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| Topic | Does Kindergarten Cop still hold up? |
| winged_weltall 06/07/25 7:04:25 AM #15 | I actually watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it! |
| Topic | I'm seeing articles that there's too much tourism in Japan |
| winged_weltall 06/01/25 1:23:45 PM #13 | I just came back from Japan earlier this week and yes, there are a ton of tourists. It really depends on where you go though. Shibuya on a Saturday or Sunday are fucking unbearable. It's still very enjoyable and generally a great time to go thanks to a very affordably JPY, but just do research before you go on what places to avoid if tourists bother you. |
| Topic | What's your go-to slang for money? |
| winged_weltall 05/29/25 11:30:16 AM #13 | Dough |
| Topic | The Last Samurai is maybe my favourite bad great movie |
| winged_weltall 05/27/25 5:33:01 AM #3 | pinky0926 posted... -wildly inaccurate and overly romanticise japanese culture I agree! How'd you like Japan, by the way? |
| Topic | 3 days till I leave for Japan |
| winged_weltall 05/13/25 11:33:55 AM #39 | I'm flying tomorrow. Stoked!! |
| Topic | Jealousy in relationships |
| winged_weltall 05/08/25 4:34:28 AM #8 | viewmaster_pi posted... monogamy goes against what you believe, but open relationships make you jealous... Came to say this, TC. |
| Topic | MGS2 hits so differently today |
| winged_weltall 04/29/25 7:03:33 AM #4 | It was my favorite game for a different reason back then. I was 11 when it was released and didn't really understand much of it. I kept understanding more since I played it again and again as I got older. It wasn't until I was 30 though that I understood everything now that it's so much more relatable. It's definitely the most interesting Metal Gear game in the series to me now. |
| Topic | Do you collect anything CE? |
| winged_weltall 04/14/25 4:41:23 AM #31 | Watches and video games. But these days I hardly get around to playing video games, so I just buy what I think I'll get around to playing, eventually. So today it's mostly just watches. |
| Topic | Is your job recession proof? |
| winged_weltall 04/05/25 5:10:35 AM #32 | I work in the luxury watch industry, so no, definitely not recession proof! Luckily though I'm in the global department, and we support all our markets, so as long as the brand I work for exists, I'll have a job. |
| Topic | Who are the five best rappers of all time? |
| winged_weltall 04/03/25 5:31:57 AM #5 | Eminem Nas Biggie Tupac Andre 3000 |
| Topic | I want to get a rice cooker, but I have no idea where to start. |
| winged_weltall 03/20/25 4:08:50 AM #33 | Any rice cooker will do. I've spent as little as $20 on a rice cooker many years ago and it lasted more than a decade. All the rice cooker does is remove one step: turning the heat down at the proper time when steaming rice. For this reason, any cheap rice cooker will do and will yield great results. |
| Topic | Why in earth would someone make their Tesla look like a Mazda? |
| winged_weltall 02/27/25 2:02:51 PM #11 | Smashingpmkns posted... Putting aside politics for one moment, Mazdas look way cooler than Teslas tbh. Came to say this. Mazdas actually have really decent designs, and Teslas do not |
| Topic | Is the 3DS the perfect console? |
| winged_weltall 02/18/25 3:14:54 AM #29 | It's very very good and a worthy successor to the DS. As always, a console is only as good as the games released on it, and the 3DS is very strong in this regard. One gripe I have with the console is the stick. It's alright, but alright doesn't cut it all the time unfortunately. Would have been amazing to have a stick that you could push and it'd pop out and turn into a stick like the ones we see on the controllers. |
| Topic | Boss fight with the most phases? |
| winged_weltall 02/12/25 1:40:10 AM #10 | pegusus123456 posted... I think Liquid Snake has like four? Did you dad watch and have his mind blown bh the incredible awesomeness of that part of the game? I recently finished again and my oh my. Too damn good!! |
| Topic | Plans for the night? |
| winged_weltall 12/31/24 2:56:39 PM #42 | Not much. Put my kids to bed at around 22:00 then just sit on the sofa watching Penguin or Squid Game. |
| Topic | I misplace so much shit |
