GCanuck

@GCanuck@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Causes of Death in London (1623)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. That’s helpful. And because I had to know:

  Among unfathomable “Diseases and Casualties,” Planet (or plannet) was “likely a shorthand for “planet-struck [because] Many medical practitioners believed the planets influenced health and sanity.” The label applied to any sudden illness or death, such as a heart attack or aneurysm, according to “15 Historic Diseases that Competed with Bubonic Plague.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just need to keep it steady⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Peasant.

  My CD player had an FM transmitter that I tuned the car radio to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subnautica 2 is coming in 2025 with four player co-op - here's the announcement trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it says in the article that single player is a viable option, but I hope they don’t just increase the grind to justify the co-op.

  Some of us don’t have friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think a Team America: World Police sequel would work 20 years later?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Get. Out. 👉

  (I admit. I chuckled. )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think a Team America: World Police sequel would work 20 years later?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No. Trey and Matt have both said they’d never work with puppets again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands' theatrical run grinds to a halt with just $31 million worldwide, which is barely enough to cover the marketing costs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Freddie Prince Jr & Mathew Lillard.

  It’s not great, but it’s fun. Might be a tad dated if you watch it for the first time today, but I enjoyed it a lot when I saw it.

  Of course, I was very stoned when I watched it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you recommend any of the Star Trek games?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked ST Online. End game kinda sucks for me, but the episodic missions I found to be fun and enjoyable n line (mostly) with Trekness.

  And it’s free. Download, do a Federation character, then switch it up with a Klingon/Romulon character.

  It’s by no means a perfect game, but it’ll scratch an itch if you have it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune: Awakening – Exclusive Gameplay Reveal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From my quick search and bad memory, it can be played solo, but it looks like combat requires a group to enable all the feats and abilities. Doesn’t look like they’re implementing a solo build that can do it without some serious grind. But I’m sure someone will game out a solution.

  I will probably still take it for a quick spin if the reviews are good, but as an old dude who can’t dedicate time to MMOs to be good at them, I’d just rather all games be made to suit my particular tastes. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune: Awakening – Exclusive Gameplay Reveal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shame it’s an MMO. Looks pretty though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ENDLESS Legend is Currently Free to Claim on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a decent and fun 4X game. Definitely worth the new price if you enjoy those games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Running Man: Glen Powell to star in Edgar Wright's Stephen King adaptation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would love to see a book accurate movie.

  But considering how the book ends (a plane crashing into a corpo tower) I doubt it.

  It’s also just too dark for modern audiences. I’d love to be wrong though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PROOF⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As I understood it back in the old times…. The Flat Earth Society was a groups of logical rationalist who got together and for shits and giggles (as well as practicing rational debate) would pick an indefensible argument (eg. the earth is flat) and attempt to use rational arguments to support that indefensible claim.

  Basically a rowdy drunk philosophers get together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nice for a holiday, i presume.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From my understand (degree form YouTube), our understanding of what is needed for life is liquid water and free energy.

  Which means earth like is most likely, but there are other alternatives. For example, the moon of Jupiter (Titan iirc) is ice covered but has liquid water beneath the surface, and the gravity of Jupiter should provide the free energy so that’s the Vegas favourite for finding extraterrestrial life within our solar system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sims movie in the works from Barbie’s Margot Robbie and director of Loki and The Last of Us Season 2⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WTF is a Sims movie going to be? It’s literally a virtual dollhouse, there is no unifying story to tell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I don’t disagree…. I’d just like to say, that if you pay enough for porn, you can get exactly what you’re looking for.

  ROI isn’t worth it though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Top Gun 3’ in the Works at Paramount⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand that American military propaganda is a very popular movie flavour… shoot, I enjoy it myself… But that second movie was just soooo bad. I could barely finish it. It was only through morbid curiosity that I was able to get through it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "Burn Notice" worth watching?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Both of those assessments are true.

  It’s a fun background show but if you binge it, it will begin to show it’s repetitive humdrum quickly.

  I enjoyed it. Bruce Campbell is always a treat. Jeffery Donovan is a good actor that should’ve been used more. And Gabrielle Anwar is not only easy on the eyes, but she plays a decent character. Shame they stopped the Irish accent after the first episode for her though. That added to her sexiness for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the best performance by somebody not primarily known for their acting? #MovieDiscussion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Anytime a comedian takes on a frantic role and nails it.

  Off the top of my head….

  Robin Williams: Dead Poets Society (and many more, I think that was his first) Bill Hader: Barry. Jim Carrey: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode Guide - Season 4 featuring (alleged) episode titles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They absolutely better have a William Boimler episode this season. I will be very disappointed if they don’t.

  I’m hoping for a fun romp where William takes Brad along on a dark op. With Tendi. Cause her dark op sequence was just terrific. I love seeing that Orion pirate it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season Finale: Evil Gorn! Shocking Ending! And Introducing [SPOILER]!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree that Trek is all about finding common ground, I just hope they don’t humanize the Gorn too much. While I’m no Trekologist I don’t think the Gorn become “friendly” until much later in the time line (like late TNG era). Someone nerdier than me please correct me if I’m wrong.

  I’m a little alone on this from what I can see from various forums, but I like the hideous and alien format of this iteration of the Gorn. I hope they continue to at least Cold War this relationship for another season or five.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you work for a corporation that you oppose ideologically, if the pay is good?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I consider most “for profit” corporations as corrupt and amoral.

  So, yes. Those are the only ones who pay close to a living wage.