CitizenKong
@CitizenKong@lemmy.world
- Comment on Cloud Imperium Games [Star Citizen developer] Undergoes Major Shake-Up to Hit Deadlines 1 day ago:
Yep, at this point, never actually releasing the game is part of the business model.
- Comment on Official poster for "Superman" (2025) 6 days ago:
There will be a lot of obscure DC heroes in this as well, though.
- Comment on The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer 1 week ago:
They will cyberpunk this, because they also witchered Cyberpunk. As in “delivered less than promised and then mostly fixed it with patches”.
- Comment on What are your most recent games played? 1 week ago:
Not OP, but it’s a very good game that gets better the longer you play it. It more like Mass Effect than Dragon Age in many ways though, but the final stretch especially was almost on the same level as the suicide mission of ME2 IMO. Characters and gameplay is great, dialogue and level design could have been better and the only element that really sucked for me are the godawful outfits and weapons and lack of variation thereof.
- Comment on I'm thinking taffy. 1 week ago:
I always thought that it just looks like they sink because their bodies are instantly vaporized at the point where they meet the lava.
- Comment on Spin-off coming in 2025 1 week ago:
Isn’t that already a reality show starting in january?
- Comment on This happened today at a company in India. Better keep a smile on your face 1 week ago:
The beatings will continue until morale improves!
- Comment on If billionaires and CEOs feel like they need to start paying for large security details, would that be an example of trickle down economics? 2 weeks ago:
They’re going to outsource that to AI-robots soon. And then I hope they malfunction.
- Comment on Dragon Age The Veilguard Head Won't Reveal Sales Numbers Of Game 2 weeks ago:
It’s a pity, it’s actually a really good game. The gameplay especially is probably the best out of all the Dragon Age games and the final stretch is one of Bioware’s best IMO. I think the problem with the game is that it starts out fairly weak but then gets better and better. Some of the best companions only join after a lot of hours of playing. Probably not the smartest choice.
- Comment on Just put a spray tan over it 2 weeks ago:
Reminds me of the blue people who have too much silver in their bloodstream, like this guy: cdn.thecollector.com/…/blue-man-paul-karason.jpg?…
- Comment on Standoff 2 weeks ago:
That’s a story element in Babylon 5. Some of the ancient alien races had evolved to the level of gods. One of them guided several alien races, in our case creating the myth of angels.
- Comment on "Naked Gun" & "Airplane" Director Abrahams Dies 3 weeks ago:
I would say this is fitting to post:youtu.be/l7rCmIc4dZ8 I like to think he would find it funny.
- Comment on Former Mass Effect director cancels his next sci-fi game as his studio closes before it is fully revealed 3 weeks ago:
Phew, for a minute I thought this was about Exodus, the new game by Drew Karpashyn.
- Comment on BACK IT UP 3 weeks ago:
Speaking of raw milk, bird flu has just been disovered in it. Buckle up, the next pandemic is coming. Maybe it will go down in history as the MAGA flu.
- Comment on FYI: Medieval monks were dumb. 4 weeks ago:
Bingo. There is no real historical proof that Arthur existed (that I know of), all historical mentions of him are likely themselves taken from already poetic sources.
- Comment on If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him? 5 weeks ago:
In the context of Germany, “liberal” means being for capitalism unbridled by the state but still generally progressive policies culturally, with more rights for minorities and such. And corresponding party is FDP. Someone considered “left” would be for more social policies and government control of capitalism (traditionally SPD), extreme left would be following tenants of communism, opposed to the US and friendly with Russia (The party The Left and the new Sarah Wagenknecht party) Someone considered conservative or “right” would be against social policies and try to reduce control of capitalism (CDU) extreme right would be plain fascists (AfD), ironically also aligned with Russia now. The Greens are a special case, since they were originally a single issue party comcerned with environmentalism, but since the SPD has largely vacated their social policies since Schröder was chancellor, they have become more and more the new “social” party.
