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Posted: **Mon Aug 28, 2023 12:57 pm**

I played a fair bit of Legend of Keepers.

It was ok as a short term distraction. I actually played it, as opposed to loading and then exiting, so I thought it had enough entertainment going for it that I put time into it.

Worth it on steep discount, imo.

Posted: **Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:18 pm**

I played some Legend of Keepers too - somewhere between "actually played" and "load/exit". It was fun but not extremely compelling. That said, a deeper dive plus DLC might prove more satisfying.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:05 am**

I picked up Kingdom Rush (tower defense) and Rise to Ruins (not sure. Sort of colony building + tower defense). Each was less than 10 bucks, which is my price point for whim purchases these days.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:35 pm**

GreenGoo wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:27 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:07 pm
Anonymous Bosch wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:59 pm

IMHO, the best way to hit yer mental reset button? Keep it simple, stupid; stick with simpler games with intuitive -- yet rock solid -- gameplay mechanics that don't require any reading up prior to playing

this is the way
I've actually been looking for tower defense games, but despite there being a billion of them, I haven't really found anything for free I want to play, or pay that I'm willing to spend money on.

I think I'm done with vampire survivors, which I played a ton of when it first showed up. I own the original 1 finger death punch. I should check out #2.

Dome Keepers is on the wishlist.

All good suggestions, thanks for letting me know about them.

Element TD defense Is pretty good. I enjoyed that one, played it a lot.

defense Grid, and defense Grid 2, I enjoyed more. played the bejebers out of those. Currently on sale on stam!

The Creeper World games are good. they are a different sort of tower defense. No preset roads, instead you are defending against a goo that is spreading, makes good use of terrain height since the goo is a liquid.

But if you want to scratch some itch without spending, kongregate.com is a good place to play. They have a category for tower defense with all the good ones. Bloons, kingdom rush, cursed treasure, creeper world, Protector, desktop tower defense (this one is great), Onslaught.

there are more, but those are the ones I liked most.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:11 pm**

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:05 am I picked up Kingdom Rush (tower defense) and Rise to Ruins (not sure. Sort of colony building + tower defense). Each was less than 10 bucks, which is my price point for whim purchases these days.

Jaymon wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:35 pm Element TD defense Is pretty good. I enjoyed that one, played it a lot.

Also, FWIW, Element TD 2 is currently on sale for under a tenner:

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:43 pm**

Anonymous Bosch wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:11 pm Also, FWIW, Element TD 2 is currently on sale for under a tenner:

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:57 pm**

Theres a reverse tower defense game series that is good. i own the first two but damn if I can remember the name. It may have been mentioned already and i just missed it. You play a military convoy vs aliens. You build you convoy with guns or speed or whatever and it makes its way through the city streets as the aliens try to stop you.

EDIT: The Anomaly series.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:26 am**

I need another ass pillow. About 2 weeks after I got my first PC in 1994 my wife came home from a church sale with 6 metal folding chairs and gave me one to use at the PC. Before that I was borrowing a kitchen wooden chair. The folding one was much better..still is. Later I added a pillow...the bed type..not feather just the cheap sleeping pillow type with ...what I dont know. Anyways it got flat so I put another on top. Then another.....I think there are 3 bed pillows and one square little cushion on it now. All are flat as fritters.

My ass is in pain. Ive folded the top bed pillow...better but makes me want to slid off feeling all the time lol. And I cant find another good one for the chair. The ones on the bed are thick heavy down pillows from olden days.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:49 am**

You may want to try something more like this. I have a couple of similar ones that I picked up years ago. They still flatten some when you sit on them, but they bounce back. They don't become compressed like normal pillows/cushions.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:58 am**

Daehawk wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:26 am I need another ass pillow. About 2 weeks after I got my first PC in 1994 my wife came home from a church sale with 6 metal folding chairs and gave me one to use at the PC. Before that I was borrowing a kitchen wooden chair. The folding one was much better..still is. Later I added a pillow...the bed type..not feather just the cheap sleeping pillow type with ...what I dont know. Anyways it got flat so I put another on top. Then another.....I think there are 3 bed pillows and one square little cushion on it now. All are flat as fritters.

My ass is in pain. Ive folded the top bed pillow...better but makes me want to slid off feeling all the time lol. And I cant find another good one for the chair. The ones on the bed are thick heavy down pillows from olden days.

Given how much time you spend at home on your PC, you'd probably be a whole lot better off with a basic office chair instead of relying upon a metal folding chair. For example, here's a simple Mesh Chair with Lumbar Support and Armrests, with 59,141 ratings that average 4.2 out of 5, available from Amazon for $38:

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:01 pm**

That would make me nervous. It says mesh, but it looks like only the back is mesh. Which means that the cushion for the seat is going to end up with the same compression issue. I have a chair with a mesh seat, though I still use one of the rubber cushions. That combination has worked well.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:12 pm**

TheMix wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:01 pm That would make me nervous. It says mesh, but it looks like only the back is mesh. Which means that the cushion for the seat is going to end up with the same compression issue. I have a chair with a mesh seat, though I still use one of the rubber cushions. That combination has worked well.

