Found this on a YouTube short a week or so ago, and I saw another short for that old Powder game which reminded me of this one.

Just a fun little pixel sandbox game. It does work on mobile too.

Only 3 days, but eh. I don't care. I only go on there to read comments about certain topics that pique my interest (games I'm currently playing, other current news stories) and very seldom comment, unless it really gets under my skin.

I left a comment on a post about the recent ICE killings, saying that anyone and everyone should be "armed to the fucking teeth when going to their next ICE protest, because it's much harder to oppress someone when they're ready and willing to put the other person down like the rabid dog they are."

And I'd fucking say it again.

I'm out in the garage having a smoke, when I look up and notice this little guy just chilling. I watched him for a couple minutes and he didn't even move.

So I just got down watching the Riddick Trilogy for the first real time in years. I had seen the third one, Riddick, in theaters when it first came out, and liked it enough but just kinda brushed it off as a generic sci-fi movie. It wasn't until a few years later when I watched Pitch Black and then Chronicles of Riddick, and started becoming a fan.

This most recent watch, I watched them all back-to-back including Riddick for the very second time. And I gotta say, I fucking love these movies. They're over the top, batshit, badass, and basically run on the rule of cool; but there was also a lot of thought put into the world the movies inhabit and the designs of the technology the characters use.

I liked the small feeling of Pitch Black, and the desperate plan from the survivors of the crash. The creatures were brutal and pretty scary even if they look like hammerhead sharks.

I really liked the setting and story of Chronicles, throwing Riddick and the audience into a much wider universe than the first one even let on. I love the Necromongers' heavy gothic designs and the effects used to show how their technology works with the almost ghostly energy when you see the ships fly. And their whole intro at the beginning of the movie is badass too, and how they show up in the comet that supposedly hails their coming. I'm a fan of that 40K-like mix of sci-fi and fantasy elements.

Riddick is also just as enjoyable as the first two imo, especially if you watch it while Chronicles is still fresh in your mind, or right after. It does basically become Pitch Black 2, but there's enough that's different about it.

I guess I just made this post to say that the movies are fun and you should watch them, if not for the story then for the action; and if not for that then watch them for the worldbuilding and the set and prop design, because there's a lot to enjoy onscreen.

I've never REALLY played Minecraft (I've only messed around with creative and building things), never played but am somewhat interested in Hytale, and never played but very interested in Vintage Story.

MC has a mod pack called Abyssal Ascent, which stacks like 8-12 different dimensions on top of each other (like the nether, plus a bunch of other custom modded ones) and you have to climb your way out from essentially the center of the world. Haven't played this one either, but I've seen some cool videos and read about it.

I'm kinda looking for something that would scratch that modpack itch, but in reverse. Something that starts on the surface, and just keeps going down, finding different layers the deeper you go.

I'm also cool with general pros/cons between MC, Hytale, and Vintage Story; I'm leaning heavily toward VS.

Edit: I appreciate the suggestions so far, I've added a couple to my wishlist. I would like to add that I probably should have specified that I prefer 3D games to 2D, and I put "depth" in quotes in the title because I'm looking for physical depth to dig down into, but I do like deep mechanics and systems too.

Edit 2: I got Vintage Story. I played for a couple hours on my first world, but I think I'll treat it like Zomboid where I learn a little more each time I start a new save, because I feel like I kinda already fucked myself with the world settings lol.

So I used to have this on VHS, and it's honestly one of my favorite childhood movies. Some scenes maybe haven't aged super well, but the soundtrack is still imo an all-time banger.

So I've been making my way through MCC again, and I finished Halo 4 the other night and started some Spartan Ops today.

Holy shit, the Prometheans are honestly fucking terrible. Like what the actual hell were the devs on when they made these guys? The Watchers are the most bullshittest enemy to ever bullshit, Crawlers are incredibly annoying (although easy to pop) and Knights are just time-consuming bullet sponges.

On top of that, the despawning weapons thing is completely fucked. It screws you out of any possibility of scrounging up ammo during or after intense firefights, so God forbid you want to hang back and take your time picking off enemies before making your way to the next objective.

Spartan Ops is just more bullshit on the shit cake. Just incredibly unbalanced to where some missions are too easy and you're done in 5 minutes, and others you just get swarms of enemies that hunt you down relentlessly as soon you spawn in.

