Endymion_Mallorn
@Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
Just a nerd who migrated from kbin(dot)social.
- Comment on Its all bots, isn't it? 6 days ago:
I honestly hope that the fediverse is mostly free of it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Might be interesting. Disney would literally hire a PMC to shoot pirates.
- Comment on James should have used his money 1 week ago:
I do love that James and Meowth let Jesse be the one not getting her head squished.
- Comment on Can someone find a redeeming factor about this game? Like anything good about it. 1 week ago:
Romhacking has 3 total hacks for the game, and 2 that are meaningful.
Still, I suggest if you're looking at ROMs, try using VICE and a .d64 of both Ghostbusters and Autoduel. But I will say, please read the manuals.
- Comment on YSK: YouTube views went down since mid-August because they no longer count views of not logged in users 1 week ago:
I believe that was their intention, then.
- Comment on Can someone find a redeeming factor about this game? Like anything good about it. 1 week ago:
The NES version specifically, I can't defend. But the DOS, C64, and SMS versions are interesting, because they're really proof of what would be codified as the Covert Action Rule, or the simple adage of programming, "do one thing, well". Note that in the NES port, none of the minigames are done well. But I think David Crane created a pretty solid concept, hampered by a number of unfortunate factors.
The start of the game is a business simulation. The game doesn't want you to actually think about the business side of things, but wants to make money important. This ends up contributing to a bad idea, because rather than looking at the economy as a core element, it ends up getting shoved to the side. Frankly, it would be better if you started off like, say, Animal Crossing, or SimCity, where you have a loan you must pay off, but you're given the tools you need to do so. The PC versions feel less clunky in this respect, because the business side is more front-and-center.
There's a lack of real clarity about what's going on in the map minigame. There's a lot of moving parts, but not a lot of rhyme or reason behind them. The PKE doesn't really react to player actions, but nor is it a steady timer. Central Park West (the Zuul building) doesn't really have any significance. And frankly the driving minigame is pointless if you don't have the vacuum. It'd be better to just have to buy gasoline.
The ghost-catching minigames are short and annoying, but are actually the only part of the game worth any time investment.
Then you have the dreaded tower climb. On the NES, the controls for that section of the game are simply inexcusable.
The big fight at the end doesn't feel conclusive, and the ending is... well, it's awful, let's be blunt. That's why it became a meme.
And yet! It's stuck with people because it's so awful a game but so near the edge of being good if it was made with more focus. I haven't played any version of the game in several years, but I remember every step of it. I remember the Ecto-1: traps, proton packs, ghost vacuum. Vacuum for money, grab free-floaters to stop them from forming Stay-Puft until you're in the black. Then Stay-Puft, the stairs, and Zuul.
Consider that Crane went from Pitfall to all of that. Seriously, in terms of game design, it's a huge leap forward, and yes it stumbled hard. Oh, and if you want a fair comparison, look at Autoduel for the C64 (one of Lord British's pre-Ultima games), since the Ghostbusters game was built on the bones of a Car Wars game.
- Comment on Cooking 😋 1 week ago:
There wee several house-party focused cookbooks that suggested to just fry off a pan of decoy onions as your guests enter the house. Doesn't matter if they get used in a dish or not, just cook the onions.
- Comment on YSK: YouTube views went down since mid-August because they no longer count views of not logged in users 1 week ago:
The adblocking will continue until transparency of content delivery improves.
- Comment on Memecoins Are Coming to the Stock Market 1 week ago:
I understand where you're coming from, but that means they care about making sure that the number goes up, rather than fluctuating wildly. And they absolutely don't want rugpulls (unless they're the ones holding the rug). That's the kind of stability I'm talking about. No tycoon actually wants a free market, they want the regulations to make sure that they have a chance to corner the market and protect them against their enemies.
- Comment on Memecoins Are Coming to the Stock Market 1 week ago:
Honestly, this is a huge step forward. I know it sounds dumb, but regulating the crypto market as securities will help provide stability to crypto and help classic securities become more adaptable. I've been waiting since day 1 for the SEC to step in here.
- Comment on POV: me mentoring my juniors 1 week ago:
Scaring the daylights out of abusers?
- Comment on oh the consequences of allergies 3 weeks ago:
It's treif, yeah?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Rachel deserved better.
