Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[EaldNarche]

At least squirrel girl is plus size

fat squirrel bitch

[Snoopy]

$4000 a month is around 3 grand in proper money which is shit for 2 people really. It's doable but once they've paid the bills there's probably fuck all left for funsies. 
On a completely different topic. One of our neighbors is a middle aged black lady. She's very sort of wise and warm. Like Mother Abigail. I'm always having to contain my inner tard and stop myself from asking her for her teachings. Is that racist? It feels racist but not in a hateful southern furry failed artist way, but more in a Stephen King, she's black and she's old so she must know many things way.

[Straight Edge]

Wtf is “proper money”?

[Uncle]

rumored Intergalactic plot leak

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/4chan-intergalactic-full-plot-leak-open-world-uncharted.1678562/

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

but it's not true

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/12/17/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-plot-leak-fake/

tbh the most unbelievable part of it is "we sent it to schreier and he's considering whether or not to release it," he would immediately throw it into the trash even if it was true so as not to side with chuds who want to damage a game studio

[kaleidoscopium]

Hey Yall,

This thread is about F.D Signifier's video regarding Diddy, the allegations against him, and the darker aspects of Hip Hop culture through which men like Diddy were able to persist. This thread is not about Amber Heard.

Feel free reread the many threads we've had on the subject. But continued derails here are going to start getting actioned.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/f-d-signifier-its-bigger-than-diddy.1062954/page-3#post-133118532

[DavidCroquet]

"SkillUp is a Chud Devil Nazi!" 

"F.D. Signifier is an Amber Heard stan!" 

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ps-portal-could-be-sonys-entry-level-playstation-its-a-game-changer-for-this-tv-sharing-parent.1063278/

I picked up a PlayStation Portal at the weekend from Facebook Marketplace, so I've come in to the userbase after the release of the Cloud-Streaming beta. Thoughts now follow, and I'm not being paid to say this! 😆







ENTRY LEVEL PLAYSTATION



This thing is awesome. In fact, I would go so far as to say - in places with high speed Internet (that's a sizeable caveat I know) - this should be Sony's entry level device. At MSRP, it costs half the amount of the cheapest PlayStation-proper. It's under ⅓ of the cost of their new flagship model. I imagine if you stripped out DualSense features or cost-reduced the components, you could really drive the cost of something like this down even further.



A new handheld with dedicated silicon will not be cheap, and this device makes me question the wisdom of even making one. You could put this tech in a dongle, or release a version with HDMI-out, and you'd have a gateway drug to the world of PlayStation. As long as users' Internet could handle it, and with some improvements - this could be the last version of PlayStation some people would ever need.



I have mixed impressions / experiences of the cloud streaming from Sony's servers, which I'll get to in a moment - but from both the PS Plus library and my own PS5 - it generally works very well!



If you shop around - you can get the Portal for less than the RRP/MSRP of £200. I picked mine up for £140, and having played over the weekend and the last couple of days - I consider that a bargain.





MORE WAYS TO PLAY



The Switch transformed any notions of how, when and where I could play my Nintendo library; it conveniently reduced the costs incurred personally too, because I no longer have to buy two separate devices each generation. Xbox Play Anywhere and cloud streaming have let me play Xbox games on my mobile devices and PC in a similar way. I actually played Psychonaughts 2 entirely via streaming (on a tablet, with a proper gamepad) long before I eventually picked up a Series X. This device has been similarly transformative for me for PlayStation.



I have 2 small children and a wife that loves watching TV / Films / Youtube. At the start of this gen, I invested in a new TV, but I'm not anti-social -- we all share it. Anything that gives me "more ways to play" is most certainly a positive.



I have felt myself at odds with the wider Internet at times this year, because - while people have been lamenting the performance of the Xbox (and seeing the multiplatform strategy as some kind of death knell), I have been playing my Xbox more than my Switch or my PS5. For the last few days I've been playing Indiana Jones on the Xbox itself, and if the TV is in use of an evening - I play it on my PC. The save game seamlessly synchronises and away I go. I could stream it if I wanted, to similar effect.



Over the past year, I've picked up games for the PS5 and then just let them linger in the backlog. Every month, I try and find time to check the monthly PS Plus games and maybe download one or two of those - but I don't really play them.





