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Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo

i say swears online posted:

working overnights is hell, I'm glad that chapter is over
Can confirm.

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
And Battle Cat if anything is more interesting a character than He-Man. Giant green tiger that's got the personality of a skittish housecat and better for belly rubs than protecting anything, and then does a personality 180 into a mighty steed who looks basically identical except for the armour, even more of a Clark Kent/Superman dealio than klutzy Adam.

Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo
Pac-Man is a more interesting character than He-Man.

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Tubgoat posted:

Pac-Man is a more interesting character than He-Man.

Only the Marty Ingels take on the character.

chairface
Oct 28, 2007

No matter what you believe, I don't believe in you.

Farm Frenzy posted:

how old do you have to be to have even the slightest memory of unironically liking he man as a kid. like 40 at least?

For the OG run, right around that. I'm 40 and remember watching the show and having the toys as a kid. Don't remember a drat thing about the show cuz it was one of the first shows allowed to just be a half-hour ad for the toys, so much like Transformers and TMNT and GIJOE the show was terrible.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Tubgoat posted:

Pac-Man is a more interesting character than He-Man.

The only way he can escape his ghosts is through pills

Fitzy Fitz
May 14, 2005




lmao

https://twitter.com/KetracelBlack/status/1430898086423851023?s=20

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
No idea where better to ask the question: Does Superman need to eat?

Knight
Dec 23, 2000

SPACE-A-HOLIC
Taco Defender

Ghost Leviathan posted:

No idea where better to ask the question: Does Superman need to eat?
No, he can eat but he absorbs his power from the sun.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Ghost Leviathan posted:

No idea where better to ask the question: Does Superman need to eat?

Superman is a plant and just needs yellow sin light.

Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo

Mr Hootington posted:

Superman is a plant and just needs yellow sin light.
:pervert: :thunk: :pervert:

Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

https://twitter.com/coopercooperco/status/1430900917818204164?s=19

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

click the video folks

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

this is anti-gamer discrimination

Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo
Epic, you loving guys, I just fell in love with Fortnite, can you loving not?

What the hell is wrong with you.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
maybe a couple kids learn something about MLK from this. maybe it can be good

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
it's only going to embolden these little turds to say the n-word more during voice chat

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
tbh I’ve never understood why you’d go on voice with people you aren’t friends with so that’s something I can’t comment on

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

kids these days only learn stuff if its coming from social media or videogames so maybe itll do some good

Fitzy Fitz
May 14, 2005




doing an Infinite Dab in the virtual MLK memorial

Knight
Dec 23, 2000

SPACE-A-HOLIC
Taco Defender

indigi posted:

maybe a couple kids learn something about MLK from this. maybe it can be good
From what I heard, Fortnite thinks of itself as transitioning to a platform for other games and types of content rather than just battle royale cartoon shooting, but the sentiment isn't bad.

There have been a few companies using VR to make some free documentary-style experiences that have been pretty enjoyable. The Last Goodbye takes you on a guided trip by a Holocaust survivor to Majdanek as he recounts his experiences on his final trip back. I Am A Man puts you on the streets with civil rights protestors while they narrate their involvement in the movement and their experiences. The Book of Distance has you harvesting crops with a family of Japanese immigrants, putting you in their shoes (at one point behind the barb-wire fence of a camp) as they face racism and imprisonment in 1930s Canada.

These are unique and I believe valuable ways of trying to involve the viewer with history in a way that is more immersive, particularly for ones that have trouble engaging with text or have difficulty visualizing these experiences. Some of them are striking in a way a simple video is not - Traveling While Black, depicting the green book experience of minorities planning trips along safe places to eat or sleep, puts you in the Ben's Chili Bowl while people talk discuss the history of the place and race-relations, while the mirror next to you stops being a reflection and begins to depict the diner as it was 60 years ago.

Maybe some kids will form a better connection with history, maybe it will be trolled by racists, or maybe it'll end up like that Captain Planet episode where Wheeler gives us the scoop on The Troubles. I dunno. I just post.

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
cyberspace but Stupid.

Fitzy Fitz
May 14, 2005




counterpoint

https://twitter.com/badpunname/status/1430980890159628291?s=20

Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

Knight posted:

From what I heard, Fortnite thinks of itself as transitioning to a platform for other games and types of content rather than just battle royale cartoon shooting, but the sentiment isn't bad.