| winged_weltall 07/15/24 4:29:44 AM #4 | I'm pretty bad in this regard too, but what I've learned is it's important to have a system of where things go. Following this system will take more time than just putting it where you are at that moment, but at least you won't constantly be losing this. I used to misplace my keys all the time. It was a fucking pain because I'd need to leave to be punctual to any given appointment, and I'd be late because I couldn't find my keys. |
| Topic | Crash Bandicoot 5 Cancelled After 3 Years of Work, Says Developer. |
| winged_weltall 07/15/24 4:27:30 AM #30 | I thought Crash 4 did what Crash 1-3 did, just better. Sure it was difficult, but on average Crash 1 was probably even more difficult (those aged controls are a big part of what made it hard). I think Crash 4 is probably the best Crash game ever released. Sure the levels were long, but since they were quality levels, it meant more quality content. They did go overboard with the boxes, and hid some boxes too well, but that doesn't detract from the gameplay. I'd try to get 100% boxes, but if I couldn't find one I'd just look it up. The difficulty was perfect imo, it really felt like an accomplishment when I beat the levels thanks to that. |
| Topic | how many kids do u have or wanna have |
| winged_weltall 07/04/24 4:33:18 AM #64 | prisonerd posted... i have 2 a son whos 4 and a daughter born in dec TC, my wife and I were exactly the same. We had our first girl in 2018 and our second girl in 2020. She got a cesarian for both. Because of this, getting the wife neutered after the second cesarian was comparatively affordable because she was already "open", so to speak. While we're over the moon with both of our girls, and life couldn't be better - we do feel some regret for having done the neutering. At the time because we essentially doubled the amount of children we had, we thought "two is definitely enough". But now that they're both 4 and 5 we do feel a small amount of regret. Going from 2 to 3 would not have made our life much harder, but we'd have had a third child... Just telling you about my own experience, this will obviously differ from person to person. Some might think a single child is more than enough. I constantly think of how amazing it would have been to have a third child. |
| Topic | What was the last thing you baked in the oven? |
| winged_weltall 07/04/24 2:12:58 AM #34 | Loaf of bread. I make about 2-3 loaves per week. No-knead bread is a life-changing hack that I've been doing for a few years now. Literally 2 minutes of active work and $0.3 for bread, fresh outta the oven that beats the shit out of anything you can get in a supermarket. No wonder people have been making bread for centuries... |
| Topic | If you could have unlimited free Ice cream... |
| winged_weltall 06/30/24 4:10:30 AM #7 | Gonna have to go dark chocolate sorbet. So damn good. |
| Topic | You ever eat the meat *Chorizo*? |
| winged_weltall 06/30/24 4:10:09 AM #20 | Where I live chorizo refers to the Spanish variant, which is completely different from the Mexican one. They're both delicious though. |
| Topic | What game or games are you currently playing CE? |
| winged_weltall 06/30/24 2:04:54 AM #38 | Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth How am I the only one playing this in 38 posts? No wonder sales have been disappointing! |
| Topic | Mario Kart 64... Good game or nah? |
| winged_weltall 06/23/24 2:35:36 AM #43 | It aged quite badly compared to Diddy Kong Racing, which aged incredibly well. |
| Topic | Real Gamers Have Played at Least 3 of These 10 Games |
| winged_weltall 05/30/24 2:51:12 AM #32 | Mad-Dogg posted... Or how about the msx metal gear homage unmetal? I literally just downloaded this game yesterday. It was on sale for $5 on PSN. I intend to play it soon. Looking forward! Robot2600 posted... Cuphead Played just these 3, all of which are really damn good. |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/24/24 5:25:50 AM #14 | LeoRavus posted... I get frustrated enough working on my laptop. That would drive me insane. That may be because laptops aren't design to be disassembled and reassembled. This particular movement was surprisingly pleasant to work on if I'm honest! |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/23/24 2:15:29 AM #13 | Guide posted... Dang, I can't