I bailed over the whole API thing, bacon reader was reddit for me.

Now lemmy is the only social media I use, and my life is better for it.

I bought demons souls, could hardly pass the first level, and put it down.

I bought dark souls when it came out, and again, played a bit, didn’t get it, and put it on the shelf.

Dark souls 2, bloodborne, and darks souls 3, all the same story. I knew they were amazing games, I just didn’t get it.

Then on some reddit post someone talked about summoning a player to help, and the summon charged into the boss fight naked with only a katana like a freaking jedi.

Every time I had played the games, I was slow, with heavy armour, hiding behind a shield.

I put in dark souls 3, and went super light weight with a fast sword, and something just clicked.

Dark souls 2, it was the twin blade, dark souls one, a katana.

While I haven’t platinumed them all like my girlfriend has, I have beaten all the main souls games except bloodborn and Sekiro with a variety of builds.

Elden Ring was the first one we both got to play new together, and our first play through was one of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had.

I highly suggest going back to dark souls one and trying out the different styles. Magic, pyromancy, heavy weapons, fast and light, etc.

There is a really good chance one style will click, and the whole series of amazing games will open up for you.

This is one of my absolute favorites. Few shows get a proper laugh out of me, but him coming out in a jacket made of his tax receipts me ever time.

I have two main categories, pleasant distractions, and screaming at the gods.

Pleasant distractions are things I enjoy in my free time like video games, reading, juggling, lock picking.

Screaming at the gods are things I do because I need something so physical and dangerous that it requires 100% of my focus. Skateboarding, snowboarding, long distance motorcycle trips. These are things I do to get work and other stresses out of my head for a time, as I can’t afford to have my attention split.

Yup, this is a fantastic side benifit to my absolutely not ever having kids.

Being recording a hardcore playthrough to make a guide for a friend. Love this game so much.

That I haven’t had? The two major ones are a sinus infection (1994), which in theory I could have again, and appendicitis (2007), which I will never have again.

As a life long skateboarder and snowboarder, I’ve had all kinds of brutal injuries, still do on occasion, but no pain has compared to those two.

Someone once mentioned slowing time for like 2 seconds as a terrible super power, but as a skateboarder, I think this would be amazing.

I haven’t played with a yoyo in a very long time. Is Duncan still a solid brand? Now I want a yoyo.

I use this trick all the time to find my car I’m parking garages.