Kind of a hard question to word, but is there anything in your life you have recommended to other people but no one’s ever gotten into?
I love podcasts and have friends who still thank me for getting them into this one or that one. But I’ve never gotten anyone to listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me. I don’t know if the name is unappealing or the concept but people seem to bounce off immediately.
So what can’t you get people into and why should we check it out?
Chipotle tobasco is some of the best hot sauce I’ve ever had. I honestly have no idea if they even sell outside of Louisiana, but if you ever get the chance, try it.
The denizens of Louisiana have such an elevated taste for spice that any time I even mention it to anyone here they say “oh that shit sounds basic, try this one” and I can’t get anyone to actually try it.
It has a kick, but not as hot as a full fledged got sauce. Nowhere near making you sweat hot. But the flavor profile is 👌
I can buy it in Iowa. It’s good stuff.
I prefer a lot more kick, and found a chipotle habanero sauce. But yeah, chipotle is best jalepeńo. Smokey goodness!
I sometimes steal bottles from Chipotle when I go there as I never see it in stores and it’s so good. I literally am willing to commit crime for that hot sauce.
My second favorite tobacco, the lime one being my actual favorite. But it’s never in stores so I always settle for chipotle, since it’s great too and the burn is tolerable for a non “heat-head” such as myself.
Demoscene stuff. Basically just digital art written for fun and to show off your coding skills. People have been doing it since the Amiga. If you’ve ever pirated software in the 90’s to 00’s, you’ve probably seen a realtime animation and mod-based techno track accompany the keygen - that’s an example of Demoscene art.
I can’t find anyone in the US, not even one of the nerds that works in tech with me, who gives a single shit about this stuff. There are parties and conventions all the time, none of them in North America…
I’m traveling to Germany at the end of March to go to a Demoparty just for the chance to meet a single other person who cares. It should be fun.
I made my own prod discovery service if you ever want to check it out: https://prods.page/ (Yes, I need to update it).
I always struggled getting friends into Monster Hunter, until recently. I still primarily solo everything but I got my one Canadian buddy into it (Rise, he said World was too slow and clunky. I’ll take the win either way), and we hunt together when we have time to. My friends are always like “doesn’t look like my kind of game,” and sure, sometimes you can get an idea of how you’ll like a game from watching gameplay. But they never even attempt to play it to see how it actually feels. They just dismiss it and move on. Feels bad, MH is fun as hell. One day I’ll have a full squad lol.
Hello fellow Monster Hunter! Similar experience, but it gets worse as someone who really likes Monster Hunter Frontier - because not even die-hard classic MH players will touch it, because of the perception that it’s “too anime”. It’s sad, because honestly it’s a great time, no other game in the series has Frontier’s level of variety.
Heya! I actually haven’t played Frontier! Mostly on account of the fact that I don’t actually have the means to play it, otherwise I would certainly give it a go. From what I’ve heard others say about it, they said its challenge stemmed from having to claw your way through, and it wasn’t comfortable as their hands would cramp lol. Oh really? Variety in quests? Weapons? And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with some anime flair, though tbf, I wouldn’t ever touch God Eater for that very reason. That one is too anime for me.
I would still try Frontier though. MH has easily become one of my favorite series. I’m still slowly getting through MHGU also but there’s just sooo many quests, holy shit.
Did you ever try Wild Hearts, btw? Sucks it flopped bc I still to this day wanna try it. Looks so fun but I’ve seen and heard all the things lol.
Hey mate, I’m doing a quick response rn and will return at some point to properly write up a lengthier response!
The claw can happen in Frontier if you’re running the default controls - I’ve been playing in Portable mode though, which uses the Tri Classic Controller scheme, although my experience was it’s a pain in the backside to figure out how to change the controls if you’re not used to Freedom Unite’s menus (Frontier was based on Dos)
As for the variety, Frontier boasts something like 188 unique monsters including subspecies, rare species and other variants. Each of these has their weapons (to no one’s surprise). In addition there are two unique weapon classes that haven’t appeared in any other games - the Tonfas which are basically very short dual blades that punch and give air time, unique buffs and a powered-up explosive attack, (think a proto-Insect Glaive), and the Magnet Spike which is the most unbalanced thing I have ever had the pleasure of using in a video game - it simply melts most G Rank monsters. Further, the game has an extra layer of difficulty above G Rank called “Zenith” which includes fifteen unique variants of existing monsters, which has similarities with Deviants from GU. If Frontier does appeal to you, I recommend you track down PewPewDojo’s discord, they can get you set up with a private server.