even write for long without getting cramped up. Guess that's why you make fancy watches and I throw people. Throw people? What do you do? Oh and this isn't my job, it was the first time I ever did it. |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/22/24 6:25:04 PM #12 | Tyranthraxus posted... Surprised you don't have one of those huge desk mounted magnifying glasses that shit looks impossible to see. This movement was large enough for me to work with my naked eye. There are common movements that are literally 20% of the size of this one. You'd need a loupe for that kind of movement, particularly for fitting the balance wheel (that springy golden wheel) into the movement. |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/22/24 6:14:41 PM #9 | Guide posted... Makes sense. I used to prepare meat and fish, and it gets swampy in there. One more question: How often do you get hand cramps? Actually not at all! I've played musical instruments for a large part of my life where I was constantly told to keep my hands relaxed. Not sure if that helped, but I imagine it did. |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/22/24 6:13:10 PM #8 | ai123 posted... Fascinating. You're welcome! I hate videos that go on and on so I tried to make it as short and snappy as possible without missing important parts. |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/22/24 6:07:46 PM #5 | Guide posted... Why condoms instead of a whole glove? It's for better breathability. The use of finger cots helps keep moisture, body oils, perspiration away from the watch components to prevent them from being damaged. Wearing those gloves for 3-4 hours at a time make your hands really uncomfortable. |
| Topic | Watch me completely disassemble a mechanical watch and reassemble it! |
| winged_weltall 05/22/24 5:42:33 PM #1 | I got invited by Omega to their headquarters in Biel Switzerland for a watchmakers course, and made a video documenting the experience. Basically we received an uncased movement, which we completely disassembled, reassembled, and cased. Between each step in the video we were explained what was to be done next and then it was back onto the workbench to execute it. The watch's (Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 49mm) case has a pretty large 49mm diameter, but this large watch was used because it uses a large movement. Smaller movements are exponentially harder to work on, so it made sense for us beginners to work on such a large movement. It was a fascinating experience! It might look a lot easier than it was, but this might be because I cut the video as short as possible. For instance, the part I refer to as the "final boss" in the video took about 5-6 minutes just to get the part in properly. I never needed such steady hands to do anything! It was incredibly fun and enlightening! I'm a sucker for mechanical watches, so it was very interesting to get hands on and really understand how they work. The watch features a simple date-less movement displaying the hours minutes and sub-seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQqRxvCA2GQ&t=2s |
| Topic | Crazy how nowadays you need discipline and commitment for clearing your backlog |
| winged_weltall 05/13/24 2:15:44 AM #4 | Amen TC... Today games that I'm interested in are releasing at a rate that's faster than I'm able to play them. It's pretty sad tbh... I have 2 daughters (4 and 5) and barely find time to play. Last night it was 9pm and they were put to bed. I thought I had a good 3 hours of time to play games. Hopped on the sofa and was sound asleep by 9:05. Woke up at 3am, crawled to bed and here I am now at 8:15... I'm thinking when they're 8+ years old and don't wanna spend time with their lame-ass parents (us), I'll have time to get back into playing more video games. This could be wishful thinking of course - but hey, I can dream, can't I? |
| Topic | Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes |
| winged_weltall 04/18/24 4:10:08 AM #9 | Tbh the kickstarter campaign leaves me with a bad taste. Fucking being charged $28 for shipping, which is more than I paid for a physical copy which was said to include shipping, just like all the other campaigns I backed. Then they go back on their word and charge fucking $28 which is such an obvious overcharging for 1 physical game. I have hopes the game will be good (it probably will be), but fuck everyone involved for doing this shit to the people who financed their game. |
