OS upgrade and other things

[illusion_is_mine]

 I finally decided to upgrade my laptop to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1.  I'm liking the interface so far.  It looks so much better than 8.1 in terms of overall aesthetic.  I also plan on upgrading the ram on this thing.  That's something I've been intending to do for a while, but I've just now decided to go ahead and do it.  

That aside my friend and I are planning on having a day of checking out video game stores, and going to the movies on the 11th of December.  She told me she would buy me a new game for my Christmas gift so you know I'm pretty hyped about that.  We haven't really hung out since May, and she has a very demanding job (she's a 911 Operator.)  So I'm really looking forward to seeing her. :)

In other news I bought Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and I've been really enjoying it so far.  I've seen people complain about how it looks in handheld mode for the Nintendo Switch, but I think it looks fine.  Sure it doesn't look as good as Doom, or Breath of the Wild, but I think it looks good enough.  It looks great in docked mode anyway.  Also I'm loving the controls, and overall gameplay.  The only thing I really hated immediately was the English VO.  The character that voices Rex in English doesn't really suit him at all.  That being said I decided to download the DLC for the Japanese audio, and play it in Japanese with subs. 

I've also been listening to lots of music, and practicing guitar a bit.  Here's a band that I really like that I discovered recently thanks to post-punk.com.  Also a few links to a few other songs I've been enjoying.

Watch on YouTube

Spahn Ranch - Witness 
Savages - Waiting for a Sign
Flowing Tears - Under The Red 
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Lands End
Inc - Black Wings
Strange Boutique - We Treat the Blindness
The XX - Replica
The Birthday Massacre - Midnight
Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Lillies and Remains - Go Back

Comments

[yukonsally]

I really like Windows 10. I go between a Windows 10 machine and a Windows 7 machine without any confusion.

Off to listen to your posted links!

[illusion_is_mine]

Yeah, I really like windows 10 too.

I hope you enjoy the songs. :)

[nintendoh]

Honestly, I'm not thrilled with the way Xenoblade 2 looks in handheld mode. I dunno...it just feels very SD? It really takes away from the visual impressiveness of the game's landscape. Like, it's fine for when I want to quest and grind and stuff, but if I'm exploring a pretty area for the first time, or doing plot advancing stuff, I think I'd want to do it on the TV. Particularly with exploring, as enjoying the beauty of the landscape is one of my favorite things about this series.

This'll probably slow my progress with it over the next month considerably while I'm staying with my parents in the US. I already decided to bring the dock so we can do family Mario Kart, but access to a TV for single playerness might be limited, and I don't want to be having to answer questions about anime boobs hahaha. I'm in no rush though, so I guess it's cool.

[illusion_is_mine]

Yeah, I will agree that it doesn't look better in handheld mode compared to docked. I guess I hadn't sat down and played it long enough to really notice just how bad it was. I did notice anti-aliasing around the character models, and how blurry everything looks. I'm probably going to do the same and play it mostly in docked mode. Compared to Zelda, or even Doom it does look significantly worse in handheld mode. I'm hoping they'll patch it on future updates, but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe they will who knows.

Haha, I would hate to answer questions about anime boobs too xD!