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If you're worried about using a standing desk, then I would recommend getting the ones that move up and down. So if you want to sit down, all you'd have to do is hit a switch and it'll move the desk down to a better position to sit down. I think we would get used to standing fairly quickly. As long as you can rest your arms on the desk, I think it could work fine. As well, you don't need to get an actual standing desk. I know there are some lifts separate from the desk you have, so all you'd have to do is put it on your existing desk. Your monitors would go on that portion so that it can move up and down. I was going to buy one before I got my main desk, but decided against it. I think if I come into some more money soon, or better work, I will invest in something like that so I can stand up sometimes while I work.

IMO: 7th gen > 9th gen > 8th gen > 6th gen > 5th gen I have 7th gen at the top almost exclusively because the quantity of great games that came out during it. This era was the peak of hack n slash which is my favourite genre. The UI also looks pretty cool and at the time it felt revolutionary and fresh whereas the succeeding gens just felt like the same thing but with slight tweaks. 9th gen next. Whilst it isn't neccessary revolutionary, the enhancements such as haptics, 3D audio and 60fps greatly enrich the gaming experience. 8th gen next. The only improvement is just slightly better graphics and power. They ruined the UI by making it all bland and unintuitive, the fan is really loud and console crashes and freezes a lot. The game selection is also quite mediocre. There are way too many souls games and interactive movie games. 6th and 5th are lower because online was still primitive and rare in gaming. There is no proper online infrastructure, SD resolution, lack of wireless controllers, no virutal store or digital game downloads, etc. I am nostalgic for it and various great games came out during this timeframe but objectively speaking, they have aged quite a lot in the past decade or two and I don't want to let my nostalgia bias cloud my judgement.

I can't believe I'm saying this but... Hello Kitty & Sanrio Friends 3D Racing. I'd bought it a good while ago because I wanted a new kart racer to play, but then I saw how easy it was to complete. For some reason I'd uninstalled it halfway through perfecting it, and so going on an Achievement Perfection spree, decided to finish it off. It's... functional, and its music is awesome, but the gameplay isn't particularly challenging and not worth the £15 price tag unless you're a die-hard karting fan. And yet it's still better than most kart racers I've played by virtue of it trading efficiency for everything else. I won't lie, the game's had a profound effect on my desire to look up what exactly Hello Kitty's all about. Good grief. I'm sure I speak for all of the forum when I wish you a safe and swift recovery!

I remember getting a small sonic collection on PC. It was a two disc set that had some of the original sonic games. It also had a soundtrack for one of the games. I remember downloading the songs and adding it to my music library. I think I still have the music on my PC as well. 🙂

Agree to disagree. I was told earlier a response of mine didn't make sense because it was just difficulty I was explaining. I mean, if it has traumatized you, why did you continue to play it? If anything I'd use the word annoyed, or something else to explain that. When it comes to being traumatized, I imagine it being something more serious and sticks with you longer. Like PTSD from war, seeing a messed up thing in real life, etc.

I have used some of its soundtracks and they were good and rare in a way. I can remember one day my smartphone rang in a bus and after my answering my call, the lady behind me was asking for the name of the song I used for my ringtone. They seem to be making more Sonic movies now too in order to give the current generation more publicity towards Sonic.

I always thought it was silly the way people say stuff like “overrated trash”. It feels more inauthentic or try hard than just saying “it’s trash”. It gives off this feeling like they’re trying to be rebellious and braggadocious.

If you look at my other posts in this thread, I agree with you over the meanings. I'm telling you what most of the internet likes to think it means. It's always used in disdain towards anything popular, or critically acclaimed. They talk about how terrible it is, and add the extra spice of "it's overrated", like it makes it sound like an educated opinion. If so many people didn't think overrated = bad, I (or others) wouldn't be questioned by people so much when I say "wait, how can you like something that you think is overrated?"

It's not just the chocobo race, all the mini games that you need to play to get those items to fully unlock the celestial weapons are a nightmare. If they aren't hard to do to the point where it's barely possible, they're cryptic, if the aren't cryptic, there's an insane grind or possibly a combination. They can break even the most patient gamers.

For sure, and there are many great games with their own awesome soundtracks. RDR1 and 2 both have impressive soundtracks, and I've often stopped playing to enjoy the music cue. Especially with RDR1, because the music was leaps and bounds better than what RDR2 did. There's some good music there, but RDR1 just hit differently when the music starts. Especially when Far Away from José González boots up in game. Can't get more hyped than that.

