treesapx

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[โ€“] treesapx 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the longer you have to wait to find someone who gets it the sweeter that moment is. I'll go a good decade not working with anyone who knows a damn thing about Starship Troopers, but when I do... That's a good, knee-slapping lunch we'll have before one of us quits to never be seen again.

[โ€“] treesapx 3 points 7 months ago

To back you up, the first Doom Patrol trailers did little justice to how weird that show is.

[โ€“] treesapx 0 points 7 months ago

And in valiant battle against the edginess they just became more edge. Criticism doesn't get much lower than basing the review on the "tremendous over hype" of others. That just makes the critic a tool.

[โ€“] treesapx 2 points 7 months ago

My favorite part of Red Alert 2 is that from the moment you put the disc in it was a game. You weren't installing it, you were establishing a mobile command link. The characters called you on their video com links for mission sit reps and debriefs. Made it all really kinetic.

[โ€“] treesapx 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't read much fiction, but I quite enjoyed the book Edge of Tomorrow was based on: All You Need Is Kill. The plots only overlap at a very high level, if that, so no worries on having it spoiled for you. It's fun reading the protagonist's thought process and I think the book does a far better job at making the aliens scary, the war desperate.

[โ€“] treesapx 1 points 7 months ago

Wow. I had completely forgotten that I used to love Firefox mobile as I had customized everything with those extensions, till they disabled them and I switched.

[โ€“] treesapx 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is it. Most games beyond small scope/indie projects start in Unreal.

[โ€“] treesapx 8 points 7 months ago (7 children)

100F in Houston is a completely different beast than 100F in San Diego. Shade will actually help you San Diego. Nothing will help you in Houston.

[โ€“] treesapx 14 points 7 months ago

Same here. I feel Reddit changed for the worse so slowly that I had completely forgotten what the glory days were like until I came to Lemmy. I forgot that there was actual discussion in the comments rather than the same ten lazy comments ad naseum.

I'm kinda surprised Lemmy is losing users since it feels like there is more engagement since I joined earlier this year.

[โ€“] treesapx 1 points 7 months ago

Sorry for the very late reply, but I'm hoping you'll still get this: Find movies where you feel like you're in the minority for liking. Then find critics who feel the same way as you. Root through their review archives till you find at least a couple other films where you both agree on fringe films. When you're done you should just have a couple critics left. Read them consistently and hopefully one or more will be your long term go-to.

This is how I found my absolute favorite critic, Walter Chaw. The summer X-Men 3 came out alongside Live Free Or Die Hard. Both got similar RT scores, but I hated XM3 and loved Die Hard. Decided that any critic who felt the same as me would understand me. Was one of the best decisions I made.

[โ€“] treesapx 6 points 7 months ago

My schools had a zero tolerance policy for anyone involved in a fight for any reason. I saw a few kids suspended for clearly defending themselves. My father gave me regular talks to let me know that so long as the other person attacked first he'd fully support me defending myself however I needed.

[โ€“] treesapx 15 points 7 months ago

Agreed. It sounds weird saying, but I feel that Valve did these things right or at least fixed them quickly thereafter. I've never felt any sense of pay-to-win or being left out playing TF2. Quite the opposite. I'd get the new items quick enough, and if there was anything in there articular I'd want then there was a robust market willing to make it happen for cheaper than I thought. And "cheaper" referring to in-game items.

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