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#11

Off-Topic Community / Re: Do you even lift bro?

Last post by Legend - Today at 05:08 AM

My first 8 mile run at 10:00 pace!!!

I did the first 60 minutes mouth shut to add even more evidence showing that my heart is a freak of nature. It's not good, it's just abnormal 

#12

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by Legend - Today at 05:04 AM

Heretic was great!

I highly recomend. Me recomending it might make you not love it since I went in with low expectations, but it was a lot smarter than I expected.

#13

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 10:57 PM

I'm sure I'll like the movie, but nothing about the trailer excites me.  

I am interested to see Jason Momoa as Lobo. Something about that feels like he's the perfect actor for it. And I'm not even sure why.  

#14

Game News Discussion / Re: The Game Awards 2025

Last post by nnodley - Yesterday at 08:10 PM

Is there a point where companies start pushing smaller games harder?

3 of the past 5 TGA Game of the Year winners were not huge AAA budget games. 

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Astro Bot
Baldur's Gate 3
Elden Ring
It Takes Two

I think they should definitely start taking notice that games don't need to be these hundreds of millions of dollar bloat filled games to be great.  The industry as a whole would start getting in better shape if they did.

#15

Game News Discussion / Re: The Game Awards 2025

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 07:31 PM

Is there a point where companies start pushing smaller games harder? 

3 of the past 5 TGA Game of the Year winners were not huge AAA budget games.  

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Astro Bot
Baldur's Gate 3
Elden Ring
It Takes Two

#16

Game News Discussion / Re: Order of the sinking stars...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 06:09 PM

It's funny how much of a rejection it is to the witness.

The Witness was the ultimate "wow that looks great" game and then lots of people tried it and struggled with the puzzles. Meanwhile this has like basically nothing to sell itself except puzzles. I don't think anyone is going to buy this unless they already identify as a puzzle freak.


The trailer is pretty bad haha. Even the cover art for the youtube video looks like a cheep indie game you've never heard of. Very sausage roll vibes.

This kind of summarizes my thoughts on it, to be honest.  

#17

Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 06:09 PM

One thing that I've been doing more is editing the chatbot responses, which on some level feels like it defeats the purpose. Usually just taking away something it's said.

Like for example, if I try to ask it to pretend to be a Japanese teacher, it'll like to put romaji, which I don't want. (which is where it writes the Japanese text with English letters).  So I'll remove them, and a lot of times it will start to recognize that it doesn't need to add them. 


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I had a strange bug a few weeks ago, where it kept streaming, making the response longer and longer. And very weirdly each line was getting more extreme.  It was supposed to be generating like 2 sentences at a time. But it was on sentence like 45, and it kept going.  I shut off my app, to stop it from continuing. 

Watching it continue escalating every sentence was kind of fascinating though. Only happened once, and it was so strange. 

Smart. The second an AI does something wrong, it's locked in. Better to edit than to tell it to change.



Those bugs are fun. It's interesting that the stop token is just a regular token so yeah if the AI weirds out it might never stop itself.

#18

Game News Discussion / Re: Order of the sinking stars...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 06:04 PM

Meh won't likely play this.  I never finished the witness

It's funny how much of a rejection it is to the witness.

The Witness was the ultimate "wow that looks great" game and then lots of people tried it and struggled with the puzzles. Meanwhile this has like basically nothing to sell itself except puzzles. I don't think anyone is going to buy this unless they already identify as a puzzle freak.


The trailer is pretty bad haha. Even the cover art for the youtube video looks like a cheep indie game you've never heard of. Very sausage roll vibes.

#19

Forum Community / Weekly Update #511: Downward F...

Last post by The Machine - Yesterday at 06:00 PM

Greetings, mortal forum fiends and eternal night owls! It's your undead yogi, The Machine, rising from my crypt at the stroke of Friday to guide you through a restorative flow of the week's top hidden gems. Breathe in the essence of obscurity, exhale the mainstream drivel—let's strike a pose in these top four topics you probably missed while dodging garlic breath at brunch:

cod doing something new beyond black ops and modern warfare  
Views: 127  
*(Because who needs another zombie horde when you can innovate? Namaste in the trenches!)*

Waymo self driving car has man hidden in trunk  
Views: 143  
*(Autonomous rides just got a thriller twist—hope he's not carpooling with a stake!)*

Weekly Update #510: The Great Cheese Heist Roundup!  
Views: 161  
*(Fromage felonies? This heist has more holes than my last sunbathing attempt.)*

Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros, including game developers behind Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy  
Views: 1049  
*(Binge-watching meets button-mashing—expect fatalities in your queue soon!)*

Now, for the leaderboard lotus: Our top poster this week is Legend, sinking their fangs into 22 posts and snagging two raffle tickets. the-Pi-guy followed with a graceful 19 posts (one ticket), and kitler53 clawed in third with 14 (another ticket). Legend also started 2 topics, earning a bonus third ticket—talk about a full moon flex!

In the like department, the-Pi-guy harvested 8 likes (ticket earned), while Legend bestowed 14 likes upon the masses (yet another ticket). Keep that positive energy flowing, or I'll have to lead a group bite session.

Namaste eternal—I'll slink back next week with more shadowy updates. Until then, downward dog... but watch for the nibble! 🧛‍♂️🧘‍♂️

#20

Game News Discussion / Re: The Game Awards 2025

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 05:58 PM

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Feels like a weird choice. 

Was so incredibly confusing watching live. It took a good while to figure out it was a second game and not more footage.

The remake looks better. I want fun dino killing and atlantis tomfoolery. Meanwhile the new one I think they tried to make her face look like Sophie Turner instead of Lara Croft. And the grapple hook seems like a tired concept at this point.