u/Pessimistic_Gemini

I've had my Gears 5 themed Xbox One X since 2019 and for the longest time it's been working just as good as any of my other consoles before and after it. But nowadays, The console started blinking twice consecutively a couple nights ago and since then it's been becoming more and more of a headache as the previous day went on. It wouldn't even boot up properly at first and sicne then I've been constantly power cycling, moving it around from various outlets, even resetting it while keeping games and apps in it, nothing even worked at all! I even tried doing offline system updates and even THAT didn't work no matter how many times I tried to get that god dang thing to work! Even when trying to update it the normal way, it just ends up stalling at the first step before just giving up and crashing on me, giving those error codes with E101 E203, codes like those. I even left it unplugged all day while I was at work yesterday, hoping that would somehow help it, but of course that barely did jack squat.

I remember it only allowing me to get through the setup process a couple times and even then that was just becoming more and more of an annoyance in itself. i couldn't even get into the freakin SETTINGS menu to try to switch the console into Energy Saving mode at all! Resulting in me having to get through that whole nonsense again. Except now that's gotten even worse the more I try to get this thing working properly like it was earlier this week.

This has been the second time this year it's been acting like this and the second October where it's begun to be a major pain in the butt trying to get working properly. And on this week of all weeks too when i felt like playing some Gears of War too! I sure as heck can't afford to get a new Xbox as a means to replace it either, so it's just an all around infuriating time for me with this thing. What the heck else am I suppose to do now?!

It's been almost a year since I played the game on Xbox and when I rented a copy for it on PS5, I thought it was worth revisiting this game again, even if it meant starting over from the start again. And mind you the last time I played it was on Game Pass like most people did, so it was a bit unfortunate having to start all over again at the cost of playing it natively on a system I do have.

Not only did the Japanese Dub make for a interesting changes in how some things are displayed, like with the bosses being referred to as Deamons instead of Wardens (which all things considered really is a weird localization choice in itself as it fits them far better in comparison), but when it comes to how the characters are depicted, it really makes for an interesting reason to play through the first three chapters again on a different platform.

The design is still cringy as heck with the needlessly exposed cleavage, especially when it's dug so much to the middle to where you're forced to gawk at it when trying to read the freakin' subtitles, as seen with the first cutscene with her in it. BUT at the very least that is somewhat balanced with the voice actress in the Japanese dub making her so much more tolerable to listen to. Add that to how it fits her face model far more than the English Actress did and with her dialog having been less cringy to boot, and you got yourself an nearly overall improved character that could've been translated better in the English dub.

I've heard the same could be said for the other characters Yakumo's collaborated with in terms of the personalities and dialogue between them, but honestly, I really didn't see much of a difference there. I sure as heck didn't mind how any of Yakumo's team were in the English translation much. If at all really. It's just Seori that was always the most infuriating to listen to. Had they made her dialogue more in line with the Japanese translation and picked someone that was more similar to how she is there, she would've again been at least more easier to deal with when playing through the game.

I've been noticing this for awhile now, but it really continues to feel like whenever I try to ask it the simplest of questions on the Home Hub, it just NEVER properly answers them. I ask it how to remove smudges from a ceramic mug, "Sorry, I don't Understand". I ask if decaffinated coffee help with headaches, "Sorry I don't understand". I ask it what the theatrical release date was for the recent Star Wars movie, "SORRY I DON'T UNDERSTAND."

Like WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! 🤦🏾‍♂️ Christ... It's like, people say THIS is what trumps Siri more in the last few years?! I've always been one to call BS on people saying that Siri is garbage and all that because of the excuses they claim about it, but THIS here is what showcases all those reason more than it's been the case with Siri here! This thing really is far more unresponsive and unhelpful these days to where it baffles me how they keep giving it a pass compared to Siri. Especially when you have to resort to just using the Google app to get the answers on your own without it.

The majority of them being more cringy then informative is annoying enough in themselves but when they actually bombard you with reminders like this, it really ends up doing nothing but drive people like myself AWAY from watching more of their content instead of actually subscribing to their channels.

I really wish YouTube actually did something about this instead of unnecessary BS like what they're doing with views in a few days for instance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.