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Phantasy Star Online Ephinea [MEGATHREAD] (lemmy.world)
 

ANYONE PLAY ON THIS SERVER? i started a character a few weeks ago, named "Buru." i typically play on the Fodra Ship1 from 9pm - 1am et. i am in the midst of several projects and my attention span is less-than-stellar, but if you see me on, say: "HELLO IT IS [BLANK] FROM LEMMY - WOULD YOU CARE TO EXPLORE RAGOL WITH ME?"

WHAT IS EPHINEA?

From the about page: "Ephinea is a PSOBB server that aims to replicate the official SEGA experience, while also adding quality of life changes alongside extra features to spice up PSO and give it more of a modern feel. This means:

  • Experience rates are default.
  • Drop rates are default.
  • Rare enemy rates are default.
  • Class parameters are default.
  • Item parameters are default, with some minor exceptions.
  • There is no custom equipment.

The drop tables are changed from the original SEGA drop tables, mainly in Ultimate with some minor changes in other difficulties, due to balance concerns. “Iconic” drops, such as Sealed J-Sword and Handgun: Guld are still where you’d expect them, however. There are no plans to change the fundamentals of the game, as we wish to offer a server that players can always come back to and experience PSO as they remember it."

RESOURCES!

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min-max ruins games & families (lemmy.world)
 

min-maxing in online games promotes an environment of elitism that forces anyone who plays with the min-maxer to conform to a very narrow play-style; this by-default limits gameplay options for other players, and often leads to ridicule and negative experiences when the non-min-maxer does not have the "perfect build for tanking Odin" or whatever.

min-maxers are boa constrictors wrapped around innocent little field mice. the mice just want some cheese but the snakes are eating them alive and i am the mongoose

stop min-maxing. start max-mining.

discuss.

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are microbes having sex in your drinking water? [what do you drink while playing GAMES™?] (lemmy.world)
 

what do you drink while playing games?

personally, i drink water but i am concerned about microbes having sex in said water. i also drink coffee and, twilight: wine.

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On Computer Games [free retro magazine] (archive.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13971279

On Computer Games Monthly #1

https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000

I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.

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On Computer Games [free retro magazine] (archive.org)
 

On Computer Games Monthly #1

https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000

I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.

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On Computer Games Monthly #1 (archive.org)
 

On Computer Games Monthly #1

https://archive.org/details/OCGM-1-Nov-2000

I have been working on a passion project for the last two months; a retro games magazine, and it's finally completed! This #zine is a digital celebration of nostalgia; a collective of writers from the federated internet that strives to capture the subjective quality of gaming with stories about life-and-stuff told through the lens of video games. Issue#1 covers November2000 and features: Breath of Fire IV, Counter Strike, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, love letters to the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles, and much more.

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My Time in Arcadia (oncomputer.games)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11845835

i run a gaming blog that is more like a creative writing blog. i just published this essay. the essay's main theme is nostalgia and living-in-the-past told personal stories.

if you read it, let me know what you think. thanks.

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My Time in Arcadia (oncomputer.games)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

i run a gaming blog that is more like a creative writing blog. i just published this essay. the essay's main theme is nostalgia and living-in-the-past told through personal stories.

if you read it, let me know what you think. thanks.

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Gods Among Men and Mer or: SOTHA SIL IS DEAD [essay inspired by Morrowind] (oncomputer.games)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11296473

6784-word essay inspired by Morrowind. First chapter reviews the game; the rest uses the Tribunal, Dagoth Ur, and Soul Sickness to analyze social media's impact on society by using personal stories and some fiction to drive the points.

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Gods Among Men and Mer or: SOTHA SIL IS DEAD [essay inspired by Morrowind] (oncomputer.games)
 

6784-word essay inspired by Morrowind. First chapter reviews the game; the rest uses the Tribunal, Dagoth Ur, and Soul Sickness to analyze social media's impact on society by using personal stories and some fiction to drive the points.

Miyoo teases their GBA SP inspired retro handheld in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

looks alright color scheme is a bit gaudy and not a huge fan of the big miyoo logo. they can do better than this, i think. i have the miyoo mini plus and really enjoy it so have high hopes.

