Stuff and Junk

Nothing here but ridiculous garbage.  Accepting anonymous Dik-Dik pics, but only if you don't mind me posting them. I suppose other adorable animals are acceptable too.

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People complaining that a white woman is playing Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of a lot of the themes and concepts of the franchise. 

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In troubled times, many people turn to their bible, or the torah, or the tao te ching, or The Big Lebowski, or whatever is meaningful to them for guidance. 

Me? I like to refer to Deus Ex. Time and time again it proves prophetic, and once again, it seems its words have come to pass.

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These screen caps might be useful for someone.

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In case you didn’t know, this frog is the symbol of ‘white nationalism’ according to NBC (http://archive.is/DSzOY#selection-2259.51-2259.100). 

(original from Boys Club by Matt Furie)

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Saténové ruky - DušaN  

Posting this more for myself to save for future reference

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EDF showing up on Steam out of the blue is some really great news

If you’re unfamiliar with the EDF series, it’s basically about nothing but smashing giant alien ants, mechs, and godzilla type monsters as just a little dude or dudette soldier. It’s a really budget game with really cheesey.... everything but it’s the only game that does what it does. 

Which is using over the top weapons to take down hordes of massive enemies in a destructible city while shouting battle cheers.

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Oh wow, so Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 literally has President Ronald Reagan asking Superman to get Batman to calm down. This really is one hell of a movie thing. 

Way better so far than that Zack Snyder mess.

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So has anyone found MissingNo in Pokemon Go yet? Maybe people with weird names? People in coastal areas?

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Dirty Pair was made in the 80s and is weirdly progressive sometimes.

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A few years after mass outrage at government spying programs, a private corporation has had massive success getting private citizens to walk around their neighborhoods, pointing cameras in all directions, with various types of tracking data turned on and ready to be uploaded to the net and sold to god knows who.

What I’m saying is, the NSA could really use a cute rodent mascot. Maybe something like this, with big ears?

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SO MANY KIDS OUT WITH THEIR POCKET MANGOS

Back in my day, if we wanted to play pocket monsters on the go, we have to find spots where there was enough light to see the unbacklit screens but not so much that there was glare. Playing at night in the car meant playing a few steps every couple of seconds as the street lamps passed by.

Now there are just roving bands of kids on the streets and in the parks with their phones out, talkin bout gyms and charmanders.

What a world.

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Evolve (Free to play) Impressions

Evolve went free to play a day or so ago, and I’ve been playing it a bit, so I thought I’d write out some first impressions.

First of all, it has some touches that really show that at some point, they really cared about production values. There are quite a few lines of dialogue between characters that help build out a universe beyond what you see, and it does worldbuilding that you rarely get in multiplayer focused games. On top of that, both the graphics and in game audio are absolutely fantastic.

That said, the game does a really poor job of explaining important gameplay elements to new players. There are only good tutorials for the monster and hunter that everyone starts with, which doesn’t help much since every character is different, and even within the same class, there are important nuances to know.

Since there has to be one of each class on the hunter side, it’s very easy to initially get stuck with someone you are unfamiliar with. Everyone on the team absolutely needs to pull their weight at all times, so this can result in lopsided matches which range from quick and merciful to drawn out and boring.

However, once you get some time in and get a better understanding of a character, and once you get matched with people who have done the same, the game becomes a lot of fun as tension build between both sides trying to stay alive while doing enough damage to have a chance of finishing off their opposition. These matches get hectic in a way where it feels like everyone is controlling there own little bit of chaos, and I mean that in a really fun way.

The asymmetrical nature of the game will most assuredly make it difficult to balance, but I hope the devs stick with and work hard at it. Likewise, I hope it remains entertaining enough for players to stick with it, because the game offers a a style of gameplay that no other game offers but needs players to survive.

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Cool.

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Batman v Superman Clark Kent seems like a really shitty journalist. He’s spent this entire movie so far being all “Batman’s bad, probably.” He’s just going out of his way to find  people who have reason to say whatever bad things about him, then not bothering to verify them, despite the fact that he’s fucking superman and it would be fucking trivial. It seems like he’d rather drag Batman through the mud too than clear his own name.

What I’m saying is, he woulda been great at Gawker.

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Sometimes, you end up in the wrong neighborhood.

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I’m starting to think that my hatchet and mattock from home depot were a better investment than four years of college.

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On this note, if anyone needs anything excavated or chopped down in the Philadelphia metropolitan area for a nominal fee, feel free to let me know.

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How could such a cute critter wear such a terrifying costume?!