When it comes to thinking about how Xbox Helix is gonna look, I kinda hope they try to follow the same sort of mindset as what they've been having with the Dashboard.

What I mean by that is that like with how they kept the Dashboard itself looking the same on both Xbox Series and Xbox One outside of the differences in Wallpapers, I kinda hope the same would be done with the design of the console where it resembles the Series X heavily instead of just looking completely different.

I mean, the Series X itself already looks like a PC tower in itself with the inclusion of a disc drive, it would probably work more for the concept of the console doubling as a PC itself with access to PC games on it as well as potential additional storefronts. Of course it would need to have more storage to work with that like maybe 2 TB. That could be a bit difficult in itself but that is a whole other thing altogether.

On top of that I HOPE they don't try to call it anything but Xbox Helix. The name already has a good ring to it when the codename was revealed, it doesn't need to have something out there to try to make it stand out.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 1 day ago

Another Apple Arcade exclusive betting shut down and delisted. And there's no chance of a console port for this one.

First Platinum Games with World of Demons and now THIS?! What the heck's thr point of these games being locked behind that service of they're just going to be delayed AND unplayable completely?!

What's the point of advertising them as being fully playable OFFLINE of they still have a deadline where they can't be PLAYED offline still?! That's just false advertising at that point! Not to mention another example at how much Apple and others just don't care about game preservation at all.

u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 1 day ago
▲ 2 r/PhotographyJobs+1 crossposts

Has anyone ever used this Shootday Service at all, especially for freelancing?

I've been considering on getting another job in this factor especially since my drab as heck hometown of Memphis TN has hardly any jobs centering around Photography. And speaking as one that's gained a technical certificate in that in community college along with an associates degree in Graphic Arts, safe to say it's pretty dang limiting trying to find work here.

I came across this site as I was job hunting, WHILE waiting for my next shift as a retail photo host to start and I was kinda skeptical about how well this really is. I haven't heard much about how good of a company this is or how well they pay those that apply and get accepted in it, but it is somewhat interesting seeing that it specializes in freelancing.

I doubt that there are anyone that has used this, but I am curious about how well this may have worked for them.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 3 days ago

Trying to find a way to bypass a password locked tablet that doesn't result in factory resetting.

I have a relative that's been trying to unlock her Galaxy Tab A tablet owned since 2019 for the last few weeks now and no matter what we tried to put in we just never could remember what the password was she put on it. Factory Reseting was set to be something of a consideration but I just didn't want to go through with that yet as I know there's something important there for her to want to see. Especially as it used to be something she used for years now.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 3 days ago

IGN at it again with the idiotic BS. And it seems even more so with this here...🤦🏾‍♂️

May not full on grifting levels here but it is reeking of total self indulgent BS more than usual today. And that's when realizing that they don't even discuss the main topic until NINE MINUTES into the video. And even then they hardly even go one any that for long before switching to some nonsense about Usain Bolt and hot dogs

It really felt like they had a very slow news day and they just didn't have anything more worthwhile to talk about here. Even Spawn Wave does more with his streams and that guy is more of a tiresome chatterbox himself!

u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 3 days ago
▲ 1 r/Dream

I hate that sinking feeling when you know you're about to wake up from and have woken up from a dream.😮‍💨

For a few times now I've been Eskridge good dream after good dream so much to the point where I forget that I'm even IN the middle of one to begin with. And yet with each time I feel like I'm getting used to whatever goes on in any of them, I suddenly feel this drooping or singing feeling in either my stomach or my spine or back. Next thing I know immediately afterwards, I'm back in my bed opening my eyes to this lame boring reality again.

It's infuriating too when the most recent one had me waking up in another similar room if my own but I know it's not my run yet I don't mind it either, and yet that feeling still came by to yank me back to this boring real life!

Every time this continues in, I continue to hate it more and more as it continues to be the one thing that ends up being such a great means of escapism that I just can't find the best sites to describe it better. And I just hate being snatched away from that, vexation it just leads to having to wait for that buildup to when I would fall into a deep sleep to experience this next dream.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 4 days ago
▲ 42 r/Soda

Am I the only one that finds this Dirty name in sodas kinda gross?

The trend itself is pretty weird in itself to where, I don't know when the heck this even became a thing and why so many brands decided to jump on that with existing drinks like Dr Pepper and Mountain Dew, but every time I see that word alongside these drinks, I just feel grossed out with the usage of that term. Upon having looked up with a "Dirty" Dr Pepper contains through the McDonalds app, it begun to be more baffling as well as gross.

