Mmagnusson

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[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'll be sad to see it go, but it has been a great run so I cannot complain

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mean, it isn't meaningless, just culturally subjective and lacking a rigerous definition. Berries are a set of specific fruit, which fruit being included being determined by the culture in question base on percieved similarities and historic uses. We use it to quickly bring up the specific group and whatever vague characteristics we percieve them to share.

So, the definition for berries that you seek is simply "the fruit people you're interested in would point at and identify as a berry", which is a vague definition and not rigerous at all, but most people would in fact think of the same thing you do if you say "I put berries on top of my cake". If I ask my wife "hey, on your way home swing by the store and buy some berries, any type will do", she will not bring a watermelon. She in fact will buy what we both agree are berries, and so the word has useful meaning.

You'll find most classifications humans have do this too. The real world is really good at refusing to fit into the neat boxes we made to classify it and the things in it, and yet we can still use them fine enough as long as we don't get lost in semantics and wondering if a hot dog is a sandwich or cereal soup.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are grapes not considered berries in the anglosphere? In Icelandic they literally are named "Wine berries" and considered as such.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It isn't awful, but it isn't good either. Get a tub of it just to say you've tried it, but Iceland has much better "real" food on offer.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago

It isn't staple food you'd see on modern dinner plates: it essentially is only tourist food, or eaten during Þorrablót - a mid-winter celebration of of traditional Icelandic food (which in many cases was starvation food, but we let that slide)

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sharks don't really pee. It gets stored it in their body tissue instead. Part of the preperation of shark is essentially pressing it for weeks to bring out the ammonia and let it break down into something that won't kill you. Doesn't taste good, but won't kill you.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

GameMaker is also a very capable 2D engine that you can use for free until you want to export, by which time you can get a subscription less than a cup of coffee.

Plenty of other engines beyond unity, no matter the game you want to make.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Or GameMaker if you are doing a 2d game, or Unreal if you don't mind the learning curve. Plenty of other options beyond Unity.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

DS3 literally starts with a boss that is quite challenging if you're not used to DS already. Just "here is a sword, here is how to swing it, here is a bear of a man with an oozing snake hand - kill him". A lot of players bounced off him.

Fromsoft isn't in the business of making easy games, it's just different variations of challenging. For people that like that it's great. For a lot of people that very understandably is a turn off.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Been a long-time souls fan, but AC was before my time so I never got into it. Picked AC6 up last night and am having a blast so far!

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Icelandic would like a red-headed word.

[–] Mmagnusson@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I personally am a fan of jet-lagged, the game. Sam, Ben, and Adam from wendover productions/Half as interesting compete in various travel-based games across the world.

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