Granted, but realistically Daehawk cannot afford a pot to piss in. So considering his budgetary woes, an affordable -- though less than ideal -- basic office chair is still likely to provide a significant upgrade in comfort vs. a thirty-year old folding metal chair.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:17 pm**

Anonymous Bosch wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:12 pm
TheMix wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:01 pm That would make me nervous. It says mesh, but it looks like only the back is mesh. Which means that the cushion for the seat is going to end up with the same compression issue. I have a chair with a mesh seat, though I still use one of the rubber cushions. That combination has worked well.
Granted, but realistically Daehawk cannot afford a pot to piss in. So considering his budgetary woes, an affordable -- though less than ideal -- basic office chair is still likely to provide a significant upgrade in comfort vs. a thirty-year old folding metal chair.

And I'll grant that one to you.

I think he definitely needs a better chair. I just think he'll also, in relatively short time, need a better cushion as well. There is no "normal" pillow on earth that is going to feel soft after sitting on it for 14+ hours a day, day after day after day.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:53 pm**

Any office chair will be too high and make me hunch over more. the chest my pc sits on is only about 1" taller than my knee. The metal folder chair is short enough to where they go good together.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:55 pm**

$40 for a mechanic's creeper seat.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:39 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:55 pm $40 for a mechanic's creeper seat.

That reminds me I need to get outside tomorrow and see how hard removing my alternator is

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:36 pm**

TheMix wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:49 am You may want to try something more like this. I have a couple of similar ones that I picked up years ago. They still flatten some when you sit on them, but they bounce back. They don't become compressed like normal pillows/cushions.

I have one of those, and can absolutely vouch for it. It's like sitting on a tiny, form-fitting mattress.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:43 pm**

Daehawk wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:53 pm Any office chair will be too high and make me hunch over more. the chest my pc sits on is only about 1" taller than my knee. The metal folder chair is short enough to where they go good together.

The chair I linked above can be lowered to 16.5 inches, i.e. less than a foot and a half from the floor. If the chest your PC sits upon is even lower than that…? It's difficult to imagine how that would useable at all without hunching over, especially if you do not resemble a gnome:

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:46 pm**

LOL!

I used to want a chair and desk. But after 28 years I dont see me changing.

God Id LOVE that purple thingy. Hush you. Dirty minds.

But $90 is like $80 over my limit.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:58 pm**

That was just an example. So you could shop around. I paid around $40 for mine. Yes, the one from Purple is very nice, and double thickness (I believe). However, I don't think anyone has ever accused Purple of being cheap. I guarantee there are other similar products available for much much less $$.

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:48 pm**

Posted: **Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:54 pm**

Dammit, men. I said, "Sail out." Sail out!

Posted: **Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:24 am**

i absolutely have to keep a list of new games that 'i think i would like and need to play but now that i have nearly 1900 titles spread over four online libraries, the chances of me finding them, much less remembering, again are slim' - that's on me, and not a problem i ever thought i would have

Posted: **Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:30 am**

hitbyambulance wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:24 am i absolutely have to keep a list of new games that 'i think i would like and need to play but now that i have nearly 1900 titles spread over four online libraries, the chances of me finding them, much less remembering, again are slim' - that's on me, and not a problem i ever thought i would have

That's not a bad idea. I'm a Playnite convert in that it keeps track of all of my game libraries. My goal was to stop buying games more than once (it didn't happen often, but I was never sure if I had a game already or not). But if I wanted to use your idea of a "Need to Play" list for new purposes, I think I could do that by adding a custom tag and then sorting. Interesting idea.

Posted: **Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:45 pm**

The gel cushions don't compress (much).

Posted: **Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:30 pm**

Do they 'feel' funny being hollow honeycombs?

Posted: **Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:47 pm**

Daehawk wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:30 pm Do they 'feel' funny being hollow honeycombs?

Speaking for the Purple, as I haven't tried any off brands... No. It feels... hard to describe. Soft. Smooth. Squishy. Imagine a waterbed filled with 'slime' or oobleck. It just gives under your weight, providing enough support to be comfortable, but not so much that it feels like it's pressing on you. To put it in Daehawk terms (

), it feels like you're sitting on a boob. And when you stand up or move, it bounces right back, 100%.

