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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 26/05/2024

Starting a review game tonight - Isles of Sea & Sky is a GBA-style zelda-like. I love this kind of game, I'm going live with it in ten mins, see you at twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

I'm starting Salt & Sanctuary 1 tonight - seen almost nothing of this game, so looking forward to taking a swing at it! See you in an hour on Twitch: twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

Starting The Outer Worlds tonight, not actually sure what I'm getting into, but everyone says it's great, and Obsidian certainly know what they're doing. So here goes nothing! See you in an hour at twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

OK touch-wood, rumours of Mirror's Edge being a little janky on modern systems and particularly difficult to stream/record look like they're greatly exaggerated. I'm going full-send and shall try to stream it in 30mins! Not played it for a very very long time! twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

So I'm playing Palworld, and saw this interesting scene... I was exploring this area fairly quickly, so this neat grid of sleeping Foxparks spawned at night and instantly went to sleep, staying perfectly in grid and alignment with the spawn points.

A group of 9 Foxparks in perfect grid alignment.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Switch lubing for my keyboard refurb project! It's easy work, just lots of them to do. Should make my old MasterKeys super quiet though!

Cherry MX key switch in parts, with a switch opening tool, lube, and switch films.

Cherry MX key switch in parts, with a switch opening tool, lube, and brush

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

I'm starting Ratchet & Clank, Rift Apart naaaoooow! Never played R&C before, so jumping in at the modern end of the series - twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

This is what greeted me when I turned on my work PC this morning. This is Edge on default settings (I don't use it). How is the average person supposed to make sense of this screen? At a technical level, Edge is completely fine, but my god the default experience is awful to look at.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

Ellie series 2 my beloved... I've missed having one of these. Expensive, but feels so much more premium. Rear paddles make stick-clicks so much nicer, and all other buttons can be remapped for Nintendo controls, or games that won't let you customise.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

Tonight, we being Breath of the Hedgehog - I mean, Sonic Frontiers! I'm still undecided on this game, so time to see if I like it or not! See you in 20mins on Twitch - twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Christmas Eve special stream! Link's Awakening like I've never seen it before - going live, now! twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

I'm starting a new game tonight - Kena: Bridge of Spirits. This one's been on my radar for a few years as a simple, pretty action adventure game. Time to finally bust it out on Twitch. See you in an hour at twitch.tv/nethesem !

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Finished Half Life: Alyx. It is indeed, the pinnacle of VR gaming. The 3rd act is a hell of a ride.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Alyx is the best VR game I've played. It's that good. If you have VR, you should absolutely try it.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I recorded a talking-head video where I read a script whilst NVIDIA Broadcast's Eye Contact filter made it look like I was looking at the camera the whole time. There are some... interesting... artefacts. Probably won't use it again, but neat experiment and proof of concept😅

Picture of nethesem looking at camera. During a hand clap, an eye is super-imposed over the top of the hands for several frames.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Getting back into Link's Awakening DX with a randomiser tonight! Not going heavy with entrance-shuffle, but I want to see if I can clear it in 4 hours. Tall order I think, but only one way to find out! See you in 45mins at 7pm UK! twitch.tv/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Starting a playthrough of Half Life 2 over on Twitch - steam tells me it's been a decade since I last played it! Playing vanilla... let's see how well the game has aged. twitch.com/nethesem

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

Gosh. I was aiming for 1hr50min tonight. Smashed PB twice in a row. Granted the PBs were super scuffed anything-will-do-just-to-get-splits runs, but still, I didn't think my current route could go this low this easily. 1hr35 definitely possible without doing big skips.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Practising my Ori and the Blind Forest speed running. Just doing full-game at the moment, I think I can get down to 1hr50min, but my target is 1hr30, and that's going to require me to learn at least the Mistywoods/Forlorn skip.

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

My custom PCBs arrived so I've started assembling my new VR FBT trackers. Bigger than my old ones, but easier to charge, vastly superior sensor, and bigger straps for better stability. Testing tonight was very successful - just got to assemble the rest of them!

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nethesem @nethesem.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

Resuming my playthrough of Half Life 1: Black Mesa over on Twitch in 20mins! So far a solid experience, although some of the impact of the original is lost in the richer graphics. Either way, the Lambda labs await! twitch.tv/nethesem

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