- Comment on ClockBench: Even the best AI models can't reliably read the clock 3 weeks ago:
So LLMs operate like blind people - like every other web scraper and chatbot to exist.
- Comment on If spiderman shoots webs from his wrists would not the tension of shooting and swingiing up a skyscraper pretty much break his wrist? Also why SpiderMAN shouuldn''t it be SpiderTEEN? 3 weeks ago:
Mayday would prefer against that, since it causes hassles with her existence.
- Comment on Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype: The obstacles to scaling up humanoids that nobody is talking about 3 weeks ago:
Anyone who's a fan of mecha anime or games already knew this. The human body is a comedy of errors masquerading as a marvel of bioengineering. We're just fish who forgot how to swim and learned how about economics.
- Comment on What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist? 3 weeks ago:
Following Washington's guidance is what I call it.
- Comment on The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows 3 weeks ago:
Or, in more realistic terms, the internet is already mostly dead. Half of the stuff that should be available on clearnet or the visible web is now hidden in Discord chats. The hope lies in things like Gemini, Tor, and Freenet, but even there the braintrust is in Matrix.
- Comment on The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows 3 weeks ago:
If you mean it's the hot sheets and they're never wrong, I don't disagree.
- Comment on meal 4 weeks ago:
The chocolate is the only thing that makes me question what's going on.
- Comment on Nepal bans social media(Facebook, X, Reddit, Mastodon, Discord, Signal, YouTube and more) for failing to register with the government; Only 7 to be open(Viber, TikTok, Telegram and more) 4 weeks ago:
You as a person don't need direct representation, usually (though having a lawyer ready us always a benefit). The only way to stop the social media companies from extracting value and facilitating harmful criminal behavior is to stop their actions completely. Yes, that affects people. Yes, that means people won't be able to use an online service. But if all social media went away tomorrow, the only one I'd actually miss would be YouTube.
Fediverse instances have a different structure, and what should happen is that the owner of each instance that wants to operate in Nepal should register with the government, and only federate with those who are also registered. Otherwise, you've lost out on a country that barely us a blip on the Internet radar, with the exception of rich, entitled, jerks ruining Everest and adding to the colossal body count.
No matter what, it's not worth dying for. Protesting in favor of big companies is dumb from the start. Protesting in
- Comment on A goodbye to kbin ... 4 weeks ago:
Ongoing development of mbin and attention to the platform as a whole. His lack of overt politics compared to the Lemmy devs also makes me happier. Plus, as an admin, he's mostly hands-off in my n experience, certainly not a micromanaging mod.
- Comment on If you've ever wondered how many poptarts you can stack on a borzoi, it's at least 8 4 weeks ago:
That is a very obedient borzoi. I love the breed and all the hounds.
- Comment on Biblically accurate Furby 4 weeks ago:
This makes me wish we could use our AT Field.
- Comment on The perfect use for spoons in the "bad spoon" drawer 4 weeks ago:
The reason we didn't have Alakazam in some Pokemon media? Screw that guy.
- Comment on A goodbye to kbin ... 4 weeks ago:
Another kbin.social refugee here. I only moved when it was obvious that Ernest wasn't coming back. So instead, I decided to lean on Melroy, who's been an awesome admin and dev.
So, Ernest, I wish you nothing but the best. Thanks for kicking off a small revolution. And Melroy - thank you for taking up the torch.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 4 weeks ago:
My experience is that basically, if you actually want to do anything meaningful with video, you need to host your own instance, because no one wants to be beholden to the bandwidth, especially if it gets any uptake. In which case, obviously, you're on your own for the costs. The only way I can see PeerTube working is if a few of the medium size YouTubers & Twitch streamers with decent monthly Patreon takes band together and fund it that way.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 4 weeks ago:
Check the vids from Gamers Nexus.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 4 weeks ago:
When he returns the cooler block he damaged and stole, I'll stop trying to turn people away from his content.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 4 weeks ago:
PeerTube would be great if you didn't have to self-host. And yes, I mean that. Every instance I've found that allows user uploads charges the users for bandwidth (or charges a subscription fee). I've never found an instance yet that works like Dailymotion or YouTube. When we get a big instance (like mastodon.social or one of the big two Lemmy instances), that allows user uploads freely and seamlessly, we'll start seeing it grow.