Month: December 2022

Galarian Zigzagoon Community Day
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Loading Screen Tips for Pokemon GO

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When you load up Pokemon GO, as you watch the loading bar slowly creep across, there’s always a tip, a little “did you know” sort of thing with some useful advice. There are only a handful, and while they are quite useful, there could definitely be more tips. So I’m going to give Niantic a hand and list out some other little tips. Maybe they can put these on the login screen too. Here’s a bunch of random tips that hopefully make the game easier for you. Not in any particular order though. Pokemon turn to face you when you… [Continue Reading]

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A dead cinnamon roll
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What even is a Cinnabon?

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Okay so, a while back, I was working from a coffee shop on my laptop. We had finished a meeting in this cafe, and I decided to stick around as everyone else left. I mean, screw it, I can just get a couple of drinks and make them last. However, as the day trickled on, I got hungry and my blood sugar got low, which meant I needed something sugary to eat. My food of choice? Well, there were some Cinnabons on display, so I decided to give that a go. I’d had something similar years back, back when I… [Continue Reading]

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Mewtwo and Mew
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Pokemon You Should Use Elite TMs on

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Elite TMs are rare items in Pokemon GO which allow you to get moves that are otherwise unavailable. The only way to get them is by reaching level 20 in the GBL, or in timed research. Most of the time, you see them in the 12000 coins box in the shop on a Community Day. Getting a good number of TMs isn’t particularly easy, and require a lot of your time. Because of this, actually using an Elite TM is actually a pretty difficult choice. So here are some major options for when it comes to using Elite TMs. Mewtwo… [Continue Reading]

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Medic VS better Medic
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In Which aabicus Writes Articles

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While it’s mainly me who manages the Daily SPUF these days, we can’t forget about the genius who originally came up with the Daily SPUF. The idea was simple. Instead of complaining in various forums and being off-topic, people from the old Steam Powered User Forums could instead write their articles here, whether they were off-topic or not. Thanks to aabicus’s early dedication, lots of people posted articles, and we would probably not be here if aabicus hadn’t worked hard on the site. Even when I took over as chief editor and webmaster for the Daily SPUF, aabicus has been… [Continue Reading]

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Sunken ship
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How to Not Join an Alliance in the Sea of Thieves

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An alliance in the Sea of Thieves can be both a blessing and a curse. Sometimes, you can get super lucky with everyone getting along and getting a share of all the money. Other times, one ship does all the work and the others just plod along in the background. Sometimes an alliance can fall apart due to arguments or friendly fire. But having an alliance can offer a tiny bit of safety. After all, there is safety in numbers. This article goes completely against what I just said. This is is how NOT to join an alliance. Ignore people… [Continue Reading]

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My Thoughts on Cosmetic Shops in non F2P games

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These days, cosmetic shops in our video games is kinda common. Generally, a game will have some sort of shop where you can buy items for real world money, or some currency you buy with real money. And there’s often a season pass as well, that gives you cosmetics too. However, are these cosmetic shops a good thing or a bad thing? In multiplayer games, cosmetics can go a long way After all, everyone wants to look unique. Allowing people to customize their characters and all that is big business, and people are also willing to spend money to look… [Continue Reading]

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Animal Crossing base area
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On Very Suddenly Not Liking Animal Crossing

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A while back, I was considering doing another Let’s Play for something on the Switch. After all, I enjoyed playing Pokemon Shield, I enjoyed writing about it and I wanted to try and replicate that joy. However, at the time, nothing really sprang to mind. There’s too many games to play, and my Steam library is bloated beyond belief. But what I really wanted to do was play a game on the Switch, while also writing notes right here on the Daily SPUF’s backend. Small problem, I only actually own one other Switch game. And that game is Animal Crossing… [Continue Reading]

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Excalibur with Kronen Prime wings
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Warframe Now Has Crossplay!

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You heard that, Warframe now has Crossplay across their four platforms. People on PC, Playstation, Xbox AND Switch can all play Warframe together! While there were early tests with PC and Xbox originally, with the Lua’s Prey update, Playstation and the Nintendo Switch have joined the fold, and now we’re all one big, happy family. What amazes me is how well it all came together. Discussions about Crossplay were always rather unwilling to have any time frames, but suddenly, it all just seemed to work. In the chat channels, people could be seen talking all in one channel, having full… [Continue Reading]

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A randomly created character in Sea of Thieves
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A Pirate Game With Not Many Pirate Clothes

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There’s something odd about Sea of Thieves and its cosmetics. A huge part of the game is to go on adventures and quests, getting rich and doing pirate-y things. All of this gets you plenty of gold, which you can then spend on cosmetics. And, bloody hell, there are a LOT of cosmetics. Not just clothing, there are skins and sets for all your tools, weapons and companions as well. But we are lacking in normal pirate gear. You know, the striped shirts, the bandanas, the more basic clothes. What you’d see in kids TV shows. There are some pieces… [Continue Reading]

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A lucky Kartana in Pokemon GO
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Thoughts on Ultra Beasts in Pokemon GO

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I’ve always found the Ultra Beasts to be quite odd. They aren’t legendary Pokemon but they’re not normal Pokemon either. Ultra Beasts sort of sit between pseudo-legendaries and normal legendaries. They’re also… not quite Pokemon. The designs of the Ultra Beasts are definitely quite alien, which makes sense when they’re supposed to be from other dimensions. There’s also a whole business behind tracking and taking down Ultra Beasts, and the guardian deities, the Tapu Pokemon, all fight fiercely against Ultra Beasts, should they threaten Alola. Ultra Beasts are also quite strange in Pokemon GO, where they’ve been slowly released during… [Continue Reading]

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