July 2023 – Page 2 – The Daily SPUF

A sinking ship, sunk by Bacxaber and his ship, Stormcloud

The Sea in Sea of Thieves

July 21, 2023July 9, 2023 Medic 0 Comments sea of thieves, water

When the title of your game has the word ‘sea’ in it, you can expect that it’s, well, going to have a sea. Hopefully a cool sea that actually works. The sea in Sea of Thieves is actually pretty damn impressive. It actually does kind feel like an actual sea. And I feel like that is worth talking about. When sailing, you can feel pretty much every wave. You splash up and down and even sideways. The boat rocks with the sea, depending on how harsh the sea is. You remain calm and steady in clear waters, which are generally… [Continue Reading]

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The Sea of Thieves’ Harpoon

July 20, 2023July 9, 2023 Medic 0 Comments fun, harpoon, sea of thieves

On every ship, big and small, there’s always two harpoons waiting for you on the front of your ship. For what looks like such a simple mechanic, the harpoons are there for a myriad of reasons, and have more uses than you’d think. The most common use for a harpoon is for grabbing things in the water. Whenever you defeat an enemy ship, once the ship has sunk and despawned, all their loot comes floating up to the surface. You can then get on your harpoon and start grabbing the floating loot, for safe storage on your ship. Now, these… [Continue Reading]

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Return of the Obra Dinn

July 19, 2023July 20, 2023 aabicus 0 Comments mystery, obra dinn, recommendation, retrospective, return of the obra dinn, review, water

I seem to have a habit of abandoning games due to frustration with the core gameplay mechanics, giving it another go 5+ years later, and only then getting completely hooked. It happened with Just Cause 2, World of Warcraft, Stardew Valley, ARK Survival Evolved, and now it’s happened with Return of the Obra Dinn, Lucas Pope’s latest bureaucracy-themed indie game. Set on an 1800s ghost ship that mysteriously returned to dock with none of its passengers or crew aboard, the player controls an insurance inspector who boards the vessel tasked with learning the fates of all 60 missing persons. The core… [Continue Reading]

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Random Pokemon Showcases

July 18, 2023July 17, 2023 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, showcase

During the 7th Anniversary Event in Pokemon GO, we were introduced to a new feature in Pokemon GO: Showcases. Appearing on random Pokestops, you’d have the opportunity to put your Pokemon in a Showcase, and whichever Pokemon had the best stat – in this case, size – would win their owner some small rewards. These showcases would only appear on specific Pokestops, and you can enter any Pokemon that matches the criteria. In the case of the 7th Anniversary event, it was “biggest Squirtle”. However, these showcases were initially brief, and they disappeared for most of the rest of the… [Continue Reading]

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Now for Something Completely Different

On Sugar-Free Monster Energy Drinks

July 17, 2023July 9, 2023 Medic 0 Comments energy drink, sugar free

Being diabetic, I generally don’t get much in the way of drinks. If I go to a restaurant, normally my drink choices consist of water or sugar-free pepsi. There’s very, very rarely a second option that is sugar-free. However, outside of restaurants, my options do expand quite a lot. Not only can I get diet pepsi, I can get diet lemonade too. But even then, there aren’t that many options, there’s often no sugar-free fanta or anything like that. So, if I can, I tend to turn towards sugar-free energy drinks. And not one brand has as many options as… [Continue Reading]

VSH_Distillery, a new TF2 map and game mode

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Summer 2023 – A TF2 Update

July 16, 2023July 15, 2023 Medic 0 Comments Team Fortress 2, update, yes really there was an update

So that Team Fortress 2 update is finally here. It’s nothing super special, but it’s here. They didn’t even really give the update a proper name. It’s just Summer 2023. First off, we got a lot of maps. We actually got 14 new maps, which is the most maps from any update so far. I can see why they added so many though, because, well, they are easy to add. Sure, a lot of work and time goes into creating these maps, but for Valve, they are super easy to implement and add to the game. I’d actually guess that… [Continue Reading]

Volt with the new shoulder armour and Synoid Pyrana skin

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Warframe Cosmetics You Can Get For Free

July 15, 2023July 6, 2023 Medic 0 Comments cosmetics, fashionframe, free, warframe

The end game of Warframe is generally considered to be FashionFrame, the dressing up and customizing of your Warframe. Considering how varied cosmetics are, you’d think that FashionFrame is actually very expensive. While, yes, some cosmetics do cost a small fortune, you can however manage to dress yourself up for free, spending time and effort rather than just buying things. Here’s a list of free cosmetics you can get, where you don’t need to pay a real-life penny at all. Colour palettes Throughout the year, there are actually multiple free colour palettes you can obtain. For St. Patrick’s Day, Easter,… [Continue Reading]

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Why I Am Curious About Tennocon 2023

July 14, 2023July 5, 2023 Medic 0 Comments tennocon, warframe

Tennocon is Warframe’s biggest event. It’s a real-life get-together, where players and developers get to meet up. There’s panels, art shows, cosplay and merchandise to be bought. Tennocon also hosts TennoLive, a massive devstream revealing all the cool stuff we have to look forward to. It’s the showstopper. TennoLive is where Fortuna was announced, where we first discovered liches and Raoljack, where the Sacrifice was teased and how we got the Duviri Paradox. It’s massive. But this year, I am more curious than ever. This year, I feel Tennocon is going to be different. And I’m not just thinking that… [Continue Reading]

A Purified Metagross and a Shadow Metagross duke it out in the city

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On Powering Up Shadow Pokemon

July 13, 2023July 4, 2023 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, shadow pokemon, stardust

I think we’ve all heard it, how Shadow Pokemon are stronger than normal Pokemon. We had an event over Shadow Mewtwo, one that was so highly rated that my entire Pokemon GO group decided to meet up and play. In fact, Shadow Mewtwo is probably the most powerful Pokemon in Pokemon GO, not including things like Mega Pokemon and Primal Reversion. If you’re a hardcore player, then you’ve probably got a maxed out team of Shadow Mewtwos, all pimped out with Psystrike, all ready to go. But is that even really feasible? Is that going too far? Probably. The question… [Continue Reading]

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I Forgot How Fun MvM Was

July 12, 2023July 3, 2023 Medic 0 Comments MvM, Team Fortress 2

It’s been ages since I last played Team Fortress 2. But after a shorter-than-normal Sea of Thieves session, my great friend Bacxaber suggested that we play a round of Mann VS Machine, because why not? So I loaded up Team Fortress 2, reset all my key binds because they had all reverted to default settings, then joined Bacxaber and Metz. Together, we played a game of Mann VS Machine, on the Manhattan map. We were only playing on intermediate in boot camp, no Mann Up or anything, but damn, from the moment we started, it was all so much fun.… [Continue Reading]