Can relate to your comments about GU, it’s a massive game and honestly even after playing it for nearly four hundred hours over the span of the last five years I’m still discovering new stuff.
I’ve always been intrigued by Wild Hearts tbh, never had the chance though (it came out during my thesis and just kinda slipped by). I really do need to try it though.
Lemmy
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone outside of Lemmy where I feel their lives would be better if they used it. The only time I feel a want to yell about Lemmy is when people who are on Masterdon or the like blindly promote something on Reddit.
Haha I don’t even usually try. I’ll answer honestly if people ask what site I’m on but I know its a bridge too far for most people.
To a lot of people Reddit is super nerdy, Lemmy is several levels above of nerdy in relation.
I keep recommending Beau of the Fifth Column to people for balanced US and global political talking points. No one even tries it.
Added to my list. Plan to watch on my next chance (Wednesday)!
Me :(
Nobody in all my gamer friends play Starfield like I do. Thank God for online communities.
isn’t it a single player game? i talk to my friends about games we don’t both play all the time, that’s what friends are for.
Yeah it’s single player. I just mean I have nobody to discuss this game with that I know in person.
Bebop and cool jazz.
Bebop is my shit. Can confirm, no one else likes it around me.
I like Charlie Parker but that’s all I know of bebop. I also own a replica of one of his suits from the 40es
I have only managed to convince ONE person to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion, tragically, because it’s my favorite tv show of all time.
I started that once and found it very hard to follow. Intriguing though, and I keep meaning to go back to it.
Oddly enough the thing I’m going to recommend for this thread is the work of Joel Bocko, whose website and general web presence, Lost in the Movies, is superb and really not well enough known IMO.
I mention it here because he’s done quite a bit on Evangelion, so you might enjoy it :-)
Evangelion is not hard to follow. It’s just a fucked up story about fucked up people hurting each other and then the world ends.
Schlock Mercenary. Amazing webcomic, by one of only like 2 webcomic authors that I’m familiar with that have the simple capability of putting out a comic on time (although this no longer applies as the story is finished) and is a fantastic story from beginning to end.
Yet, none of the friends I’ve ever recommended it to have been willing to read it
Yeah, it’s amazing. Definitely my all time favorite comic series.
LSD haha, its insane and awesome, so many people should experience it before thinking they know themselves.
My recommendation is the work of Joel Bocko, whose website and general web presence, Lost in the Movies, is superb and really not well enough known IMO.
He’s best know for his amazingly in-depth looks at Twin Peaks, including Lost in Twin Peaks (a podcast offering episode-by-episode discussion and analysis of the entire run), and the more thematically-based video series, Journey through Twin Peaks.
These are not so much in the “Try to crack the code” mode so much much TP coverage goes for - rather they are about appreciation and analysis of the show as a piece of TV/cinema; its themes and messages, its characters and plotlines, its direction and aesthetics, and its production, artistic vision and contemporary reception. They’re wonderfully satisfying and well put together, and deserve much more attention.
He also does a huge amount of work on other cinema and TV, ranging from major blockbusters (usually in the form of him discussing major films he missed on initial release) to older genre movies to obscure arthouse cinema.
I can’t recommend his work enough :-)
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Virtual Reality has completely revitalized my long dead interest in gaming. I initially I got into it during COVID just to socialize but then I started being immersed in games in ways I never had and it’s all I want to do now.
Myself. 😞
My favorite band is Elend, they’re essentially unknown outside of the metal community in spite of not being metal in any way. (They are one of the only non-metal bands given an exception to be listed on the metal archives.) It’s neoclassical, but at times absurdly violent and their first three albums have harsh vocals. (Note that “Weeping Nights” is more or less an alternate version of “Les Ténèbres du Dehors” where the male vocals have been removed.)
absolutely gorgeous shit with screams
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