danielholt @kbin.social Hey.
I'm Dan. A 35 year old father of two who doesn't have nearly as much time as he needs to do half the things he wishes he had the time to do.
I mainly Toot about the following:
Chat...what watch are you wearing?
Okay so I like watches, but also I'm poor so I have to be pretty sparing with what I buy.
Right now I'm rocking a Timex Weekender with a pride themed NATO strap. I call it my summer watch.
What about you?
I guess the reason it'll have a physical release is that they want to get it into stores. As much as things are going digital, having product on stores and in front of people who otherwise might not know about it is still a pretty solid way of moving units.
I'm not sure they really fit into the category of murder mystery that you're looking for, but I recently read both The Seven Deaths if Evelyn Harcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water and absolutely loved both of them.
Desert Island Discs: Book edition.
Stranded on an Island. By random chance you've got your three favourite books with you.
What are you reading?
Parents of Kbin...How are you doing?
So my 16 month old has suddenly decided that his bedtime is now 8:30 rather than 7:30. We're not a fan of this change but...well, what you gonna do?
How are you holding up?
Once scored an overhead kick during our in-school football tournament. Even got a pat on the back from one of the bigger kids.
I peaked at 9 years old.
Could we get a list of all the UK centric magazines going?
Whilst Kbin is still in its infancy I think it might be a good idea to get a nice centralised list going for UK users to look at if they're looking for more magazines to sub too.
So far I've got:
Finally getting around to Bloodborne on my partner's PS5. Had zero interest in these games before I gave Elden Ring a go last year, and I've been hooked since.
Finished Elden Ring last year, and Sekiro over the festive season.
You get to play one videogame for the first time again. What you picking?
Okay. If you could play any videogame again for the first time, what would it be?
Probably a silly question but are you using the thing on the floor as you run into the fight arena?
The Outer Wilds soundtrack is something I go back to regularly. Even considered buying the Vinyl...and I have no way of playing it.
I'm still working my way through The Social Distance Between Us by Darren McGarvey. I mainly read at work, so maybe only 30 minutes a day, but I'm slowly getting through it.
I also just finished reading through George RR Martin's A World of Ice and Fire.
I've been searching for a 'letterboxd for games' for years, and iirc that's partly what Ggapp bases it's site on. I'll absolutely give Backloggd a look though, thanks.
Leicestershire! Home of a pretty good rugby team. Yeah. Let's focus on the rugby team..
I think it's the heat, my kids have been absolutely awful at bedtime this last week.
The baby usually goes bed at 7, nah. He's a 8:30 sorta guy now. The five year old? She seems to have a nightmare every night.
Night time anxiety.
Hello fellow tired parents. So I just wanted to ask if anyone else suffers pretty significantly with anxiety around their kids 'overnight activities'.
It's something I've been dealing with since my eldest was a baby, but it's got significantly worse since our second came onto the scene 16 months ago (he's yet to sleep through the night and requires constant soothing).
When they're ill I feel this constant sense of dread throughout the day. It's gotten to the point where I'll just lay there for hours on end just waiting to hear them cry, sometimes I even hear phantom cries.
It's really starting to effect me. Is this normal, do we all have it? Any tips??
Thanks.
Videogame tracking question.
I've been a user of GGapp.io for a good few years now, and whilst the service has always been pretty solid, I'm wondering if maybe it's worth taking a look at an app called Questlog.app.
So in short, I'm just sort of wondering if anyone has any experience with the two?
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Before I had kids: PUBG. I went real hard on that game for 18 months. I played 10+ hrs a week and never lost interest.
After kids (PUBG is stressful, I don't need more of that) it'd be Rocket League. I've been playing it consistently since Day 1 and whilst I don't see myself improving much anymore, I still get a kick (ahem) out of scoring a nice goal, or a laugh at totally missing an empty net.
Fathers day. Mum is at work however, so my day is like any normal Sunday... Looking after a sassy five year old and a miserable one year old.
Le sigh.
Trunks. Hits a nice middle ground between something like Fedilabs and Toots.
Favourite Game of 2023 so far?
We're getting towards the mid-point of the year, and (unless I've missed it) I can't seem to find a thread for discussing what our favourite games of the year have been.
So, what have been your favourite gaming experiences so far?
Wasn't it recently reported that Microsoft and Bethesda had no real love or interest in the game, and they sort of just left them to it?
My (then) four year old had a lot of fun with Donut County. For the most part she figured it out entirely on her own and even managed to beat it. And given the nature of the puzzles involved, I like to think she learned a thing or two at the same time.
They've already taken the SX, the PS5 and the Switch. I'm not even going to let them have a sniff of the Steamdeck.
Once my eldest gets her hands on it I'll never see it again.
Goodreads, although if I can figure out the process of exporting my data over to Bookwrym then I'll likely do that.