Mike Braverman

Yeah, that was pretty underwhelming ngl. And definitely not designed for single player. Lot of missions revolving around one player doing something while others are clearly supposed to be defending them, and the damage boost and little drones they give a single player really don't compensate.

Love the bosses so far though. Love the variety and chaotic energy.

Like, why can't I get the chest on that cliff? It's too high, I need the Hookshot.
vs.
Why can't I push the button? It's a Purple Button and you have the Red Kong.

Even the most egregious examples in Zelda games handle this more gracefully.

I'm like 2/3 through DK64 and while I am liking it, it kinda feels like it exemplifies the "lock-and-key" design that people often accuse the Zelda series of relying on. It puts way more emphasis on the color-codedness of the Kongs instead of the differences in their abilities.

Finally got an N64 flash cart and now I can play Sin and Punishment the way it was meant to be played!

Yes, this is pretty in line with what I've read the past 5 years. The vaccines definitely were more effective pre-Omicron. 26.1% effectiveness against infection certainly isn't nothing, it's absolutely not enough to be your only means of protection, especially since effectiveness declines so rapidly

I think I JUST learned how to use a compressor correctly.

God i wish that happened two weeks ago.

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BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

begin and through the first few days (and about half of cases are asymptomatic anyway) so the shorter duration does not tend to reduce transmission.

I never said it was useless, in fact I said I stay up to date with vaccines and encourage everyone to do the same. They do not significantly reduce chance of infection, but you are right in that they DO reduce the duration of the initial disease. However, most transmission occurs before symptoms-

It's more like saying seatbelts do not prevent car crashes. Unfortunately, community transmission is not significantly different between vaccinated and unvaccinated communities. It's why new nasal vaccine candidates in development showing to stop transmission is such a big deal.

I'm not. The vaccines do prevent serious illness and death, this has been proven. I stay up to date with the covid vaccine every year.
But it does not prevent infection or spread. This is why several countries have been working toward more effective nasal vaccines for covid for the last few years.

Update: replaced the gears on my n64 control stick. Controls considerably better now, though I still don't love the way DK controls.

*or prevents infection

Thing is, there is still not currently a vaccine that prevents the spread of covid or prevents long covid.

Now that you’re into the nuanced, political plot of Final Fantasy Tactics, you may be curious about the sequels. Well strap in buddy I hope you like a version of The Neverending Story starring some absolutely rancid boys.

Started Metroid Prime: Federation Force and I can kinda see why people didn't like it when it came out. The mission based structure essentially removes the main appeal of a Metroid game. Admittedly, I'm sure I'd like it better if I were actually playing with other people.

god i hate linkedin

Only four more games til Persona!

I was expecting to try this game out for a bit and then move on, but I'm actually kinda getting into it. There's something to be said about how the initial grind gives you a chance to feel out the area and your party, and the Auto battle makes it pretty painless.
#retrogames #megaten #nes

Covid accelerates vascular aging
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...

Also am I the only one who thinks its weird that we talk to the three goddesses for the first time in the series and there's just like...no fanfare? Like, that should be a big deal, right?

#EchoesOfWisdom handles a lot of things from BotW/TotK in I think much better ways (exploration while telling a story, creative puzzle design) but still brings some things over from those games that don't really make sense for this game (crafting, lots of warping, that awful inventory UI, quest log)

To summarize
-waves are not seasonal
-vaccines are waning
-people are getting long covid
-it’s still not an endemic disease
-very young kids are at increased risk because they didn’t go through the initial vaccine series

Oh and it turns out, Covid Cautious people have been right the whole time.

Happy #IndieAnimationDay everyone! We're proud to show what we've been cooking up so far! Hope you'll stay tuned for more! 👀

Animation: @croxistudios.bsky.social
Voice Acting: @mikesean45.bsky.social

I've finally gotten into Donkey Kong 64 despite having the cartridge since I was like 5 years old. I really don't wanna compare it to Mario 64, but I'm really surprised at how...not good the controls are?

Also I love that they made Link canonically mute in this game, I think that's kind of awesome?

I'm about halfway through Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and my impressions so far are that Echoes work really well and make for some great puzzles, but really, really don't work for combat.
#Zelda #EchoesOfWisdom

If Endwalker was influenced by our initial reaction to the pandemic, Dawntrail, especially the patch MSQ, very much feels influenced by our way of coping five years into it. An advanced society that at the behest of their leader, individualistically refuses to grieve at the expense of others' lives.