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Re: What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

by marurun Mon Mar 06, 2023 3:30 pm

REPO Man wrote::?: Anyone recommend the Meta Quest 2 VR headset? I'm considering getting one. Apparently they're dropping the price by $70, and if the price applies to GameStop, I'll use Paypal's Pay in 4 option.

And if so, any game recommendations?


My recommendation is to save a nest egg for if you fall behind on rent again or to pay for a visit to New York.
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Re: What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

by Anapan Mon Mar 06, 2023 3:38 pm

Ya, unless your PC is really good, your stuck with mobile games, and IMO Gorilla Tag isn't worth the hardware price.
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Re: What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

by REPO Man Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:03 pm

My PC is a bog standard Chuwi Larkbox, so I'd pretty much be stuck with whatever's on the Oculus Store.

And aside from Beat Saber, it seems like it'll be a great way to play FPS games, many of which look like they'll slap like they're auditioning for Dynasty.

Does Beat Saber allow one to use their own music? "Dance Through the Danger" from Shantae: Half-Genie Hero looks like it'd make an excellent choice.

And is there a way to load up classic FPS games like Doom on it, preferably with mod support?

Aside from that, my questions typically revolve around whether or not I'll be able to wear my glasses while playing VR, whether or not sharing my headset with my family at gatherings is a good idea and how much use would it even get if I bought one. That last one would be helped by knowing how many 3D movies, if any, I could watch on it.

Other than that...

:) Things are picking up at both my jobs.

:) Weather's warming up...

:( ...but still cold some days.

:D Off today and tomorrow.
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Re: What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

by ElkinFencer10 Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:10 am

Do not buy a VR headset.
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by marurun Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:34 am

Boo!
A couple friends have collapsing relationships right now. In both cases (unsurprisingly, in my experience) it's the guy who fucked up and made poor choices and the gal who was long-suffering and finally had had enough. So the wife and I are playing support our lady-friends bingo. I'm so glad both these women are successful professionals, because that makes disentangling a lot easier for them. In one case the guy, however, is not, so that particular situation could have some mess involved since Ohio is a no-fault state.

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by ElkinFencer10 Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:41 am

Tell him no Mario until he beats Dark Souls.
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Re: What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

by REPO Man Tue Mar 07, 2023 2:12 pm

ElkinFencer10 wrote:Do not buy a VR headset.


Aside from the price and lack of variety, any particular reason why?
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by SamuraiMegas Tue Mar 07, 2023 5:03 pm

Because you haven't stopped talking about moving for ten years and a VR headset is 1/4 of the money you need to move...
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Re: What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

by marurun Tue Mar 07, 2023 5:14 pm

REPO Man wrote:
ElkinFencer10 wrote:Do not buy a VR headset.


Aside from the price and lack of variety, any particular reason why?


For something that pricey you want to establish a firm "Why should I buy?" case rather than a "Why shouldn't I buy?" case. Simply put, you don't have a PC that can run almost anything worth running in VR. You would have so little available to you. It would be a pointless gadget. It would be throwing away money that you have many other uses for.
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by ElkinFencer10 Tue Mar 07, 2023 6:07 pm

REPO Man wrote:
ElkinFencer10 wrote:Do not buy a VR headset.


Aside from the price and lack of variety, any particular reason why?

Because you'll literally never be able to move to New Bern let alone New York if you don't stop spending money on frivolous things.
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