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Final Fantasy Legend II or: SAVE THE WORLD [video essay] (youtu.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9692286

created this video essay thing based on an essay i wrote for my website.

https://youtu.be/OBFZtIQYiiI?si=LDxjp-lfoh5cJ47s

if you happen to watch, let me know what you think

could post this in the SaGa forum as well but figured this would be a better spot.

covers some of the following:

0:00 (Introduction & Justification)

2:26 (CHAPTER I: History of Final Fantasy Legend II or: Richard Dean Anderson's Haircut in Season 6 of MacGyver)

5:11 (CHAPTER II: Presentation, Setting & Plot or: Smoke Dope, Go Bananas)

7:57 (CHAPTER III: Music or: Is this Emerson, Lake & Palmer?)

11:34 (INTERLUDE or: Artistic Gentrification)

13:15 (CHAPTER IV: Gameplay or: Nintendo Power Nominee for Hardest Game Boy Game of 1990)

20:58 (CONCLUSION or: SAVE THE WORLD or: If Richard Dean Anderson is the Peak 90s Action Celebrity ...)

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Final Fantasy Legend II or: SAVE THE WORLD [video essay] (youtu.be)
 

created this video essay thing based on an essay i wrote for my website.

https://youtu.be/OBFZtIQYiiI?si=LDxjp-lfoh5cJ47s

if you happen to watch, let me know what you think

could post this in the SaGa forum as well but figured this would be a better spot.

covers some of the following:

0:00 (Introduction & Justification)

2:26 (CHAPTER I: History of Final Fantasy Legend II or: Richard Dean Anderson's Haircut in Season 6 of MacGyver)

5:11 (CHAPTER II: Presentation, Setting & Plot or: Smoke Dope, Go Bananas)

7:57 (CHAPTER III: Music or: Is this Emerson, Lake & Palmer?)

11:34 (INTERLUDE or: Artistic Gentrification)

13:15 (CHAPTER IV: Gameplay or: Nintendo Power Nominee for Hardest Game Boy Game of 1990)

20:58 (CONCLUSION or: SAVE THE WORLD or: If Richard Dean Anderson is the Peak 90s Action Celebrity ...)

The Disk of Ouroboros pictures a snake eating its own tail, representing the eternal cycle of death and rebirth, and the nature of eternity. It can be found in Alessa's sickroom in SH1. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

no, they didn't.

Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. in c/[email protected]
Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. in c/[email protected]
Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. in c/[email protected]
Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. in c/[email protected]
The Disk of Ouroboros pictures a snake eating its own tail, representing the eternal cycle of death and rebirth, and the nature of eternity. It can be found in Alessa's sickroom in SH1. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

i am trying to figure out if this had some clever intention behind it related to the ouroboros or if you're really just an insufferable human being -- can you confirm, please?

[FFXVI] Yoshi-P says in latest Famitsu that if the PC version does well they might consider making Jill and Cid playable in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

this feels a little weird, considering this is one of the main reasons people dislike FFXVI; "i'll fix the reason you don't want to play the game if you just buy the game!" seems like he knows what he's doing and is being a little sneaky.

What Final Fantasy opinion are you defending like this? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

agreed, it was a clever bait-and-switch-with-an-out

"no, remake doesn't stand for REMAKE ... it stands for RE-MAKE the story, completely, like .. history is being REMADE! it's time travel baby!"

they knew what they were doing; literally EVERYONE was expecting a close remake of the original game for modern consoles, instead we got a FINE and VERY COOL SEQUEL, but nothing close to the REMAKE they led people to believe.

What Final Fantasy opinion are you defending like this? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

FFX-2 was Square as well. It was developed by a Square team and released by Square in Japan, not SquareEnix. In fact, it was the last Square Final Fantasy game to be released. This is all easily verifiable on Wikipedia, as well.

The truth is that this was the direction they wanted to take the X universe, even had the same Director and everything.

SPOILERS - Doctor Who: Wild Blue Wonder in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

best episode in the last 3 seasons of the show and much better than Star Beast; still trying to figure out what Tennant is always reaching out for in these promo images, though: validation? acceptance? lost youth?

Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

this is just a smidgen of the first-world's self-inflicted punishment. very excited to see what happens next.

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