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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing LinkI posted this in the opening thread, but I wanted ti give people a chance to see it now that that they've played the game. https://youtu.be/Yn2Vu_R-KKc?si=Z6YIxipMI_EEwXu5 This is a musical that...I posted this in the opening thread, but I wanted ti give people a chance to see it now that that they've played the game.
https://youtu.be/Yn2Vu_R-KKc?si=Z6YIxipMI_EEwXu5
This is a musical that completely tells the story of the game. All the story bits are voice acted and the songs are all arrangements of the songs from the game. -
Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing Link ParentSNES version via Retro PiSNES version via Retro Pi
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Comment on Anyone else go to a No Kings rally today? in ~society
Dr_Amazing Link ParentIt still sounds so weird to me when I'm reminded that Canada technically has a king.It still sounds so weird to me when I'm reminded that Canada technically has a king.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Dr_Amazing LinkI've been playing Hard Space: Ship Breaker, a game about salvaging derelict space ships. I thought it looked neat so it's been on my list for a while but I wasn't really confident I'd actually...I've been playing Hard Space: Ship Breaker, a game about salvaging derelict space ships. I thought it looked neat so it's been on my list for a while but I wasn't really confident I'd actually enjoy playing it. But it came up on a humble bundle so I finally grabbed it.
I'm really liking it. On its face the game is mostly cutting up a big spaceship and putting the pieces in the correct bins. But then they add in fuel lines you need to avoid cutting into. Then it's pressurized compartments that need to be safely vented. Or nuclear reactors you don't want to get careless around.
The whole ship becomes a puzzle. You're always on the clock and every second is lost income. There's a lot of neat interaction between systems. You can safely flush the fuel line before cutting it. Or you can cut into it then use fluid from the cooling system to put out the resulting fire before it burns its way to a nearby fuel tank.
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Comment on Do other people who grew up with an anonymous internet feel a bit hopeless at the moment? in ~society
Dr_Amazing Link ParentHow useful is that though? Say I see a link on Facebook and copy it to reddit, and 100 people click on it in each location. What do they actually get from that?How useful is that though? Say I see a link on Facebook and copy it to reddit, and 100 people click on it in each location. What do they actually get from that?
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What was the first microtransaction?
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Comment on I am angry at Google and wanted to share (rant) in ~tech
Dr_Amazing LinkIt's a shame that we have to be careful with data. There's a lot of services that would be neat or useful if I could trust they were only doing the exact thing they're supposed to do.It's a shame that we have to be careful with data. There's a lot of services that would be neat or useful if I could trust they were only doing the exact thing they're supposed to do.
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Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics
Dr_Amazing Link ParentIt's a bit of irony that the people most opposed to AI tools are the least likely to have used them. There's a lot of people tried midjourney once or twice and think that's all AI is. Like all...It's a bit of irony that the people most opposed to AI tools are the least likely to have used them.
There's a lot of people tried midjourney once or twice and think that's all AI is.
Like all this outrage about that "AI actor". A lot of people discussing it seem to think that someone is going to type "make a comedy movie" and walk away with zero other input.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing (edited )Link ParentOne thing that surprised me on my last play through is how little optional side content there was. As I recall you basically just do the main story and it's not till almost the end of the game...One thing that surprised me on my last play through is how little optional side content there was. As I recall you basically just do the main story and it's not till almost the end of the game that they dump 5 or 6 side quests on you all at once.
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Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics
Dr_Amazing LinkI think this is the first time I've seen someone reference the magic Wand tool in photoshop and it's always the first thing I think of. I'm not an artist but I'm pretty good at photoshop. They've...I think this is the first time I've seen someone reference the magic Wand tool in photoshop and it's always the first thing I think of.
I'm not an artist but I'm pretty good at photoshop. They've slowly been putting in more and more automated tools. You had the magic Wand which selected on colour. Then the "quick select" tool which had some ability to recognize objects. Then eventually just one button that could select the subject, the sky or auto remove the background.
They added in the repair and remove tools that could automatically fix small mistakes or fill in a gap where you removed something.
Just before generative AI was everywhere, they had a bunch of tools called neural filters. They use AI of some sort but they're very specific. A tool to change the expression on a face, or colorize a black and white photo, or change the time of day or season in a landscape.
When AI images went mainstream to me it felt like just another incremental step in these same tools. I've never been good at drawing and was always more into "photobashing" when I needed to make something. You want to make a cool robot, so you take a bunch of pictures of mechanical things and jam them all together, cutting, pasting, warping and adjusting until you make a new picture. AI just seemed to be doing this faster.
