They’ll get rid of it.

A gun? In this country? It’s got more rights than most of us.

Lol, could’ve been bad. I hate the new UI.

If you swipe down on the notifs twice, you can edit them to be similar to the previous style.

On topic of your post, fuuuuck everything about their forcing AI, but my biggest gripe is how they moved the audio display (from, like, Spotify or audiobook readers/podcast apps) to the bottom of the lock screen as a tiny bar on the bottom instead of showing me all the info as it did before. It’s super annoying when I swipe to unlock and pause what I’m listening to.

Well, it worked tho! Lol

Oh, and I agree. I understand that. It’s also the first film to piss me off, in my formative years.

Still fkn hate it! ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Agreed. Still hate it.

I’m not your buddy, pal! (⁠╯⁠°⁠□⁠°⁠）⁠╯

(⁠ﾉﾟ⁠0ﾟ⁠)⁠ﾉ Oh no! A ghost!

I said what I said! ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

I respect it, appreciate it even. But my God, I hate that film.

Oh valid, my bad. I saw it in passing when I googled him and put two and two together to make eight lol

Hmm, I did some quick googles. Wiki didn’t have much on his finances, just his work. But from few sites, it seems he definitely was blacklisted but made a return throughout the 70s and 80s but nothing big took off and he still ended up broke doing commercials because he lived too loud with his money. So it seems it started with being blacklisted but he also was spending too much money? I dunno. I’d have to read more, but sounds about right from what I remember of a film appreciation course I took a decade ago that started with fkn citizen cane.

At least you had the common courtesy not to comment with the panic (⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠)

Thank you thank you! I panic commented because it was driving me nuts. Then realized I could Google old man wine commercial and got the answer.

But I appreciate you! Thank you!

That guy is someone famous and lost all his money so he did ads, right? I cannot remember his name and it’s driving me insane. I think he like… Directed films? If I recall correctly, he was a bit of an ass.

I cannot remember his name. 😭

Edit: I googled old man wine commercial.

It’s Orson Welles. The author of War of the Worlds and I think Citizen Cane. Itch scratched!

Side note, citizen cane is awful. I don’t care that it’s said to be top cinema. I hate that boring waste of 3hrs.

Truth!

16 if I’m cold, 17 if I’m warm, 20 if I just got out the shower right before bed. If I shower and stay up reading or such, back to 16/17. Tits out for harambe, 100%.

The aesthetic is on point. I think it has a vibe that is definitely not something I’ve seen before. Minus the phantom flayers (⁠ب⁠_⁠ب⁠)

Tunic is super cute! I haven’t played the crab one, but I’ve seen vids. Maybe one day I’ll pick it up.

As for your point, that’s part of the fun for me (as outlined in the post). When I played Diablo and Diablo II as a kid, I’d always have to see every inch of the map. In Elden Ring, it was always my goal to explore any corner or dungeon or castle that I could see. The stories are all good and fine, but for me, it’s the escapist dream of being a knight witch that can enter a big castle and completely dominate the occupants. Like a one-person siege machine. And if I can do that while pulling huge spells for area effect, I’m even happier. Just hiking up stone steps, throwing fire tornados or meteors… The dream!

I do wish the spells in every game I’ve played were more epic, ya know? My dream game would be to throw a literal tornado at a castle and have the baddies be smart enough to run for cover instead of getting hit. More of a dynamic sort of fighting but with massive spells. The only critique I have of fromsoft is the stagnant worlds. Just a dude standing in the middle of a courtyard, waiting to get shreked is a little bland. I’d love to see a castle that operates as a castle instead of a bunch of waiting-to-die group of baddies.

Ohhhh, PC issues? Sorry. I never had enough money for a decent enough gaming computer to be able to play many games.

I’ll concede the hub in Demon’s Souls is much better than Elden Ring. No matter what, I turned down the wrong corridor. Either looking for the blacksmith, or the twins, or the two fingers, didn’t matter. Every damn time, I’d go down the wrong way.

Plus, it felt… Empty? Demon’s Souls hub is much larger but still has an aesthetic that feels like everyone is scared, tired, or restless. I like that you can “save” people like Dead Rising and see them back at camp. It feels more immersive. Elden Ring has that too, but not as many NPCs end up there from what I remember. It’s more that they’d always leave the hub, like the lady who hugs. Plus, after the burning of the tree, it’s completely abandoned except the black might guy. Always feel bad that I couldn’t get him out. It’s like the people in the hub all just served as exposition on the lore of the world, not “real” people. I didn’t go back there nearly as much as in Demon’s Souls

Without looking down? I’m not sure what that means.

I will say the controls are irksome with sprint being circle. I tend to half-claw my controller. Like, left hand is regular grip, but right hand is thumb on the R3 stick, middle finger for the triggers, and index finger for the circle button. While using thumb for the X, triangle, square buttons.

In GTA, I tend to push the camera forward to look a little down while driving. Helps me see stuff a little better but drives people nuts when they watch me play lol

Bloodborne was my first. It was always… Okay. I still don’t know what the hell was happening. Apparently there’s a night mode you can unlock??? I consider Elden Ring my first true one. I played the hell out of the base game. I’ve only got to complete the final boss twice to unlock all the trophies lol. But I definitely need to pick up the dlc one day soon.