BlinkAndItsGone

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[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The ones that I find myself going back to the most in the last decade are indie classics. Hyper Light Drifter, Kerbal Space Program, FTL: Faster Than Light (I just realized all these titles sound similar, but they're a 2D character action game, a spaceflight simulator/shipbuilder, and a very unique strategy game, respectively, and they're all among the best their genres have to offer). Also, as a horror game fan and a Resident Evil fan in particular, I keep replaying the Resident Evil 2 remake from 4 years ago; easily one of the best horror games ever made.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ll bet that any TOS fans who were furious at the time probably did not go on to like the show.

As a TOS fan who wasn't too happy with what I had heard before TNG came out, I would bet against you. Most of them probably became TNG fans eventually, because the most impactful thing a show can do is simply to be great. Canon complaints and complaints about characters not returning are mostly about nostalgia, and if the show is compelling (especially if it's compelling in a similar way to the old show), nostalgia can't compete. If anything I'd guess that the people in this article were more likely to become fans of TNG, because it would have exceeded their expectations, which can make things seem better than they would otherwise.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3451334

The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.

An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.

“During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Were you really a Trekkie if you thought TNG was going to be good in 1987?

Kidding, sort of. I remember thinking it was going to be a cash grab, and I still think I was right to think so at the time. Keep in mind, you couldn't go on the Web and instantly know everything about an upcoming TV show. I think I learned it was in production from the back of a cereal box. I didn't even know Gene Roddenberry was involved. The Enterprise-D design was pretty weird, and the cast of characters was more than a bit out there--a Klingon? On the Enterprise crew? Come on.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't Mercury Steam do a Metroid 2 remake for 3DS? Maybe they're porting that to Switch to follow up on Dread's success. I never owned a 3DS but I would love to play that.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It isn't a given that a game company will always get to work on a new game right after they release one, much less two new games.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Counterpoint, it won't "hang over" Joe's reelection bid because he's not the one on trial. The article even quotes someone pointing out that voters don't care about guilt by association in a situation like this.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It's making search engines useless, for one thing.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I don't think they can recognize the flyswatter, but they do seem to find a sudden increase in movement around them suspicious. Move slowly and strike from close up.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't see them as replacing the originals, although I guess in a sense they are. It would be one thing if they weren't as good as the originals, but they're arguably better. I've been a Resident Evil fan since 1996, I thought the original was better than Resident Evil 2 (which was an unpopular opinion at the time), but right now, if you ask me the best game in the series that I've played so far? RE2 Remake. Don't even really have to think about it much.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Because they struck a deal with the media companies in that case. That hasn't happened with Canada. They're gonna do it this time, and I'm sure Canada will be fine without getting its news through Facebook.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Justice Department has to be able to indict people, that's part of its function. And the DoJ is part of the executive branch. A good President will not use the DoJ for his personal political purposes, but the incentive to do so, if it was there, would be extremely powerful. I think it's probably a good idea to remove it. If the people can't be trusted not to vote for a criminal or a traitor, we have bigger problems.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Elon Musk's slow transformation into Donald Trump is as disturbing as it is fascinating. Not much good at anything, but incredible at self-promotion so people think he is; obsessed with Twitter and conspiracy theories, then becoming a right-wing demagogue; refusing to pay people he owes and suing anyone who looks sideways at him. Few would have predicted this 10 years ago.

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