ICastFist

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The first space exploration game without space or exploration

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like the Onslaught mode of UT2004 and 3, though more strategic, especially with the classes

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only if my work pays for the electricity and water bills, because keeping a warm shower running for an hour will skyrocket those costs

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

Just pee on the streets like our ancestors did

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I suspect they'll just stop bothering with the surveillance and go straight for reality tv and internet porn, much more telling of us as a whole

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I personally dislike the skills from equipment because, compared to FFT, it creates an artificial, story-gated wall on character progression (you can't get the most powerful magic because you can't get the equipment, because it only unlocks later during the story)

As for the judges, I don't think they add enough to game to make combat more interesting

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

I really hope square doesn't fuck up the remaster like they did with the PSP and Android versions, both shipped with a stupid bug that caused a huge slowdown on every magic-like animation.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

A literal "on-rails" experience

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The game became that shitshow because Warner Bros execs got pissed that a "no-name" yuropeean company got the rights to make a licensed Superman game (because they were the only company that bothered to bid), so they did a lot of time-wasting requests to the developers.

https://www.retrojunk.com/a/C1CKNP9rjC/the-story-behind-superman-64

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

I really enjoyed 3 more than 2, despite never quite getting the hang of doing hook-gliding combos. Flying a heli with missiles in 2 was the game's "I win" button, dodging AA missiles was pretty trivial, 3 doesn't have anything as OP

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How does U2 compare to UT2003/4 in multiplayer?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I personally judge that game as plain bad with decent shooting and ok loot. The main story, and the game universe in general, are memorable for how stupidly thought out they are, even for the low standards of Bethesda post Oblivion. The citizens and assorted non-hostile npcs feel less alive than the people you run over in GTA games. They also managed to take the fun basebuilding of Fallout 4 and make it bad AND pointless - very little customization and freedom of certain objects' placements, plus you're better off just buying resources from vendors.

 
 
 
 
 

I mean, you take one look at Greek statues and Roman busts and you realize that people figured how to aim for realism, at least when it came to the human body and faces, over 2000 years ago.

Yet, unlike sculpture, paintings and drawings remained, uh, "immature" for centuries afterwards (to my limited knowledge, it was the Italian Renaissance that started making realistic paintings). Why?

 

Given how harder it's becoming to tell apart AI slop from something made by a human (videos, photos, text), and how much scammers and other criminals are piling up on the tech, I'm thinking this will be the silver lining, making some people pay more attention to real life and finally accept the maxim "Don't believe everything you see on the internet"

 
 

Other points:

  • it's not mutually exclusive with any other neurodivergence, in which case they're "twice exceptional";
  • In an environment with unprepared people and professionals, they may be wrongly diagnosed as having some other neurodivergence.
  • It's not just a high IQ score;
  • Gifted kids can be problem students and have low grades;
  • Homework feels like torture (this is true to any child, tho);
  • They're very likely to question authorities and point out perceived hypocrisy (emphasis here on perceived, because pointing something and being right are different things);
  • As kids, they may have weird quirks for executing tasks, such as wanting to hold pencils the "wrong" way, or wanting to press against a wall to do homework;

If you're Brazilian or can understand Brazilian Portuguese, this is the podcast I listened to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apnuIIePeeA

Aos brasileiros que acabarem encontrando esse post, o podcast que assisti é o que linkei acima

 

Some weeks ago, I've come across Delta Chat, whose main thing is "(near) instant messaging using your email"

That left me thinking, has this been attempted before? If not, why? Also, why (besides servers' limitations as means to fight spam) isn't this solution used more often, given that e-mail has been a decentralized solution for well over 40 years now?

 

Time sure does fly, huh

 

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Text: My browser when I open the 42nd tab and beyond

A 2 panel image of Michael Jordan: Stop it. Get some help.

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