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can I just say that we all owe Kojima an apology for Metal Gear Solid 2? He looked right into the camera and said “the future of information control will not be censorship, it will be drowning people in trivial noise and misinformation until people partition themselves into their own separate realities” in TWO THOUSAND AND ONE. Three years before Facebook existed. Kojima gave us the biggest Babe-Ruth-pointing-at-the-sky called shot of all time and we weren’t ready for it.
Happy Alien Day (LV-426), to those who celebrate. May Saint Ripley aid you in making good choices and keep your cats safe.
I have been saving this since last year. Happy Earth Day everyone.
literally has been in my queue for an entire year. you just can’t miss reblogging.
gotta queue this for next year too
idk what neurodivergent young adult needs to hear this but you are NOT supposed to give 100% at your job. I've gotten more promotions and raises since I started giving 40-60%, which my evil CEO uncle informed me is what bosses actually expect when they say 110%. My mental health has improved tremendously. I've spent 2 out of 5 workdays secretly writing my novel for the last 2 years and I've never been more respected and appreciated. Also--when you see glaring wasteful errors in the company's operating systems, say absolutely nothing! Embrace inefficiency. It is your friend in this capitalist hellscape.
G-Gundam Liveblog Screencaps - 62
(Spoilers below)
And there we go! Thanks again to @gremoria411 for accompanying me on this madcap journey! The review is coming... whenever I finish it cause once again I procrastinated writing it until my queue was almost empty.
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I’m trying to look for synonyms of sneer and i’m fucking dying
yeah that looks normal… yeah these are all— um. hold on. hang on.
what
Standard comic book supervillain team aura shot where the leader is up front monologuing and the rest of the team is randomly perched like gargoyles on various bits of scenery grinning at the viewer with way too many teeth, except it's a magical girl team and the one monologuing is the talking animal mascot.
One of the girls is precariously Slav squatting atop a street-lamp, cast in stark silhouette against the sodium glare save for a shark-toothed smirk and the lenses of her coke-bottle glasses.
@demilypyro
Disney Star Wars puts too much focus on lightsabers as something spiritual and religiously significant, and The Last Jedi is the only one who got what the point of them is.
Lightsabers, in the original trilogy and the prequels, are the weapon of a jedi knight. The Jedi Knight part is significant, because every time a lightsaber is used in a positive context the weapon part is actually the least important, or even detrimental. Luke gets his first lightsaber to signify the beginning of his training, and he loses it when he is stupid and rushes in to fight. His second symbolizes him becoming a Jedi Knight, and he throws it away when he realizes that violence is not the solution. He declares that he is a Jedi, and he doesn't need a weapon to prove it. In the Phantom Menace we see that the reason that lightsabers are worn at all is because it means people like Anakin can recognize a jedi and know them as a symbol of hope, not because the Jedi want or need to be armed.
In the prequels, the overt reliance of lightsabers as weapons are part of the Jedi's downfall - the slow shift towards violence and militarism that led them to their doom. Literally, the Clone Wars - the downfall of the Jedi Order - begins when a gang of them rush into battle lightsabers drawn. In Legends, there's a reason that Dawn of the Jedi had the earliest lightsabers be powered by the dark side - they're weapons, and weapons are fundamentally bad things.
Disney Star Wars ascribes this enormous religious significance to the things that I just don't agree with. The lightsaber isn't a mechanical tool that can be used for good or ill but whose significance is mostly in what they represent, no they're borderline magical holy relics that radiate with the power of the force. The crystals who used to be just focusing lenses are now sapient and with a special connection to the Force, and a special crystal will make your lightsaber special - some concept art even flirts with the idea that the crystal generates the blade somehow.
I feel the extreme spiritual significance given to lightsabers and kyber crystals ruins the point because it means that this weapon is a fundamental and important part of being a Jedi. Being a Jedi requires this spiritual connection to a weapon made for killing people. It's why Luke tosses Rey's lightsaber away when handed to him, he is disappointed that the girl has this belief that a weapon is an important part of being a Jedi. You'll notice that he never trains her in using a lightsaber because he doesn't want her to use one. And just like how Luke lost his first lightsaber when he ran ahead into a fight that he shouldn't have, Rey's lightsaber is destroyed when she and Kylo get into a pointless fight over it.
