MelodiousFunk
@MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
- Comment on Been holding it in 1 hour ago:
I legit farted as I was opening this post.
(Seriously though SSRIs screw with my GI)
- Comment on A bit of salt makes it taste more savory 1 day ago:
- Comment on Cinema has a physical media problem and it just keeps getting worse 1 day ago:
I was happy to buy Stranger Things in 4K. At least until they stopped releasing them. Wanted Hill House in 4K but settled for Blu-ray when it was clear it wasn’t happening. Archer? Blu-ray releases killed after season 6. Bojack Horseman after 2. Game of Thrones released season 1 in 4K… then nothing. Then 8. (Then eventually the full series in a box set.)
I got sick of the rug-pulling. And now they no longer have a subscriber. Does it matter to them? Not really. Does it matter to me? Absolutely.
- Comment on Eternal Darkness' infamous sanity system patent has expired - so can anyone now copy it? 2 days ago:
There was supposed to be a sequel but a whole bunch of fuckery kept it from happening.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Darkness#Cancelled_…
In 2006, Dyack said “absolutely yes” in response to the question of a possible sequel. He stated that Silicon Knights had intended for Eternal Darkness to be a stand-alone game, but they wanted to make more games set in the same universe involving the Ancients.[54][55] At Microsoft’s Spring 2008 Showcase, Dyack said there was a “strong chance” they would return to the Eternal Darkness brand.[56] In 2011, Silicon Knights said they were refocusing on one of their most requested titles for the next generation of consoles. This, combined with the fact that Nintendo had trademarked the title once again, spawned rumors that an Eternal Darkness game would be a launch title for Nintendo’s Wii U console.[57] However, the project was cancelled due to Silicon Knights’ legal troubles with Epic Games.[58] Any possibility for a sequel from Silicon Knights ended in 2013 when Silicon Knights filed for bankruptcy and closed its offices.[59] Nintendo has repeatedly renewed the Eternal Darknesstrademark, stirring rumors of sequels or re-releases.[60][61][62][63]
Followed by Dyack forming another studio, botching three crowdfunding attempts, forming another studio, then shuttering the project.
It really was a mess.
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC 3 days ago:
Then you’ll play the DLC with the updated graphics etc. There’s nothing mystical about the upgrade pack - it’s just engine optimizations to let the game run natively on new hardware, probably some revamped textures, etc. The base game has been DLC-aware since the DLC was released. Having the DLC doesn’t change the game code, it just makes the extra content accessible.
- Comment on Do it 4 days ago:
Last night’s music trying to ruin my day.
- Comment on Do it 4 days ago:
Brings new context to “lightning in the air.”
Unless of course you’re talking about the Grateful Dead song (or other non-Marshall Tucker Band artist), in which case I have nothing witty to add.
- Comment on The Director of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is OK with Chaos During Screenings: ‘People Are Making Memories’ 4 days ago:
The theater owners also do not have to clean up after.
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC 5 days ago:
Fair enough.
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC 5 days ago:
Different strokes for different folks. I’ve been playing MK8 for 9ish years on two systems. I don’t expect World to be a step backwards, but it could happen.
I may have bought a Switch at launch solely for BotW (even though I had a Wii U), but that’s not the only game I played, even if was the only game I owned for a bit. More games came later. Anyone saying “I’m only going to buy one game” is basing that off of what’s available at launch. More games will come later, at which point people will make their value decisions.
People are losing their shit about Nintendo bumping prices for the first time in several gaming generations. Broad declarations of “never, not me, I won’t!” There seems to be a large overlap between the most vocal and the following two groups:
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Happy with your Steam Deck? Great! I’m glad another actual gaming company (Valve) has entered the hardware space. (For MS and Sony, gaming is just one part of their enormous portfolios.) Nintendo doesn’t interest Deck folks. That’s fine. I can’t play first person or close third person games, and never liked RTS-style click as fast as you can games, so PC gaming has never been my thing. The impressive Steam library doesn’t do much for me. That’s fine. We all have options. Great!
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People that just pirate their shit? Great! Piracy always has and always will exist. Companies have always fought back against it, and always will. Getting around those barriers is part of the scene. Remember when Sony lost in court against Connectix, then bought VGS just to kill it? I do. I was an adult at the time, and played a lot of THPS using a shitty USB gamepad on my computer. The world kept turning. Games are still free for those that want them enough.
The thing those groups have in common? Neither of them were all that likely to buy anything Nintendo. But any unfavorable news makes them come out of the woodwork to declare that they’re not going to buy any of it even harder. Great! Just totally irrelevant. It’s the latest chapter in the long running saga of the console wars. It’s never been a good story, but does it ever have staying power. Yay tribalism.
