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AI is overrated

November 23, 2023November 21, 2023 Kami 0 Comments AI, rant

Right now, AIs (specifically LLMs like ChatGPT) are a pretty big topic of discussion. Wherever you go, chances are, you‘re going to encounter the subject. So, naturally, I’ve developed my own opinions about these sorts of AIs that I’m going to share with you. Right now, statements like “AI is going revolutionize [Insert Thing Here]” are all too common. To be honest, I feel like the hype is pretty overblown, and there’s some ethical questions about AI most people weirdly just don’t seem to care about. For example, most big AIs, like ChatGPT, are trained using publicly available material from… [Continue Reading]

Minecraft with a resource pack, a shader and Optifine

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On Minecraft Combat

November 22, 2023November 11, 2023 Medic 0 Comments minecraft

Minecraft combat these days is weird. We have swords, shields, tridents, bows and crossbows. There’s also things like splash potions and snowballs, as well as TNT and End Crystals. And these days, you can use an axe as efficiently as you can use a sword, depending on if you prefer fast damage or slow damage. Depending on what platform you’re on though, because Java and Bedrock Edition both treat axes differently. Combat wasn’t always like this though. For a long time, combat in Minecraft consisted mostly of using a sword and swinging it as fast as you can. Damage is… [Continue Reading]

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

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On the Change to the Dark Adventurers Sails

November 21, 2023November 10, 2023 Medic 1 Comment balance, sea of thieves

In a video post on November 8th, Rare, the developers behind Sea of Thieves, announced that they’d be looking at the designs of several sails, and would be changing them to be more inline with all the other sails in the game. While there are several sails that are differently designed, the sails that most people are talking about are the Dark Adventurers sails. The Dark Adventurers sails are unique in two ways. The first way that the sails are unique is that they are very, very expensive. Like all the other Dark Adventurers items, the sails are incredibly expensive,… [Continue Reading]

A Volt enjoying the sunshine with his inflatable rubber ring

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Things I Watch When I’m Sad

November 20, 2023November 9, 2023 Medic 0 Comments joy, random, sad, youtube

Life is full of ups and downs, and when you’re on a down, you need something to bring you up. For me, that often involves watching videos on Youtube and other video services. Here are the sort of things I watch when I’m feeling sad. I’ve mentioned most of this stuff before, but I feel like these things are worth repeating, because the world these days is so depressing. Dog grooming videos I don’t know why I watch pet grooming videos in particular, but they almost always have happy endings. Even videos with massively matted dogs end up with a… [Continue Reading]

Twitch.tv's home page on November 8th 2023

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Twitch Is So Game-y

November 19, 2023November 8, 2023 Medic 0 Comments donations, money, streaming, twitch

I’ve been watching more stuff on Twitch lately. Due to my work, I don’t really want to watch something short on Youtube, or have to fiddle around picking something new to watch. Youtube’s autoplay feature can make some godawful selections, and it’s also been fucky with adblockers, unless you use uBlock Origin on not-Chrome. At the same time, I don’t really want to put on a 3 hour long Youtube video because I won’t be paying attention to it. But with Twitch, I can stick on a streamer playing a game I like, and just have some background noise for… [Continue Reading]

A wheel containing the Yokai in Your Party

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Yokai Watch 2 – So much more than just a Pokemon Clone

November 18, 2023November 7, 2023 Kami 0 Comments game review, monster collecting game, pokemon, review, yokai watch, yokai watch 2

Throughout my video game journey, Pokemon has always been there for me. While I’m by no means a hardcore fan, I’ve played a good number of generations, and even tried shiny hunting a few times, though to little success. One thing that Pokemon seems to have nailed down at this point is its formula. Even Monster collecting games inspired by Pokemon seem to mostly stick to it, after all, it’s been working for years. But there’s one Pokemon-inspired game that vastly shakes up the Gameplay, and, in my Opinion is better than every Mainline Pokemon Game. And that game is… [Continue Reading]

The five types of lure module currently in Pokemon GO

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Lure Modules Aren’t Very Good

November 17, 2023November 6, 2023 Medic 0 Comments incense, lure module, pokemon go

Lure modules are like incense for Pokestops. You stick a lure module on a Pokestop and it spawns some Pokemon for you. Lure modules generally spawn from specific pools. The default lure module spawns whatever Pokemon are currently in the normal spawn pool, so they’ll spawn event Pokemon if there is an event, although some events do have Pokemon that are exclusive to lure modules. However, the special lures, Glacial, Mossy, Magnetic and Rainy, all have their own unique pools of Pokemon, and spawn a combination of these unique spawns and normal spawns. The special lures can also be used… [Continue Reading]

Shiny Celebi in a jungle. I'm going to assume that it appears in the new Pokemon movie too.

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Little Quality of Life Things I Want for Pokemon GO

November 16, 2023November 5, 2023 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go

Over the years, Pokemon GO had been given a lot of little quality of life updates. But after all these years, there is still work to be done. Here are some quality of life changes, or rather, additions I’d like to see. A way to spin Pokestops with a full bag Pokestops do two things. They give you items and they give you research tasks. Sometimes, you just want research tasks. However, if your item bag is full, you can’t get research tasks, you need to clear some space out first. This is quite annoying. There’s no real reason to… [Continue Reading]

My Boss at the main crib in Saints Row 3

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Is Saints Row: The Third a Good Game?

November 15, 2023November 4, 2023 Medic 0 Comments Saints Row

When you compare Saints Rows 2 and 3, the differences are quite big. Although Saints Row 3 is a prettier game, it’s lacking a lot of features that Saints Row 2 had. There are missing minigames, the story isn’t as long and there’s only really one singular story path with only a handful of decisions that matter. Saints Row 2 lets you pick which gang you want to take out first, while Saints Row 3 has a specific order to start in forcing you to take out Morningstar first, Deckers second and Luchadors last. There’s also a distinct tone shift… [Continue Reading]

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Shiny Pokemon I Want But Still Don’t Have

November 14, 2023November 3, 2023 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, shiny

Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO are more common than they are in other Pokemon games, except maybe in Scarlet and Violet, where you can just eat sandwiches that increase the chance of having shiny Pokemon pop up around you. But despite me having played Pokemon GO for years, there are plenty of Pokemon that are missing from my shiny collection. Here’s just a few of them. Slugma I don’t really know why I want a shiny Slugma. It’s a really interesting shiny that goes light grey. Weirdly, its evolution, Magcargo (which is a pretty crap name for a lava snail… [Continue Reading]