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Cake day: July 19th, 2023
  • Albbi@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.ml•This is the only Windows thing left on my computer
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    4 days ago

    I used to have this really awesome early 2000’s transparent blue plastic keyboard with all the newest media keys. The only problem was that it had 4 windows keys on it! One on either side of the spacebar. The right side of the spacebar was Alt, Windows, Context menu, CTRL. That was a bit weird but it was alright. The next placements were crazy though. Someone figured there was space for more keys right below the Delete, End and Page Down keys but I guess they couldn’t really figure out what would be best for there so they put a 3rd Windows key, a 2nd Context Menu and then a 4th Windows key right there. This was pretty close to the arrow keys and if anyone remembers gaming in the early 2000’s, pressing the windows key accidentlly would often just crash your game completely. If you could get back into it, it could take quite a while for it to respond again. So if you were playing something like Warcraft 2 multiplayer, that button was a fucking nightmare.

    Ugh, I loved the colour of that keyboard so much I put up with all those windows keys.

    edit: I can’t believe I found it! I’ve tried searching for this keyboard a few times, but finally found proof on this site!

  • Albbi@lemmy.catoGaming@beehaw.org•Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
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    13 days ago

    Specifically, the patent describes a situation where:

    • A console or other system is being used to run a video game from storage
    • The player controls a character in a “virtual space”
    • The player can perform an input command to make a “sub character” appear (i.e. summon another character)
    • If there’s an enemy where the sub character appears, the player can control a battle between the sub character and the enemy
    • If there’s no enemy where the sub character appears, the sub character will automatically move around
    • The player can move the sub character to a different location on the field, and if an enemy is there they can control a battle between the sub character and the enemy
  • Albbi@lemmy.catoGames@lemmy.world•Any good Android games that aren't roguelikes?English
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    1 month ago

    I use Mini Review for most of my android game finding. I find that if they give an overall score of 8 and above, I almost always like the game.

    I’m currently enjoying the idle clicker Magic Research 2 It doesn’t feel like most idlers. There’s monsters to fight that need some strategy and a pretty good plot where I actually read everything! Most games have plot that is so boring and rehashed that it’s not worth reading, but Magic Research 2 was a lot of fun. I played the demo a bit and bought the full version before running into whatever limits were in the demo.