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Cake day: February 6th, 2025

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  • Agreed. I regretfully left out a lot of it when mentioning MK.

    They also leave any readable lore open long enough to give you time to pause the video and read it at your own pace. And they’re very throughout about exploring, looting, etc but as you say, they edit out anything boring like grinding. So you get a very smooth gameplay video that is worth watching, and hardly frustrating. I’ve used their videos to find collectables in some games, too.




  • When I was talking about this with a friend, we discussed how let’s play videos could serve as a substitute for playing the game if you just want the story. But of course this has it’s own problems. The pacing may still be bad, the video maker’s commentary might be distracting, and if you decide to go this route before even purchasing the game, the dev isn’t even financially rewarded for the work they did at least creating a story you liked.

    Just mentioning this because you might not be aware of it, but there’s “no commentary” players, actually. They just play the game and never speak, so you get to watch the gameplay, the story, etc. without someone interjecting their thoughts. One channel that plays quite a lot of games is MKIceAndFire. They sometimes upload alternative endings/choices, and “story cuts” where a story-rich game is stripped from most of the gameplay so you can watch the story.

    And I think the devs still get compensation, because these let’s plays are basically free advertising. I’ve bought games after watching a few episodes of a game I wasn’t sure of, which would have given me a lot of pause with the 2-hour limit to refund on Steam.




  • Mine was a puppy, not sure if it’ll work for a grown dog. But during festivities, I play calming music very loudly. Enough to drown out the worst of the fireworks. We live very close to where the official fireworks go off, so music loudness won’t bother other people.

    When it’s time for the fireworks, we play fetch with her favorite ball. We cuddle. I feed her or give her a treat. (Edit to add: basically the idea is to keep them distracted during the worst of the fireworks)

    It’s important that you don’t act like there’s fireworks going off, nothing is happening. Dogs look to you for how to react to anything, which is also why playing fireworks sounds doesn’t work, since you know it’s fake.