LadyCrimson

^ I do remember the water/time dilation planet (somewhat) but I still don't remember it/robot specifically. I remember the farm start, the daughters "ghost", scattered planet moments, Matt Damon, the wtf weird ending, Matthew's chr. going off to try to find the other main chr in the final. I think on-ship/flying interactions/exposition or whatever I wouldn't recall at all, without cheating via looking stuff up on YT. Not much of that film stuck in my brain, I guess. Maybe I fell asleep in parts.

I don't even remember Interstellar having a robot, probably zoned it out.

What is that? Is that the feed/tame icon when I hover? Can I tame it? *CHASE CHASE/SMASH BUTTON 50x* (it kept not working/it would move away super fast and I swim slow) Yessssss! Success, another adorable creature for me! ... which I will put away and never look at again. It's so unique/different vs. everything else so far tho, cuteness overload.

I don't think Interstellar was terrible or anything, but I did personally find it kind of a snoozefest. The best thing about Interstellar was desperate/crazed Matt Damon. Which was funny at the time because then The Martian came out and one was half-expecting Damon to be similar-roled, at first. Ha. I know it's a different type of film but The Martian was 100x better, imo. I didn't like Contact either, even on the big-screen. I even bought/tried reading the book wondering if it would make me appreciate it more. I didn't like the book much either. Thus I've come to the conclusion I don't enjoy overly metaphysical/transcendent sci-fi (or whatever the words for such might be) - 2001 and Arrival (2016) bored me to tears too. Which is fine - just doesn't "speak" to me is all.

No Man's Sky picture spam: Some of the new fauna (can be pets) I've encountered. Still not much point to having a pet - but it's fun to explore/encounter them. This guy has good planet-camo. I just like the "I am giant monster, kneel before me" vibe. Some planets are still gonna be sorta "boring" to look at, but when you find interesting ones, they are so pretty. New terrain/features make wandering a planet longer better because terrain/fauna feels more varied, less empty, in some cases. Waterworlds. Only tiny bits of land like this occasionally, that you may or may not be able to ship-land on. Deep underwater. There's an underwater sub but I don't like using them. You can summon your flight ship to land on the water now (water land gear module), so at least you don't have to swim forever to find a bit of land when you're bored of one spot.

Different subject: No Man's Sky/Worlds 2 I did the required post-game quests on my one save over three days. It's probably only a few hours in theory but I'm easily distracted + I was trapped by a bug - that leads the game into sending you on a never-ending galaxy warping journey chasing after a non-existing quest marker path - so I had to reload an earlier backed up save and repeat stuff. Anyway, the gas giant planets are just like any other toxic feeling planet, but bigger, with never ending storms that might lift you into the sky, etc. Visually interesting but not much reason to stay outside of mining a couple new resources. The 99.9% all water/deep ocean planets are more interesting. Never tried a water/ocean floor base before and probably won't - but you can fly around and eventually find some tiny tip of protruding land here and there to make a tiny landing pad base on and just explore the water in bursts. Normal planets may only go to depth 200-250 or so. The all-water planets go to 1500 or so. The lifeforms in deep dark water have become pretty cool to look at. Terrain generation changes are quite nice in purple systems, a lot more dense and a lot more height traversal vs. flatter. Like most of NMS updates tho, the changes are mostly visual that make random system/planet hopping more engaging for longer. People wanting mega gameplay changes or "something more to do" probably won't find it. Underwater basing/exploring is probably the main thing. And hunting for new animals or ships, as always (lots more animals).

Some people have actual trouble with visual cues/spatial awareness (in certain graphic circumstances/games), or have trouble with firmly creating too many "brain to muscle (finger?) memory" pathways for reaction timings. Or in terms of learning, they are simply like me: can't be bothered and don't get any emotive satisfaction re: "I git gud" at games that want to kill you in 1-3 hits. KCD2 looks like a nice open world wander, but at this point in my life I enjoy watching someone like Cohh play/discover it for a while, then playing it myself. I know you can avoid a lot/most combat (and probably yappy npc quests etc) if you really want to, but that wouldn't lead one to "git gud" so then the few times you might HAVE to deal with it are the times when ppl like me would turn it off and never turn it on again. From watching Cohh however, it definitely looks like a nice game for those that like the rpg gameplay style.

Maybe with us nerds it still is - doesn't Steam on first install make it start on boot, as default? I figure most people these days don't even know to check/care. I mostly use Offline nowadays as the method to prevent Steam's auto-updates, since the option is now "only update game when I launch it". Which only triggers if you're in Online mode at the time you launch the game. eg as long as I never launch a game in Online mode, it never updates. Edit: well, at least I haven't had it happen very often for SP games. If it's a game that's uber important to me to not have update yet (not often), I still do the temp install-backup just in case.