ENTER THE PORTAL



Upon day 1 of owning this device, I went back to Astro Bot, and last night I platinumed it. I went back to Ratchet and Clank. My youngest son had deleted my save in Spiderman 2 months ago and I found it too demoralising to start another. I've now started again. I've got other games like Sonic x Shadow Generations, Frontiers, FF XVI, GOW:R - in various states of play, unfinished, and I feel I can finally crack on with them. There are smaller-budget games I just haven't had the time to try, or I would prefer playing them on my Switch, now I feel like the PlayStation is an option. I feel like I'm finally able to get my moneys worth from my PS5... it just cost another 140 quid to make it happen 🙈





CLOUD STREAMING



My time spent with the cloud streaming is kind of limtied but I've played a few PS One games and the opening parts of FFVII remake. The way it all works is quite nice, the quality - particularly on the handheld's screen, is at a good standard, and the input latency is - in my opinion - acceptable and often quite good. However, one critique I have is that the way they handle game-saving and connection-loss is a bit frustrating.



I was moving around the house when playing FFVII's intro sequence, and I lost connection -- when I restarted, it was basically a whole new session -- I had to play everything again. To me, it would make sense to suspend (or pause) games on a connection loss, and keep sessions alive for a minute or two. This would give players a chance to reconnect and resume the game. I'm sure there are some kind of heuristics they could employ to detect if the connection loss was intentional, ie. is the user back online, is their account or Portal reachable? They could suspend the game, poll for PS sign-in a few times, backing off gradually until just giving up. That's what I'd do personally. I realise that might come with higher running-costs.



Likewise, they are telling users they can transfer their saves and download games to their physical device after streaming - and I think this is just bad UX. I may be wrong, and it may already work like this (in which case they should probably just change the advice) - but to me, I think they should just be synchronising saves automatically. Make it seamless like play anywhere games for Xbox and Xbox PC.





HEADSETS



I understand why Sony are using their own proprietary system for headsets. I use bluetooth pods with my Switch, and there's an ever so slight latency when using them - but I find that super convenient. My choices with Portal are either a Pulse headset or something wired. I'd like to see more options in future.





TLDR



This is, to my gaming life, what I hoped it would be. It actually increases my interest in devices like Logitech's GCloud - because I find myself wishing I could also play my Xbox and PC library on it. I suppose going forward that might get easier 😆 - I was a little disappointed to read that the HEVC decoder hack that allowed PSP emulation has been patched, and kind of hope it gets hacked again to allow universal streaming domination.



All in all, I'm happy with my purchase and I just wanted to share thoughts in case anyone else is in a similar boat and needs pushing over the edge

Legit paid advertising for PlayStation Portal

[DavidCroquet]

Seems like Era is having a season of "why don't the children's IP I engage with continue to match my interests as I get older?"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-did-sonic-team-ditch-lost-world%E2%80%99s-gameplay-style-after-one-game.1062894/#post-133089243

They do this after every game

Its so weird

If something doesnt work change it

If something works change it

Are Sonic fans horny and want dating/ adult content yes but deny them forever and always

Theyve been masters at leaving money at the table for decades now

Extremely normal answer to the question "why didn't Sega make another game with the gameplay of Sonic Lost World".

[Uncle]

probably because sonic team is reactionary about whatever's popular

lost world was a cheap knockoff of mario galaxy

frontiers is a cheap knockoff of zelda breath of the wild/derivatives

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/f-d-signifier-its-bigger-than-diddy.1062954/page-3#post-133119219

As I've gotten older and especially as I've become a parent, I've fallen out of love with hip hop. I can only take it in small doses. The cultural disdain for women and poor men is just too much for me sometimes. It's a lot to unpack.

Someone ban this bigot for deploying these racist dogwhistles about hiphop music!

[benji]

rumored Intergalactic plot leak

but it's not true

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/12/17/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-plot-leak-fake/

[Jansen]

[Polident]

Will blue sky ever have an original joke that breaks containment? Or will it be like era. Where after seven years, the only notable post is “sure thing, boss” repeated here and nowhere else.

[Uncle]

Will blue sky ever have an original joke that breaks containment? Or will it be like era. Where after seven years, the only notable post is “sure thing, boss” repeated here and nowhere else.

  

[ClothedMac]

What's going on in a society always seeps through in Art which is obviously often times made by ignorant (if not straight up problematic) people.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/page-4#post-133109499

Sure you do Malik, sure you do.

. What does Nepenthe think of that?

[Uncle]

Speaking of manufactured scarcity out of greed, don't tell me this thread is dragging again.

it's christmas  

also conflates with less content on the era side too other than suicide threads

[Besticus Maximus]

A lot has changed since covid. As I stand here, the beautiful wife of a lovely lady from the internet called Glazed Ham, I find it hard to believe that I was posting in the official xbox thread as an out and out xbox fan. These last few years have seen me evolve into a kind of superbeing, a potent sexual god if you will. However I am also very sad, and in need of gundams for xmas. Please indulge me for repose of your own souls in the afterworld that is to come.

