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Kear_Bear_3747 t1_ix52yen wrote

Reply to Wireless headset recommendations by jmelinte

I’m using a Razier Kira for the most part because it connects to Xbox and also has Bluetooth so I can listen to music at the same time.

When I feel like being really sweaty I switch to Razer Threshers which are a lot more sensitive but they don’t have Bluetooth and they’re not quite as comfortable. They also have a red light on the end of the boom so you can see if you’re muted.

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TrefoilHat t1_ix4rz13 wrote

Reply to What console is best for physical exercises to keep me fit? by Immediate-Cell-2325

Meta Quest 2 (I hate that name, it’ll always be Oculus Quest to me!) is really the best and only choice. Beat Saber, Thrill of the Fight (boxing), Pistol Whip (squats), and lots more will wear your ass out. People have lost 40+ pounds when combined with diet improvements…I think there’s a sub called vrfitness or something? (on mobile).

Hand tracking is 1:1 and super precise. Leg tracking isn’t there, but supposedly Supernatural will include knee lifts soon (subscription requires for that app though, to pay for trainers and music licensing).

I had Xbox One with Kinect for fitness, and this is miles better.

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PerfectlyDarkTails t1_ix4ojh5 wrote

Reply to comment by play_Max_Payne_pls in What console is best for physical exercises to keep me fit? by Immediate-Cell-2325

If a treadmill is boring, isn’t doing enough on the treadmill itself to me, like going a bit more intense, getting out of breath, changing the incline and so on. I couldn’t be focused playing a game and run, its one or the other, I’d only do 90 minutes intense and game later anyway. I’d only use a bit of music for that 90 minutes or something else stops the run. If treating running as a game, then some video game music could very sell be part of the entertainment.

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QueasyBrief5498 t1_ix4k34r wrote

Reply to comment by klljmnnj in Parent of two kids planing to sell my Switch and buy Series S by Salty-Preparation-78

Agree. The series S second hand at GameStop are so cheap. If OP has hard copies of the switch games they could get rid of the ones the kids won’t play and just keep the switch around as an extra.

The switch is really great for car trips because it has two controllers with the system “built in” and charges via USB C. It’s just great as an extra.

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Nawara_Ven t1_ix3qb2p wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Maybe half-generations should be introduced? by [deleted]

It's true that the categorization describes things that are relatively old because one can track the generations backwards fairly easily, but no one was like "oh man, look at those amazing fourth-gen graphics!" when busting out Street Fighter II on the SNES in 1992. Kind of like how we can describe Cleopatra as being born 69 BCE.

If you absolutely need to discuss console generations and you don't like my idea of simply putting the Wii/Wii U/NS each into two generations, and you absolutely need to use numbers in your discussion, you could always just use the year, or a range of years.

Even then it's a highly-contextualized distinction. PS1/N64/Saturn games all kind of had a certain "look" to them, and there wasn't a huge difference between the hardware requirements and visual fidelity of a high-budget vs. a low-budget game in that era. But nowadays you can have God of War: Ragnarok and Skylight Freerange 2: Gachduine on the same machine.

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