Like, why the heck wouldn't they call them "CREAMY" Drinks instead of Dirty Drinks? They make the point far more clear and less disgusting in the process and make them more enticing to try out in the process. Especially since all they seemingly add is the sort of vanilla creamers that you could find in stores like Kroger and Walmart.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 9 days ago

Why is the Zero Sugar Creme Soda so hard to find nowadays?

I still have a can of the drink in my fridge to this day and I've waited until it was possible to find more of this somewhere out there. And yet so far I've not found any at all. I sure as heck haven't been able to find even a single 12 pack in grocery stores at all in month and I never heard anything from the official Twitter account whenever I bring this up about flavors like this and that Vanilla Float flavor I've heard about last year. They sure as heck have had plenty of that Coconut flavor dang near everywhere yet the one I wanted to try more and the one I wanted to get more? Nada.

Not sure what the heck's the deal with them not having more of these around but it is getting a tad bit annoying.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 10 days ago
▲ 11 r/disney

Okay WOW! Never thought I'd see an official Nintendo app actually acknowledge these two Mickey games again.

I was doing a daily look see at the 365 section of the Nintendo Today app, and after waiting a few seconds for it to load, right front and center the first games it made brought to light first were the GBA Port of the first Magical Quest gane and the original point and click game for GameCube.

I must admit, I've had quite a soft spot for the latter on GaneCube. I remember having had a lot of fun with that one back in the day and still think back at it fondly while most others look back it it with a... less favorable perspective in comparison. Though I wish I could say the same about Magical Quest. I remember playing a bit of it back in the day and even having a copy at one point back in the day but for whatever reason I just never could get the hang of it. So it unfortunately became one of many games I've traded in over the years. I have been getting back

Really now, with how much of a resurgence classic games have been getting thanks to compilation packs released over the last few years, especially within Marvel, it's surprising that there's not been any for the face of Disney itself still. I'd sure as heck would pay for a collection of Mickey Mouse games from the Golden Years of Gaming, especially if it contains the more obscure games from those decades. Hide and Sneak anyone?

u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 10 days ago
▲ 15 r/NoPhysicalNoMoney+1 crossposts

Own Nothing, Be Happy (RIP Physical Media) - A Dose of Buckley [Quick Opinion]

Honestly, I'm more mixed with this one here.

I mean I do appreciate him calling out those that feel the need to show off their physical collective of games in protest of Sony's decisions of doing away with physical discs but at the same time, the more this goes on the more overly cynical and increasingly pessimistic this ends up being.

Like it doesn't provide a middle ground to the whole issue more than it does actually talk down to those that support physical media in gaming.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 10 days ago

It's still pretty dang hard to get excited for much coming to Prime Video after all the BS Amazon did with the service.

There's been quite a bit of stuff that popped up on there in the past month. The Masters of the Universe movie just dropped on there just a month after hitting theaters. Batman Caped Crusader's second season finally came out, and The Rings of Power's third season got a trailer out recently too. And yet with all that was still worth being excited for, it's all still bogged down by the fact that it's all dropping on Prime Video.

Normally I would be more hyped for whatever comes on there, but between all that occurred in the past year, be it fueled by greed or backed by political BS, it just wasn't possible to be willing to boot the thing up at all. With them locking 4K HDR viewing behind a paywall along with the ability to watch everything without all those godforsaken cringy ads getting in the way, I'm stuck having to wait until clips of the shows get uploaded onto YouTube instead.

At this point it would be hard to really be excited for Secret Level when that comes back because of the fact that you won't be able to experience the show at its best with 4K HDR and no ads interrupting them.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 13 days ago

It's still pretty dang hard to get excited for much coming to Prime Video after all the BS Amazon did with the service.

There's been quite a bit of stuff that popped up on there in the past month. The Masters of the Universe movie just dropped on there just a month after hitting theaters. Batman Caped Crusader's second season finally came out, and The Rings of Power's third season got a trailer out recently too. And yet with all that was still worth being excited for, it's all still bogged down by the fact that it's all dropping on Prime Video.

Normally I would be more hyped for whatever comes on there, but between all that occurred in the past year, be it fueled by greed or backed by political BS, it just wasn't possible to be willing to boot the thing up at all. With them locking 4K HDR viewing behind a paywall along with the ability to watch everything without all those godforsaken cringy ads getting in the way, I'm stuck having to wait until clips of the shows get uploaded onto YouTube instead.

At this point it would be hard to really be excited for Secret Level when that comes back because of the fact that you won't be able to experience the show at its best with 4K HDR and no ads interrupting them.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 13 days ago

It's still pretty dang hard to get excited for much coming to Prime Video after all the BS Amazon did with the service.

There's been quite a bit of stuff that popped up on there in the past month. The Masters of the Universe movie just dropped on there just a month after hitting theaters. Batman Caped Crusader's second season finally came out, and The Rings of Power's third season got a trailer out recently too. And yet with all that was still worth being excited for, it's all still bogged down by the fact that it's all dropping on Prime Video.

Normally I would be more hyped for whatever comes on there, but between all that occurred in the past year, be it fueled by greed or backed by political BS, it just wasn't possible to be willing to boot the thing up at all. With them locking 4K HDR viewing behind a paywall along with the ability to watch everything without all those godforsaken cringy ads getting in the way, I'm stuck having to wait until clips of the shows get uploaded onto YouTube instead.

At this point it would be hard to really be excited for Secret Level when that comes back because of the fact that you won't be able to experience the show at its best with 4K HDR and no ads interrupting them.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 16 days ago
▲ 93 r/Soda

One of my local Dollar Trees had a whole shelf full of an old favorite of mine from my middle school days.

I used to drink Dr. Shasta long ago back in the days when Schnucks used to be around and ever since then these things were so unbelievably hard to find i thought they Never in my LIFE would I ever see more of these in the wild, I thought they were long since discontinued. Let alone be in a DOLLAR TRRE of all places.

u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 16 days ago

There was NO FREAKIN REASON for why this video needed to spend five minutes just to get to the freakin point.🤦🏾‍♂️

I've seen videos that were made to waste people's time for the wake of getting views constantly but this is one that's irked me a lot. The clickbaity and vague title was already a red flag in itself but having to have so much filler to get to the point makes it even worse. This really should've been a Short on there instead.

u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 16 days ago
▲ 0 r/HBOMAX

The only recording of the Unveiling Stream for the 2023 Max is now hidden on Youtube.

For the last three years a user on YouTube managed to preserve this live stream and it managed to stay on there for a good while. But for whatever reason they decided to suddenly up and hide the bloody thing from view now, and for no good reason!

Now the dang thing can't be found anywhere because of this user and no one's even downloaded it to be preserved at all! That kind of stuff really ticks me off especially when the launch event for HBO Max still continued to be available to view on YouTube to this day.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 21 days ago

It's games like this where I REALLY wish Sony would stop making PS Plus a requirement for Online Play already.

Even though some of the online matches in Marvel Tokon had a bunch of spam happy players and the connection quality was more spotty than in the Closed Betas, I still felt like I had SOME fun with the game. More than I would usually do at that. So when I think back at the time I had with this over the last few months and think about the next months upon its release, it just continues to infuriate me more when I'm reminded of the fact that this would be yet another online centric paid game that requires a subscription to even access the online components of this game.

With how many live services there had been and how many more online centric games that are paid than free, it just continues to make no sense whatsoever with why any paid console game these days needs to have a subscription requirement at all at this point, especially when on PS5, a yearly membership costs MORE than what the standard edition of THIS game costs too!

And before anyone pulls out the "You're Broke" card like they're Gambit, I CAN afford it. I just REFUSE to pay 80 bucks to gain access to something that used to be free on consoles a couple Generations ago. That just ain't right to me at all, and it's something I just can't stand being a thing here.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 22 days ago
▲ 0 r/MarvelTokon+1 crossposts

It's games like this where I REALLY wish Sony would stop making PS Plus a requirement for Online Play already.

Even though some of the online matches had a bunch of spam happy players and the connection quality was more spotty than in the Closed Betas, I still felt like I had SOME fun with the game. More than I would usually do at that. So when I think back at the time I had with this over the last few months and think about the next months upon its release, it just continues to infuriate me more when I'm reminded of the fact that this would be yet another online centric paid game that requires a subscription to even access the online components of this game.

With how many live services there had been and how many more online centric games that are paid than free, it just continues to make no sense whatsoever with why any paid console game these days needs to have a subscription requirement at all at this point, especially when on PS5, a yearly membership costs MORE than what the standard edition of THIS game costs too!

And before anyone pulls out the "You're Broke" card like they're Gambit, I CAN afford it. I just REFUSE to pay 80 bucks to gain access to something that used to be free on consoles a couple Generations ago. That just ain't right to me at all, and it's something I just can't stand being a thing here.

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini — 22 days ago