It’s pretty much the same game but better. Mordor feels a little more dated in comparison, but it still stands on its own compared to War. If you liked Mordor, you’ll definitely like War even more

It was quite some time ago when I played the game, so I might not remember everything.

• The story felt like it was a good continuation of the first title and somewhat tied in to the books/movies.
• The combat was fleshed out more with more moves and weapons
• more interesting uruks, personalities, afflictions they can developed as a result of the way you killed them first
• the sieges were a cool addition

It was definitely more of the same in a way but it was executed well. There was that whole controversy around real-money loot boxes to pull good uruks from that you could employ to guard your fort, in a way being pay 2 win if you had money to spend on loot boxes. But at least that was removed and made free.

I just realised the game came out like 7 years ago. Where does the time go…

You didn’t like the game too much, I take it?

Shadow of War is even better. Are you planning on playing that at some point too?

My first experience with AI music was when I was on my usual 90s hip-hop/rap vibe and got recommended some channels with alleged underground hits. There definitely were a couple channels that put out legit mixes that did have a lot of music and artists I didn’t know prior, but one of the mixes was weird. I could tell immediately, less than a minute in, mainly because of the vocals that sounded super generic as well kind of robotic in addition to a very out of place beat that doesn’t sound at all like it’d belong in the 90s/2000s era of rap music. Had it not been for the vocals in tandem with the mismatched beat (obviously created by someone who doesn’t know jack about the music genre and the ear it’s supposed to represent), I might not have spotted the AI involved.

The scary and sad part is that I doubt YouTube will do anything about it despite reports and that there are so many people that either don’t care or don’t know/realise. Only saw like one or two other comments calling out that mix having been made with AI

After finding out that you can (rather easily) jailbreak the 3DS family consoles, I promptly did so for my childhood 3DS, loaded a bunch of Layton games onto it and gave it to my SO for her birthday two years ago. She’s had a blast with it. No way in hell will I be paying 100+€ just for two used copies of the 3DS Layton games if I can just jailbreak the console and get all the games I could want.

After clowning on it for years, I also got myself a 2DS because it was the cheapest 3DS-family handheld I could afford and have had a lot of fun with it too

Not OP, but I haven’t seen it recommended in this thread yet: the Monster Hunter games for 3DS are really good. Specifically 4 Ultimate is considered by fans of the games to be among the very best the series has to offer. Added verticality to the previously very flat games, lots of new moves for existing weapons that make them actually viable options, amazing new monster designs and areas etc etc. Huge recommendation. The story is also actually quite passable and engaging compared to previous entries.

If you’ve played Monster Hunter back in the PSP days, Generations might be up your alley since it’s kind of like a best-of title of most main-line MH games prior. Really beautiful homage to the roots of the franchise

Thanks for taking the time to try and give useful advise. I think it’s lost on this one, sadly

Lutris and one other program is used for that, I seem to remember. I’ll probably have to do some research. What’s the current go-to distro for gaming?

What would adding the games to Steam accomplish? I assume I can’t just log on to my account and have the required files to download and install the games since they’re not originally from Steam. Or is it just a matter of being able to launch them once they’re added to the client? Or a convenience thing?

If someone, totally not me, were in possession of exe-files of games outside a platform like Steam, Epic or whatever, would it be possible to run them on a Linux distribution? Say something like a Steam rip or a GOG rip. Said someone has tried researching but didn’t find any conclusive answers

That’s so cool (heh)! How did you end up in that profession?

That’s exactly what you’d have learned in therapy, so kudos to you! Pretty awesome that you thought of using your mother as a mirror for yourself. And you being made fun of, even though rude, explains why you were motivated enough to work on it yourself even.

I just realised something. In my previous comments, I put “correct” into quotation marks because in Germany there is no /th/ (voice or voiceless), so working on a lisp is more of an aesthetics kind of question because there would be no misunderstandings in German if a speaker used a /th/ instead of an /s/. Assuming you’re from an English-speaking country, it’s also great that you worked on it since your lisp likely led to misunderstandings, right?

