A Catch-up with Rob, No Bards Allowed - Part Two

Arrggh! A Video Game Podcast from The Waffling Taylors

Rob from Gold Mountain Games joined us to talk about the things we're passionate about, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Schitt's Creek, and a brand new idea for RTS games. Definitely don't sleep on this episode, folks.

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Content Warning

During their conversation about how society is becoming more accepting of people being passionate about their hobbies (and potentially dropping the term "geek" when referring to them), Jay brings up the following fantastically wonderful line from the TV show Schitt's Creek:

I like the wine, and not the label

— David Rose, Schitt's Creek, Season 1 Episode 10: Honeymoon

The scene is, ostensibly a conversation about sexuality, and David's reluctance to label his sexuality. As such, that part of the conversation might not be safe for all ears. This part of the conversation happens at 9:47.

Please listen responsibly.

Show Notes

From active timer battling to zombie slaying, Waffling Taylors covers video games beyond.

In part two of this episode, we are joined by Rob from Gold Mountain Games. We reminisce about gaming as we grew up, as well as covering everything from passions for your interests, cat assassins, and augmented barbarian fish weaponry.

So, without further ado, sit back, grab some snacks, and get ready for this episode entitled "A Catch-up with Rob, No Bards Allowed - Part One"

Enjoy.

— Squidge

As Squidge points out in the intro, this is part two of a discussion with Rob from Gold Mountain Games. Part one was released back on October 10th, 2023 - here's a link to that - we covered:

• What Gold Mountain Games is
• What's happened since the OGL event
• And what we've been playing recently

As part one of the episode ended, Jay had just been telling everyone about a cross-platform game launcher called Lutris; and that's where this part starts.

Jay went ahead and talked about ONE of the MANY reasons why Windows games tend to (but not always) run better on a Linux-based operating system than on Windows. There are lots of caveats in that sentence because there really are many reasons why, but one of the main ones is how composable the Linux-based operating systems are: you can literally remove whatever you're not using, even if it's a core component of the operating system itself. Because of that, they tend to run faster, on both older and newer hardware, using fewer system resources.

A Wholesome Conversation Appeared

Jay talking about Lutris and different operating systems brought up a wonderfully wholesome conversation about the human condition and being who you are:

It doesn't actually matter at all, right? And I'm sure if I put the effort into learning a different system it would be absolutely fine. But I just find it really funny how people are people will get really angry about it.

I like it in the pet community. Like if someone posts a picture of their cat and goes, "my cat's cute," you sure as hell I'm posting a cute picture of my cat and trying to prove that my cat's the cutest. I love the human condition.

— Rob

And Jay drops some knowledge when talking about the different operating system choices:

And when people come to me and says, "oh, but you should use Windows for this, or you should use this, that and the other," I'm like, "dude, use what works for you."

— Jay

To which Rob replied:

I think with most things, people should just be able to make the choices they want to make and get on with it. And if it works for them, then it's fine, right?

— Rob

At the end of the day, you should like what you like. Who cares what everyone thinks, right?

You do not want someone to like you for someone you're not, because you're going to have to pretend to be that person forever. And the longer you do that, the harder it's going to be, and the more miserable you'll be.

It doesn't matter if people don't like who you are, because there are only a few people and there'll be more people who do like you because you're unashamedly you

— Rob

And that comes back to one of Jay's favourite quotes from Schitt's Creek:

I like the wine, and not the label

— Daivd Rose, Schitt's Creek, Season 1 Episode 10: Honeymoon

Full Show Notes

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