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  • snailboy@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your best habit?English
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    3 days ago

    So I didn’t go to the dentist for about 15 years. I had disgustingly visible buildups of calcified plaque around my bottom front row, and was becoming seriously self conscious about smiling because of it. All my wisdom teeth were still in, but only a couple of them were visible at all. Then one day I took a big bite of a taco, and all of a sudden it felt like I got punched in the jaw at the mandible joint. So I went into panic/maintenance mode, and booked doctors and dentist appointments asap, catastrophising that one of my wisdom teeth had somehow grown up into my jaw and was going to dislocate it, or something. It was a fucking delicious taco, too.

    Anyway, turned out my wisdom teeth were fine, if fact the dentist was amazed at how well my teeth were holding up considering how badly I treated them/ignored them. Only one cavity, the only cavity I’ve ever had in my life, and in a wisdom tooth that could be easily removed, at that. So I got that pulled out promptly, which was one of the most disgusting experiences of my life.

    Turned out the cartilage between my jaw and my skull had gradually slipped loose, and the bone was rubbing up against bone. Six months of jaw therapy and multiple awful, painful, and bloody dentist visits later, my mouth is back to normal, my jaw doesn’t click any more, and my teeth are looking great.

    And now, I cannot, for the life of me, fall asleep at night without flossing first.

  • snailboy@lemm.eetoGaming@lemmy.ml•What's a good slow paced shooter game?English
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    19 days ago

    I’d throw Sniper: Ghost Warrior in there too. (Different studio, similar generic title :P) They’re a bit like the Elite games but in first-person, and set in modern day/near future.

    The spinoff games Sniper: Ghost Warrior: Contracts 1 and 2 are a bit more hitman style as well. (I got more into the Contracts games personally, as the story from the main series was kinda wack.) They’re shorter games overall but levels can get bloody difficult when your plans go inevitably wrong.

  • snailboy@lemm.eetoGaming@lemmy.ml•What's a good slow paced shooter game?English
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    20 days ago

    Receiver 2, my dude.

    An awesomely weird firearm simulation/stealth game, with a storyline consisting of equal parts gun safety, mental health awareness, and cult reprogramming. Almost every function of the player weapon is a different key on the keyboard. Reloading a single magazine is like a 4-6 keystroke sequence. A suddenly jammed weapon is like being presented with a tiny puzzle to solve, while under fire from deadly turret drones. One shot from an enemy kills you. You can and will shoot yourself in the leg. There is fall damage. There is broken glass damage. You are not an action hero, you are a sentient range target. Every bullet matters.

    Anyways, it’s very paced, tense as fuck, and a decent challenge. The voice acting and soundtrack are also lovely.

  • snailboy@lemm.eetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's your superpower?English
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    24 days ago

    I have the opposite of this. I get songs stuck in my head all the time, and they fluctuate depending on which room of the house I’m in. If I go back to the kitchen to get something, I’ll hear the same song I had stuck in my head the last time I was in there. It’s completely useless.

  • snailboy@lemm.eetoGames@lemmy.world•Darkest Dungeon: We at Red Hook are heartbroken to confirm the passing of our beloved voice actor, Wayne June.English
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    3 months ago

    Honestly, I think the best way to start would just be to record yourself with intent. Find a decent microphone, a quiet room (one with a lot of carpets and blankets, bedrooms are usually good) and some audio editing software, and go nuts. Listen to yourself on the playback, apply some dynamics and EQ to hear the difference between raw and post, and cut together a demo reel if you so desire.

    Again I’m not a professional, and I use my voice acting as a component of my job rather than the job itself, but there are agencies just like for traditional actors that’ll get your name out there. A website with a portfolio helps. (I wish I had more answers for you, but I really don’t know :/)

    My first professional voice work was adjacent to my marketing content creation job, I did voiceover for an internal sizzle reel for some kids’ toy line (funnily enough, doing my best Wayne June/Darkest Dungeon impression), so I kinda fell into it.