Everyone has something they can’t stop themselves from nerding out over - but often it’s hard to find people to talk to about it. So go ahead, share your interests, and tell us about them!

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We should be friends. What’s your favorite animated film and/or video game? For me, WALL-E and Borderlands 2. Both for technical reasons more than entertainment reasons.

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      1 year ago

      Hard to pick but for the longest time my favourite animated film was How to Train Your Dragon, the firdt one is really charming. There’s so many good ones to pick from. Wall-E is a great movie, and the soundtrack composed by Thomas Newman is just, chef’s kiss, y’know? Have you ever watched song if the sea? Another good one with a great story and beautiful music. Do you watch animated series? Anything you particularly enjoyed lately?

      Favourite video game right now is Hollow Knight, even though metroidvanias aren’t necessarily my thing. I’ve never played Borderlands, what’s the gameplay like?

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        Borderlands is a looter shooter. You shoot things, they drop bigger guns, you shoot bigger things that drop even BIGGER guns. It’s the FPS version of Diablo.

        I specifically love #2 because of the writing. Sure, they have middle school jokes that involve Bonerfarts, but under it’s goofy surface, it pulls you in and builds these characters around you, and it does NOT hold back from throwing you curve balls!

        That game honestly made me laugh AND cry multiple times.

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          I might check it out then. Shooter games aren’t really my jam but I play Fortnite and Overwatch with my son from time to time and he loves it, so maybe I check it out with him. He might be too young for it though.

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        Borderlands is soo fun! I’m not the person you’re replying to, but I love it, soo… It’s mostly run-and-gun, but there’s some puzzle-solving, and some light tactics. Very lighthearted fun, the game is terribly self-aware and loves to take the piss out of you and itself.

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          Is it very violent/bloody? Sounds like something my son would like (he enjoys Fortnite and Overwatch), but he’s only 10.

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            Lots of blood and gore—but the game is cell-shaded, so it’s quite cartoony.

            Biggest risk is that the humour can be very… risqué. But different people parent differently, and I’m not about to tell you what to do.

            Probably safe from 13 in my book, but I think the official ratings are way higher (17-18).

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              Yeah you never know with age ratings. I found fortnite to be ok even though it’s rated 12+. Deep rock galactic is rated 16+ but apart from the odd swear word (which, frankly he’ll hear more often from me) I find that quite exaggerated. If there is a lot of gore and blue humour I’ll wait a while before trying it with him.