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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x10 "New Life and New Civilizations" 1 day ago:
And now that I’ve had some more time to think: what was up with the modern music this season? It was distracting and took me out of the story every time.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x10 "New Life and New Civilizations" 2 days ago:
Yeah, the whole discussion about Batel’s combined genetic memories just happened way too quickly. I might have been on board with the explanation, but it really took me out of the episode to see how they rushed through figuring out everything. No time for untangling a mystery, let’s dash off to the next bit.
- Comment on Use this science wisely. 1 week ago:
Sam Kinison.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 1 week ago:
I think you meant “bottom to top”. But yes, that does change the tone a bit.
- Comment on Space jazz music plays in background 2 weeks ago:
If you click the Legends button there’s info from the pre-Disney era. Apparently the term dates back to 1983.
- Comment on does this qualify as a shitpost? 2 weeks ago:
“We need some more secret sauce! Put this mayonnaise in the sun.”
- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 2 weeks ago:
It’s so weird to me that no one uses the term “slowdown” any more. Lag and latency meant networking delays back in the days you’re talking about. Not a complaint, just an observation that I’ve been wondering about for years.
But yeah, as others said, slowdown/lag was pretty common. I immediately think of the ninjas jumping out of the water in TMNT3, the beginning of Top Man’s stage in Mega Man 3, and the last boss of The Guardian Legend, but there were many more. Early 3d is shocking too, with more sub-30-fps games than you remember. Some called themselves at 20, even.
- Comment on kansas can get fcked 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on How did that 22-year-old get on in the date his dad set him up with? 3 weeks ago:
Sadly it was much more tame: search engines. They’ve been crawling Lemmy for a couple years now. I remembered just enough to get hits on that post from a couple instances. Luckily one didn’t delete it when OP scrapped the original. I’m a bit curious myself why that is, but in any case it gives us a backup of the post.
- Comment on How did that 22-year-old get on in the date his dad set him up with? 3 weeks ago:
I found a federated copy of the post: m.lemmy.hostux.net/posts/l.hostux.net/c/…/386931
- Comment on I choose to believe, what I was programmed to believe! 1 month ago:
Pretty sure this is the real one:
- Comment on Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public. 1 month ago:
Wasn’t there an entire season of Smallville about this?
- Comment on I LIKE CORN! 1 month ago:
Well that’s a mystery solved. There are road sections here that get foggier than the rest of the area. I’ve wondered about that for years and never would’ve guessed it’s the corn.
- Comment on The GameStop stapler that punctured a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity 2 months ago:
IGN owns Humble.
- Comment on So you want to start playing Castlevania games (a giant primer) 2 months ago:
Harmony of Dissonance on the GBA was a pretty good entry too, though with a couple minor issues. Circle of the Moon inadvertently highlighted how hard it was to see the original GBA screen (too dark, and it caught reflections like crazy), so Konami overcorrected with Harmony and focused too much on the graphics. Unfortunately they put so much processing into the visuals that there wasn’t much room left for music samples so it’s all chiptunes. That’s not necessarily bad but it did feel like a step backwards.
The gameplay was fun, at least. It’s been a while but I recall a neat system combining the various classic sub weapons with different magic elements.
It’s worth playing the whole trilogy, but do it in order. After Aria you likely won’t want to go back to the others.
- Comment on The duality of mothman 2 months ago:
And then finding out years later that lamp pic really was what you thought: Image
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 2 months ago:
E.T.
Yes really. I played it all the time as a kid and didn’t think it was any more difficult or abstract than the rest of the 2600’s catalogue. Granted, we kept the manual, which made a huge difference in understanding and enjoying its bizarre logic, but still. I had no idea it was so hated until at least a decade later.
- Comment on Paper Planes 4 months ago:
So basically: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOXakHMxkc (jump to 0:55 if you’re impatient)
- Comment on The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next 4 months ago:
According to Ted Turner, it’s “Nearer, My God, to Thee”.
- Comment on So true 4 months ago:
You’ve committed a crime against gaming here today.
- Comment on What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere? 4 months ago:
That “modern” definition of literally is at least 250 years old. It wasn’t created by the internet, or even any living person.
- Comment on Assassin's Creed Shadows | Review Thread 5 months ago:
As far as completion: I managed to 100% Mirage in 50 hours, and part of that was spent aimlessly exploring. I’m sure it could be done faster. Of course, it’s also the weakest entry in the series in a while, and the easiest to skip.
I feel you on Valhalla. 300+ hours and I still had side stuff unfinished.
- Comment on Styx: Blades of Greed | Reveal Trailer 6 months ago:
Whoa. I had given up on ever getting a third Styx. Great news.
- Comment on Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals 6 months ago:
The article that OP was trying to link to: pkinsight.com/assassins-creed-shadows-story/
- Comment on Too dumb to understand where the gas tank opening is 8 months ago:
- Comment on Beware 10 months ago:
