Recent content by Damiana

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    Screenshots of empty environments. Why??

    I think probably I am judging them too harshly, when it could be just one person running the whole company. I've been keeping an eye out for higher production-value games that do their screenshots that poorly and haven't seen any. It would be cool if gamers who are really good at taking...
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    How To Remove shield icon from Windows 10 desktop shortcuts.

    This site is perfect for finding the best high-visibility symbols for folder names: https://copychar.cc/symbols I'm using those taskbar toolbars from now on. Great tip!
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    Screenshots of empty environments. Why??

    For some reason, it seems to be standard industry practice to share screenshots of empty environments. This is just the latest example I've seen: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139480/Mask_of_Sanity When I see screenshots like that, either of a completely empty and static environment or...
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    Question Input optional games? Pausable bots?

    I had a moment earlier where I thought, This game was abandoned in 2013, why am I playing this? But I can't stop, because I'm so close to 100/100/100 all buildings. I've got 78% of achievements! How could I stop? If you haven't, I highly recommend playing Cookie Clicker and sticking with it...
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    Question Input optional games? Pausable bots?

    Cool! That looks like a game my friends would have used to run a play-by-email Battle Royale RPG.
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    Question Input optional games? Pausable bots?

    I'm "playing" Cookie Clicker and really like the dungeon feature; it's a mini roguelike zero-player RPG, but you can click cursor buttons to halfway take control at any time. It's very small; and the AI reminds me of Fish Plays Pokemon, it's so simple. Imagine if it were on the level of Dwarf...
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    How To Remove shield icon from Windows 10 desktop shortcuts.

    That's pretty cool. It's like adding as many start menus as you want. https://www.dummies.com/computers/operating-systems/windows-7/how-to-create-a-custom-toolbar-on-the-windows-7-taskbar I tried just now to see, and you can name folders with emoticons. It takes some trial and error to find...
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    Finishing Games

    As far as buying decisions go, I look for future classics that I'll put hundreds of hours into and satisfying one or two-week experiences. I don't buy a whole lot of games for that reason. The ideal game should have enough optional material and replayability to be worth keeping, but not so...
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    How To Remove shield icon from Windows 10 desktop shortcuts.

    You may have noticed some annoying ugly yellow-and-blue shield icons on your desktop shortcuts. This is how to get rid of them. There are at least a few different ways to do this, which you can find easily on Google search. Some pose security concerns or require you to wreck files. The...
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    [Unpopular Opinion] Control's game-logic nonsense makes it unplayable.

    I started out really enjoying Control. It draws a lot from Twin Peaks, and not the most obvious stuff, more from the Return season and Fire Walk with Me, making the game feel like a blue rose case. It's nice seeing FMV sequences actually work for a change, and there's an unusual amount of...