We met via tabletop RPGs and that’s what we still do every two weeks but if we’re hanging on Discord it’s mainly Overwatch but also Wildermyth and Mech Warrior.

Currently playing the Ace Attorney Trilogy! I’m also eagerly waiting for Next Fest to start tomorrow to try out various demos.

Currently re-playing the Ace Attorney Trilogy as I got it on Steam during the sale. I played them back in the day on the DS and it’s been a blast. I just checked out Jack Jeanne - it seems to have some sort of skill building aspects to it? I’ve been looking for a stat builder otome but there isn’t much out there.

Sadly sorting on new also has its issues with the auto updates and content getting pushed down automatically. I’m hoping that gets fixed soon.

“Zoomed in picture” is a pretty popular emoji category on the discord server I have with my friends. Here’s a few:

The plot thickens: Apparently it is not a goose goose but closer to a “shelduck”. Research rabbit hole time!

A quick Merlin Bird ID later - you’re right! They’re Egyptian Geese. I’ve never been good at identifying geese when they aren’t the terrifying Canadian ones. Thanks! Luckily Lemmy actually allows post title edits, haha.

Although I’m a bit sad about no plans for Apollo for Lemmy, I definitely get the reasoning he gives - a double heartbreak is the last thing I’d wish on him. I got the Pixel Pals app (yay, cute raccoons!) to show support for his work & the challenges lately.

Yeah, I also will be staying on Lemmy. There’s bugs and performance issues but the quality of conversation is better and interaction feels genuine. There’s also actual possibilities to contribute instead of getting lost in a sea of rehashed comments.
The main thing that is missing now (and I assume will remain missing) are the hobby communities, especially those aimed at non-techies, like sewing, cross stitch,… I feel the people there aren’t going to bother with figuring out Lemmy/Kbin/Fediverse… because they tend to be less tech savvy.

The whole bot comments accusing bot comments of being bot comments surely was intriguing. And that’s with them copy-pasting existing comments - wonder how many “users” are GPT bots lately.

Yeah, their interview with Christian Selig was an interesting read as well: Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted

I wonder if the comments about no significant revenue drop still holds true today. I was quite surprised to see that there doesn’t seem to be too big a drop in posts & comments (~1k) aside from the crash yesterday. https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/

Sea of Thieves. I tried it but something about the camera/movement made me physically sick right from the start. I’m also not too big of a fan of the character designs. I get pirates are scruffy and rowdy, yarrr, but they didn’t seem to have ones that looked somewhat like a regular person.

Yes. For iOS there’s Mlem currently in Testflight but it’s very early stages. I’m just using the mobile browser for now.

I tried Mastodon first but I never really was much of a Twitter user. I find that format in general makes it difficult to find information about specific topics and there’s not as much discussion. I’m liking Lemmy way more because I like the forum style format. It’s certainly interesting watching all the “duplicate” communities across the instances though, I’m hoping it’ll settle down a bit.

If you’re not looking to tinker, the Logitech Ergo K860 is a great keyboard. I had to swap to an ergo keyboard due to wrist issues and it really helped. However, I’m a sucker for mech keyboards (& clickies) so I ended up building an Iris. I don’t have it tented, the ortho + split is enough for me. It took some time to get used to swapping layers but after a while it all becomes muscle memory. I can definitely recommend a split keeb! Iris with KAT Milkshake and Kailh Box Whites

I thought it was quite a good wholesome direct! My favorites were Minekos Night Market, Go-go Town, Moonstone Island, Sticky Business, Tiny Sticker Tale, Baladins, Feed All Monsters, Flutter Away, Kamaeru, Karma Zoo, Kibu, Magical Delicacy, Petit Island, and Townframe. The overview on their website is very convenient to follow up on the games that were shown.

Missing the keyboard smash and the xyz_final_final