There have been a few companies using VR to make some free documentary-style experiences that have been pretty enjoyable. The Last Goodbye takes you on a guided trip by a Holocaust survivor to Majdanek as he recounts his experiences on his final trip back. I Am A Man puts you on the streets with civil rights protestors while they narrate their involvement in the movement and their experiences. The Book of Distance has you harvesting crops with a family of Japanese immigrants, putting you in their shoes (at one point behind the barb-wire fence of a camp) as they face racism and imprisonment in 1930s Canada.

These are unique and I believe valuable ways of trying to involve the viewer with history in a way that is more immersive, particularly for ones that have trouble engaging with text or have difficulty visualizing these experiences. Some of them are striking in a way a simple video is not - Traveling While Black, depicting the green book experience of minorities planning trips along safe places to eat or sleep, puts you in the Ben's Chili Bowl while people talk discuss the history of the place and race-relations, while the mirror next to you stops being a reflection and begins to depict the diner as it was 60 years ago.

Maybe some kids will form a better connection with history, maybe it will be trolled by racists, or maybe it'll end up like that Captain Planet episode where Wheeler gives us the scoop on The Troubles. I dunno. I just post.

fortnite wants to be big boy robolox

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
1) what’s roblox 2) that just sounds like they want to be Second Life? remember when businesses were doing Second Life press releases lol

Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

indigi posted:

1) what’s roblox 2) that just sounds like they want to be Second Life? remember when businesses were doing Second Life press releases lol

robolox is second life + gambling for actual babies and is worth almost 50 billion dollars lol

shrike82
Jun 11, 2005

a bunch of tech bro billionaires want to build all encompassing virtual spaces - metaverses along the lines of Neal Stephenson’s snow crash

zuckerberg is particularly keen on it and his twist on it is VR

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

shrike82 posted:

a bunch of tech bro billionaires want to build all encompassing virtual spaces - metaverses along the lines of Neal Stephenson’s snow crash

zuckerberg is particularly keen on it and his twist on it is VR

the tech isn’t nearly close enough for this to be feasible. don’t most people still get headaches and eye fatigue after about half an hour

elaboration
Feb 21, 2020
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elaboration has issued a correction as of 14:51 on Nov 30, 2023

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


Judge Dredd Scott posted:

are any vr headsets usable with glasses? like any??

I have bifocals and my oculus quest 2 works pretty well

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Judge Dredd Scott posted:

are any vr headsets usable with glasses? like any??

just don't have big dumb 70s glasses and it's ok. oculus 2 comes with a lil plastic insert. it's not as comfy (shifts the center of gravity out a bit) but it's fine

elaboration
Feb 21, 2020
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elaboration has issued a correction as of 14:51 on Nov 30, 2023

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
Seems like if the nerdiest of nerds can’t use your video game product it’s not going to succeed.

While watching Guardians of the Galaxy 2 something struck me as it particularly taking the piss out of Mormonism and lo and behold some insane ex-Mormon has a write up on it.

https://imnotanexpertbut.com/2017/05/18/my-sweet-lord-a-mormon-interpretation-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/

DesertIslandHermit
Oct 7, 2019

It's beautiful. And it's for the god of...of...arts and crafts. I think that's what he said.
Imagine learning of MLK through Fortnite because your school removed discussion of the Civil Rights Movement because of a ban on Critical Race Theory

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

i say swears online posted:

working overnights is hell, I'm glad that chapter is over

What? third shift loving rules, everybody is so lax at those times and you get a differential so theyre paying you more to do less work then first shift

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/PatBlanchfield/status/1430905691099656206

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY
Ready player one was non fiction.

Horizon Burning
Oct 23, 2019
:discourse:
it just does my head in to watch all the things that people made fun of, mocked, or generally regarded as the worst of the worst nerd poo poo back when i was growing up going increasingly mainstream and monetized and seemingly being successful.

shrike82
Jun 11, 2005

a lot of it is just nerd business owners making money doing normie stuff then forcing their companies to carry out their nerd fantasies that might not have mainstream appeal

the oddest variant of that is incest porn becoming common because one (multiple?) porn site owner was into it

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indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

Horizon Burning posted:

it just does my head in to watch all the things that people made fun of, mocked, or generally regarded as the worst of the worst nerd poo poo back when i was growing up going increasingly mainstream and monetized and seemingly being successful.

it’s because bullied nerd ptsd coping strategies seemingly begin and end at “undying loyalty to fictional entities”

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