MAX/HBO - The Pitt. An emergency room medical show. It's being released one episode a week, up to 5 episodes at this moment. I knew of, but never watched or wanted to watch that old "ER" series, which I guess this is getting kind of compared to because of the lead actor (and one of the producers) Noah Wyle. But The Pitt's concept is the whole season is a single day of Noah's head doctor chr. So one hour or so=one episode. A lot of interns/students, a lot of guest patients that stick around for multiple episodes. Takes some medical realism liberties like all shows but it's probably better than most. I liked it enough to watch all 5 available episodes. Hope it stays focused on the ER workings. With it being a single day, won't be any silly office romance/divorces type soap drama I assume. Netflix - Sakamoto Days. Anime, action/comedy. Super-assassin who retired/married/got fat but still has super-assassin abilities, ends up being rediscovered/has to do stuff. It's pretty funny in the OTP anime fashion, I like it so far.

I dunno if I'm the only one left who doesn't have steam auto-run/start on pc reboot, full-exits steam all the time/hard restarts it whenever I want it open etc, but if anyone else does that, have you noticed it taking a lot longer to fully open when in "Offline" mode in the past couple days (it's really half-offline these days)? Like it's update check is taking forever. If I actually unplug the pc net cable it starts up really fast like it used to, then I plug the net cable back in. Their Offline mode is seriously not an Offline mode anymore. It should just be called "Online Game/Social Features Disabled, Mode" instead.

^ Like I said, mostly selling software/AI. I'm hearing mixed things about the DLSS 4 backport, even with whitelisted games. Although that's probably a game to game thing (whether it's "better", same, worse). And maybe patched drivers would solve some. The override function seems attached to Nvidia App, although you may be able to use Inspector and other such to force it outside of that, and/or for some not-whitelisted games. Anyone tried it?

"I need a quick store run, better make a short list since I'll forget something otherwise." "diet soda, yogurt, frozen veggies, almond flour" *walk away, remember something, better add it, look at list* What I actually wrote: "shadow, yoda, tundra, diamond floor" WTF brain.

Guy has a point. I've actually thought about this a little myself off and on. We seem to moving towards identifying cultural shifts/periods more and more with the "Generation-whatever" label instead, but that encompasses more years than the neat 10 year cycle label. Although, I don't think that's why time might feel faster over time to some - I think that's more related to personal lack of memorable time markers as our lives may become more and more routine/predictable. eg, less constant memorable memories reminding you how much you've "lived" actually makes time feel faster instead of slower. Still, the time period label ambivalence because of a new century has been an interesting shift in social time cataloging/awareness. I wonder how people in the 1700's felt about shifting into the 1800's. Perhaps they were more formal and always said the full year and didn't get attached to "decades".

I've always thought being hyped for a mega improvement every generation was a little odd, and good marketing. I mean, most of us don't upgrade every 2 years, right? At least not once majority of games didn't really require it. Wait 6+ years and a current gen is gonna be a 250%+ uplift from what you have, which isn't terrible (still too expensive tho). The era of mega gains every two years is probably over. I suppose it's not much different than smart phone companies trying to convince (rather successfully, it seems) consumers that they must get a new phone every couple years. Or trying to convince us we need a new TV, fridge, stove, every few years. Assuming current tech is reaching some sort of actual tech/physics plateau, gpu's are basically going to be selling us software, not hardware. So to speak. I think phones are going to run into similar if they haven't already. How many "4-6 lens"/megapixel camera upgrades or resolution hikes for 7" screens, do we need, to get ppl to buy the new version. It's now mostly software/planned obsolescence etc.

Pantheon via Netflix (edit: Ssn 1 available, Ssn 2 (since it already existed) airing on Netflix "soon") I guess it's a sci-fi in a computer/AI and human drama fashion. It started on AMC+ I hear, and then got disappeared, showing in a couple not-US countries, then Netflix grabbed it. I heard good things about it so I checked it out. The computer/AI direction is transferring a human's brain into a computer program, that kind of thing. The main plot is a young daughter's investigation when her deceased father seems to contact her in a net chat. There are conspiracies, experiments, evil corps, the far future of mankind. The animation style is simplistic and imo kind of rough (not the razzle dazzle sort) with a lot of sci-technobabble. Has some recognizable names doing VA. The presentation and pacing feels dry and deliberate, with some moments of semi-horror and emotive, but mostly dry. A lot of chrs. looking at/reading PC screens, at least early on. I tried 3 episodes and I can kind of understand what the good rep. for the show is about, especially in the concept, but I think it's not for me. I found it hard to relate and couldn't really get into characters during that time. Still, if you haven't tried it yet, might be worth a shot if the concept appeals. It does have good points.

lol, supposedly Microcenters had 4 5090's per store, nationwide. HAHA

I think my current rig I spent around $2800k. Not including the TV later. I don't remember tho. All I remember is that evga ftw price. And no surprise, despite the prices, 5090 totally out of (the tiny initial) stock everywhere far as I can tell, FE and partners both. I can't wait to be in the market for a MSRP $2999k 6090 and $1999 6080.