Saw this guy just chilling by my hotel when I went out for a smoke.

I was just wondering everyone's favorite level(s) were/are. You can explain why you like it, or you can just name drop the level you like most.

Mine are probably:

1. Assault on The Control Room, I love the big epic set pieces of the level, and it has probably the best/most "examples" of what Halo is as a game than any other in CE. You have big weapons, vehicles, large open battles, and awesome music.

2. Delta Halo from Halo 2. I love the lush jungle setting and going through the underwater elevator is always fun. Plus I love just beating the hell out of Truth.

3. Halo, from Halo 3. Like Assault on The Control Room, this level has it all

I have a cool job that lets me travel around to different conventions, and I've been seeing these Nat20 Sabers folks at pretty much all of them. I finally decided to check them out, and it's actually pretty sweet!

At their booth, they have a "forge" set up with different pieces so you can make your own custom hilt, then they put the electronics and all inside. The blade is extremely durable and can take a beating. They had a sign reading "free lightsaber battles" so people could mess around and try them out, and they encouraged them to hit them pretty hard.

It has (I think) 9 different sound fonts, motion controls, color change, accelerometer so it reacts when you move it even just a bit which is actually very nice, clashing effects, blaster deflecting effects, a drag effect for some theatrical moments (like you're dragging it along the wall or floor), and saber locking effects.

Overall it honestly just feels really nice, and it's decently lightweight as well so you can really swing it.

So I've been playing through all the Arkham games lately, and I had an interesting thought about the whole Arkhamverse as a storyline.

I think the entire game series is based (loosely) on The Killing Joke story, with other major events, references, and storylines lifted from other Batman comics. I just think TKJ was used as a basis for the games' world.

We see Joker's beginning with his flashback at the end of Arkham Origins, which is almost identical to his TKJ origin, as well as him crippling Barbara in that flashback during Arkham Knight (right down to the clothes he's wearing). The overall dark tone of the games lend to this theory, as well as Joker being shown just how sadistic he can be.

What do you think?

If it's at all possible. I just find it kind of annoying to have to scroll through super long posts just to get to the comments. Review threads for newly released games in some of the gaming communities are what prompted this idea lol.

Edit: what the hell is going on with that account that keeps spamming nonsense?

So I like to use Xbox controllers (doesn't matter if it's first- or third-party) because I like the layout, it's just comfortable to me. However I've noticed that on all my controllers in the past few years, the left thumb stick will start to "give out" over the course of a couple months. For instance I'll be pushing it forward all the way, but it won't register for some reason and my character will only move a little bit. Sometimes wiggling it a bit will fix it, sometimes it doesn't. And it's not like I'm squeezing the hell out of the controller or mashing the stick constantly; in fact it's made me try to be more delicate with my controllers, even though I'm just playing the games normally.

Is it just how controllers are, or am I just getting the shit end of the stick?

So I like to use Xbox controllers (doesn't matter if it's first- or third-party) because I like the layout, it's just comfortable to me. However I've noticed that on all my controllers in the past few years, the left thumb stick will start to "give out" over the course of a couple months. For instance I'll be pushing it forward all the way, but it won't register for some reason and my character will only move a little bit. Sometimes wiggling it a bit will fix it, sometimes it doesn't. And it's not like I'm squeezing the hell out of the controller or mashing the stick constantly; in fact it's made me try to be more delicate with my controllers, even though I'm just playing the games normally.

Is it just how controllers are, or am I just getting the shit end of the stick?

So I like to use Xbox controllers (doesn't matter if it's first- or third-party) because I like the layout, it's just comfortable to me. However I've noticed that on all my controllers in the past few years, the left thumb stick will start to "give out" over the course of a couple months. For instance I'll be pushing it forward all the way, but it won't register for some reason and my character will only move a little bit. Sometimes wiggling it a bit will fix it, sometimes it doesn't. And it's not like I'm squeezing the hell out of the controller or mashing the stick constantly; in fact it's made me try to be more delicate with my controllers, even though I'm just playing the games normally.

Is it just how controllers are, or am I just getting the shit end of the stick?

Like, I travel around for work and I've met plenty of people from all backgrounds.

Why is there a demographic of people who don't seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it's an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I've met that smell bad are usually you're average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I've met a concerning number of people who don't seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don't even bathe regularly; it's starting to become an issue for me, as I don't even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.

Does anyone have any possible insight?