You might feel that the kyber crystals being just rocks and the lightsabers just weapons takes away some of the mysticism of the setting, but I think it's important; it shows that these things are ultimately just tools, and sometimes you are better of throwing them away. War does not make one great, and a weapon does not make one a Jedi Knight.
Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons? Don't make lemonade!
Yeah!
Make life take the lemons back! Get mad!
Yeah!!
I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?!
Yeah, take the lemons!
Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Rita Mordio lemons! Do you know who I am?! I'm the girl who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna use blastia to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
The different status effects in monster hunter are really fucking funny to me
Like there's poison of course, if you've got status effects you've gotta have some kinda poison, paralysis is another obvious one, sleep makes sense too, you're making these weapons from living creatures after all those are all pretty standard types of venoms
And then there's blastblight, you know, the bomb status effect, if you get hit with too many bomb attacks you explode and die
Oh you're sword injects the monsters with paralytic venom? That's so cool, my trumpet injects the monsters with high explosives
Kids Design Glass
I went to a glass museum recently and they had a program where they let kids design glass artwork and it brightened my day so much that I had to share some of my favorites:
Kids have such neat ideas and I love that a group of artists were willing to bring them to life.
That's such a sick baby picture to have. The rest of us are all like "oh this is me tripping in the backyard when I was 2" and that baby's gonna have "yeah that's me in my mom's arms as she wins a mortal Kombat tournament". Iconic.
Girl help they're selectively breeding the world's most powerful Mortal Kombat player.
My liege, if you recall, the prophecy stated that you would fall by the hands of your first born son. Yes, I understand that twelve daughters is a very impressive feat, but mayhaps you should consider quitting while you’re ahead?
My liege, you mustn’t be so reckless. If you recall, your prophecy stated “you shall not die by any efforts of man or woman, nor of any material from this land”, and it feels rather pertinent to your most recent decision. Please consider the situation with your father and your brother, and to a lesser extent your 32 younger sisters, and know your prophecy is not one to be neglected. Your father tempted fate and look where that got him. Yes my liege, I do know it was a heart attack that he passed from, but the royal guard directly saw your baby brother reach out towards your father with his hands as he passed. Yes, I know the prophecy would be better stated to say “beside the hand” rather than “by the hand”, I didn’t write the prophecy. No my liege, I mean no disrespect. Yes, I agree, this was a very inappropriate time to discuss your father, and we should go back to the issue at hand. Yes, I do recall that no man or woman may slay you, however, if you think about the prophecy with the context of your newly imported elephant,
My liege, this is hardly the appropriate attire for a hunting trip, especially one to the woods you were forbade from entering. Yes your majesty, I know you are ruler of this kingdom, but if you recall your prophecy- you mock me. I take your safety and fate with the upmost sincerity, and you respond with “mi mi mi mimi”? Please recall your- yes I know what your prophecy states, “your reign shall last until nature itself regains your throne and crown”, I was about to recount it for you. Look my liege, I think this hunting trip is a terrible idea. You are far too clumsy and the forest floor is uneven with roots! If the stairs of the palace or your own feet are enough to cause you to trip, remaining upright may be difficult, and, to put it frankly, falling hitting your head on a rock would hardly a glorious engraving on your tombstone. Please don’t wear the crown on this hunting trip, they’ll know you’re the new queen because of how similar you look to your sister. It’s a prideful act that will only- oh the royal messenger is here. What news do you have? Oh this requires my immediate attention. I will return, my liege. Do not attend that hunting trip in your current attire, though you should consider not going at all.
Royal To-Do List
Schedule date of coronation
Organise a trip to the Royal Soothsayer with the new Queen
Search forest for the crown
Purchase a new throne, or locate the stolen one
Fix elephant-shaped hole in the throne room
Now, as a part of the induction protocols, all new employees are to be informed of a long-held family tradition. When each new ruler comes to power, they receive a letter a few days later from the old soothsayer. Yes, the one who lives in the woods, we paid for them to live there. Thought it would be a good way to avoid receiving more prophecies, as she wouldn’t receive notice of the coronation until afterwards, but now they just get sent in the mail. We used to add in 15 minutes leeway to the schedule for when the soothsayer interrupted the event, it was a nightmare to try and predict when they’d show up. If it were up to me, we’d stop the postal service going that far, but only the Queen can make that ruling. I’m getting sidetracked. As I recall, the Queen’s prophecy states “your heart will bleed when the man who could never love you distances himself, his aim not one intending to hurt you, yet he will be your demise”. In order to circumvent this, she is not allowed to take a hand in marriage, and any casual romances are monitored to ensure attraction is present from both parties. Furthermore, suitors are not informed of the Queen’s status as royalty, further preventing anyone attempting to woo her for wealth or political status. She’s also elected to take on many hobbies to fill her time, to focus less on any romantic endeavours. It’s a good system, if a little difficult to source new hobbies on short notice. Oh, yes, please voice your concerns. It’s always a good sign when new employees take the Queen’s prophecy seriously.
