Posts by Lace Sabatons

I'm actually kinda surprised how quickly I fell off of it. I fully intended to find all the shells and such, but the game just lost my interest after I beat it. Probably because I've got so many games I'm dividing my attention between this year.

Duly noted!

Thank you. The book mostly targets more experienced runners of TTRPGs, since the book is unlikely to reach anyone who isn't experienced with them. None the less, I do think it's a fairly accessible text.

You seem to be a bit more active online this past month! It has been nice seeing you around on twitter and on here.

It's always good to see music from earlier periods preserved via modern performance.

Haha, I definitely remember trying to validate my ego by picking hard difficulty levels myself!

These days I will also usually play through a game on normal, but I really appreciate games—like Hades for example—where the game ramps up the difficulty as you get better.

This one honestly works so dang well:

I've come to have a strong preference for games that don't have metagame difficulty selectors. I feel like whenever I am asked to select a difficulty up front, I pick the wrong one. Either I pick 'hard' on games where it's far too punishing to be possible for a first time player, or I pick 'normal' in games where it's entirely too easy to be a fun challenge.

I have enjoyed "count to 10,000" threads on other forums. Particularly when folks are only allowed to use images for the numbers they post.

Like you said, it serves as a reason to check in regularly, and a sort of default space for casual chit chat when the forum is slow elsewhere.

BotW2 feels like a November 2021 release at the earliest. Though, BotW came out in like March or something, correct? And it obviously performed quite well. Though I suspect that was more a result of Nintendo being desperate to get the Switch out as soon as possible, and to start it with a heavy hitter like a mainline Zelda game.

I've been listening to the channel Kaynil posted for a good little bit now. I am really digging that chill vibes, ye olde musik stylings.

Having coworkers you enjoy being around is such a big deal. I'm glad you've got that going for you!

The book is out (https://www.paperspencils.com/new-release-miscreated-creatures/), and I'm in the midst of my regular post-book-launch-depression right now. I might spend some time trying to focus on contract work for other people's books, rather than writing my own. I've picked up some useful skills from going through the process a few times now. Allowing myself to focus only on a certain aspect iof a production, and letting someone else worry about the big picture stuff, would be a nice change of pace right now.

Anybody feel like writing their memoirs or something? My layout rates are very reasonable.

Well there were so many Zelda websites back in the day, my goodness. :O

I suppose I understand what you mean, though TBH I prefer it when games aren't balanced too exactly.

Yeah, our brains are wired funny like that. I catch myself doing it all the time.

Bah, the idea of being 'too old' for something fun is a scam run by miserable adults who don't think other adults are miserable enough. Take joy in what you can.

Well if you are ever inclined to take a photograph, it'd be neat to see our human friend claraviolet and her doll in matching outfits.

I suspect there's a little economics of scale here (they're a niche product, so they get manufactured in small batches, and small batches are more expensive than big ones), as well as a preying upon commodity fetishism. The more expensive they are, the more people value them.

I used to work at company that manufactured water cooling blocks, and we sold a coolant liquid that was formulated & tested specifically to work with our equipment. The coolant was 98% water, so we sold it for something like $4 per bottle. Because it was so cheap, people assumed it was low quality, so they often bought their coolant elsewhere. (And, often, that coolant had chemical in it that were corrosive when used with our equipment).

So we raised the price of our coolant to $15, and it started selling much better, because people perceived it as more valuable, even though it was still the same 98% water solution it had always been.