miela583
9 months ago
@a-blue-in-a-sea-of-reds I did, it was an experience I was really lucky to have! I taught junior high English there for a few years.
a-blue-in-a-sea-of-reds
9 months ago
Wow, what an awesome experience that must’ve been! 😊 So, do you speak and/or understand Japanese? 🗾 Also, did you get to visit any of those multifloored Taito Game Stations or Sega Arcades over there? 👾
miela583
9 months ago
I am not naturally good at languages, so I’m still working hard to learn Japanese well. I could survive, but I’m way better now than I was there. As for arcades, though, I went constantly, and to lots of them. A smaller two floor Sega arcade was maybe my second most visited one!
miela583
9 months ago
There was a Taito one I really liked in a shopping mall basement near the immigration office I had to visit annually, too, but that one was too far off to visit casually. It was so bright and spacious feeling, though!
skep
9 months ago
Steam Spring Sale out of nowhere. Wasn't the Winter Sale just like three weeks ago?
miela583
9 months ago
@skep Ah, this is the risk of being on different dimensional timelines. For me, each calendar day of winter is a random number of theoretical days long, so over here, the Winter Sale was 3 years ago. Steam does what they can to balance these timelines, but it's tricky.
shiningforcelibrary
9 months ago
mystery dungeon <3 the game is a bit hard at times, but the story and vibes are definitely worth it, hope you have fun with it!
miela583
9 months ago
I'm loving it so far, and will be pleased if it gets difficult. I played one of the Shiren the Wanderer Mystery Dungeon games way back, and really like how much friendlier this is.
overclockworked
9 months ago
To this day Pokemon Mystery Dungeon remains my favorite Pokemon thing and is responsible for me feeling like something is missing any time I play a Mystery Dungeon style game that doesn't have monster collecting elements, ahaha
miela583
9 months ago
@dragonhalo3d Thanks! I have some doctor stuff set up today and in a couple weeks, so hopefully it helps!
mrhumbuck
9 months ago
What fighting games would you suggest for someone who's new to them? I've played very little in the way of fighters, I should give them a proper go sometime
miela583
9 months ago
@mrhumbuck I learned how fighters work from Tekken 3 way back, off a demo disc- I think it was pretty straightforward, but had enough to do that it kept me playing and figuring out how different characters work. Past that, though, I've just played stuff I think looks stylish or interesting. It's really boring, and probably bad advice, but I think it's easier to learn a game if you like the characters, or vibes
miela583
9 months ago
Pt 2: or amount of fireballs flying across the screen. I have no competitive spirit, so I'm just messing around, but definitely think it's easier to get good at a game that hooked me with the window dressing.
unexplainedsightingsofcowboys
9 months ago
@mrhumbuck the first fighting game I really sunk some time into and made effort to actually learn was Guilty Gear Strive, and I picked up basics in a week or so ... I'm far from any good at Guilty Gear or fighting games in general, but from my perspective, I think once you learn things like numpad notation and various different terms, practicing combos and just having fun with the game comes next pretty EZ :3
unexplainedsightingsofcowboys
9 months ago
PT2: also some basics I learned from Guilty Gear translated over to other fighting games. There's loads of really good fighting games to start with, and I think Strive is one based off my experience with it
miela583
9 months ago
@puddingpudds It is, I love it! I'm kind of frustrated I was too tired to play it last night, but the weekend is ahead!
I've chucked Marsupilami into my Steam wishlist, I love a good platformer! Hope you're feeling better soon. Do you often have trouble breathing?
@mrhumbuck I hope you'll enjoy it! I got it in a bundle of mystery steam keys, so my expectations were low, but I enjoyed that play session a lot. As for my breathing, it was decently normal- I have asthma and allergies make it worse- so it was fine! I'm feeling better today, thanks!