The next time you're in town, swing by a mattress or furniture place. A lot of them have Purple mattresses or toppers that you can feel and sit on.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:34 pm**

So I rebought and started playing SMAC again for the first time in well over 20 years. Holy sheep dip have UIs gotten better over the years. I totally did not remember how unruly the UI is. Man, we've become spoiled over the years. I'm not sure I can go back.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:53 pm**

LordMortis wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:34 pm I'm not sure I can go back.

This is my experience 90% of the time. I try to go back and play games I loved 20+ years ago and end up sad. usually over the UI or dated mechanics. It's also why I want / don't want them to re-release Sid Meier's SimGolf...

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 1:59 pm**

Smoove_B wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:53 pm It's also why I want / don't want them to re-release Sid Meier's SimGolf...

I want a new version.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 2:31 pm**

Smoove_B wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:53 pm
LordMortis wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:34 pm I'm not sure I can go back.
This is my experience 90% of the time. I try to go back and play games I loved 20+ years ago and end up sad. usually over the UI or dated mechanics. It's also why I want / don't want them to re-release Sid Meier's SimGolf...

Me too. And yet I keep going back to the well. A couple dollars at a time.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:26 pm**

I replayed Baldur's Gate 1 a couple of years ago, but crashed and burned in Siege of Dragonspear. I just couldn't handle the interface (particularly in regards to inventory management) anymore.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:56 pm**

LordMortis wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:34 pm So I rebought and started playing SMAC again for the first time in well over 20 years. Holy sheep dip have UIs gotten better over the years. I totally did not remember how unruly the UI is. Man, we've become spoiled over the years. I'm not sure I can go back.

Alas, human brains are mighty unreliable narrators of the past, so we have a natural tendency towards painting rosy mental images of an idealized golden age in times gone by. So in terms of replaying a 25-yr-old game, thoughts of restorative nostalgia tend to be almost invariably more mirage than much else.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 4:45 pm**

Absolutely, and the things that turn us away from them now were just the normal price we paid for the good parts back then. We've just gotten used to not having to pay that particular price.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 4:47 pm**

I find myself in gaming limbo.

I just finished Jagged Alliance 3. That means that I don't have an active game right now. I've decided to wait a few more weeks on BG3, and Starfield doesn't unlock for a few more days. That means that I don't want to get bogged down in another game before then, which limits my options quite a bit.

I had just started playing Far Cry 6 before JA3 released, and I'd like to go back to that, but I'm not sure that I'm wanting to have two huge open-world shooters at once.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:13 pm**

I got a good bit into FC6 but it never truly clicked like all the others. I tried it a few times. May go back one day. I really need to see what is in my backlog. I just this weekend realized I haven't played The Outer Worlds or Dishonored 2.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:34 pm**

I don't really do gaming limbos. I play ESO every day, usually getting in an hour or more first thing in the morning. Right now, I'm all-in on Starfield, have a JA3 playthrough on the backburner and my BG3 Bardlock is sitting in the corner patiently waiting for me to return to the Underdark.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:46 pm**

Blackhawk wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 4:47 pm I find myself in gaming limbo.

I just finished Jagged Alliance 3. That means that I don't have an active game right now. I've decided to wait a few more weeks on BG3, and Starfield doesn't unlock for a few more days. That means that I don't want to get bogged down in another game before then, which limits my options quite a bit.

I had just started playing Far Cry 6 before JA3 released, and I'd like to go back to that, but I'm not sure that I'm wanting to have two huge open-world shooters at once.

FWIW, Dome Keeper is currently available for just over a tenner or a -40 percent discount, and may scratch you where you itch. Essentially, it's a well-polished indie base building, Tower Defensish Roguelite, in which you must defend your humble dome from waves of hostile alien critters. In between the waves of attacks, you have to dig yourself a diggy hole beneath your dome to locate precious resources that allow you to further develop and upgrade your dome's weapons, defences, and other abilities, to help fend off increasingly menacing beasties. It also has a terrific and mighty charming retro art style.

Here's the official launch trailer, which shows the game in action:

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:12 pm**

Anonymous Bosch wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:46 pm FWIW, Dome Keeper is currently available for just over a tenner or a -40 percent discount, and may scratch you where you itch.

I appreciate the suggestion, but there are two things that hold little to no appeal to me in games: pixel graphics, and roguelikes.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:25 pm**

Blackhawk wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:12 pm
Anonymous Bosch wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:46 pm FWIW, Dome Keeper is currently available for just over a tenner or a -40 percent discount, and may scratch you where you itch.

I appreciate the suggestion, but there are two things that hold little to no appeal to me in games: pixel graphics, and roguelikes.

Fair enough. But didn't you enjoy playing Void Bastards -- which is also a Roguelite -- or am I misremembering? (This was partly why I thought you may enjoy Dome Keeper, though I didn't realise pixel artwork is a non-starter for you, too).

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