Twaffle

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[–] Twaffle 4 points 10 months ago

One of my favorite albums to come out in the last few years is Etemen Ænka by Dvne. The whole thing is great, but I'll give special mention to the riff at the end of the song Court of the Matriarch, which is so heavy it'll make you feel like you could stomp the earth in half.

[–] Twaffle 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They alternated each night on this tour.

I also saw them a couple of weeks ago with Mastodon closing, but I honestly think it would have worked better the other way around. It felt like the crowd used up all of their energy on Gojira and didn't have much left for Mastodon. I saw quite a few people leave early. For what it's worth, I was there mainly to see Mastodon, but Gojira ended up being the highlight for me. They went hard.

[–] Twaffle 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The early 90s Lucas Arts adventure games. Most notably Monkey Island 2.

[–] Twaffle 1 points 1 year ago

I'm seeing them later this week. Very excited!

I'm looking forward to Mastodon as well. I've seen them once before, but the sound mixing was absolutely awful. I'm hoping that since they're co-headliners rather than an opener (as they were last time) that they'll have it dialed in a bit better.

[–] Twaffle 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any recommendations for nicer scales? I'm kind of sick of the cheap kitchen scale I've been using and have been thinking about upgrading.

[–] Twaffle 3 points 1 year ago

I'd be curious to hear other people's experience with this test. Personally, the two quality levels are completely indistinguishable for me. And that was sitting in a quiet room, using decent quality wired headphones, and really concentrating.

At least I know there will be no need for me to upgrade my subscription if Spotify ever does start offering uncompressed.

[–] Twaffle 5 points 1 year ago

Metal Gear Solid

Monkey Island 2 (The first one is arguably better, but 2 was my introduction to the series, so I have a bit of a soft spot for it)

[–] Twaffle 2 points 1 year ago

Before or after you got the fly out?

[–] Twaffle 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Earlier this year I was really close to pulling the trigger on a Dunable custom shop order myself. I had everything picked out except for the finish. I wanted it to have kind of a natural, almost unfinished look, with the wood grain showing through, but I was worried about ordering something like that sight unseen. I kept thinking about being potentially disappointed by an ugly or uninteresting piece of wood. So I went back and forth between ordering what I really wanted, or going with what I considered a safer option of a solid color. This went on for a few weeks. Then one night I was poking around on Reverb, and the exact (well, very nearly exact) guitar I had been imagining popped up for sale. I looked at the pictures and read the specs, thought "Holy shit, that's my guitar," and ordered it on the spot. It's amazing, and everything I could have hoped for.

I honestly feel a bit bad now that I lucked into skipping the wait that you're currently stuck in. On the bright side I guess that's one less guitar in the queue ahead of you, so maybe yours will come a few days earlier than it would have if I had been more decisive. Hang in there, you're going to love it.

[–] Twaffle 3 points 2 years ago

Even if a woodchuck could chuck wood, and a woodchuck would chuck wood, should a woodchuck chuck wood?

[–] Twaffle 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried Outer Wilds? I believe it's included with the mid-tier of PS Plus. I picked it up because I was told that it might scratch a similar itch to Return of the Obra Dinn, and it ended up being (in my opinion) one of the greatest games I've ever played. It's an archeological mystery in space. I would recommend going into it knowing as little as possible beyond that.

[–] Twaffle 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, yeah, I've seen that style. I expect it works much better than what I have. Maybe I'll pick one up some day to give it another try.

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