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birdcannon

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  • ‘Palworld: Feybreak’ Draws 200,000 Concurrent Players, Now In Steam’s Top 10

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  • People going fast and lose the rules of grammar

  • Steam breaks record with over 18,000 new titles released in 2024

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  • The Ubisoft model

  • So how would one start checking Warhammer without any prior knowledge?

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  • The Infinite and the Divine. Follows two Necrons, but you don’t need to know anything at all about them or 40K beforehand. It’s standalone, but connects with another set of books should you want more. It eases you into the density of the lore, while having the over the top charm we love about 40K.

    Having read I don’t know how many warhammer books at this point I disagree with the Eisenhorn starting point. It’s good, but if you’ve read any sci/fi fantasy novel in the last 20 years then you’ve basically read Eisenhorn, but now it has a 40K paint job. Follows humans, which granted are interesting in the universe, but we’ve read enough about humans check out some immortal space robot mummies instead!

  • My recent experiences with big budget AAA after years of avoidance

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  • This is an interesting take because I would expect the complete opposite. I find it extremely tedious when AAA games force the player into situations where they have to climb or walk slowly so they can pan the camera to whatever fancy graphical set piece their art team made, and more time doing that then any gameplay. Why not just watch a movie at that point?

    When playing a game I want a game. It’d be incredibly frustrating if every time I solved a square in Sudoku I had to then watch an episode of a TV show. Heartening to hear AAA is swinging back the other way and wasting less time.

  • Steam Winter Sale 2024 Has Begun!

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  • I really enjoyed Heretic’s Fork

  • Books like Sandersons Cosmere and Mccellan

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  • A well built world, big reveals, and wonderful emotional payoffs. Easy rec for a Sanderson fan.

  • Slay the Spire 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer

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  • Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Announcement Trailer

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  • When the game pitch is a cinematic trailer, then a whole bunch of name drops Directed By X, Starring Y, Soundtrack by Z, and not a single mention of what the heck the player is even gonna do in the game, when will AAA studios drop the pretenses and do what they actually wanna do and just make movies

  • No games, only cat

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  • No keeb, only cat

  • cats @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    No games, only cat

  • Warhammer 40k @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    Kairos Fateweaver as done as I can get em

  • Dating app Bumble will no longer require women to make the first move | CNN Business

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  • I met my fiancée on Bumble 4 years ago, but I also created this from my experience on the app:

  • Warhammer 40k @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    Anyone have any tips to make my Thousand Sons Rhino to look more like it's erupting with tumorous growth?

  • ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree | Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer

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  • I’ve beaten the game with 7 characters and I can’t wait to do it with 7 more

  • Against The Storm v1.1 update is out, improving early game variety and bringing a lot of QoL features

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  • Ooooh yeah Factorio and I are well acquainted, think I’m probably close to 500 hours on that. Definitely closer to Frostpunk than AtS

  • Against The Storm v1.1 update is out, improving early game variety and bringing a lot of QoL features

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  • Pretty much how I felt too. I looooved Frostpunk and wanted more games like that. 100+ hours and loved every second, but eventually gotta move on. Tried Anno 1800 and liked it but not as much, got maybe 50 hours out of it. Tried Against the Storm and after 10 hours of not feeling anything I uninstalled. Really don’t get why Frostpunk and Against the Storm get lumped together, other than both having mechanics of building buildings and assigning workers. There’s sooooo much more to Frostpunk beyond that.

  • Warhammer 40k @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    Finished my first kill team, how are my kommandos?

  • boardgames @feddit.de
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    My NerdzDay haul has arrived

  • Best and worst Horus Heresy books?

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  • I didn't look at any of the authors while reading the books, but while reading Thousand Sons (now finished) I was seriously wondering "does this author even like scifi/fantasy?" he has Magnus speaking like you'd imagine some uncaring Hollywood accounting suit would write while pumping out a minimum effort script to cash in on some familiar IP. Magnus and Ahriman alternate between moron and genius as the plot demands. Worst of all, as you said, it's just boring as hell until the end. Checked the author partway and saw he also wrote False Gods, "yep that makes sense." Horus is moron for plot in that too, with all the dialogue someone who doesn't like scifi/fantasy would write to make fun of it.

    I wonder if TS is so fondly remembered just because the last 10% is actually good. The Sons coming together for a final stand despite the betrayal of the Emperor and their own primarch, that's all super interesting! If it started at the Council of Nykea chapter, TS would be a great novella.

  • Best and worst Horus Heresy books?

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  • I alternate between kindle and audiobook for maximum efficiency, thanks Emperor for having the options!

  • Best and worst Horus Heresy books?

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  • I'm glad you enjoyed Thousand Sons! The size and different flavors of the 40k Novelverse is part of the excitement.

    The Sons being up their own asses and not being nearly as smart as they think they are is apparent, my gripe is that we're beaten over the head with that fact for half the book before anything interesting happens.

    This full sequence happens 3 times in the first third alone (entering the mountain, the titan, and tentacle hugs):

    1. Ahriman watches as handsome and sexy genius Magnus does something everyone thinks is suicidal/insane
    2. Magnus is in trouble! Thousand Sons onlookers scream/cry/freak out. All is lost! Sexy Primarch-san noooooo
    3. Cut to Magnus’s perspective: “hehe I’m so smart nobody knows how smart I am but me”
    4. Magnus is okay! Rejoice! Ahriman cries tears of joy.

    Then the scene where Ahriman and Magnus exposit to Lemuel so we the reader can be spoonfed the history felt like a scene that should've been left in the rough draft. I can't believe self-important Magnus would take such an interest in a rando mortal, even if they are Ahriman's pupil, and so excitedly regale them with the tale of the bird pieces.

    I'm powering through and nearly done, it really picks up after the council of Nykea. IMO, the book should've started there as the rest could've been an email. Until then, all on-screen Thousand Sons all horrifically unlikable and not even in a fun way like the Sons of Horus.

    Also not arguing and it works for folks. Magnus being an ouroboros of head-to-ass should've worked for me, but McNeil's dialogue pains me even when not trying to make an inherently unlikable person seem sympathetic. Hopefully Abnett can flesh em out in Prospero Burns.

    Legion sounds like my next stop after 1K Sons series, but should I read First Heretic->Battle for the Abyss first, or go straight to Legion then Know No Fear?

  • Best and worst Horus Heresy books?

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  • Angron books are something to look forward to then!

  • Best and worst Horus Heresy books?

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  • At least Siege of Terra is something to look forward to, eh?

  • Warhammer 40k @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    Best and worst Horus Heresy books?

  • Warhammer 40k @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    How long does it typically take GW to restock models?

  • Can someone still viewing Reddit explain how it is doing as of right now in terms of content quality and engagement?

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  • Can’t speak for defaults or large subs, just anecdotal stuff from the few times when I browsed on desktop since Friday.

    One of my favorite subreddits /r/progmetal is still private with a message to join the discord instead. Glad they’re staying dark.

    Others seem like business as usual, but I don’t have any data obv.

  • Warhammer 40k @lemmy.world
    birdcannon @lemmy.world

    My first dudes! How'd I do? How can I improve?

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