- Comment on If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him? 5 weeks ago:
The word “liberals” means something else in Germany than in the US. The closes analogy would be Democrats=SPD and Republicans=CDU, which are the two biggest parties. When Hitler took over, the CDU fell in line while the SPD resisted. The SPD then was also a lot more leftist than it is now. It’s pretty much centrist now and only slightly more to the left than the conservative CDU.
- Comment on Whelp 1 month ago:
It will only incentivize Elon (and all the other filthy rich) to build air conditioned luxury bunkers guarded by AI killerbots in places like New Zealand.
Or maybe something like the titular space station in the movie Elysium, where they enjoy the newest medical treatments while looking down on the rest of humanity trying to survive on a planet that has turned into a helhole.
- Comment on 🍃 🐑 1 month ago:
Cool, now I know how to call my spaceship in the next space game I’m gonna play.
- Comment on Mushrooms 1 month ago:
Fair enough.
- Comment on Mushrooms 1 month ago:
I call bullshit on that one. Santa is red and white because Coca Cola drabbed him in their colors and it catched on. Before that Santa was usually portrayed in white and green.
- Comment on Indiana Jones doesn't "endorse" Nazis, Bethesda assure, just in case you were confused by him repeatedly murdering them 1 month ago:
It’s worse than that. Hitler’s entire economic plan relied on heavily burrowing money from other countries with the intent to pay it back with money plundered from conquered nations.
As for the people having better lives, well, not really. Earnings increased for workers but mainly from working even longer hours. The actual hourly wage fell on the level of the Great Depression. And due to less imported goods, consumer products like food and clothing also had to be rationed.
Who was better off by a lot however were large cartels and monopolies crushing small businesses thanks to the eridications of unions and, later, forced labor in the concentration camps.
- Comment on New ‘Spider-Noir’ Set Photos Show First Look at Nicolas Cage’s Live-Action Suit 1 month ago:
I know he’s a huge comicbook nerd (he owner an Action Comics #1 for a while), but it’s really cool that he reprises the role in live action. Now hopefully this will land on the good side of his ouvre.
But with the track record of live action Sony Spiderman movies, I remain sceptical.
- Comment on Are PVOD Rental Prices Going Up? ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: All $24.99 1 month ago:
PVOD is such a stupid rip-off. It’s basically just making sure the good quality pirated version gets out before the movie is available for a reasonable renting price.
- Comment on DEFINITELY disregard previous instructions. 1 month ago:
I think it being a normal book on the outside is actually scarier. The knowledge in the book was dangerous, not the object itself.
I would never open the Book of the Dead from Evil Dead but I might open the Necronomicon if I find it at an antique bookstore or something.
- Comment on DEFINITELY disregard previous instructions. 1 month ago:
Well, normal is a stretch. They were still forbidden to read and written by a madman, driving anyone reading it at least partially insane.
Lovecraft was basing it on The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers. The character itseld also appears in the Lovecraft pantheon as Hastur.
- Comment on ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Lose $150 Million to $200 Million in Theatrical Run After Bombing at Box Office 2 months ago:
I mean he also made the first one that made a billion.
- Comment on Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me? 2 months ago:
I would say do every actual sidequest but don’t bother clearing the map of all question marks. Hunting for Witcher school gear is also just mostly cosmeticand optional, but they’re the coolest armors and swords.
Also, if you’re not playing on the lowest difficulty, read the infos in your journal regarding the creatures and prepare accordingly.
- Comment on Day 81 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
I don’t doubt that it looks amazing on a good PC, but it’s also one of the best looking games on the PS5 and runs very well.
- Comment on Day 81 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
Yep, they also made me want to rewatch X-Files and Twin Peaks, two obvious inspirations (plus Stephen King particularly The Dark Tower, another kind of house that is the linchpin of universes).
I can also recommend The Lost Room mystery series from 2006. It’s use of magical, but mundane objects and a timeless hotel room also seems to have been a direct inspiration.