The current spate of videos seems to indicate that the 5080 is a much better overclocker than the previous xx80. eg, get a FE 5080 and OC the heck out of it is how to get a "real" 5080. Well, at least a fair bit better 5080 without the extra giant partner markup.

No Man's Sky - just checking out performance. FPS number seems higher/I could turn more things up to High/Ultra again, even on native/no DLSS, but there seems to be more general micro stutter. Not constant, but little jerks here and there. Didn't try to "fix" it/find out if I could. It's not terrible but not as smooth as before. There seems to be more clarity/crispness to the graphics of two planets I looked at. Swimming underwater looks nicer too. Problem with this games is after many many months away, you're not sure you want to play an old save where you have no clue what you were up to. But the main quest/post-quests are pfft/don't care to repeat, so you don't want to start a new chr again (30+ hrs) if you have to have those finished to activate the Worlds 2 new systems/planets (post-game quest to be able to get the new hyperdrive that lets you get to purple systems). I only finished the MQ with a single chr/save, none of my other chrs ever bothered. I think the save editor might be able to mark them as finished/give the inventory item needed ... maybe I'll do that when they update it, see if I can get the new quest to trigger that way.

Wait, wtf. Hm. Well the band does great, but as much as I love Rick, I thought he was only "ok". But as a tribute it works. Love the mike twirling at 3:18. This somehow led me to a Justin Hawkins interview with Rick, which was one of the better long interviews I've seen. Two people talking their trade like old buddies. I didn't even FFWD. Which then led me to "who is Justin Hawkins, apparently he's famous" and some early vids/songs of the band The Darkness. Which was fine, just not my kind of music etc. Which led me to a more recent The Darkness song, which I liked somewhat better, but mostly because at 1:38, ok, that was fire. Both vocally and the wind machine hair. >.> Edit: oh, the final moments at end of the below video is maybe NSFW. Nothing bad in this day/age, but just saying.

Have I posted this before, can't recall. I still find it funny tho, and revisit it occasionally. He's apparently taking a bit of a break (at least social media) after his last album. Funny how I remember (and liked) his 80's hits playing constantly on MTV etc - but it's his more current "adult" stuff (and his knowledge and humorous attitude) that I admire/respect and will remember him for. Edit: anyone who warms up before a concert with Frank Sinatra tunes is ok in my book.

--larger "gas giant" planets (just larger planets, not real-life physics gas planets...), deeper oceans, new purple galaxy systems, new quest, new lighting and terrain. --would assume one will still have to spend time randomly finding planets with said new features --I think a lot of stuff is gated behind having finished both the Main Story and the post-game Autophage questline. eg, can't start a new chr. and see/visit everything quickly --not ready to deep-dive into NMS again but I guess I shall update and see how many more notches I have to lower the graphic settings this time.

"I should at least rush-finish Indiana game just so I can uninstall it." "I should play more of that Little Kitty, Big City for cute funsies." "I should try a serious run of the new Manor Lords maps." "I should turn on The Last Campfire, which I bought recently because it looked like a nice little puzzle/adventure from Hello Games." ........ *turns on 7 Days, dig more tunnels and build more bases in every biome* I am a creature of unending habit, apparently.

I feel like all high-end stuff now - by the time I might be able to get hands such, without having to camp over night or spend days with mouse pointer hovered over "buy" in the hope you can click faster than anyone else, or drive 700 miles to the nearest MicroCenter, the next version is on its way soon. Repeat.

I watched a couple episodes of Paramount+ Landman, because Billy Bob Thornton. My impression was it's a slower/deliberate big oil business/legal drama where Billy's the only reason I'd care to watch it. His brand of cranky sarcasm/humor and such. The chrs. of his daughter and ex-wife were aggravating/could be excised, too much focus given to them. Hubby watched all of season 1 and when I asked he shrugged and basically said the "Billy Bob makes it watchable" refrain. I did observe him using FFWD a fair bit tho (while walking up and down the hallway past the living room occasionally). Edit: don't think he cared for the ex-wife/daughter scenes either haha.