Well yes, this is why we hired you. She’s been interested in archery as a hobby recently, and we can’t exactly send somewhere accessible to the general public. What if she falls for someone outside of our control? No, it’s much safer to hire you as her private archery instructor. And I presume she’ll learn quickly, not every archery instructor considers himself an “arrow ace”.
My liege, I’ve been reviewing some of the royal funding and budgetary records, and a few things have come to my attention. Now, I understand that we have surplus funding in the royal vault as a result of your prophecy, which, if you recall, states that “you will die by a blade not intended for battle, but one that will find it’s way to you in a moment of joy”. I stand by it being a wise decision to keep you away from any activities such as woodworking or cooking, and that the money that would have gone into funding those activities was yours to allocate as you wished, but I suspect I’ve found some errors on the records. Firstly, we have two categories of payments going to the soothsayer; one for living expenses, and one, as I have just discovered, labeled “prophecies”. I suspect that- I beg your pardon my liege? We pay for the prophecies? Why on earth- We’re paying them to not deliver us prophecies, that’s why they live out on the far end of the woods. This doesn’t- Tradition? I understand it’s a tradition my liege, but if we are paying for it to be inconvenient to deliver prophecies, and then paying for the prophecies themselves- Is that why your sister wished to go to the soothsayer in person rather than wait for a letter? She was aware of this? And the rest of your sisters too? My liege, surely you see that it undermines our efforts in preventing prophecies to pay for them. At the very least, one of the payments should be discontinued to improve our financial status. You’re right my liege, this is a very complex discussion that requires more time to process, and I shall “shut up about the soothsayer” as you so eloquently put it. We will be discussing this later. The other issue I came to inquire about was that within the records for the entertainment budget, each performance is listed by name. I once again would like to reiterate that the extra funding for entertainment, while not aligning with my recommendations, is reasonable given the circumstances of your prophecy. However, once again with considerations to your prophecy, “Pablo the Knife-Juggler”,
My liege, I’m beginning to understand why you have called me to the castle rooftop. As your most trusted advisor, overseeing your actions and assisting with difficult choices is why I have been employed under your family for so long. However, one key aspect of my services that has remained fairly neglected by your sisters, and your father, is that of your prophecy. Often advice regarding your prophecies leads directly to the passing of the crown, and I believe this to be a critical moment in your rule. You had a much simpler prophecy than most of your sisters, but the vagueness that comes with that should really indicate where to place your trust in me, and the rooftop seems to be that very place. If you recall, your prophecy stated that “Pride shall be your downfall”, which- No my liege, I believe that you can do a kick-flip,
My liege, I am incredibly concerned about the prophecy you have received. Usually it takes a week or two to come in the mail, but not a day had passed since your coronation before the wax seal of the soothsayer arrived at the palace doors. I have spent the past few hours contemplating what should be implemented considering its slightly paradoxical nature. As you recall, your prophecy states that “in a time of unmatched uncertainty, the one you entrust the most shall betray you”. I have been the royal advisor for your family since your father’s rule, a well trusted and respected figure by many who came before you, and I shall do everything within my power to prevent a potential betrayal, regardless of how the prophecy speaks of me. As such, having worked for your father and under all of your sisters that ruled before you, I feel I have accumulated enough sick leave,
Thank you all for attending the all-staff meeting. We have several topics to discuss today, so we’ll begin post-haste. Firstly, I’d like to address the royal elephant in the room. We still have no idea where the royal elephant is, and may have to cut back on searching due to budget cuts, which leads us to our next point, the metaphorical elephant in the room. With our last Queen’s untimely death we’ve made significant progress on finding what was the cause of her death. Based on the fact she died at her one-year ruling anniversary banquet, and her prophecy, which if you all recall stated that “rended flesh for naught but greed shall end in rended flesh”, we believed that it likely something about the food killed her. We had checked for choking hazards and tested others for poison and had found no clues, so our thought process was that her body was unable to tolerate something resulting in her demise. This is where the budget cuts come into place.
