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danielholt

@danielholt@mstdn.games

Hey.

I'm Dan. A 36 year old father of two who doesn't have nearly as much time as he needs to do half the things he wishes he had the time to do.

I mainly Toot about the following:

#VideoGames
#Hockey
#UKPolitics
#Parenting
#Reading

I also run https://gamepad.club/@videogame_art

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EighthLayer, to movies
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Watching #AvengersEndGame on #NewYearsEve. Perfect. 🤩

#Movies #Film

“Avengers Assemble” moment from Avengers Endgame.

danielholt,
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@EighthLayer nah, it was just before this when you first seen the hammer fly through the air. That moment of 'wait.....oh my god' was absolutely fucking incredible.

danielholt, to random
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Just finished #OriAndTheBlindForest in time for the end of the year. Thoroughly enjoyable experience that will definitely bring me back with its sequel.

danielholt, to random
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It is done. I've stripped this house of any and all signs of festive cheer, and I've got no plans to go back into the loft for another 50-something weeks. Ho Ho Ho!

EighthLayer, to gaming
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Started playing . Refer to the GIF below.

GIF of John Krasinski saying “I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing”.

danielholt,
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@EighthLayer I liked playing Art of Rally for the photo mode/taking photos.

The actual rallying never appealed to me, but it's such an absolute gorgeous game

danielholt, to random
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I'm having an absolute blast with #OriAndTheBlindForest to the point that I'm almost angry at myself for not playing it sooner.

Hundstrasse, to random
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Having completed it again a few weeks ago for the first time in years, I stand by my opinion that Arkham Asylum is a great example of immersive world building made better by a focussed and tight single player campaign. We need more games like this. Forget 100+ hours of filler, I want like 12 hours of top notch gaming.

danielholt,
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@Hundstrasse the best entry in that series. And I say that as someone who absolutely fucking loves City. AA is an absolute killer of a game.

danielholt, to random
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So my only complaint regarding #OriAndTheBlindForest is that every 10-15 seconds (and usually when my character jumps) I get hit with some slowdown.

My frame rate doesn't drop, and it almost looks deliberate..and yet it totally throws my timing off. Is this a design choice, or am I going to have to tweak something to get around this admittedly somewhat pretty bit of lag?

danielholt, to random
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Okay Nerds. I've got a hankering for a #Metroidvania ....but I've never really played one before (it's a blind spot).

I own Hollow Knight already, and I'm tempted to go back to that but I'm looking for some other recommendations.

What would you recommend to a total Metroidvania noob?

I've got my eye on the following: Ori and the Blind Forest, Axiom Verge and Rogue Legacy 2 (which I know is a bit different).

danielholt,
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@mikeymikey yup I've been considering downloading a Super Metroid ROM for my Deck.

30yrdscreamer, to Battlemaps
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So #forest have sacked #cooper.

#mastodonfc #nffc #PremierLeague

danielholt,
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@30yrdscreamer why? For my money they're doing about as well as you could expect.

danielholt, to Fortnite
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#Fortnite installed.

Load it up and I'm greeted by.....so many things. Seriously, it's more akin to a YouTube app than anything.

Without wishing to sound like an old man, I kind of miss the 'New Game, Load Game, Options' menu screen thank you very much.

danielholt, to random
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Trying to get my 5 year old to sit down and focus on writing 30+ Christmas cards is going as well as expected. A job that would take me 10-15 minutes has taken her an hour, oh and she's done about 7 of them. The toddler is running around causing absolute mayhem at the same time and they're both full of colds.

When your childfree friends question why your so stressed all the time, this is why. We're not even doing anything particularly difficult...it's a 'chilled' Sunday morning but holy fuck

danielholt,
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@Hundstrasse I'm practising a strict 'it means more if she does it herself' methodology right now.

They may be spelt incorrectly, they may be written in the wrong direction, but gosh darn it... they've been written.

Krikket, to indiegames

Now that I am fully organized to unload the last six months worth of extra keys, I'm getting antsy.

So, I thought I'd put up my retired keys list here with the following caveats.

  • Max two requests per person.
  • No brand new accounts.
  • Please only request things you would redeem yourself or pass on to a friend or family member.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Vkg4oknfIh6Nxqoea_tdXlBBsE-58ZvvbEW-k5_Lio/edit?usp=sharing

DISCLAIMER: These keys should all work. I can't promise that though.

danielholt,
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@Krikket what in the what is Telltale Texas Hold'Em.

Did they make a card game with the cast of Wolf Among Us?

danielholt, to random
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Would you look at that, I finished #Cuphead.

danielholt, to VideoGames
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One thing that I really enjoyed when this Mastodon instance launched was the sense of community. Over the last twelve months I feel like a bit of that has been lost.

I guess some of that is natural, the instance is much bigger than before and I imagine most people aren't following everyone on that instance, but it's still a bit sad.

This is a long winded way of me asking this: What have you been #playing recently?

#Videogames #MstdnGames

danielholt,
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@trixter nothing wrong with that. Starfield didn't hit for me, but I'm glad you're getting your fun out of it.

danielholt, to random
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I'm not sure if this is ridiculous, or the answer to my prayers.

It's easier to store than a bike, but it does look absolutely ridiculous.

danielholt,
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@EighthLayer @brakeoutgaming

Plus you'll look cool as fuck.

RWebbo25, to random

I don’t use Reddit nearly as much as I should do.

danielholt,
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@darth I hate to admit it but I signed back up last week. I hate using it, but sometimes it's nice to have a community of parents/diabetics/........Steamdeck owners all in one spot.

danielholt,
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@natejung I got into Lemmy, and I still may go back but it's got less active users than my Sports teams Subreddit and yeah, I occasionally need that sheer number of users to help so.

danielholt,
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@darth trust me when I say this....I want absolutely nothing to do with fellow parents on Facebook 🤣

danielholt, to random
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I know childcare is horrifically expensive but it does allow parents to go to work at the same time, and thus actually share the load at weekends.

When I'm not at work, my partner is at work. Seven days a week one of us is working a nine hour shift. It means one of us is running the house entirely on their own.

We don't get to share time together as a family, nor do we get to split the chores or give each other a few hours of kid free time if we need it

It sucks.

danielholt, to random
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I've never felt more powerful.

danielholt, to random
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None of y'all care but hey-ho.

My Steamdeck OLED finally got an update. And it's sitting in the ParcelForce warehouse that's roughly 10 minutes away from my house by car.

I'm going to give them today. If it's not pushed out for delivery then I'm gonna go get it tomorrow.

Huzzah!

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