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    1. Can someone explain the hype around Super Mario Maker 2?

      I don't understand what makes the game appealing. It looks like it takes forever to make a level, and why would I want to play levels from random people on the internet? I like games that you...

      I don't understand what makes the game appealing. It looks like it takes forever to make a level, and why would I want to play levels from random people on the internet?

      I like games that you build stuff like KSP but just wondering what the appeal of SMM2 is.

      18 votes
    2. This week's album and EP releases

      Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and we avoided including things where information...

      Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and we avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to mention anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)


      Artist Title Genre(s) Song Link
      311 Voyager Alternative Rock Song.link
      Al Foster Inspirations & Dedications Jazz Song.link
      André Bratten Pax Americana Tech House Song.link
      BOOKA600 Word to LA Trap Rap, Pop Rap Song.link
      Various Artists BTS WORLD (Original Soundtrack) K-Pop, Video Game Music, Electropop Song.link
      Before You Exit Love, Pain, & Retrospect Indie Pop Song.link
      Biglemoi Permanent Vacation- EP Indie Pop, Indie Rock Song.link
      Bloodred Hourglass Godsend Melodic Death Metal Song.link
      Blue Lab Beats Vibe Central- EP Nu Jazz, Instrumental Hip Hop Song.link
      Brijean Walkie Talkie House, Alternative R&B, Balearic Beat Song.link
      Chase Atlantic PHASES Emo Rap, Alternative R&B, Electropop Song.link
      Chris Brown Indigo Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap Song.link
      Chris Staples Holy Moly Indie Folk Song.link
      Chuck Mead Close to Home Country Song.link
      Chung Ha Flourishing- EP K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B Song.link
      Concrete Dream Concrete Dream Noise Song.link
      DCMBR EndlessWinter Contemporary R&B Song.link
      Daniel Caesar CASE STUDY 01 Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B Song.link
      Eden xo The Question- EP Electropop Song.link
      Eearz Missing ElemEnt Trap Rap, Southern Hip Hop Song.link
      Erin Durant Islands Indie Folk, Country Song.link
      Evie Irie 5 Weeks In LA- EP Singer/Songwriter Song.link
      Foy Vance From Muscle Shoals Singer/Songwriter Song.link
      Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana Gangsta Rap, Jazz Rap Song.link
      G-Eazy B-Sides - EP Pop Rap Song.link
      Girl Friday Fashion Conman - EP Indie Rock Song.link
      Great Good Fine OK GGFOUR Indietronica, Synthpop Song.link
      Griffin House Rising Star Singer/Songwriter Song.link
      He Is Legend White Bat Alternative Metal Song.link
      Horse Jumper So Divine Slowcore Song.link
      Ingrid Michaelson Stranger Songs Electropop, Adult Contemporary, Future Bass Song.link
      J Balvin & Bad Bunny Oasis Reggaeton Song.link
      Jade Jackson Wilderness Americana, Alt-Country Song.link
      JayDaYoungan & Yungeen Ace Can’t Speak On It Trap Rap Song.link
      K Trap No Magic UK Drill Song.link
      Key! So Emotional Trap Rap Song.link
      Kim Petras Clarity Electropop, Contemporary R&B Song.link
      Kylie Minogue Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection Dance-Pop Song.link
      Landon Cube Orange Alternative R&B Song.link
      Marcos Valle Sempre Boogie, Synth Funk Song.link
      Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers No Good Deed Jazz Song.link
      Molly All That Ever Could Have Been Shoegaze Song.link
      Night Moves Can You Really Find Me Indie Pop Song.link
      Novelist Reload King Grime Soundcloud
      Outer Spaces Gazing Globe Indie Rock Song.link
      Peggy Gou / Hiver / I:Cube DJ-Kicks Minimal Techno, House "DJ Mix" Song.link - "EP" Song.link
      Poppy Choke - EP Electro-Industrial, Electropop Song.link
      Ralo Free Ralo Trap Rap Song.link
      Sofia Bolt Waves Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock Song.link
      Sofia Karlberg Spotless Mind - EP Pop Song.link
      The Alarm Sigma Pop Song.link
      The Allman Betts Band Down to the River Southern Rock Song.link
      The Appleseed Cast The Fleeting Light Of Impermanence Post-Rock Song.link
      The Black Keys "Let's Rock" Garage Rock, Boogie Rock Song.link
      Thom Yorke ANIMA Glitch Pop, Ambient Pop Song.link
      Twista Summer 96 Trap Rap Song.link
      Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Truth & Lies Blues Rock Song.link
      Waterstrider The Way Out- EP Indie Rock Song.link
      wifisfuneral Ethernet 2 Trap Rap Song.link
      Yellow Eyes Rare Field Ceiling Atmospheric Black Metal Song.link

      Notes:
      If you spot any mistakes, let us know.
      Parental Advisory version of all albums linked, so expect NSFW.