Also with video games, we can do things we can't do in real life. Fly dragons, breath under the ocean, etc. Most games don't require much of you aside from the story, missions and so on. In most games we don't need to use the bathroom, eat food, sleep even. The sims may be chaotic to some, because you're essentially running a life much like you're living one. But life is still tougher, because we have to live it. If we also don't like a game, we can move on from it. In life, you have to live the best you can.

Typically women don't go bald in the traditional sense. If a woman does go bald it's typically if she shaves her head or is a chemo therapy patient. But as for full on baldness, you're not going to see a female Dr Phil.

The scarecrow is absolutely right. Some people without a brain talk constantly.

Yesterday I'd gotten into Josh Strife Hayes' videos, and he was talking about why there'll never be another World of Warcraft. One reason being that MMOs are no longer required to be their players' "forever game" like WoW was (and for some still is). However, I still think that forever games are the best and if you can design it in such a way that people want to log in each day and socialise, rather than feel they have to group up for content, you'll see a difference. People will communicate not out of necessity but leisure, and if they can do content that is leisurely they'll be much more likely to chat away doing so. Take fishing in games: you're waiting for a meter to run down until something bites. You've nothing else better to do than either listen to YouTube or Netflix in the background or talk to the person next to you. Not necessarily because it's boring but because it's a relaxing activity that interfaces well with communication. I found some of my best conversations in MMOs were when I was doing light activity: training cooking, fishing, or other professions. If I was farming reputation, I'd have nothing else better to do than strike up conversation. Last I checked World of Warcraft still has a system that basically gives you a time limit for conversation: you'll only converse so long as you've got some hub to clear, some dailies to see to, and perhaps a Looking for Raid (LFR) reward to claim. Once you've done that, it's time to play another better game and ergo stop engaging with that community. When you've got activities that take a while and you can sink hours at a time into doing it, that's when the community experience shines. In conclusion, the best games that make for a good MMO community give people a reason to engage with one another without feeling forced. It's not enough to just produce group content, but at the same time players have to make the effort to be courteous and take time out to help others enjoy the game.

I have not played or got the game, like I said before I rather watch people play then buying it. I mean what the point watching the full story plot on Twitch as regards whoever I do watch and then do it again myself. I would know the story then LOL - I just save money and watch people play it and and the story.

Of course, Rockstar needs to innovate with GTA VI because it's clear their formula is a bit dated. For the most part GTA and RDR 1 and 2 are simple in how you do missions. You get an objective, you complete it, then move on to the next mission. Each mission usually consists of shootouts, doing much of the same thing over and over. And that's fine, but after a while you can only do so much of the same thing before it becomes tedious. I find GTA at times to be very tedious. Also, the mission paths are usually the same, in that you have one clear path to do the job, and it's usually killing everyone in an area. Well, why not add stealth sections where you can get through it by only killing one person? Or a mission that has multiple different paths you can take, to make the story a bit different each time. I think they kinda tried to change it up in RDR2, but it still felt like the same go from point A to point B, kill this group of people, go back to Point A, but watch out, there's a group of baddies coming after you. I feel like that's every mission in that game aside from a few. It's still a great game, but could have benefitted from more options I think. Najey Jakey on YouTube I think his name is, made a good video on how Rockstar's game design is dated. Found it:

Haven't played it personally but it's been personally recommended by a lot of gamers I know and in addition to that, the amount of Japanese culture/lore in the game is impressive.

Video games are a big thing in helping me with my anxiety. As of late I've been a bit down and depressed. Work stuff mostly. Gaming has relaxed me a lot. If I ever feel down or depressed, gaming has often picked me up.

COD and Fifa are too great additions and I wholeheartedly agree - they keep selling the same game every year and they'll sneakily remove one or two features and re-add one or two features from far older games and call it "revolutionary". That's been established since the early 2000's and the new open world game looks like trash.

I'd recommend you just try to squeeze some real exercise in as standing desks present with their own health problems and they still don't really work out your body (in comparison), try going for a 30-40 minute walk once or twice a day, exercise doesn't have to be of the high intensity sort to work, but getting moving is definitely the first step to take.

I agree with you there. It is a temporary fix or just a way to get the depression out of my head for a while. Once I'm done I may feel a bit more relaxed, but the depression comes back around. But I'm also hopeful that things will get better.