LOL, I did take a semester of French in high school.
I guess it makes sense as an overlap - North America and Europe both have primarily English, Spanish, and French speakers in close vicinity. And Japanese cultural exports are just really popular.
I’m learning Japanese. On and off for years, but mainly the last couple. I’m still only at the advanced beginner stage, trying to work on my Kanji, reading, and listening.
Also learning Spanish, but I feel like I’m in a better spot with it. I took classes in school and have a decent foundation, just need way more practice. It’s on the backburner since I’d rather build on my Japanese.
For fans of this thread/topic, check out !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz . They have a weekly thread for progress and a few active folks. Lemmy also has more specific language learning communities that could stand to be more active.
Nothing wrong with posting here (looks like a solid answer already given!), but this thread seems like a good time to plug some relevant communities that exist and would probably be helpful for this kind of thing:
If you skipped the Switch 1, I think it’s worth going for. It’s overpriced for the moment - there are only a handful of Switch 2 exclusive games worth playing this year. Even the flagship Mario Kart game is a little weird with how it does some of its modes. But the Switch 1 has an extensive library with plenty of great multiplayer options. If you’re ready for a purchase, might as well go ahead and get the 2 so y’all can play the new Nintendo games when you want.
I agree that Nintendo the company is really slimy though, and it does feel a little gross to support them sometimes.
I’ve subscribed to a few, though I often find myself getting lazy about listening to them. So take my suggestions with a grain of salt.
Some I used to listen to, some I’ve wanted to listen to, some of these coworkers recommended in recent weeks that I have little to no idea about. Hopefully this helps you find something you like!
I’ve replaced all my aimless Reddit scrolling with Lemmy. I’m not so purist I refuse to go there though - there’s still a lot of good info organized there, and it’s still decent for searches.
I’ve replaced Twitter too. Ironically Facebook is the one that sticks around, despite being probably the most user-hostile. That one’s built around people I know IRL and it’s not so easy to drop in a replacement. Even though it’s not very good for that or any purpose.
The narration was really cheesy. And it is a little hard to stay tuned in when he goes ‘look you can run! You can jump!’.
DK’s moveset looks good though - he seems like he’s fun to control.
Was a great showing! I was already on board because I dig the destruction angle. I still have some minor misgivings with some of the art direction.
But overall this presentation kept hitting with feature after feature. I hope (and semi-expect) it’s not a case where they’ve already shown most everything about the game though. Looking forward to playing next month!
As for what to do there - again, it’s your call. Generally they have several flavors of weight machines, cardio machines, free weights, usually some kind of aerobics space.
You set your own goals and routines. In contrast with something like school, no one’s going to force you to exercise. You have to want to - whether that’s for the fun of it or to achieve some health result.
Gyms also tend to offer classes, or personal trainers you can hire if you want more structure.
You’re absolutely correct that you can do all that at home. Will you? I find that going to a place puts me in the right state of mind to do the thing. They do have a lot of equipment available, but you can mostly replace it at low cost by running outdoors or buying a few dumbells.
Likewise for the costume - when I started going, I was very worried about making sure I had gym shorts and running shoes and a sweat wicking shirt and a gym bag. I got that stuff and it did help, just mentally put me into the place for it. But after a while I realized I could just go in casual clothes (though my gym bans jeans) and it’s fine. Up to you what’s more motivating - workout clothes or reducing friction by wearing what you’ve got.
Memory has a way of being fuzzy and inaccurate. Probably not my actual first experience of it, and I’m probably combining several different occasions…
But I remember a new desk with a computer set up in the living room. My parents or brother set me down in front of it and asked what I wanted to look for, I could search for anything. The first thing that came to mind was to look for Zelda, so I got them to type in Zelda Link’s Awakening for the search engine. I ended up on a cool little fansite, and learned about the bomb arrows trick.
I always thought Regin Smidur by Týr captured exactly the kind of vibes I’d expect from Viking metal. But I’ve never known what the lyrics are about, and probably don’t want to.
Probably means no general direct this summer.
But that’s also what we thought when the Switch 1 direct happened right before the Switch 2 thing. Crazier stuff has happened. /shrug
Not sure about current options, but I came across a physical copy some time ago. Wine was able to install it and run it without much fuss. Iirc I didn’t even have to put the disc back in to play.
I didn’t get around to sticking with it though, so there might have been more issues down the line, past the first bit of gameplay.
Amazing game. I remember hearing folks describe it, before I ever played. I couldn’t get my head around the concept. Then you play, and all the rules just make sense.
When I played through Portal in dev commentary mode, I was surprised at the time to realize they’re basically trying to teach you things through the whole game (or at least heavily signpost). Made me realize a lot about game design, and design in general.
Yep. And to further mitigate any rage induction, the store replaced them.
https://bsky.app/profile/megannicolett.bsky.social/post/3lqv6v72abk2m
So yeah, I think that post is spot on that it’s kinda no big deal in any direction.
Sure, that’s on Nintendo a little bit.
But who staples things directly to the box of a collector’s item or an of expensive piece of electronics? Store was asking for trouble. The staple would have bothered me even if it didn’t touch the screen.
Kinda, but I think phrasing it that way overstates how bad it is right now. Generally, you buy a physical game and you get something that’s a reasonably complete product, playable to the end without ever patching.
Basically every game has a patch, but it’s usually minor bug fixes, optimizations, or extra content that’s not so important.
Truly broken and deeply unfinished games shipping on cart/disc are (were?) still kinda the exception.
There should be a rule on how many people or how many times layoffs can happen before leadership gets let go instead.