Apeman42

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Did you (like me) take up drinking Earl Grey because it was Picard's beverage? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Not a huge fan, but I do get Yorkshire Gold when I can find it, because it's Patrick Stewart's preferred tea IRL.

Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm making myself finish Fell Seal before I start it, but I picked up Triangle Strategy at what gg.deals says is the record low price. As an FFT fanboy, it looks great (and so is Fell Seal for that matter).

TIL about Clarke's three laws, the most famous of which is the third: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Aether sprites play in the ley lines and drag things along with them, got it.

What are your favorite Switch exclusives? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, but it looks like there's a demo I can try.

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What are your favorite Switch exclusives? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm including anything only available on other Nintendo systems as exclusive for this.

I've got a $50 eShop card I figure I should spend before gold points go away.

I have BotW. It was alright, but it didn't excite me enough to get TotK unless it's on a deep discount.

I've also already got Mario Odyssey and Metroid Prime Remastered. I have a handful of other games but they're not Switch exclusive afaik.

I'm mostly using my Steam deck for handheld these days, so I'd rather not get anything non-exclusive on the Switch right now.

TIL about Clarke's three laws, the most famous of which is the third: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 days ago (7 children)

There are also two variations on the third law that I like. Not sure who coined them.

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

And for those who love crunchy magic systems:

Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science.

How would the world be different if human lifespans remained the same, but cats lived for a thousand years? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You know how there's all those fuckin people who swear they were Napoleon or Cleopatra in a previous life? Something like that.

"I'll have you know that Mr Mittens was a favorite bed cat of Charlemagne!"

What movies have you watched this week? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think so. There are 4k remasters of both on youtube.

Bride of Re-Animator (2nd one) is good, and still pretty coherent (for Re-Animator anyway). It's also got one of my favorite speeches from West. It's based off the chapters of the Lovecraft story the first one didn't cover. It kicks off with West and Cain from the first one trying to rebuild Meg from spare parts.

Beyond Re-Animator is, if I'm honest, a narrative mess with plot holes you could drive a truck through, but it's still pretty fun. It's not based on the Lovecraft story at all, they made up some stuff with West in a prison for the actual 13 years since the last one. A new prison doctor who's been following his work helps him make some new reagent and shit gets out of hand.

Beyond has some of my favorite undead in the series though. A junkie gets a vial and shoots up with it, while he's still alive. It goes... poorly.

What movies have you watched this week? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

After rewatching Justice League Unlimited last week and remembering he voiced The Question, I've been having myself a little Jeffrey Combs film fest.

Watched all 3 Re-Animators and The Frighteners. I'll probably keep it going with From Beyond and/or Castle Freak, neither of which I've seen yet.

What crossovers have you fantasized about? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Star Trek/Re-Animator. The ultimate Jeffrey Combs picture. A cryogenically frozen Herbert West is revived on DS9 and gets to doing what he does best - undead monstrosities. Parts of the station are sealed off and eventually the only ones who can stop him are Weyoun and Brunt.

Scarlett Johansson Wants Marvel Fans to Let Black Widow Go: ‘Let Her Have Her Hero Moment’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Spider-Man: Almost Homeless

If your username would predict the way you die, how will it happen? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

At least I'll get to meet Bigfoot before he kills me.

ELON - the movie in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago

Kathy Bates is a national treasure and doesn't deserve that comparison.

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How the hell is there not a Green Arrow video game? (lemmy.world)
 

Nearly everybody loved the open-city Arkham games and Spider-Man, and nearly everybody loved playing a stealth archer in Skyrim.

Get the fucking peanut butter in the chocolate and let me be Oliver Queen already.

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They call themselves the... Guardians of the Sword Coast. (lemmy.world)
 

I've been playing the Guardians of the Galaxy game lately, and after realizing how similar Lae'zel and Gamora are, I know I have to reinstall BG3 for a Guardians playthrough.

STARRING...

