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#ParasiteEve

Playing an RPG with guns sometimes causes cognitive dissonance for me. It's easier when there's a clear fantasy element to them, like Barret's arm cannon. In Parasite Eve, all these guns have bland alphanumeric designations, like they're trying to copy real weapons.

Further, I was resisting handguns and machine guns, sticking with that 1st rifle, lugging around the grenade launcher with "heat bullets." But, I can't deny that the game is putting me in confined spaces with more enemies, so I'm trying a machine gun. I recognize I'm shooting big globs of slime before they can launch smaller globs of slime, or rat-men with exploding fireballs, but after multiple recent mass shootings, I just really don't want to use these weapons right now. I did reach a level where Aya (or whatever first name you chose) Brea can instead use the PE bar to shoot a beam at an enemy... maybe that's an option? She's not agile enough to be unscathed in melee.

JTO is Typing 14h ago

Althea Valara 15h ago

We're going back to the past in Final Fantasy XI tonight with more Wings of the Goddess! Will we see Cait Sith again tonight? Come chill with me and find out!

https://twitch.tv/altheavalara

#twitch #smallstreamer #ffxi #FinalFantasy

AltheaValara - Twitch

Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess - stream 3 - come chill with me~

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JTO is Typing 23h ago

Reading over this transcript of Tim Cain's thoughts on escort missions in RPGs makes me appreciate the solution in Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth - make the escorted NPC a dog. There was no chance to control the dogs, they ran faster than you so you didn't need to wait for them, and they wouldn't enter combat without you, and the party had memorable conversations while you were between battles. So, the thing most people commented on was the songs which played, "Stamp" and its battle variation, because it was just another seamless part of the game.

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/ive-never-seen-a-review-asking-for-more-escort-quests-fallouts-creator-comments-on-why-escort-missions-are-rarely-done-well

"I've Never Seen A Review Asking For More Escort Quests" - Fallout's Creator Comments On Why Escort Missions Are Rarely Done Well

And why developers probably shouldn't include them

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JTO is Typing 1d ago

GamingWolf Oct 14

My wife took a plea deal, she'll be out in April. Those responsible for medical records didn't drop just one but two more several hundred pages of papers last night before today's trial was supposed to happen. (Incidentally I think a juror didn't show up but had no bearing on this decision)

I'm supposed to be relieved but I'm really not. Both the defender and the prosecutor were completely blindsided by this information being delayed to the very last second. This 'deal' is going to follow her around forever.

So there's a lot stuff in the old house foreclosed that we can't actually fit in here, a bunch of broken things we gave up on, like dishwasher, HVAC, holes in the walls and ceiling.

My cats are still in there, one somehow slipped outside, the power there is now off and winter is coming and I still don't have my medicine so I'm still low energy.

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JTO is Typing 1d ago

GamingWolf Jan 26

I'd hate to waste your time, but I need your help. Actually my wife needs your help.

I've explained a bit of this in a previous pinned post (still on my profile in a set of four)

But basically, my wife is unjustly incarcerated regarding the death of her mother and we need help with bail. And remainder that doesn't reach the target amount or overshoots it will be used for other things, such as bills, mortgage, food, additional legal recourse and such.

She's loving, caring, headstrong and she has worked for a behaviorial health center to help drug addicts get back on her feet. She's far more selfless than I ever was.

She's also Bi, has Rheumatoid Arthritis and she is married to me (a neurodivergent)

https://www.spotfund.com/story/796dc938-6efe-4d29-abc3-e39c42f0108b

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JTO is Typing 1d ago

Daniel Fischer 1d ago

A second #planetesimal collision in the #Fomalhaut system: https://esahubble.org/static/science_papers/heic2512/heic2512.pdf -> Hubble sees asteroids colliding around nearby star / NASA’s #Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time / Zerstörerische Kollisionen in einem jungen Planetensystem: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_sees_asteroids_colliding_around_nearby_star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-sees-asteroids-colliding-at-nearby-star-for-first-time/ / https://www.mpg.de/24356362/fomalhaut-staubwolken-durch-kollisionen

JTO is Typing 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@massivelyop/115735639164138668

I very much appreciate the link included from here to the Bluesky post with the Bloomberg author's interview transcript.

JTO is Typing 2d ago

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Augie Ray Nov 28

That doesn't suggest vaccination isn't important. It still offers partial and fading protection against infection and hospitalization, and some studies find it lowers the risk of Long COVID. But, this study should tell us that vaccinations alone are not sufficient.

JTO is Typing 2d ago

Augie Ray Nov 28

Vaccines alone are not enough.

Study of #COVID19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization in adults over 60 in 2024/25:

“VE was 42% 14-59 days post-vaccination, 32% at 60-119 days, and 36% at 120-179 days, and no effect thereafter. “

Less than 50% effective in the first two months. No effect after 179 days. (I have seen studies suggesting vaccination may provide SOME protection against Long COVID.)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41290396/

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization in Older Adults, VEBIS Hospital Network, Europe, September 2024-May 2025 - PubMed

We estimated COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization in patients ≥ 60 years with severe acute respiratory infection, using a multicenter, test-negative, case-control study across seven sites in six European countries between September 2024 and May 2025. W …

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JTO is Typing 2d ago

#MegaMan

There's a new Mega Man Revamped hack and this time it's MM1. Time Extension has an article about it with more screenshots than on #RHDN.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/9269/

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/the-original-nes-mega-man-has-just-got-a-new-revamped-version-courtesy-of-a-fan