We hired a mage.
Settle down. I understand this is a controversial decision, but the benefits have already begun to reveal themselves. While the mage is unable to detect ailments on a corpse, several of the princesses have all shared an ailment referred to as a “shellfish allergy”. While it is unclear what allergy means, it sounds detrimental, and the mage clarified that it is deadly if not handled. As lobster was served at that banquet, that is likely the culprit, and as such shall be removed from the palace’s future supply orders, preventing future queens from following her path. Staff members will be allowed access to the current stock until we run out, so I hope a nice lobster dinner will quell your fears.
Now, some of you have likely been worried about this decision in relation to the current Queen’s prophecy. We have made sure to screen this mage as thoroughly as possible, and have concluded that he is, in fact, a mage. Not a swindler nor soothsayer, not a wizard nor fae. We have determined his status as a mage. This is of great importance to us, as I would not like to be responsible for the passings of any more rulers. I will admit that taking a month off right at the start of a new reign was not my finest decision, but that’s not relevant at the moment. What is relevant is the new queen’s prophecy, which should be easy to recall given how short the letter was. As you should recall, the prophecy stated “Wizard’s curse”, but as this is not a Wizard, we have no cause for concern. Now, as a mage is very costly, the budgetary restrictions over the next month will be implemented across the following areas…
He lied on his resume
My liege, a letter has just arrived from the royal soothsayer. It is likely regarding your prophecy. I shall read it verbatim for you. *Ahem*. “You shall die underfoot of an animal trained for war.” Ah. It appears this letter was intended for your dearly departed sister. Had this letter arrived three days earlier, her rule may have lasted more than a week. It would have been very helpful in preventing her horse-riding accident. My apologies my liege, I know you were looking forward to hearing your prophecy, and I am truely sorry to disappoint. I shall alert you when it arrives. Thank you for your attention, you may return to caring for the royal hounds.
I would like to thank you all for attending this all staff meeting on such short notice. We are here to discuss the events regarding the passing of the most recent Queen. It appears I have neglected that horses are not the only animal trained for war, that animal related incidents may occur to more than one queen, and that the soothsayer is, in fact, a soothsayer. In related news, we have located the royal elephant.
I robbed the oversized board game store. It was a huge Risk that I was willing to take.
He now has a Monopoly on the games.
@hatesaltrat
Sorry!
No need to apologize. Life goes on.
Yea, I really need to get a Clue
It will come to no good end, just another Trivial Pursuit
This is what happens when you Scrabble for competitive advantages
Sounds like quite an Operation.
I'll be streaming 100% runs of every console Super Mario game - here's how to follow along
Perhaps the most consequential series in video game history, I'll be looking to play through it all in its entirety for the first time - with plenty of rage and failure likely along the way.
As the Super Mario series celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, I figured now would be as good of a time as any to take a look back at the series that changed video games forever and the titles that advanced the industry forward.
While I've already done that to a small extent on here, discussing the Wii U's legacy while also singing my praises for Super Mario Bros. 3, I'm talking about a real deep dive into the series - one I must admit I haven't really come close to doing despite being a lifelong fan of the series.
Yet looking in our collection the other day and realizing I had essentially all of the mainline Super Mario games released for a home console, I thought it would be a perfect time to take The Rubber Match to a new platform and embark on a long-winded quest through gaming's most storied series.
Beginning on Monday, Sept. 29, I will begin my attempt at Twitch streaming 100% playthroughs of every mainline Super Mario game to be released on a console.
Before I get into some more on how that will look, here's a list of the games I will be attempting to stream a 100% playthrough of as part of this series:
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Luigi U
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Odyssey
Bowser's Fury
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
A few notes regarding this list of games -
These are only the console mainline Super Mario games - I don't have the equipment or means to stream handheld games, and I also do not own a Nintendo DS or the original New Super Mario Bros.
