Snorp Vs. HP Pavilion x360 Round 2

I like this laptop. I really, truly do. It's small and runs quite fast. (Unless it's freezing but I'll get into that later.) It feels of solid build as well. But no. This laptop is bad. And I mean really, really bad.

HP can not for the life of them, from what I can tell, build a solid one of these. I've had all sorts problems with these stupid laptops. So I'm going detail all my problems with them. Because why the heck not? Maybe this will help someone out.

Laptop 1, The Original.

This one. This one was actually the worst of all three of them. Alright. I'll tell the whole story of this one.
So I had just decided that my MSI laptop, (Another really crudy laptop, but that's a story for another day.) need to be replaced. So I started researching laptops. And I instantly fell in love with the idea of getting HP Pavilion x360. It look perfect for me. It had a touch screen, was small, and was kind of fast, so I could play at least minor games on it. So I decided I was gonna get this model of laptop. So I went to Best Buy, and got it. So we'll skip ahead a few days, because nothing really interesting happened for a few days. And, the Thursday of the week I got it, the fan started making this really awful noise. It sounded like it was breaking.

So... I had to return it. This time I just went to Best Buy and exchanged it for another, of the same type. Because once again I'll say it. I actually really do like this model of computer. It's perfect for me. But they all keep breaking on my one way or another.

Laptop 2, the phantom touch.

This laptop. Oh how much I loved this one. This one was perfect. It had a quiet fan. And it didn't have the problem laptop 3, has. So after exchanging laptop 1, I got this one. This one lasted me into the new year. (Laptop 1 got exchanged in mid-December) Then. On a day in January, (I think about mid-January) the touch screen randomly started touching (Called "Ghost touching.") So first I tried to clean the screen it's self. And then I did research. What happened is that somehow some dirt got under the screen. I should have just sent that one out on warranty, but I wanted instant results. So I exchanged that one as well. And I got...

Laptop 3, Water and Fire 

Ahh... Laptop 3. My current laptop. This one. This one has history. So I'll just skip ahead to the problems on this laptop.

One day, I spilled some stuff on the keyboard. So the keys became sticky when you pressed them. So, I decided to wash them off, with a wet paper towel. Well, sadly I had not made it dry enough. So some water dripped down, and killed the mother board. Meaning this computer has basically NO water resistance. I mean, I don't need a water proof computer, but I my computer to be able to survive a small water spill. (Which would be equivalent I think) so this time I couldn't exchange it. I had to send it back on warranty. So I did it. I'm actually surprised that they didn't just give me the money for a new laptop in credit., apparently Best Buy will replace a broken mother board with Geek Squad Warranty. Good on them. Anyway, on with the story.

So after I it back I started noticing small problems. One problem was that the mouse pad would randomly glitch and move my mouse. And there were a few new "creaking sounds" (Although I'll put that one more on the fact they had to take apart the computer to repair it.) But a big thing, (Something that I think was happening pre-first send in.) was that it was running very, very hot. Like so hot it would actually hurt if you touch the bottom of the computer. And then it started randomly turning off when it got hot. So, just today (the day I'm writing this.) I took it back to Best Buy, to repair the mouse and the heating.

And those are the major problems I've had with my laptop. But there one other thing I'll note here though. The laptop tends to freeze while being moved around a lot. I don't know about the first two, but it was very notice able with the third laptop. That might also, have to do with the over heating, say as to how it was definitely more notice able when hot.

But I'll say it one last time. I actually really like this laptop.  When I go to Best Buy and see the preview version of this laptop, I think to myself "This is a great laptop, but mine have had so many problems. Hopefully this time it will work out better." Because if you actually feel the laptops and see the laptops, they feel and look great! But I actually blame it on the smaller size of the laptop. They had to compress everything thing down. So their isn't as much breathing room. they could have added a water tray are for spills. And everything wouldn't heat up. The second one, was the only one I felt like had a small problem. The other two feel like they have had major problems.

I'd still actually recommend this laptop though. You should make sure to get a warranty, but when they aren't causing problems... the HP Pavilion x360 is actually a really good laptop. Maybe I'm letting it off to easy... but as I said, it's actually a perfect fit for me. Just I wish it was built better.

Fresh first impressions of "Arms" for the Nintendo Switch

I just tried the ARMS demo. It's not great. It's not bad either. Here I'll go into details about my first impressions thoughts. (For the record, I only played two matches. My impressions might be different if played a little longer. Sadly I started at 5:50. So I didn't have that much time.)

For those who don't know ARMS is Nintendo latest IP. It's a fighting game. ARM's big gimmick is... well... that you can use motion controls and punch using your real arms.

First, I'll go into the good things. The game feels nice to play. The game (At least in controller mode) handles really well. The graphic and art style are also very nice. I like the color full art style of the game.

Now, the bad. As mentioned before, the gimmick is the motion controls. But because it's Nintendo, they couldn't just make it just that you punch with motion controls, they had to make it so you did EVERYTHING with motion controls. To move forward? Just tilt the controllers forward. To move backwards? Tilt them backward. But due to the fact that motion controls just weren't made for actually moving your character, it gets easily of sync. Meaning that you'll find yourself searching for "that sweet spot" that will allow you to actually move forward. And the same goes for every other direction.

What makes this worse it that, it doesn't feel like you're in the game by doing this. I'd personally be way more immersed in the game without moving my hands trying to find "that sweet spot." I'd love to actually PUNCH with the motion controls. But I hate that I have to move with them. So if I end up getting this game, I'll end up just using the normal controller controls. And that's a real shame.