#ourdustytrails

[numbuh]

(This is Delightful-dorks on main) I'm not sure what prompted that anon, but now I'm curious-- does your copy of ZERO have field order artifacts? (Those are those annoying horizontal bars smearing the picture in between frames). Every HD copy of it out there seems to have them baked in, but I can't tell if that was an issue with the CN master or an issue with secondhand copies. My guess would be somewhere along the line the original got tweaked to a higher digital framerate either through improper rendering or automatically through a smart tv or something and it generated those artifacts when compensating for the extra frames.

YES LMAO they're soooo annoying and iirc the file dvds had the same problem, so i'd say it's a problem with cn's side of things. that'd make a lot of sense.

(also that anon was likely prompted by my 101 compilation or posts i've made with hd screenshots)

[tetedurfarm]

A long time ago I read a factoid that said if you bathe a rabbit it will die of shock/hypothermia. Although I will absolutely admit I know nothing about rabbits, this always seemed a bit unbelievable to me, and I'm wondering if this is actually true? I've seen you address misinformation about what is harmful to rabbits a few times on this blog, and I'm wondering if you had any thoughts?

that is one of the factoids that is actually at least partially true.  if a rabbit gets dirty or has a poop mat or whatever you can put that body part in water and gently scrub, but there’s not really a reason why you should ever have to completely bathe a rabbit.  a rabbit that is used to being manhandled won’t be as stressed as one that isn’t, but being wet isn’t really something rabbits tolerate in general, so it is fairly easy to overstress them.  hypothermia is also a concern, though less so in summer with older rabbits - it’s more a winter/young kit problem.

[calder]

Do you think fallout could be interesting as just a single player campaign with a set story on rails/clearly defined protagonist (obviously not as a whole series, but as a one-off game), or are the rpg elements too integral? I keep thinking about stuff that would be cool but isn't really possible in-engine/without precise staging and player restriction, and it would be cool to see what a tight narrative would look like in fallout

i was sayin in like 2015 that they should just make an action game set right after the world ended and eventually they did

altho id prefer a cinematic action oriented fallout to whatever the fuck 4 is trying to do, sure. The Headlines would riot tho and bethesda only cares about headlines so we will keep getting these barely-rpgs forever unless they really recklessly start doing gaiden stuff for some unforseeable reason

[couch-house]

@ourdustytrails In Short Supply

IM FUCKIN LOSING IT BRO

[hackthemotherboard]

ourdustytrails replied to your post “the dichotomy between cyborgs and robots in the cyberchase universe”

I've been wondering this too! For me (tentatively), I feel like it's this: Cyborgs are the naturally occurring "lifeforms" of cyberspace, whereas Robots have makers and are "created". I.e. Digit, Buzz, and Delete are all Robots because they have a creator: Hacker, but someone like Slider or Creech are 'Borgs, because they have parents and were probably created by whatever means new Borgs are created

yo i was thinking about that too?? like it makes sense but also how do robots become sentient. and how do you make cyborgs

[calder]

Maxon is the monkey’s paw answer to Veronica’s want for the brotherhood to help people; their idleness is actually what’s keeping their terrible xenophobia and militarism at bay. Elijah sort of did the same thing but I think he was too crazy/isolated for anyone to listen to him, meanwhile Maxon has their divine right of kings on his side, so he can do whatever no matter how young or crazy he is. I think the best way you could have handled it in this game is (2/3)

[calder]

I'm very conflicted about whether or not the BOS in F4 is interesting or good plot wise? Like, on one hand their shitty practices ARE there in plain sight (taking kids in combat, killing children of atom, death to ghouls, etc), they're just never presented in a way that would imply that they're bad. I feel like there /is/ something interesting about Maxon taking Lyon's foundation of altruism and actively warping it into a fascist regime. (1/3)

[calder]

to start off with the BOS being “the good guys” (esp. coming off the heels of 3), but over time realize with dawning horror how flawed their methods are. Also, you can discover how Maxon is perpetuating the cycle of abuse inflicted onto him and now uses the guise of altruism as a way to conquer and control and “fulfill his destiny” as a fucked up way of protecting himself from further trauma (dude is 20!).