Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@Th3solution it depends on what you’re willing exposing yourself to.
I thought I was getting tired of games when I kept playing similar platformers and Metroidvanias.
But exploring the shooter genre again helped me unconver a newfound appreciation yet again.
I was thinking Christian metal was slowly losing its appeal for me, but all I had to do was listen to J-rock as a way to “reset” my senses and cancel out the fatigue.
Romcoms felt like something I could consume forever, but then I took a break, watched more actions shows and historical/political dramas and that gave me the fresh new restart I needed

You just can’t keep exposing yourself to one thing and be shocked when you find yourself fatigued or tired

@Yousef- Agreed… for the most part. I’ve actively been attempting to diversify my gaming. Every year I include a gaming goal that stretches me a little out of my comfort zone. (That reminds me — time to update the New Years Resolutions thread for the final quarter of 2024…)

But with music it’s been harder to do. I follow some of the suggestions the AI algorithm drops into your feed from Spotify / Apple Music (I’ve used both) and it’s hit-or-miss (more often miss). I’ve asked friends to recommend me some new music and they don’t fare much better.

But I do love the Shazam app because I’ll be sitting in a shopping mall and hear a song or be watching a movie and hear a song in it and I’ll Shazam it really quick to add catchy tunes to my playlist. Also, when I run around with friends and they play their music I’ll always ask about an artist or song that they are playing that I like the sound of. It’s just hard to find new music without some kind of exposure. And I don’t have time to sit and scroll through random new songs trying a shotgun approach to the search for something new. There’s a lot of rubbish out there.

@Th3solution music is generally a tougher medium is expand your horizons overall so it’s quite understandable, really. There’s not just a lot to listen to, but a lot you don’t know how to get exposed to.
One of the weird contradictions of discovery is the necessity to discover the thing that’ll enable you to discover new things in the first place.
If you don’t find that seed, many things will be cut off from you right under your nose and you might never stumble across that specific frame of reference that explodes into multiple tiny new discoveries unless by sheer coincidence which is crazy to think about.

There’s the added hindrance of how music isn’t something that instantly clicks without repeated exposure under different contexts.

On a side note thanks for informing me about that little resolution thread. Could be a neat thing for me to use.

Alright guys this is it. As per the request of @Ravix (actually they’re expecting it in hot takes but who the hell would consider the following a hot take by this point) I’m gonna write the down a summary to help all reading here ketchup on what happened recent with The Day Before (The Scam After).

If you don’t know, it’s a kicktaurtersauce game by Fntastic snore, a new game dev in the scene. They had the mustard plan to steak all their crowd funding on this one indie game, but their ham-fisted attempts backfired, and they replied with quite the corny retort saying it was the “gamers” fault. Yeah, sure, sure, buddy. Once they realized their big miss steak, they pulled it from steam and refunded everyone. Sadly, they’re still planning to return. There’s apparently 38 “backers”, but they’re probably just acquaintances trying to sell the cheesy illusion that there’s some secret sauce hidden there. You can tell these guys are trying have their cake and eat it as well.

EDIT MADE TWO HOURS AFTER I POSTED THIS:
If anyone would like me to help them ketchup on any events they missed or anything they’re not familiar with, drop me a word, I’ll do the research and I’ll be back. I’m the mustard of proper summaries.

@Yousef- @Th3solution @BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN @Jimmer-jammer @JohnnyShoulder Is it just me or has PSN been down for several hours? Been getting a notification on PS5 saying "The servers are busy. We'll be back shortly!"

@WiiWareWave don’t use psn these days but I can check the phone app! It’s probably active in Kuwait. Hopefully it’s back for you in a minute! Also, hello been a while!

@Yousef- It has been awhile! How have you been?

@WiiWareWave I’m doing great! I hope you’ve been fine as well, friend! I appreciate the earlier ping btw. Glad you remembered me xD.
Chats here have been lively lately.

@Yousef- Oh and yes PSN has been down for several hours globally, but the PlayStation app appears to be the one thing unaffected so if you're on PSN on your mobile device, that explains why you still have access.

Edit: It does appear to be a DDoS attack, but it's not 100% confirmed as such, quite yet.

@WiiWareWave that’s messed up. Hopefully it’s resolved.

@Yousef- And no problem you're always super friendly so it's easy to remember you. There are only a handful of people here that I remember unless I see them, mostly longtime members, but you're one of the few newer one's I recognize due to your fantastic posts and consistent activity in the forums!

@Yousef- Hopefully soon, but if it is a DDoS that's not quite as bad for us PSN members as "usually" data isn't stolen during DDoS attacks as it's usually just a means to disrupt services, that said NEVER say never when it comes to unsavoury hackers especially with what happened over a decade ago on PSN.

@WiiWareWave I’m honored to know that!
I do try my best, I feel quite humbled 😂
Nice chatting with ya!

@WiiWareWave Yeah, I was trying to play and couldn’t connect. I was excited to have time at home with my PS5 for the first time in several days and this is what happened. 😓

Apparently the issue is resolved now, according to the front page article.

I was trying to play a game from a disc, Dark Souls 2, but when it’s booted up it does some kind of online handshake with servers to load the trophy list and so it would just hang on that screen and freeze. I probably could have tried to disconnect from the internet and try again but I was worried that it would mess up trophy progress or something. Plus, I like playing Dark Souls online to see all the little messages and ghost images people leave behind.

@Th3solution I had a similar-ish worry on Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection a while back. I say ish, as there wasn’t a PSN issue… just that the game would only load up if I was offline. The good news is though that any trophies earned offline will be updated on your profile the next time you log in and sync your trophies.

@colonelkilgore I’m sure I would have been fine. And I’m not deluded to believe I’m going to get the platinum for DS2, but I just don’t like the unknown of not knowing if something is going to end up screwed because of the PSN not doing its thing.

@Th3solution I get it mate… I was a bit concerned with my situation tbh but it was all good in the end.

@Th3solution @colonelkilgore I'm so glad you managed to get through this almost apocalyptic event.

@JohnnyShoulder barely 😉

@colonelkilgore By the skin of your teeth.

Which is a weird saying when you think about it.