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Zero-Cool · 28-05-2022 02:30PM

Exercise, take regular breaks, remember to eat food.... Ye need to toughen up lads. Get a chair with a built in potty and plough on.

Zero-Cool · 29-05-2022 06:49AM

Started watching Dead Pixels on Netflix. It's about 3 gamers playing online together most of the day and night (even while at work). They are the most annoying characters I've ever seen, just horrible people where it's like the creator thought it would be funny to show horrible gamers being horrible. I've had to turn to my missus at one point and tell her this is NOT what i do when she goes to bed.

It seems to be getting great reviews and i get making a show about 'regular' gamers would be boring but this is about as fun as actually having dead pixels in your screen.

SuperBowserWorld · 29-05-2022 09:09AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119126162#Comment_119126162

Start again by just walking.

29-05-2022 11:05AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119129313#Comment_119129313

Yep. Download an app that counts your steps and try to build up to 10k steps. Listen to music, podcast or audiobook while you do it.

wotzgoingon · 29-05-2022 12:05PM

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RobertFoster · 29-05-2022 12:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119126226#Comment_119126226

#poweruser

Mr Crispy · 29-05-2022 12:17PM

This looks totally fine.

Retr0gamer · 29-05-2022 03:45PM

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Louise A. Garcia · 29-05-2022 04:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119115170#Comment_119115170

My friend is an extra-talented IT professional, but his continuous work damned him with back pain. He suffered a lot and tried different remedies to cure his back pain. He lost his concentration at work and was very much rattled by life. He is not lifting anything heavy or doing anything to cause back pain, but he is required to sit in a chair on a regular basis as part of his job, which causes him back pain. He learned about chiropractic treatments during this time and underwent chiropractic treatments at a nearby clinic. With the help of an experienced chiropractor, he cured his back pain very quickly. Now he recommends chiropractic treatment for those who are suffering from pain. This may help you too.

Retr0gamer · 29-05-2022 05:21PM

I'd recommend seeing an actual doctor or physio. A chiro is alternative medicine nonsense with the same legitimacy of the likes of homeopathy and the amount of life ruining injuries they cause is scary.

Cordell · 30-05-2022 09:20AM

Sometimes even serious injuries like slipped/bulged discs will subside by themselves (or just their symptoms) which may leave the wrong impression that pseudoscientific nonsense like that works. It doesn't. See the GP asap and don't leave without a MRI referral.

wotzgoingon · 30-05-2022 05:54PM

Well my chair came by courier today. I put it together just now. Seems good from first impressions anyway. My back is still bad though. I do not know how long it will take to heal but I am not lying down while playing games again. That's all well and good for a teenager but when you are hitting middle age in two years you really do have to watch yourself. (Just for reference I am going by 40 as middle age)

30-05-2022 06:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119136401#Comment_119136401

Can you afford a visit to a physiotherapist? If so, it will help. It helped with my back problems.

SuperBowserWorld · 30-05-2022 07:07PM

For backs, maybe we should all get one of these.

Think it's the Switch 2 add on for Ring Fit Adventure. 😆

Zero-Cool · 30-05-2022 07:38PM

Have to say, this thread has made me very aware of my awful posture while gaming and find myself readjusting so thanks lads.

31-05-2022 07:12AM

For those who work from home and are sitting at a desk all day I'd recommend a stand up desk. They're not cheap at around €500, but I got a manual wind up one which slashed the price and my company contributed €200 towards it. I'd also recommend an anti-fatigue mat to go with it to help with sore feet. It makes so much more sense to be standing. I find I take breaks more often to have a sit down.

If you get an adjustable one you can sit down in the evening for some gaming and not feel bad for sitting at your desk all day and all night.

Jordan 199 · 01-06-2022 08:55AM

I got around to start playing Sniper Elite 5 last night. It's good.

Retr0gamer · 01-06-2022 10:06AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119143136#Comment_119143136

Best 7/10 series ever.

Jordan 199 · 01-06-2022 12:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119143136#Comment_119143136

There's nothing like shooting a fuel tank on a truck with enemies standing next to it. Boom!

Stone Deaf 4evr · 01-06-2022 01:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119136401#Comment_119136401

I went to the doctor a few years ago with a back injury, and he told me it was common for middle age.

I was a bit put out by that, and he pointed out, that well, unless I was going to live to 120, I most certainly was 'middle aged' :(

01-06-2022 04:28PM

Diablo Immortal out now. Taking an eternity to download. Looking forward to this, I know it got a lot of backlash but to me if there was ever a game suited to mobile its Diablo. I know i know, micro transactions, whatever time to get over it. Hope I can use my xbox razer controller on it.

DeSelby83 · 01-06-2022 04:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119145579#Comment_119145579

I played about 15 mins of it and was pretty impressed. Hopefully it stays that way. I also tried using my kishi and it seems to work fine, need to change a few key bindings but it has a controller menu in the options for all that.

pixelburp · 01-06-2022 05:01PM

Is this the Diablo made famous by the "do you not all have phones?" remark at a convention?

01-06-2022 05:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119145725#Comment_119145725

That's the one.

Well that's an anticlimax. Took an eternity to download and then decided to give me a message saying your phone is no longer compatible. I've a Samsung Galaxy S10+ ffs. If that's not compatible then not many phones will be. This is.going to be a very niche market.

Went ahead and loaded it anyway and yep, graphics are just a screen of coloured blocks. Definitely not compatible.

EoinMcLovin · 01-06-2022 05:31PM

https://youtu.be/cxJ5_ovBC_g

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Retr0gamer · 01-06-2022 05:33PM

Looks like a unity mod with a sonic model thrown in.

Mr Crispy · 01-06-2022 06:14PM

Looks empty and lifeless.

johnny_ultimate · 01-06-2022 06:37PM

It’s amazing how Sonic Team, a team dedicated to making Sonic games, has so little understanding of how a Sonic game should should work or look or sound.

Potential-Monke · 01-06-2022 07:07PM

I'm open to the idea, because I genuinely never got the love of the 2D games. But it's weird seeing a completely 100% cartoon character in a fairly realistic look world. As Retr0 said, looks like a Unity mod with a standout Sonic model. But it does indeed look lifeless. And while open world, it seems to be on rails too. I dunno.

Re: 40 being middle aged, the last survey (2016) said the average male life expetency in Ireland is 79.6 years, so yeah, 40 is middle! Nearly in the club.

CastorTroy · 01-06-2022 07:09PM

When is it due out because a lot of work needed. As has been said it's pretty lifeless though I'm sure we'll see enemies soon. Same with markers as they looked to be just randomly wandering. I'm not usually someone who would point something like this out, but they really need to fix the pop in. It was obvious enough to be bad at a distance but when it was happening right next to Sonic, that's a big problem.

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