I was honestly really surprised when the world suddenly turned on AI and decided it was going to destroy artistic expression.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing Link ParentPersonally I played it at a friend's house a bunch of times before I ever tried playing it from the beginning on my own. So I knew a lot of the basics. I think the manuals like this were pretty...Personally I played it at a friend's house a bunch of times before I ever tried playing it from the beginning on my own. So I knew a lot of the basics. I think the manuals like this were pretty common. I remember the Final Fantasy 1 manual guided you through quite a bit of the first game. It also had these illustrated guides showing that you actually had to be facing someone to talk to them.
The ads are interesting. The Play Station ads look like they're showing off the anime cutscenes that they added to that release. My Japanese isn't great but that last video is mostly just a list of all star names that worked on it. "Dragon Ball's Akira Toriyama, Dragon Quest's Horii Yuji, Final Fantasy's Sakaguchi."
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Comment on A better way to watch YouTube in ~tech
Dr_Amazing LinkGot a bit of a surprise to see my own channel in the subscription picture. Overall I still feel like the algorithm gives me enough interesting new videos for me to keep it running. Id love to find...Got a bit of a surprise to see my own channel in the subscription picture.
Overall I still feel like the algorithm gives me enough interesting new videos for me to keep it running. Id love to find something that blocks youtube shorts after a minute of aimless scrolling.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing LinkI always jump at the chance to post this: https://youtu.be/Yn2Vu_R-KKc?si=_O3IBpZ1pWqvoLcI It's a 5 hour musical that runs through the complete story of the whole game. Dialogue all acted out,...I always jump at the chance to post this: https://youtu.be/Yn2Vu_R-KKc?si=_O3IBpZ1pWqvoLcI
It's a 5 hour musical that runs through the complete story of the whole game. Dialogue all acted out, with the songs being arrangements of the original game music. Plus the visuals are a combination of game play footage and original art.
I'm honestly just amazed it exists.
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Comment on Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal in ~tech
Dr_Amazing LinkI got completely lost about halfway through when the 3rd or 4th layer of people came in to call everyone pedophiles. I'm not even sure what point he was trying to make.I got completely lost about halfway through when the 3rd or 4th layer of people came in to call everyone pedophiles. I'm not even sure what point he was trying to make.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing LinkA weird thing thats been bugging me. Slight spoilers for a pretty early moment. Spoilers So back in the early days of the internet, I'd often seen it said that the trial scene is a direct...A weird thing thats been bugging me.
Slight spoilers for a pretty early moment.
Spoilers
So back in the early days of the internet, I'd often seen it said that the trial scene is a direct reference to or inspired by Franz Kafka's "The Trial". Like before I knew who Kafka was, or that things could be "kafkaesque" I knew he was somehow related to this trial in Chrono Trigger. I swear this comparison was all over the place whenever you saw people talking about this game.
But now it's like this whole idea is forgotten. Even if it's not true, does anyone else remember seeing this as a wide spread "fact about this game?"
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Dr_Amazing (edited )Link ParentA tip that really helped me: In a lot of older JRPGs it's often necessary to conserve magic for bosses or other particularly hard enemies. In Chrono Trigger, it's pretty easy to get more mp. The...A tip that really helped me:
In a lot of older JRPGs it's often necessary to conserve magic for bosses or other particularly hard enemies.
In Chrono Trigger, it's pretty easy to get more mp. The item that refills everything at save points is relatively cheap. Once you get past the first few sections, you're free to use magic/techs pretty much as often as you want.
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Comment on ‘Simpsons’ movie sequel sets summer 2027 release date in ~movies
Dr_Amazing Link ParentChalk me up as another person surprised to see how old it was. I seriously would have guessed it came out in like 2017.Chalk me up as another person surprised to see how old it was. I seriously would have guessed it came out in like 2017.
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Comment on Will an AI actress really become ‘the next Scarlett Johansson’? in ~movies
Dr_Amazing LinkI don't really see this working until the tech gets a lot better, but I also don't really see it as this huge deal that everyone needs to be upset about.I don't really see this working until the tech gets a lot better, but I also don't really see it as this huge deal that everyone needs to be upset about.
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Comment on Making DND maps in ~games.tabletop
Dr_Amazing Link ParentI did a fight like this in a Starfinder game. There was a mcguffin in this ancient tomb at the bottom of a deep shaft. They get in there at the same time as mercenaries hired by the big bad guys...I did a fight like this in a Starfinder game. There was a mcguffin in this ancient tomb at the bottom of a deep shaft. They get in there at the same time as mercenaries hired by the big bad guys and a group of space pirates who are also after it.
The shaft starts filling with lava and there's a running three way fight as everyone is trying to survive while also trying to steal the artifact from whomever currently has it.
I built a 3d battle mat out of cardboard boxes covered in graph paper. I'll try to dig up a picture of it
Edit: https://imgur.com/a/4fmcwre
I think the story itself is interesting. But I kinda felt like it was just happening around me. I just go in and have fun breaking ships while the characters are going through all their troubles. I just did the last mission that changes things up, but that was like the one time the story impacted the gameplay.