Blog entries by Taleweaver
Let's get one thing out of the way: no, I don't support republicans. Heck, even mainstream democrats are too rightwing for my taste, but by lack of alternative they've got my (reluctant) back. Yet...the US presidency has its influence in the world, especially if one of the candidates tries to...
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It's that time of the year again. I've played a lot of video games (check here for my top board games if you care), and I'm using this blog to blabber about them. It is NOT a blog about games released in 2023; solely those that are new to me or on a sort of new platform.
Speaking of...
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My gaming habits have evolved beyond video games into modern board games. Not sure if anyone cares around here, but I'm going to post my list of my best board games of 2023 (video games'll come later).
Note that this list is exclusively board games new to me from this year. It is NOT my...
So I've read 'peril' during my holiday. Written by Bob Woodward and Robert Acosta. It's about the last days of Trump's presidency and the first hundred of Biden's. Though it is a long read and is heavily documented, it both documents and (imho) misses details that might've been revealed later...
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So...I've skipped this last year as our little one took so much time that I barely had anything worth playing (let alone rambling about). But with her being a bit older (aww...she can somewhat waddle Kirby around in Epic yarn :) ) and the steam deck releasing, I've gotten quite a line-up...
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Somewhat in the autumn of last year I started going to a board game club. We play a new board game nearly every time, and since I often try to squeeze in some board game in my local circle (girlfriend, family, friends), that amount tends to grow a bit. I've compiled a list of...
I've yapped about the steam deck earlier in blog posts (link to the earlier entries: here). This'll be my last entry, as I feel I would start to repeat myself otherwise. Because TL;DR: it's AWESOME!!!
Intro: Babel's tower
Since I was little, I wanted to have all video games. We traded game boy...
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I'e been at home since june 20th. So my tenth (9.9 to be precise) day away from work. I'm not fine. Not at all. I'm having anxiety attacks and moments of anger. I'm scared, inecured and have moments I just want it all to be over (as in: everything. As in: my life). I've been trying to stay...
(previous entries:
1: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/valve-steam-deck-review-part-one-prior-to-arrival.18904/
2: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/valve-steam-deck-review-part-one-prior-to-arrival.18904/)
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The more I play, the more I realize why the switch is a success: the ability to quickly start...
(note: part 1 here)
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So there I was...commuting without the steam deck for the last time. Then cycling the last part home. And yes! The package was right there on the table:
ISLEBOUND!!! :D
Oh...wait. I meant that OTHER package that arrived on the same day (seriously, though: Ryan...
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It's been a long time since I was hyped by something new in tech. I never preordered a game, always went with at best an average computer and lost my excitement of ever-increasing clock speed somewhere early 00'ties (windows millenium is partially to blame). I looked forward to the...
Yup... Just after two years (and three vaccinations), I'm testing positive for covid - 19. :(
Girlfriend works in the hospital. Despite that they still use masks, it's fairly certain she brought it home last Friday. She wasn't well in the weekend, but only went to the doctor on Monday.
I was...
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This rant is triggered by - of course - someone being wrong on the internet. Namely that windows is the standard whereas linux is at best a nerdy underdog alternative.
It's really not. I guess I don't have to point out that linux started out as a hobby project that just grew by the merit...
Prenote: I accidentally created this as a new blog instead of an entry. So...I guess it was already visible since last october, but it was somewhere completely different. Take note: it's no longer applicable (I think).
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(note: rant coming up. Feel free to skip)
Ugh...in Belgium, we've had...
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I've blogged a few times on how girlfriend and me bought a house on the very end of 2018, moved in in april 2019 and then started some pretty extensive house renovations. That is: 2 chimneys and a wall went down, digged 40 cm into the ground in the downstairs corridor, extended kitchen...
Yup: as the title says: this afternoon I got my first vaccination shot. Fucking FINALLY!!! :D
On a rational scale, I can't complain. Just over 52-55% of Belgian adults are now vaccinated, so my wait isn't unusual. still: it wasn't fun seeing the treshold of 50% pass and not thinking that I'm...
I remember when some gbatempers acted as if Trump had all the rights of God on earth because he won the election in 2016. "Criminal behavior? Naaah...you're just jealous because you lost the election". Everyone on the political left of them (meaning: most of the rest of the planet) were just...
March 8 has been my birthday for as long as I can remember. Probably since I was born, in fact. Today's my 40th. And unfortunately, it's not like the day is having a great start.
About two weeks ago
It was just a normal evening. Girlfriend hit the shower, doggy was sleeping on the couch and...
Hi,
I'm Taleweaver. Long term opinionated guy on gbatemp ever since hanging around slightly longer than "just here to find out how to haxxor my wii". Also a (hopefully former) addict to humble bundles. Those of you who frequent the giving/trading area(1) probably know me as "that guy with far...
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TwoSpikedHands:
yall im torn... ive been hacking away at tales of phantasia GBA (the USA version) and have so many documents of reverse engineering i've done -
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I just found out that the EU version is better in literally every way, better sound quality, better lighting, and there's even a patch someone made to make the text look nicer
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TwoSpikedHands:
Do I restart now using what i've learned on the EU version since it's a better overall experience? or do I continue with the US version since that is what ive been using, and if someone decides to play my hack, it would most likely be that version?
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Sicklyboy:
@TwoSpikedHands, I'll preface this with the fact that I know nothing about the game, but, I think it depends on what your goals are. Are you trying to make a definitive version of the game? You may want to refocus your efforts on the EU version then. Or, are you trying to make a better US version? In which case, the only way to make a better US version is to keep on plugging away at that one
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Sicklyboy:
I'm not familiar with the technicalities of the differences between the two versions, but I'm wondering if at least some of those differences are things that you could port over to the US version in your patch without having to include copyrighted assets from the EU version
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TwoSpikedHands:
@Sicklyboy I am wanting to fully change the game and bend it to my will lol. I would like to eventually have the ability to add more characters, enemies, even have a completely different story if i wanted. I already have the ability to change the tilemaps in the US version, so I can basically make my own map and warp to it in game - so I'm pretty far into it!
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TwoSpikedHands:
I really would like to make a hack that I would enjoy playing, and maybe other people would too. swapping to the EU version would also mean my US friends could not legally play it
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TwoSpikedHands:
I am definitely considering porting over some of the EU features without using the actual ROM itself, tbh that would probably be the best way to go about it... but i'm sad that the voice acting is so.... not good on the US version. May not be a way around that though
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The Real Jdbye:
@TwoSpikedHands just switch, all the knowledge you learned still applies and most of the code and assets should be the same anyway -
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