      G-Eazy - B-Sides, says Single but it's actually an EP.
      Novelist - Reload King | No Song.link, linked Soundcloud instead.
      Peggy Gou / Hiver / I:Cube - DJ-Kicks | Linked DJ Mix and EP version.

      Thank you to @Cleb, @cfabbro, and @Bauke

      9 votes
    3. What have you been watching/reading this week? (Anime/Manga)

      What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...

      What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.

      If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!

      11 votes
    4. I just ran across Planetes and I love it, any similar recommendations?

      I very much enjoy the "old anime" style and space-based stories. I can't believe that I had never seen Planetes before. Are there any other less well known shows like this that you might...

      I very much enjoy the "old anime" style and space-based stories. I can't believe that I had never seen Planetes before. Are there any other less well known shows like this that you might recommend?

      FYI: I have already seen the old standards such as Bebop, Trigun, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mobile Suit Gundam, Ghost in Shell, Macross, and maybe a couple others. But this standalone universe of Planetes made me realize there may be a lot more out there of which I am unaware. Thanks!

      10 votes
    5. What are examples of modern games that would fit in perfectly on retro consoles?

      Shovel Knight is essentially an NES game that got released in 2014, as its design and artwork are deliberately reminiscent of games for that system. It's a definitive example of an answer to the...

      Shovel Knight is essentially an NES game that got released in 2014, as its design and artwork are deliberately reminiscent of games for that system. It's a definitive example of an answer to the question, but I'm also interested in games that weren't necessarily intended to be throwbacks but can be interpreted as such by nature of their execution.

      What are other examples of games that feel like they could have been released for, say, the Dreamcast, PSOne, SNES, or any of the other consoles of yesteryear? Furthermore, what are the defining traits they possess that make them fit in on that system?

      12 votes
    6. Hey anybody here want to be on a panel about labor rights and tech contracting?

      I'm putting together a panel for Tech Worker's Coalition for SXSW 2020 and the focus of my panel is on tech contracting. Specifically we're looking to speak on the issues of labor rights and how...

      I'm putting together a panel for Tech Worker's Coalition for SXSW 2020 and the focus of my panel is on tech contracting.

      Specifically we're looking to speak on the issues of labor rights and how they are effected by contracting.

      Anybody interested or have experience with the subject?

      In case I forget to check Tildes (I joined and then I always forget to check it) my email is aslan@jackalope.tech

      We've also got a couple of other panels brewing on the subject of unionization in tech and another on the recent controversies between tech workers and their companies over social issues (such as google walkout over sexual harassment, wayfair's walkout over selling beds to ICE etc)

      6 votes
    7. Breaking Bad on rewatch (Heavy spoilers)

      I just finished Breaking Bad, second run-through. I had first started watching it when Season 4 had just started; binging seasons 1-3 and followed it episode-by-episode after. I was surprised to...

      I just finished Breaking Bad, second run-through. I had first started watching it when Season 4 had just started; binging seasons 1-3 and followed it episode-by-episode after.

      I was surprised to notice that the content I binged stayed with me much better than the seasons I watched one-episode-at-a-time.
      Also… Holy shit. Breaking Bad gets dark towards the end (Jesse getting imprisoned and forced to cook for months; his ex-girlfriend getting shot). I had forgotten all about that. I had forgotten almost everything about the last … 4-5 episodes.

      The scenes that had stayed with me the most from my first watch: Box Cutter's throat-slicing scene, the Prison Shankings, Hank vs. the Cousins, Hank's death scene, Gus's death scene.

      But, seriously, rewatching it reminded me how good of a series Breaking Bad is. I couldn't help but binge the entire rewatch marathon. It's an incredibly intense experience.

      In the context of what happened to Game of Thrones I'm also very happy to see the consistent quality and execution in Breaking Bad's storytelling. It's a series that set out to tell a story. The story makes sense from beginning to end, and gets resolved nice and tidy.

      I'm a little disappointed we don't get to see more of what happens to the family while Walt is gone. The trial etc, that all seems like potentially interesting stuff.

      On rewatch, I noticed my sympathies changing. I have a lot less sympathy towards Walt, even very early on. Knowing some things in advanced completely changed my view on him; whereas on first watch I rooted for him quite a bit.

      My sympathy towards Skyler also flipped. On my first watch, I disliked her a lot at first, but grew to like her when she "went dark". On this rewatch, I disliked her less and sympathized more with her, though her behaviour beyond season 4 became incomprehensible to me.
      I like Marie a lot more this time around as well. She's still pretty unbearable when it comes to shoplifting and generally the way she talks to people; but I hadn't realized just how much she loves Hank. How much she supports him through his PT (despite how atrocious Hank is specifically to her). Knowing Hank's death was coming, my heart broke into pieces when I heard their last phone call end in "I love you. // I love you too.". Hearing her say "He isn't picking up, probably because he's in the thick of it".

      I don't think I even noticed anyone's grief the first time around, most likely because I was dealing with my own. Hank's death was a shock then. This time, I knew it was coming, and I had a lot more time to process how people felt about Hank before and their reactions to the news.