  • Tav as Petyr O'Quill, a.k.a. BARD-LORD - Half-elf, dual crossbows, high Cha/low Int. Torn between Lore for Cutting Words, or Swords for more pew pew.
  • Lae'zel as Gamora, the deadliest woman in the ~~galaxy~~ Sword Coast - All I really need here is modding her an emo haircut.
  • Astarion as Rocket - They're both foul-mouthed and quick to anger. Their backstories actually have a lot of thematic similarity, being twisted into someone else's weapon. Probably a Sorc to accommodate Rocket's love of explosions, unless the Artificer mod is any good. Could have Shovel as a stand-in for Groot? I may try to mod him into a gnome so that he too is small and adorable.

AND MAYBE...?

That leaves one party slot, which I see going one of two ways:

  • Karlach/Minsc as Drax the Destroyer - Big, gullible, excitable, destroys stuff.
  • Minthara as Nebula - I feel like she'd have the same vibe in a good party. Dragging her around with the misfits I'm turning into begrudging heroes might make for great banter.

Suggestions on builds/mods/things to do for maximum chaos and therefor fun? Stories of your own weird themed parties? Arguments about my awful flarking decisions?

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Algal the Bard with Hildegard von Blingin' - Dust in the Wind (Bardcore) (www.youtube.com)
 

Not to flood the community, but several people seemed to like the last one. So here's another taste of bardcore, this time a collab from two of the greats.

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Hildegard von Blingin' - Hurt (Bardcore) (www.youtube.com)
 

I fuckin' love bardcore, and Hildy is the godsdamned QUEEN!

A haunting medieval style cover of NIN's classic, Hildegard's version seems to tell the tale of a regretful immortal crushed under the weight of outliving everyone they connect with.

And a question for the comments, any interest in a possible c/bardcore community? Or is there one my search missed?

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Deep Into Undermountain (to the tune of Big Rock Candy Mountains) (www.youtube.com)
 

I read the lyrics for this on reddit a few years back, and just learned there was a recording. Would be great for for a bard doing an adventure at the Yawning Portal.

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Bill Withers' song "Ain't No Sunshine" could be interpreted as Hades and/or Demeter singing about Persephone. (lemmy.world)
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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

It's not warm when she's away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And she's always gone too long

Anytime she goes away

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What are some good sketch comedy shows? (lemmy.world)
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One of my favorite genres, always looking for more. Bonus points if it's currently on streaming.

I've watched the absolute hell out of That Mitchell and Webb Look, Kids in the Hall, Whitest Kids U Know, and obviously SNL and MadTV but both of those had a lot of ups and downs.

I saw the one season each that Astronomy Club and The Moth Effect had and they were both pretty good. I've seen some A Bit of Fry and Laurie, but can't find a good place to stream it. TripTank was basically a sketch show with cartoons, and I liked that a lot too.

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I haven't tried these, but someone mentioned them the other day as being fantastic. I was looking for another good CRPG after I finish my current Pathfinder WotR run so I wishlisted the bundle, and apparently had great timing.

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Bring it on, Ponce de Leon! No problo, Rob Lowe! (lemmy.world)
 

TAS 1x05, immediately thought of those celebrity name rhymes they did in Community.

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Disgaea fans: How does 4 compare to 1 and 2, doods? (lemmy.world)
 

I used to play the hell out of 1 and 2 back in the PS2 days, but I haven't touched the series beyond that, and haven't even played 1/2 much in the last 10 years.

How would you rate 4 in comparison? I noticed it was on sale in the Switch eShop, and I'd love to have one of the series to play on the go.

What I loved about the ones I played:

  • Story had a good balance of comedy and heart
  • Flexible and fun character building, with decent enough defined classes to get you started
  • Tons of post-game/side content (I didn't like every piece of it, but I liked how much there was to try.)
  • CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH
  • Perfect geochains, though I was usually too smoothbrain for it.

What I didn't like:

  • Item world, IIRC worse in 1 than 2?
  • Adell's siblings
  • Demon court thing?
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After hearing Nanba sing Baka Mitai in Like A Dragon, I kind of want to see Adachi or Zhao's rendition of 24 Hour Cinderella in Infinite Wealth. (lemmy.world)
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