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5 votes
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js13k - a contest to make an HTML5 game in under 13 KB
9 votes -
Robert McKim on religious diversity
Robert McKim on Religious Diversity – Part 1 Robert McKim on Religious Diversity – Part 2 Robert McKim on Religious Diversity – Part 3
3 votes -
What group is most appropriate for talking about game development?
~games would seem to be more about gaming rather than development. I can see ~comp being the better option but it seems to be more about programming in general. There's also ~hobbies, which is...
~games would seem to be more about gaming rather than development. I can see ~comp being the better option but it seems to be more about programming in general. There's also ~hobbies, which is perhaps the best place when talking about amateur stuff which can include game development, but not necessarily.
I'm mostly curious to see if there is a community of game developers here
13 votes -
Green Book: A serious drama from one half of the Farrelly brothers
3 votes -
China Is cheating at a rigged game
11 votes -
Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills thirty-five
9 votes -
Tilders, would you describe yourselves as an extrovert or an introvert?
Or somewhere in between?
25 votes -
Nick Hanauer: Democrats Must Reclaim the Center - by Moving Hard Left
9 votes -
Meltdown strikes back: the L1 terminal fault vulnerability
6 votes -
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips (2007)
2 votes -
The Worst Computer Bugs in History: Race conditions in Therac-25
6 votes -
The Age of Precarious Infrastructure
9 votes -
TLS 1.3 Published: in Firefox Today
17 votes -
New study cautions against the public perception that ecigs are safe
13 votes -
Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends?
6 votes -
What the Oscars’ new “popular film” category says about the art—and business—of the movies
8 votes -
The burnout crisis in American medicine
8 votes -
Bethesda Softworks is pressuring Sony to change its much-maligned ban on cross-play
17 votes -
The fantastic masculinity of Newt Scamander
11 votes -
Point-and-click adventures?
Any recommendations of modern or not so modern point-and-click adventures (for PC)? Just finished all of Wadjet Eyes games (loved Blackwell series!) and I'm craving some good stuff. I'm interested...
Any recommendations of modern or not so modern point-and-click adventures (for PC)? Just finished all of Wadjet Eyes games (loved Blackwell series!) and I'm craving some good stuff. I'm interested in not-orthodox games too if there's some experimental stuff that you like. Are the telltale games worth it? I'm also tempted by the Sherlock Holmes games.
Incidentally, any advice on how to find (and make work) some old(ish) adventures? In particular looking for Discworld II and Noir, EcoQuest, Simon the Sorcerer, Hollywood Monsters, Runaway, or the older (EA I think) Sherlock Holmes games (they are not in GOG I think).
Extra bonus points if there's a way to make them work in Mac and Linux!
13 votes -
The case for the NFL’s air raid revolution
3 votes -
IDLES - GREAT (2018)
3 votes -
African economy: The limits of ‘leapfrogging’
3 votes -
Fernando Alonso announces departure from Formula 1 for 2019
7 votes -
Mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery
7 votes -
Forget best popular film. Here are six new categories the Oscars actually need.
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Petty charges, princely profits
5 votes -
'Dozens dead' in Italian bridge collapse
14 votes -
User bios?
Should we have optional short user bios? Say a 300-500 character markdown bio, a la Hacker News (IDK their character limit BTW)? edit: add the word "optional"
19 votes -
Hit Me Baby One More Time - Dweezil et Ahmet Zappa (orig. Britney Spears)
9 votes -
Tiny homes, big community: Okotoks exploring affordable, eco-friendly homes
11 votes -
Three Canadian cities make top ten on global ranking of most livable cities
7 votes -
What next for Myanmar’s Rohingya?
3 votes -
Fernando Alonso: McLaren's Spanish driver to retire from Formula 1 at end of season
3 votes -
New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life.
21 votes -
Voltron: Legendary Defender - Shiro and Adam
I don't have a long write up for this or anything, mostly because I'm just confused... I have to admit, watching season 7, I don't remember Adam if he was ever brought in before, and his part was...
I don't have a long write up for this or anything, mostly because I'm just confused...
I have to admit, watching season 7, I don't remember Adam if he was ever brought in before, and his part was so short and seemingly inconsequential, I honestly have no strong feelings for it. Shiro is all about burying his feelings and putting the needs of others above his own, so it's not at all out of character for his personal life to basically never show up. Still, we're finally getting more of his backstory, and I can't help but feel it's lacking.
So, I guess my question is - why? Why bring in a character they're not going to develop and kill off screen? Would it be better just to have a random mention of Shiro being gay and just moving on, which I guess is pretty much all that happened anyways? Guess they could have done it as part of his backstory with Keith. Does this count as queer-baiting?
Thoughts?
Correction: guess he didn't die off screen. I just didn't recognize the random pilot as Adam...
7 votes -
Sekai Project Lays Off Marketing Staff
3 votes -
Discover Lands Unknown - Trailer
2 votes -
The world's most liveable cities in 2018
2 votes -
Why there’s no such thing as a civilisation
5 votes -
Nazi fan wins Republican Primary in Missouri
7 votes -
Why 'Some Like It Hot' is the greatest comedy ever made
4 votes -
How millennials killed mayonnaise
16 votes -
The Underpopulation Bomb
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Buffy's Spike: Death as redemption
For most stories, when you have an evil or otherwise irredeemable character, death is the only form of satisfactory redemption. Anything less is simply not convincing for most audiences. I'm sure...
For most stories, when you have an evil or otherwise irredeemable character, death is the only form of satisfactory redemption. Anything less is simply not convincing for most audiences.
I'm sure a lot of people can write novels on Spike's character arcs, but I just wanted to discuss a little bit of his redemption arc.
Interestingly, his sacrifice at the end of Buffy season 7, is the beginning of his actual character. Sure, he's helped out Buffy before that, but he was far from "the greater good" until then. So death, and boom - character redeemed.
So how's the redemption arc when he's brought back in Angel. It's harder now because now he's up and walking and possibility doing things that negate his redemption. He now has to live the life he supposedly wanted to when he made his sacrifice.
Not saying that's what happened, but I think the writers went out of their way to show this.
(Going off memory now, so please feel free to correct me, if I get any details wrong...)
Not long after he's ghost-Spike, he starts feeling like he's pulled to "Hell", and develops a friendship with Fred, who ultimately saves him from that fate. This establishes his "goodness" for the rest of Angel.
Thoughts? Other characters that share something similar you want to talk about? How would Spike feel without this episode? Anyone just want to gush about Spike in general?
3 votes -
Things Fall Apart
9 votes -
The death of the electric guitar
9 votes -
An Essential Guide to Image Compression
8 votes -
The simple change that could save patient lives
6 votes