Probably New Blood. DUSK was amazing, I'm looking forward to Gloomwood, Fallen Aces is pretty great, but I'm trying to hold off playing until they have more chapters, Blood West seems very cool, but I haven't spent much time with it yet and I've owned Amid Evil for ages, but still haven't...
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    See how much money you've spent lifetime on Steam...

    I see and I definitely did not. Old Spend: $2400 Total: $6543.97 What's Package Only Spend? So I guess then, I'm adding Old and Total, since Old is prior to 2015? So almost $9000? So about $450 a year, considering I've been using steam for 21-years this year. That doesn't seem terrible.
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    Open world end of map boundaries. Your thoughts, preferences, what game does it well, etc.

    Probably my favorite was the double-layer of wall in Motocross Madness. They had a huge mountain that was virtually impossible to get up to, but if you were clever/good enough, you could jump your dirt bike up there and then it was just a flat plain stretching to infinity. If you decided to...
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    See how much money you've spent lifetime on Steam...

    Curious where you guys are getting "Old Spend" from. Do you mean the Account Value? Account Value: $3161 Today's Prices: $11570 Average: $16.98 This is definitely ballpark. A lot of those games I got in Humble Bundle, so they were certainly cheap. But apparently, I've played $2469 of that...
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    Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

    Motivation is just something different to me. I'm motivated to do a lot of things and I'm typically in motion a lot, from making snacks and doing small things around the house, to cleaning up the kitchen and making dinner every day and other random little things, throwing in laundry, feeding the...
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    Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

    Back again, searching for that motivation. I've got all my parts (though I know I'm going to have to go back for a couple and suspect I'll have to go back today for some other ones) and my van is in the garage, ready to be worked on. My wife just went to work and I'm killing my last 10 minutes...