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by Alex79
Sun Dec 14, 2025 10:07 am
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Currently Playing
Replies: 1857
Views: 686247

Re: Currently Playing

Despite having an infinite backlog of games to play, certainly more than I can realistically play for the entire rest of my life, I decided to restart No Man's Sky the other week. I've already put 30 hours in to this playthrough and got 'further' than I've ever got before, my some margin. I have a t...
by Alex79
Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:32 pm
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: Currently Reading
Replies: 369
Views: 173191

Re: Currently Reading

I'm reading The Fisherman by John Langan at the moment. Just over halfway through and it's really good. I've never been in to horror, but finding myself reading a lot more of it lately, and this, along with The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones are two of the best books I've read this ye...
by Alex79
Sat Nov 22, 2025 7:29 pm
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: The gig thread
Replies: 152
Views: 74250

Re: The gig thread

£40 for a shirt or hat though ffs! Yeah this is a new scam from venues, many of which (i.e. the ones owned by various large corporates, looking at you o2 ¬_¬) now insist on a 20% cut in merch sales, which has driven prices way up. I think it stinks, they wouldn't be making anything if the band were...
by Alex79
Fri Nov 07, 2025 9:47 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: General Gaming News
Replies: 1345
Views: 247664

Re: General Gaming News

Wonder if they might have been able to finish it on time if they hadn't sacked all those workers for wanting to be in an union.
by Alex79
Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:43 pm
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: Currently Reading
Replies: 369
Views: 173191

Re: Currently Reading

I'd fallen off reading for a long time. I had an OG Kindle which I used a lot ~15 years ago but it had no built in light so wasn't much use in bed. We went to Spain in May and I thought I'd treat myself to a new Kindle (with a built in light, no less!) and haven't stopped reading since! I've read 14...
by Alex79
Sun Oct 19, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Celebs are still dropping off....
Replies: 1022
Views: 328119

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Sam Rivers, bassist for Limp Bizkit. Only two years older than me...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3z0pypnpro
by Alex79
Sat Oct 11, 2025 9:00 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Celebs are still dropping off....
Replies: 1022
Views: 328119

Re: Celebs are still dropping off....

Lovely stuff. More dead child sex offenders, please!

In sadder news: Diane Keaton :(
by Alex79
Sat Oct 11, 2025 8:41 pm
Forum: Console Gaming
Topic: Switch & Nintendo News/Discussion
Replies: 280
Views: 155715

Re: Switch & Nintendo News/Discussion

Yeah you can switch between "quality" which is supposedly locked at 30fps and is just as bad as the 30fps mode on the big consoles. Performance mode offers 40fps but feels a lot smoother and there is zero noticeable difference in visuals between the two modes. You can also turn HDR on or off. I play...
by Alex79
Sat Oct 11, 2025 8:15 pm
Forum: Console Gaming
Topic: Switch & Nintendo News/Discussion
Replies: 280
Views: 155715

Re: Switch & Nintendo News/Discussion

Tried out Witcher 3, which I bought on sale for the original Switch ages ago, mostly out of amazement that it would run at all. The difference on Switch 2 is astounding - not quite Series S quality, but it looks great at a locked 30fps and is no longer the blurry, laggy splotch that Switch 1 provid...
by Alex79
Sat Oct 11, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Aaand, In Other News...
Replies: 1227
Views: 292856

Re: Aaand, In Other News...

Absolutely delighted about this.
by Alex79
Mon Nov 25, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series
Replies: 2235
Views: 675676

Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

We started watching FROM last week and are already halfway through season two. Really enjoying it so far. Shades of Lost and The Leftovers, which are probably my two all time favourite shows, but this is becoming a contender if it stays strong.
by Alex79
Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: General Gaming News
Replies: 1345
Views: 247664

Re: General Gaming News

One of my favourite parts of that game was rebuilding the roads to make deliveries between the big depots really easy. It was so satisfying getting a truck and just loading it to max with deliveries along the route. Also building a comprehensive zip line network through the snowy mountain areas - es...
by Alex79
Sat Nov 23, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Currently Playing
Replies: 1857
Views: 686247

Re: Currently Playing

I started playing No More Heroes on Switch last night. Not played it before and it seems pretty fun so far. I also started Sifu on Xbox which seems cool too, only beaten the first boss so far though. I hardly get much time to play these days, it used to be after the kids had gone to bed but now they...
by Alex79
Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:07 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Elden Ring
Replies: 164
Views: 41248

Re: Elden Ring

I'm about 70 hours in to this, around level 75 and mainly put most my points in to Dex and Endurance. Trying to level up intelligence now through just to access a few spells. But man, this game is incredible. Every time I go on I'm finding new stuff, even in areas I thought I'd totally cleared. I've...
by Alex79
Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:49 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Disney +
Replies: 35
Views: 22864

Re: Disney +

Achtung Englander wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:18 am
One of my all time favorite comic series, but after Preacher and The Boys, which were OK but not amazing, I'm not overly convinced. Quietly hopeful, though.