[Jansen]

Speaking of manufactured scarcity out of greed, don't tell me this thread is dragging again.

it's christmas  

also conflates with less content on the era side too other than suicide threads

He meant slow loading sir

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/since-his-emotional-speech-at-the-game-awards-last-week-amir-satvat-has-received-countless-hate-messages-accusing-him-of-being-a-tencent-plant.1063338/

Are they really going to go to bat for this dude?

https://boundingintocomics.com/video-games/video-game-news/geoff-keighlys-the-game-awards-honored-amir-satvat-as-a-folk-hero-for-laid-off-devs-in-reality-hes-a-tencent-exec-who-runs-a-glorified-unemployment-list/

[EaldNarche]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/since-his-emotional-speech-at-the-game-awards-last-week-amir-satvat-has-received-countless-hate-messages-accusing-him-of-being-a-tencent-plant.1063338/

Are they really going to go to bat for this dude?

https://boundingintocomics.com/video-games/video-game-news/geoff-keighlys-the-game-awards-honored-amir-satvat-as-a-folk-hero-for-laid-off-devs-in-reality-hes-a-tencent-exec-who-runs-a-glorified-unemployment-list/

You're not moved by Amir opening up a homeless shelter for out of work game devs? 

[Jansen]

Google spreadsheets are the new homeless shelter huh

[PogiJones]

https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-switch-2-speculation-thread-st-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-2.7757/post-1469149

I really want to see at least a montage with the big games from the supporting 3rd-parties like
Witcher 4, Cyberpunk Complete, Monster Hunter Wilds, Okami 2, Onimusha, Resi, Final Fantasy, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear, EA FC, Madden and perhaps things Elden Ring, Nioh1+2, Assasins's Creed, Starfield e.g.

Then someone quoted and removed the word "Cyberpunk" leaving it as just "Complete"  

I really want to see at least a montage with the big games from the supporting 3rd-parties like
Witcher 4, Complete, Monster Hunter Wilds, Okami 2, Onimusha, Resi, Final Fantasy, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear, EA FC, Madden and perhaps things Elden Ring, Nioh1+2, Assasins's Creed, Starfield e.g.

Just a heads up, try to avoid mentioning CD Projekts most recent game here! Witcher is okay to discuss I believe though.

  

[DocWager]

Oh they do the same shit too there. What’s the point of being at Famiboards? So the Nintendo Fanboys(Famboys?) from The Bire can avoid the Sony Ponies?

[TylenolJones]

While this thread exists as a way to have fun with the wait for Nintendo's next console, please be mindful of how your posts may read to others. There have been some recent undercurrents that are making people feel a bit uncomfortable. In particular, try to refrain from needlessly risque or overly aggressive language, and cross-site drama.

[jooseloose]

Seems like Era is having a season of "why don't the children's IP I engage with continue to match my interests as I get older?"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-did-sonic-team-ditch-lost-world%E2%80%99s-gameplay-style-after-one-game.1062894/#post-133089243

They do this after every game

Its so weird

If something doesnt work change it

If something works change it

Are Sonic fans horny and want dating/ adult content yes but deny them forever and always

Theyve been masters at leaving money at the table for decades now

Extremely normal answer to the question "why didn't Sega make another game with the gameplay of Sonic Lost World".

Kiyamet
Member
They/Them

Figures.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-switch-2-speculation-thread-st-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-2.7757/post-1469149

2500 pages filled with knowing nothing about the switch 2

[Alpacx]

rumored Intergalactic plot leak

but it's not true

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/12/17/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-plot-leak-fake/

Surprised Schrier isn't on any of the anti-Jew (sorry, antiZionist) blocklist. Checked clear sky and scrolled and it's all video game lists and "starter packs"

[DavidCroquet]

Consent must be asked for EVERY TIME. It is not a blanket thing.

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. No excuses. People have a right to change their mind, even in the moment, even if consent was previously given.

Stated by a normal human being living in the world of reality.

[bork]

Oh they do the same shit too there. What’s the point of being at Famiboards? So the Nintendo Fanboys(Famboys?) from The Bire can avoid the Sony Ponies?

IIRC they broke off and started their own forum because of issues they had with moderation.

And then they said that they had no issues with era moderation and would run their forum the same way.

[garamonde]

Wait, is Famiboards even more autistic than ERA?