And so cool that you’re a voice actor now. Funny how things work out! Good thing you worked on the lisp, then, since it likely would have prevented your being able to pursue a speaking career.

Audiology 💀 We have an audiologist/phoniatrician that used to be our school’s medical “lead”, so to speak, that is super knowledgeable when it comes to her field and did a lot of scientific work and research for FEES, but she is such a terrible teacher. Every class she’s taught are traumatised by her teaching, which is such a shame because she knows so much.

We’ve got a couple graduates who work with her - they seem to be able to ignore her ways of being a terrible human being :D

It’s a very important subject to talk about and it’s awesome that you’ve dedicated yourself to doing that

I’m sorry to hear that - I hope you’ve had the chance to heal from your experiences 💜

I can imagine. You essentially need to reprogram your brain and the motorical execution of how you produce the s-sounds which takes a lot of time and effort. In some cases, there are even external factors that could even prevent you from learning the “correct” pronunciation, like the way your teeth have grown, the way your upper and lower jaw bones are set in relation to one another, and more. You’d need to go to an orthodontist first to achieve results in the speech therapy.

Do you remember what kind of lisp it was and why you had it? Did your tongue protrude between your front teeth when producing s-sounds, for example, or was the tip of your tongue right at your upper front teeth?

Sure :D you probably subconsciously used techniques we’d use

Ah, that’s interesting. A common problem of studying logopedics in Germany that I’ve heard of is that you don’t get enough time for practical applications of the theory you learn about, hence an apprenticeship is preferred to a university degree. How was it with your course of studies?

I’m also interested in ASD, specifically coupled with late-talking children. I don’t think ASD is a separate subject in school but rather something a therapist needs to be interested in intrinsically and needs to learn about in additional trainings, but it’s just fascinating how differently it manifests in people and what effect it has on their speech development and interactions with peers.

But I’m not sure if I really want to work with children in general. I’d rather focus on conveying specific logopedic goals to adults who come to therapy out of their own volition and interest in their own betterment instead of constantly having to think about how to motivate children, how to put a therapy goal into a certain game that interests them etc etc. It’s obviously also challenging and difficult since you need a good feel for how to interact with children, but it’s just not for me. Currently trying my best with two patients I have (one has DVD, the other has a couple phonological language development disorders mixed in with some problems with speech motorics), but it’s just so much more challenging for me compared to the voice therapy I’m giving. Adults - that’s where it’s at for me.

Yea, LSVT is quite rigid, I feel like. It also goes against everything we’ve learned about physiological vocalisation which feels weird. I also don’t like that they’re kind of “cult-like” when it comes to advertising the effectiveness of their method in addition to the secrecy of the therapy itself. At least give a bit of an outline about what your method is about? Plus the costs… Sure, the course’s costs would probably be covered by the practise or clinic I’m working at, but the fact you have pay for knowledge in the first place is just so annoying. I get that people need to be reimbursed for their work and need to earn money to live, but it’s just so much money. But I guess it’s worth it if you have a lot of patients with Parkinson’s.

I hear you about dysphagia. I’ve had that same realisation in my last internship at a clinic. Probably around 95% of patients I’ve seen there had some form of dysphagia with varying degrees of severity, and it’s awesome to see how much the work we do helps them. To me it feels like it’s not a lot that we do outside teaching patients a couple swallowing maneuvers, stimulating their nerves with citric acid or spice, or adjusting their meal plan to something easier to process, but it’s so much more to them.

Thank you! I’m in last year of studies, so it’ll be quite stressful and challenging for the next half year or so, but I’m hopeful and happy to have found a profession that’s so multi-faceted.

That’s so nice of you, thank you - doing my best :) I’m in my last year of school, so I’ll only be having less and less time to post content, but I’ll still try my best.

I have 2h of commuting everyday - that’s when I usually post stuff if I’m not at home :D

The end of my studies is in sight, fortunately ✨

That’s so cool! I wish there were more artistic jobs people can express themselves in.

It’s a skill to know how to teach yourself, I feel like. :) It’s obviously good to get an official education but to know what you need in addition to that is a skill in itself