I am not counting Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on this list - while it is indeed a Super Mario game by name, the game is a major departure from the series in style, gameplay and characters, and I decided it doesn't fit overall with the rest of the titles on this list, at least for something like this.
With that said, I AM including New Super Luigi U, as the game is merely an altered version of New Super Mario Bros. U, holding much more in common with the rest of the series.
I will be playing the Super Mario All-Stars versions of the first four games due to ease of streaming, as I'm playing everything on original hardware. I'm aware this makes all of the games more forgiving, but I'm sure I'll have more than enough frustration to go around.
Though I do not yet own Bowser's Fury, I will purchase it before/if I get to that part of the list - that will not include a replay of Super Mario 3D World, however.
My runs of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy will all be done on their original physical copies and not on Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
I will be attempting to complete the games in chronological order, although I may shift that up once getting into later titles, as fully completing several of them takes much more time than just finishing the main storyline.
As for myself, well, I'm no Super Mario aficionado. Of the games listed above, I've only managed a 100% clear on Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and Super Mario Bros. 3, with my clear of The Lost Levels coming on the much more forgivable SNES version.
I've managed to complete the main storyline on Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario Odyssey, but am still well below 100% completion on all of those games on my current personal files.
While I expect to complete the original Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 in a relatively short amount of time on this run, I have no idea how long every other game will take me, including the already completed Lost Levels.
I view myself as particularly bad at Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario World and Super Mario Sunshine, so I'm expecting to have a particularly difficult time with those three titles specifically.
In addition to expanding The Rubber Match to another platform and immersing myself deeper in the Super Mario series for future content, I also hope this streaming series helps showcase the incredible strides the series took over the past four decades.
While Mario's legacy and cultural impact expand far beyond the confines of the flagship Super Mario series, it is these games that Nintendo has routinely prioritized the most, with the level of detail and thoughtfulness behind the games' designs always apparent.
I also aim for this to be a more unique viewing experience for those who will be following along, as a novice streamer looking to strike a balance between ultra laid-back "Just Chatting" streams and high-intensity speedruns.
While I've played Super Mario games ever since my hands were big enough to hold an SNES controller, I would consider Super Mario Bros. 3 to be the only game in the series I'm proficient at - in the sense that I can typically beat the game at a comfortable pace but still at a decisively casual level. I am not a speedrunner, nor will I ever be.
Outside of my run of SMB3, which will undoubtedly be the most boring of this expedition, one can expect plenty of frustration and cursing as I fail to get past relatively early levels in what are ultimately games made for children.
On top of looking to expand my scope of gaming content on here while also hoping to reach a wider audience with this series, I'm hoping to have a lot of fun and discover new things I love about Super Mario games along the way.
Although I and every other Super Mario player has their preferences and favorites within the series, there's no doubt that all of these games are worth multiple playthroughs, several of which serve as the crown jewels for the consoles they were released on. Through playing all of these games to their full completion, I hope my experience allows me to have more formulated opinions on all of the titles that can bear fruit on content I can produce at a later time.
All streams can be found at The Rubber Match Games on Twitch - first stream will go live on Monday, Sept. 29, time TBD.
Source: I'll be streaming 100% runs of every console Super Mario game - here's how to follow along
They actually make physical media for a much larger percentage of movies than they ever did in the past. Often with a lot more care than any small release was treated in the early dvd days. Its just if you only watch streaming stuff or the big new recent box office hits you won't see that. It is so ridiculously easy to get physical media for movies that even 5 years ago you couldn't even find. Like yes Netflix is a stingy bastard but so many things are available on disc WITH special features than ever before
And here is where you can get them! (mostly American)
Diabolikdvd
Grindhouse Video
Deep Discount
OrbitDVD
Barnes and Noble
And specific labels:
Kino Lorber
Criterion
Arrow Films (UK based)
Shout Factory
Eureka (UK based)
Vinegar Syndrome
Synapse
Warner Archive
Indicator/Powerhouse (UK based)
Severin
Second Sight (UK based)
Umbrella (Australia based)
And many of these have sales several times a year so if you're patient you don't need to buy full price for any of it.
For operas, ballets and theatre:
Opus Arte
Two stores I've used personally (In the U.S)
Thriftbooks<--sells second hand dvds on the cheap.
Samuraidvd <--great resource for obscure Japanese jidaigeki!
