

I like to ask a variety of questions, sometimes silly, serious, and/or strange. Never asking in an attempt to pester or “just asking questions” stuff.
I’m generally curious and/or trying to get a sense of people’s views.
Thanks for the heads up! I've not played paintball so I didn't know what kinda paint the standard stuff was using, and was mostly thinking about a way to minimize any clean up involved.
Kinda contrary to some of the fun of the game, but everyone likes to play differently.
Thanks for the link, and clear paint didn't occur to me, so that may be a good option too!
Given how paintball guns work, could you swap paintballs for waterballs?
A paintball gun is basically a mini-liquid-balloon launcher, isn't it?
As to why, less mess more or less.
This has often come up when I've looked, but every time I read the description (which is what I remember more) it doesn't click.
Appreciate the reply though!
So it’s really just that the battery adds a bit of weight, and someday the thing will fail and maybe cause electrical failure of the gamepad.
Emphasis added, yeah this is among the reasons I'm asking. The other reasons I've noted, but this underlies a lot of it. I don't know how long the dual-use ones' batteries may last if I'm primarily using them wired, so instead of having that in the back of mind, I'd like to get a wired controller for when gaming on devices I'm already close to (which is mostly PC, hence asking for it specifically).
This is a good list, but y'know a niche ya missed? Pressure sensitive buttons, only really useful for those emulating old games that used them, but still a fun feature to remember.
Yeah in hindsight I'm kicking myself for not having gotten one like that, but I had trouble finding wired ones at the time (and didn't think I'd get tired of the battery maintenance), which surprised me.
The cheap part of PowerA controllers is a little of why I asked, as I've not had an opportunity to ask anyone that's used them.
Which wired controllers, without batteries, would you recommend for PC?
I'm often close enough to my PC while playing games that wireless seems a little unneeded, but more than that, I just want fewer batteries to manage.
Adjusted title to mention preference for no batteries.
What machines or contraptions have you been working on in Principia?
You're getting sandwiches for commenting?? /s
What if it was the cops' boss, moonlighting as a pizza shop boss and ultimately as an inept robber?
Would taking notes from some dogs and rolling in foul stuff count?
Why limit your imagining to products alone? Even in that reply I'm not specifying person or thing (despite the use of "it"), and with the original question I'm asking either marketing oneself or something.
The internet has been carefully curated [...]
You mean the fuckin' corporate internet? 😜
Yes but also markets in general, because why not?
No no, if they could hire you for that you'd be marketable, but if you actively liked the product and kept talking them up only to make them uncool and refused being paid to or paid to stop, maybe? 🤔
I would think like however ungovernable is meant but directed toward businesses and markets.
I guess that may look like disregard for contracts, refusing to sell to businesses, applying for jobs only to string businesses along or ghost them like they have so many, or things like this?
Asking to see how people interpret and run with the idea, what they consider unmarketable and the ways to achieve it
As in you can't market it because it wouldn't sell regardless of how you may try.
What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?
Thinking about the fun "become ungovernable" memes, and how "become unmarketable" would potentially be even more fitting in corporate dominated societies.
May be too specific but have been inconsistently trying to get [email protected] going as a community to find alternatives/similar stuff to what one likes.
It's a riff on the old ifyoulikeblank subreddit without the initially unclear tagging requirements.
People comment, which is great, but few other posters.
What if I list a bunch of question communities?
Fun/creative
Lemmy specific
Open-ended
Regional
Specifics
Anyone remember a scifi game involving flying a ship with a timebomb jammed in?
Platform: PlayStation 1
Genre: Arcade shooter?
Estimated years of release: 1997-1999
Graphics/art style: I think it was 3D, third-person? Not sure as I don't recall seeing many screenshots/images from the game.
Notable characters: n/a
Notable gameplay mechanics: something to do with a timebomb/time pressure to get through levels/stages.
Other details: I don't remember all the details, as I found it when looking through a video game shop site's lists, but I remember it wasn't Descent Maximum as I had that at the time.
It seemed almost like the idea was similar to the escape sequences from that but a whole game built around that time pressure.
Ooh, so like bra cups, or...?
Which default settings on anything do you look to change ASAP?
Thank you, I will always accept a trebuchet
isn't space just like, an inverse ocean?
What are some safe devices to rapidly deliver small, light physical objects to others at a long distance but still within sight?
How do all the non-big business labor demographics navigate the US' health insurance system?
E.g. freelancers, contractors, small businesses, etc.
Have trees for building/paper/etc. seen much artificial selection to produce faster growing variants to reduce deforestation?
It seems a little odd that other crops have been cultivated to literally suit people's tastes and interests, yet many trees...Seemingly not as much?
I recognize the growth cycles are much longer, in some(many?) cases far exceeding individual human lives, but whole civilizations have been relying on trees for ages. Have none, not even isolated parts of them, been stable enough to take on this experiment?
Which web interfaces do you use, or have been trying out lately on desktop?
Adjusted question to specify desktop.
How does one snap their fingers?
Also how did you come to learn how to snap your fingers?
Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)?
Wouldn't leasing or renting be more accurate depending on what's involved and the circumstances?
Which retro handhelds have you tried, and what are your thoughts on them?
What are some single-player card video games like Hearthstone or Magic: The Gathering Arena without microtransactions?
I'm specifically interested in this one-on-one style, apart from roguelike/RPG deckbuilding games.
Those are fun too, but a different style.
You have the opportunity to make individual words for which there aren't any, instantly adopted, which words do you make and why?
Regardless of how silly the word may seem, please share it! Maybe they can make their way into people's vocab!
Which plushies, set against each other, do you think would be most effective as the exclusive means of handling all conflicts?
What metrics did people evaluate arcade games by when they were popular?
Today some people evaluate games based on their length (e.g. 30+hours), map size (e.g. 40-60 sq. km), etc., so it made me wonder what metrics people may have used for arcade games.