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Anders Hermansen

@mansen.bsky.social
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Might be three ducks in a trenchcoat.

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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And yet that is exactly what gamers have been conditioned to believe. Let's be honest. Dawnwalker is not going to be the game that changes hearts and minds over this. The time mechanic is poorly thought out and loses its focus and intent after the prologue. It turns into a chore of time management.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good. The time mechanic failed to make choices feel meaningful and instead gives you a feeling of needing to look up how long a quest takes and plan ahead, because they sometimes use wildly different time slots for similar experiences.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The game also handles time rather inconsistently with some quests taking much more time than others due to (imo) arbitrary decisions to make certain interactions take a chunk of time. Personally I disabled time after the prologue, cause I didn't want to miss out on side quests. One play through.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It handles time poorly, which is imo one of the reasons people are put off. We've been conditioned to want to finish a game fully the first time. And that just isn't possible here as the prologue chapter forces you to learn the hard way.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Those illustrations are gorgeous even at that scale. Kudos to the artists. :)
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The difference is that you can download an offline install with GOG that works forever with no authentication. That's a level of trust and user friendliness seen nowhere else.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Brave also folded. They stated they won't be spending the resources necessary to re-implement V2 every time there's an update from Google. Google ripped out V2 from the codebase.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I still have mild PTSD (no not really) from being barraged with microtransactional DLC unlock on game start. 🤣
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Ah but there's the rub. To get an authentic one that passes the online checks and doesn't show as being obviously generated is tricky.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Turn the other cheek" "Fly lands on cheek" "You son of a b!" 😂
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
As if hahaha. It's been a constant scourge of military intervention globally since it began. It's not freedom and equality. It's preserving the US interests and market.
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HoratiusTheDwarf @horatiusthedwarf.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Improve at the WHOLE process
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is awesome. 😎🎵
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ain't no way this isn't filtered when generating codes, @steampowered.com 😂😂😂
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Honestly I'm all in. At least half of the games I've purchased this past year is either stylised pixel art nostalgia or flat sprite's of some kind (with a couple of isometric prerendered 3D games too)
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So early? Aw man. I was expecting it to release at six in the evening as per usual (maybe that's only for titles, not DLC?) The hours are going to drag by now. Q_Q
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As far as I can tell this is a bogstandard phpbb2-3 esque forum. You can run these on a paperclip for the cost of a happy meal. No one's asking them to keep it running indefinitely, only ensuring you aren't losing a decade and a half worth of knowledge.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So why not keep the old ones read-only for now, to allow people to migrate guides and knowledge over?
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Legally? No. But holding blacklisting threats over journalists is a time honoured tradition. Getting cut off from preview material and interviews, review copies and more can be a severe hit to your business.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
X does mark the spot. 😏
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Blanke time?
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Is it Dexter who plays the main character? I thought it was the guy from Kingdom Come cause they looked so similar. Interesting. 🤔
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Never thought I'd have to consider cremation - just to avoid the risk of being turned into bread hundreds of years from now. 🤔
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Very in mackerel ate
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As much as I love this, I feel like it could have a 3-4 disk category where Devs have to show clever or sensible disk swapping. 🤔😏
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Six for short. Kind of works ngl.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Having skin peel and fall off seems perfectly nos behaviour though.
static.klipy.com
Put It In The Skin Box, Please
ALT: Put It In The Skin Box, Please
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
She's really leaning into the chaos goblin life, and I am so here for it. Go forth little one and do crimes. *Hands over handgun*
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wow. If that is only worthy of Bronze, the others must be incredible. Love the shading 😎
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I love this so much. xD
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Had the pleasure of visiting the cat village in Houtong today, and it most certainly lived up to its name. #catsky #catsofbluesky
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Secrets being discovered constantly from complete strangers always felt a tad artificial. Hopefully this will help.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Sounds like a motion detector of some kind? Probably used to wake the laptop from sleep or turn on face detection for automatic unlocking?
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
No. That's entirely an assumption on your part.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Literally no one said that. It's not okay in any society.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
To be fair so does the US in effect.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Realistically it's going to be difficult to get any kind of unbiased information here.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I love innovation. Especially when it's randomly applied and with no option to disable it. In completely unrelated news @discord.com suddenly forced haptic vibration (which cannot be disabled in app or phone) on some, but not all interactions. Definitely not something that's driving people mad.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In more positive news - Cat pics!
Kian claims another box for his kingdom.Miki's had a rough day, and is resting his head against the wall. No thoughts, just vibes.Neighbor's kitten come to say hi. Miki is less than enthused.The boiz enjoying a much needed nap after a hard day of napping.
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Always "fun" to be woken up by an email two hours before your alarm clock - warning you that your flight has been cancelled. This whole Iran blockade situation is causing so much chaos. I just want to go on vacation, man. Don't have another ulcer, Mr. Orange man I beg of you.
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Vintage Story @vintagestorygame.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Version 1.22.0 stable, the "Fishing, Mechanisms, Metalworking and More" update is now available for everyone! www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/ne... #vintagestory #voxelart #voxel #sandbox #survivalgames #pixelart
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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Swords?
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Is this the real life, or just Fanta sea (life?)
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You may kiss the paw, peasant. 🐾
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Anders Hermansen @mansen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Looks delicious :)
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