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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2025?
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:06:06 +0200
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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> It's the first day of a new month, and according to the schedule
> we're supposed to have a new "What Have You Been Playing" thread.
> Well, far be it from me that I might disobey a schedule! Let's begin
> the thread!
> 
> 
> 
> Superbrief --------------------------------------- * Warhammer 40K:
> Space Marine II * Dungeon Hack * Warhammer 40K: Boltgun * System
> Shock 2 25th Anniversary Remaster
> 

Whelp, that's a lot of Warhammer. I used to love the strategy games and
the first space marine, but in the last years enough W40K licensed games
have been released that they could rival ubi soft and their assasins
creed game spamming.

> What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2025?
> 
June is the month I finally was free to play anything that I wanted,
and... I barely can remember what the hell did I play. I keep track of
the games I beat, but not of the ones that I play for a few days, then
forget.

- Deltarune: Eps I - IV (around 10 days, pacing myself)
For a game that costs less than 25€, it's not been cheap for me. I went
straight for the PC version because I was in a bad mood to give money to
Nintendo, but said version was not great. Compared to Switch, it lacks
integer scaling and frames, so scaling artifacts are guaranteed,
specially with Steam Deck. No option to resize the window, and some
hardcoded controls that don't change even when you remap the them.

So I ended buying it again for Switch, but I did not bother refunding
the PC version. Chapter III left me a bit cold after years waiting, but
IV.. It's just incredible. I can't say anything because everything is a
massive spoiler. I also ended getting the soundtrack on vinyl because I
freaking loved it.

- The Binding of Isaac Rebirth: Repentance+ DLC (one week)
This expansion came out one year ago and it's a massive balance patch. I
recall quitting the game around November when I got to finally defeat
Megasatan because I was just too frustrated with Repentance taking away
all the fun from the game.
With the R+ free expansion, it's back to Afterbirth / Afterbirth+ levels
of enjoyment. I finally defeated Hush and even cleared the Boss Rush, so
I'm pretty happy with my progress. The new set of environments and
bosses unlocked will require learning new strategies, so i took a break
from it.

- Clannad (daily train ride game)
Not a lot to say. it's a visual novel that I pick from time to time. At
least it runs great on Steam Deck.

- Duck Hunt.
No, not the Nes lightgun game. The IRC script game. !bang


Top reasons for not playing more have been the downtime while trying to
survive several heatwaves without AC when the only thing I could do was
watch TV, and spending time working on the computer I will be bringing
to the July LanParty. This may be the most baffling "build" I have ever
done. In a place where 65% of the assistants come with gaming PCs full
of RGB fans and methacrylate, I will be using a Dell Optiplex 3050
Business minitower that places severe restrictions on the hardware
upgrades it can accept due to a propietary 300W PSU and restricted airflow:
- i5 Kabylake
- Nvidia GT1030 2gb VRAM (manufactured in 2021 during the chip shortage)
- NVME M2Drive
- 4TB NAS Drive for DC++
- And a bitching Sound Blaster that still can do hardware MIDI synth.

To be honest, it's a bit of a protest computer. Unless they fix the
recurring issues at the venue with not paying for the AC and making us
endure 28-30C for 3.5 days, I'm not bringing the nice looking computer.
Maybe I will put a sticker on the side that reads "I'm a gaming PC
trapped in the case of a business PC", or "What counts is not the
teraflops, but how hard I frag you".