March 2023 – Page 3 – The Daily SPUF

Halo’s Assault Rifle is Magnificent

March 11, 2023February 25, 2023 Glacier 1 Comment assault rifle, gun, halo

To err is human. To “get some” is divine. Flawless Cowboy If God is real, he’d probably wield an MA5B. This gas-operated, magazine-fed, 900 RPM slugthrower is the backbone of any fireteam in the United Nations Space Command. Anyone dumb enough to get caught on the wrong end of this weapon is doomed to become more lead than man. Even shielded opponents can’t endure the weapon’s torrent of fire for very long. In close quarters, a sixty-round sustained spray can be devastating. Go the distance, however, and operators should temper their trigger finger– And their expectations. Initially designed for Earth’s… [Continue Reading]

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Thoughts on a Heavy Update, from a Medic’s Point of View

March 10, 2023February 25, 2023 Medic 0 Comments heavy, medic, Team Fortress 2

Editor’s note: This article was written way before Valve decided to subtly change some text, indicating that the summer update was not a real update, just another cosmetic one. So feel free to take all of this with a pinch of salt since it’s no longer going to happen. Heavy is never going to get an actual update or anything. The fact that there’s a potential update this summer has really got me back into think about Team Fortress 2. While I haven’t opened the game in a month, I’ve been browsing the Steam Workshop and doing a lot of… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays Pokemon Violet – Part 10

March 9, 2023February 24, 2023 Medic 0 Comments playthrough, pokemon, pokemon violet

So I’m now here in Medali, working my way towards the Normal Badge. It’s taken me a while to actually get here, mostly because I have been avoiding Nemona. The last time I saw her, she appeared in the Medali gym and had just finished it. She wanted to fight, but had the wrong Pokemon, so Nemoma dashed off and left me alone. Before I could do anything else though, I need to do the gym challenge. What’s weird is that this gym challenge is food-based, kinda like the Water Gym. But this time, I have to find a bunch… [Continue Reading]

A Railjack in the middle of a Void Storm

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Free Space For Railjacks

March 8, 2023February 24, 2023 Medic 0 Comments railjack, ramble, warframe

When Fortuna was announced at Tennocon years ago, a big part of the teaser was seeing a Railjack come in, Mag jumping on and us all seeing a transition straight to a Railjack mission, fighting a Kuva Lich. It all ended in a teaser for the Duviri Paradox. Now, while we’re all still waiting for the Duviri Paradox, we did eventually get most of what was teased. Fortuna became a cool open world area, we have Railjack mission and can fight Liches on, and the Duviri Paradox is on its way soon. We got most of what was promised, even… [Continue Reading]

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Pokemon Violet and Stalking

March 7, 2023February 22, 2023 Medic 0 Comments pokemon, pokemon violet

Everyone in Pokemon Violet is stalking me. I’m not normally a paranoid person, at least I am not any more, but something is massively bothering me in the new Pokemon games. Since day 1, I have been some sort of prodigy, some super powerful trainer, despite mostly fluking my way through with just a cat made of grass and a dog with horns and a devil tail. Honestly, it’s mostly the weed cat. But yeah, everyone seems to know who I am and everyone seems to know where I am too. At first, I just thought it was my rival,… [Continue Reading]

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On Silly New Weapon Skins

March 6, 2023February 21, 2023 Medic 0 Comments gun, pew pew, warframe

Weapon skins are kinda weird in Warframe. They often come in several forms. There are weapon skins that only change the texture of the weapon, similar to warpaints in Team Fortress 2. But there are also complete weapon skins that change the whole model into something else. A lot of weapon skins, mainly melee ones, are sold via Tennogen and can only be bought with real money. However there are plenty of other skins that can be bought for Platinum. Many deluxe Warframe skins come in bundles that contain unique weapon skins as well. But for this Nightwave episode (yet… [Continue Reading]

Brussels Sprouts. Image by kalhh from Pixabay

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On Brussels Sprouts

March 5, 2023February 20, 2023 Medic 0 Comments brussels sprouts, cooking, oven, spices, sprouts, SPUFood

I like brussels sprouts. They’re actually pretty tasty, and they’re not just for Christmas. The problem is, most people just don’t cook sprouts right. When I was a kid, the sprouts would be boiled for a long time and always ended up horrible. A mushy, green lump of matter that doesn’t look satisfying at all. Luckily, now I’m an adult and I can cook my own food, and that means I can give you a decent recipe for these bastards. Ingredients However many Brussels Sprouts you want. 250g is good for about two people. I use frozen sprouts because fresh… [Continue Reading]

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Driving in the Dark

March 4, 2023February 20, 2023 Medic 0 Comments car, driving, random

I remember quite vividly the first time I properly drove in the dark. It was during my driving test, there was a hint of rain and all the street lights gave the night a heavy orange tint. I thankfully passed my driving test and I felt very proud of myself, especially because things were quite dark. After a bit of rain, we drove home, and I thought very little about driving in the dark. I had headlights, I could see where I was driving and that was it. Not long afterwards, when I had to go to a mandatory first… [Continue Reading]

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Halo 2 Broke My Heart

March 3, 2023February 19, 2023 Glacier 0 Comments halo, Halo 2, retrospective

Creating art can be the sum of all suffering. Priority Shift Welcome to February, 2004. Game developer Bungie has ten months to ship their most anticipated sequel of all time, Halo 2. The game is in shambles. Microsoft, Bungie’s publisher, expects the game in November. Staff morale is in the gutter, and some employees have stopped going home. To make the deadline, Bungie wasn’t just cutting, they were cleaving. “Rapidly approaching launch… The team had no engine, environments that couldn’t possibly work in any engine, features that were only half-implemented, a sprawling story that would eventually require two full-sized games… [Continue Reading]

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A Racing Board Game

March 2, 2023February 19, 2023 Medic 0 Comments board game, racing game, vroom vroom

When it comes to board games, there’s always a few things that seem like they don’t translate well into such a media. One of those things is racing. I mean, how does a racing game even work in board game form? Well, it turns out, there is a way to make a racing board game. Today, I want to talk about the game Heat: Pedal to the Metal. Heat is a racing board game, where the first person to complete three laps wins the game. You can play with up to six players and there are four tracks to choose… [Continue Reading]