| Topic | Smoothies are life hacks. Something that tastes this good shouldn't be healthy. |
| winged_weltall 04/15/24 2:13:47 AM #18 | haloiscoolisbak posted... I love them but the ingredients for me are just banana, strawberries, ice-cream and milk. Not terrible but I wouldn't call it particularly healthy Honestly, it's only the ice cream that makes your smoothie unhealthy. The banana is more than enough to sweeten the smoothie. Try without the ice cream and you'll most likely still enjoy it - and it'll actually be healthy. |
| Topic | (repost) Chongqing China's set-up still blows my mind |
| winged_weltall 04/04/24 2:52:34 AM #3 | That's actually pretty cool. It looks like they're maximizing space with what they have. |
| Topic | Who sleeps under a Blanket like this? |
| winged_weltall 03/30/24 3:53:43 AM #7 | I asked this to a Japanese high school friend when we saw the same thing in an anime and he said "myself and almost everyone in my country". |
| Topic | Incredibly hot Metal Gear Take: MGA 2 is best looking MG game |
| winged_weltall 03/28/24 11:18:41 AM #5 | RetuenOfDevsman posted... Always wanted to play those but could never justify buying a PSP There are ways to play it without getting a PSP. I played it for the first time 2 years ago and loved every second. It's super addictive and the levels are really fun and well designed. I own a PSP and the game, but it was way more convenient to play an emulated version. |
| Topic | Worst rise and fall |
| winged_weltall 03/26/24 5:06:26 AM #8 | I'd hardly call Ansel Elgort a fall. He's still acting and seems to be doing quite well. Sure he hasn't become the big male star people thought he'd become, but that's probably better for him in the long run anyway. |
| Topic | C/D: Being alone really sucks. |
| winged_weltall 03/13/24 3:46:51 AM #18 | Being alone =/= being lonely. |
| Topic | I love my chocolate to be refrigerated. |
| winged_weltall 03/12/24 4:48:59 AM #13 | Fridge temperature is too cold for me (4-6 degrees celsius) and hardens the chocolate too much. Slightly above, maybe 10-12c would be ideal. Room temp is not ideal, particularly for milk chocolate. Dark chocolate fares better at room temp but is also not perfect. |
| Topic | Which movie shall I watch? |
| winged_weltall 03/10/24 5:31:30 AM #12 | Pan's Labyrinth holds a special place in my heart because I named my daughter after the main character. It's not my favorite movie by any means, but it is definitely worth watching. |
| Topic | Who is the most talented actor alive? ONE ANSWER ONLY. |
| winged_weltall 03/07/24 5:54:53 AM #33 | trappedunderice posted... Daniel day Lewis |
| Topic | Have any of you here ever been modded on reddit? |
| winged_weltall 03/04/24 11:57:41 AM #26 | I even managed to get banned. Repealed it and got unbanned though, luckily. |
| Topic | $100, or a one shot ability to ban any GameFAQs account. |
| winged_weltall 02/29/24 3:57:29 AM #15 | The people choosing the ability, the fuck is wrong with you? Got bullied too much in school? Give it 3 months and 50% of the site will be banned because of one butthurt user who happens to disagree with people's posts and the site will be dead. The fact that we can't just ban whoever we want is what makes this site work in the first place. |
| Topic | How do I scratch the itch that Subnautica and Outer Wilds left me with? |
| winged_weltall 02/29/24 3:55:03 AM #12 | Give Subnautica Below Zero another chance. I was skeptical at first too and didn't like how it felt different. Looking back now though, I'm glad it wasn't trying to captivate an identical experience to the first, but went for being its own thing instead. The map is different enough to be interesting, and the story is pretty engaging too. |
| Topic | You get a free 3-topping pizza. What 3-toppings do you pick? |
| winged_weltall 02/27/24 3:25:41 PM #79 | Arugula Fresh ham Parmesan Coincidentally, this is the pizza that I made for myself for lunch today, and currently it's my favorite pizza, but this changes constantly! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cc939094.jpg |
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