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- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC 5 days ago:
Enjoyment/$ is the metric to use, or maybe (enjoyment/h)/$.
Or, as I stated, “worth the money.” I’m not interested in turning it into a hard formula, universally transferable. As you noted, there’s too many variables. I was stating that the money was well spent. That’s it.
- Comment on Land of the Free!* 5 days ago:
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC 5 days ago:
When I hit 360 hours in BotW, I asked myself, was this worth a dollar an hour? Yes, yes it was. That was almost 8 years ago, and doesn’t take into account time spent playing other games, or the 7+ years of playtime since.
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC 6 days ago:
I have both DLCs
So then you still get to play them. The only people this affects are new buyers, which… scans internet will be approximately nobody, given the raging hate-boners on display. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Radiation from 5G networks, vaccines, reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field, consumption of Doritos, and even chemtrails. 1 week ago:
Y’all are sleeping on apple cider vinegar, truly nature’s miracle.
- Comment on men only want one thing... 1 week ago:
- Comment on How long before I can sleep on my memory foam mattress? 1 week ago:
I know leaving your mattress outside sounds like crazy talk, but off-gassing is a thing, folks. Personally I would opt for leaving the windows open as much as possible over cleaning off bird poop.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
Step 1. Stop emailing my boss.
Step 2. Recognize that if you’re thorough and verbose, people’s eyes will glaze over and they won’t actually read what you send. Conversely, if you’re concise and direct, people will complain that you’re aloof and not sharing information.
Step 3. Resign yourself to things only getting worse as you get older.
- Comment on Panic! on the trade floor 1 week ago:
Less jpeg
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con may have the same stick drift problem as original Switch 1 week ago:
It is Nintendo so whatever they do is amazing and perfect but they probably wanted to use the same parts on both the pro controller and the joycons.
What? The stick hardware on the pro controller is essentially the same thing that’s in Xbox and PlayStation controllers. The joycon stick hardware is much smaller.
- Comment on This is unfair! 1 week ago:
There’s a buffet place my spouse’s friends were all gaga over. It was a bit of a drive so it took me a few years to actually agree to go. It was like $25 or $30 a person (but free if it’s your birthday!) 15 years ago, so it’s not like it was cheap. The first thing that struck me is how absolutely cavernous the place was. Like a Walmart filled with tables and food islands. Signs saying where to find certain types of food. That kind of thing.
I might have eaten $10 worth of food. And I have been known to pig out from time to time. But between the mediocre at best food and the “atmosphere”… yeah I had no plans on sticking around to try and get my money’s worth.
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 weeks ago:
Reality has a doom bias.
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 weeks ago:
The news for insects is not entirely bad, emerald ash borers are finding the ability to survive in areas that were formerly too cold for them. This allows them to kill more trees turning them into kindling for lightning strikes and other fire starting events.
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
- Comment on Calm your tits 2 weeks ago:
When I first started seeing my now-spouse, she commented that she thought it would be nice if I added some flavor to my wardrobe that wasn’t black tee shirts with optional band/sportsball/nerd printing. So I gradually added some colors, but quickly realized that the brighter the shirt, the worse it looked on my fat gut. And it became tedious trying to find desaturated or earth tones in casual clothing (especially polos for work).
I eventually gave up and just started buying cheap black tees in bulk every few years, oversized so I could throw them in the dryer instead of hang drying them like I’d been doing for years to preserve the prints etc. The spoons set aside for wardrobe choices were better allowed elsewhere.
- Comment on long 2 weeks ago:
And you thought sushi was expensive.
- Comment on Virgin Physicists 2 weeks ago:
You’ll make do with three and you’ll like it!
- Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired? 2 weeks ago:
The extra space isn’t going to cause more heat on its own, but the phone is still going to get warm, and a thick case can prevent that heat from dissipating properly. A good charging design will already have taken this into account, and start limiting current if the temp gets too high.
The primary downside to using induction charging through a case is decreased power transfer efficiency due to the greater distance.
- Comment on The pilot episode of Futurama 'Space Pilot 3000' premiered 26 years ago today on March 28, 1999. 2 weeks ago:
Every once in a while an anniversary comes around that makes me feel very old.
- Comment on World travelers 3 weeks ago:
…well call it a draw.
- Comment on I have a bunch of questions: Whats the best way to get this platform's feed to compete with reddit? 4 weeks ago:
I mean… I do. Doesn’t mean I’m doing them, though.
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