      Just a bunch of random thoughts about that series. I usually only rewatch "comfort series" such as comedies, animated series, etc; I very rarely rewatch epics (except that I used to re-marathon GoT before a new season). But I don't regret giving Breaking Bad a full rerun. It is such an intense experience; during Seasons 3&4 I yelled in my pillows a few times on credit roll, just from the adrenaline.

      You too should give it a shot.

      10 votes
    8. Neon Genesis Evangelion is out on Netflix. Discussion Megathread.

      Neon Genesis Evangelion is out on Netflix. I'm thinking to use this topic as the megathread to discuss the (re-)watch, to avoid flooding the Tildes Activity feed with one topic per episode. To...

      Neon Genesis Evangelion is out on Netflix. I'm thinking to use this topic as the megathread to discuss the (re-)watch, to avoid flooding the Tildes Activity feed with one topic per episode.

      To borrow a past Tildo's approach, I ask that any top-level comments contain ONLY the episode number, such as "Episode 13" and no other text.

      Press the Collapse replies button, find the top-level comment for the episode you care about, and reply under that top-level comment. If there's not yet a top-level comment with that episode number, create it.

      16 votes
    9. Nine genre and mood-inspired playlists I've been building since a few years

      Hey there, Someone suggested I add this here, hope you enjoy my collection of music. Been collecting/doing write ups about my favourite tracks since 2013 (~4.5k posts) and last year I started...

      Hey there,

      Someone suggested I add this here, hope you enjoy my collection of music. Been collecting/doing write ups about my favourite tracks since 2013 (~4.5k posts) and last year I started re-thinking how to organize music + putting together playlists on the major streaming platforms.

      Chill Beats | lofi hip hop, chillhop & jazzhop

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud | YouTube

      Groovy Beats | instrumental hip hop, soul, funk & bossa nova

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud | YouTube

      Funky Flavors | electro funk, break beats, hip hop & electro soul

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      Soulful Hip Hop | hip hop, neo soul, jazz & r&b

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      Acoustic Escape | indie, acoustic, folk & folktronica

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      Dance Vibes | nu disco, electro, funky house, indie dance, french house

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      Ambient Space | downtempo, chillstep & trip hop beats

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      Bass Waves | future beats, future bass, electronic dance and trap

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      Lush Vibes | r&b, soul & future beats

      Spotify | Apple Music | SoundCloud

      8 votes
    10. How do you fit a video game's interpretation with its source files?

      Given a movie with ambiguous story, you have multiple options to base your interpretation upon: you have the movie itself, the screenplay if available, what the author said in interviews or books,...

      Given a movie with ambiguous story, you have multiple options to base your interpretation upon: you have the movie itself, the screenplay if available, what the author said in interviews or books, etc... Now, if we take a video game, you also have additional tools: the source code, the installed file names, unused resources, etc. There are of course a few games that expect the player to check these files but that isn't what I want to focus on.

      Would you say that all these files have the same authority as the game itself when it comes to interpretations?

      I'd like to take an example with SPOILERS FOR LIFE IS STRANGE 1, as this is the game that sparked this topic for me:

      The blue butterfly has a special place in this game, it is what starts the whole journey when Max takes a picture of it and Chloe gets shot. It also shown again in the 'Sacrifice Chloe' ending during that same scene. And later during Chloe's burial that butterfly is shown to land on the coffin in front of Max and fly away. There are some scenes that imply that spirit animals are a thing in the in-game universe. After finishing the game my interpretation was that the blue butterfly was Chloe's spirit animal. Now what a surprise to see in the game wiki that the texture file for that butterfly is named 'Spirit_animal_Chloe' !

      Is there any room left for interpretation when the source makes it explicit text? Or can the source be reasonably be pushed aside?

      8 votes
    11. Attending Dice Tower Con

      I'm not sure how many people here are into board games, but I figured I'd make a post about it. I'm going to be at dice tower con this week. I'm hoping to get a game of Blood on the Clocktower...

      I'm not sure how many people here are into board games, but I figured I'd make a post about it. I'm going to be at dice tower con this week. I'm hoping to get a game of Blood on the Clocktower going. If you see a guy trying to gather people for a game of botc, that'll be me. Come say hi.

      5 votes
    12. Friday haiku challenge

      I used to work at Amazon, and one of their internal "chatter" mailing lists had a tradition that every Friday people would write haiku, often about how their week went, or something in the news,...

      I used to work at Amazon, and one of their internal "chatter" mailing lists had a tradition that every Friday people would write haiku, often about how their week went, or something in the news, or just something random. Going to try to resurrect that here.

      If you want lines to color within, the "normal" requirements for a haiku are:

      The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru). This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.

      Traditional haiku often consist of 17 on (also known as morae though often loosely translated as "syllables"), in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 on, respectively.

      A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such terms.

      But of course often the 5-7-5 syllable structure is the only part used in Westernized haiku. Feel free to follow the guidelines above as narrowly or as loosely as you want.

      14 votes