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21 votes
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
2 votes -
CGA-2026-01 🕹️⛵🛡️ REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Welcome back, Heroes of Wind! (For the sake of full disclosure I myself am not yet a Hero of Wind, but should be within an hour or so...)
Hopefully everyone enjoyed their second consecutive month on the high seas as much as I did - I'd say at this point, we can basically consider ourselves a pirate club!
I had initially planned to actually plan something to write about in this post, but due to taking on way too many things this month I unfortunately haven't really had a chance to do any research beyond my own (almost) completion of the game. Hopefully any Wind Waker veterans in here will be able to help us out with any important insight that I am certainly overlooking!
For me, the most notable thing about The Wind Waker is how strongly it influenced the most recent two Zelda games. I'd say it seems to be the game that contributed the most to the modern Zelda formula. The freedom it offers you in being able to simply choose a direction and start exploring is a feature that is more or less missing from most 3D Zelda games. Also, the sheer scale of the world is really only comparable to BOTW and Tears. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the Koroks - I had no idea that was a Wind Waker thing!
While I had heard about it in passing, actually seeing the underwater kingdom in this game was a strangely nostalgic experience. The way they tied in the old angular Link statue was very cool; I imagine it is safe to assume that an extremely long time passed between Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker to allow for such evolutionary toon-ification.
I wish I had had more time to finish exploring more thoroughly and compile a list of secrets. I just finished exploring the map today, and know there are still plenty of things that I have yet to see. So instead of rushing through the last dungeon, I decided to post this for now, then come back to share more thoughts in the comments later.
Next month, join us as u/Kawa guides us on a trip to the lagoon... the Racing Lagoon!
Month Game Host February 2026 Racing Lagoon u/Kawa March 2026 Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
(The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls)u/J-Chiptunator Until next time, you filthy bilge rats!
20 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
6 votes -
Tildes Book Club - January 2026 - Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson
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This is the first Tildes Book Club Discussion for 2026 and the twentyfirst overall. We are discussing Fire on the Mountain by Bissen. At the end of February we will discuss The Truth by Terry Pratchett.
This is the first time that I as your coordinator have not finished the book myself. It was not my cup of tea and I might or might not add my impressions to the discussion.
I don't have a particular format in mind for this discussion, but I will post some prompts and questions as comments to get things started. You're not obligated to respond to them or vote on them though. So feel free to make your own top-level comment for whatever you wish to discuss, questions you have of others, or even just to post a review of the book you have written yourself.
For latecomers, don't worry if you didn't read the book in time for this Discussion topic. You can always join in once you finish it. Tildes Activity sort, and "Collapse old comments" feature should keep the topic going for as long as people are still replying.
And for anyone uninterested in this topic please use the Ignore Topic feature on this so it doesn't keep popping up in your Activity sort, since it's likely to keep doing that while I set this discussion up, and once people start joining in.
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Tildes Book Club discussion - June 2025 - A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher
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This is the fifteenth of an ongoing series of book discussions here on Tildes. We are discussing A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher. Our next book will be the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride at the end of July.
I don't have a particular format in mind for this discussion, but I will post some prompts and questions as comments to get things started. You're not obligated to respond to them or vote on them though. So feel free to make your own top-level comment for whatever you wish to discuss, questions you have of others, or even just to post a review of the book you have written yourself.
For latecomers, don't worry if you didn't read the book in time for this Discussion topic. You can always join in once you finish it. Tildes Activity sort, and "Collapse old comments" feature should keep the topic going for as long as people are still replying.
And for anyone uninterested in this topic please use the Ignore Topic feature on this so it doesn't keep popping up in your Activity sort, since it's likely to keep doing that while I set this discussion up, and once people start joining in.16 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
6 votes -
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1E1 - "Kids These Days"
12 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
6 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
9 votes -
Recommendations needed: Favorite “comfort” movies
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Hi Everyone,
I am looking for recommendations of your favorite “comfort” movies. Movies, I don’t have to take too seriously and can be watched over and over and can fall asleep to.
As an example a few of mine would be:
MoneyBall
Jesse Stone movies
Dave
Avengers Infinity War and Endgame
Star Trek Generations
Major League
Clear and Present Danger
Ghostbusters Afterlife
Batman Begins
Batman Returns
Grinch animated movie
Indiana jones dial of destiny
Rocky balboa
Moonfall
Goldeneye
X-men 1 & 2, Days of Futures Past
Rainmaker
Runaway Jury41 votes -
‘Marty Supreme’ becomes A24’s highest-grossing film at domestic box office with $80 million
23 votes -
Pluribus full season discussion
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
The first ep. got its own thread on Tildes and a decent discussion, I figured I'd try to get one going for whole season. Since it finished airing like 2 weeks ago.
I binged S1 yesterday, and am very happy that I waited till all episodes were out, as the pace of the show is glacial and I would've likely lost interest were I not able to skip around a bit. That's one of my two major issues. The other being that I found Carol insufferable at moments in the show. I think it does a good job at humanizing her and explaining why she is the way she is. It's also important to note that a majority of the show plays out days after Carol's wife Helen dies and she's reeling from that loss, as well as losing everyone else too. For me this culminated in ep 6, when she has a conversation with another survivor after having uncovered that they process human corpses into protein powder, and she thinks it's a big reveal that everyone else already knows. She just wasn't told because she's made everyone not like her.
That being said, the premise of this show is excellent and I love the questions it makes me ask and think about. The way it's shot is also fantastic. Yes, all of humanity is in a blissful state, but most of us would also die due to starvation, but there's no murder, no robbings, but it's also clear that this blissful state is more akin to being happy because you're on drugs, not "true happiness". I think this was most evident in the scene when the Peruvian girl turned willingly. Just before she does, she's shown with a lamb on her lap, which she likes and pets. The moment she turns, she just walks off, leaving the lamb behind. Obviously also all expressions of individualism are gone, this means all art, plus the question hasn't been properly answered on what exactly the Others do when they don't have someone around to make happy. I guess work together as a collective on sending the signal onto the next planet.
I think the big answer is going to be when they hopefully break someone out of the hivemind in S2. I just hope that it won't be the season finale, but sooner. I dislike the trend of prestige television being at such a slow pace.
What do you guys think? Both the smart writing and the pacing issues seem to be the main two things i see mentioned online. Anything else you liked or disliked? Any theories on where it'll go?
50 votes -
For I Have Touched the Sky by Mike Resnick
13 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
Stranger Things finale discussion
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
So what did everyone think of the finale?
Spoiler heavy below, beware!
Personally I'm a little torn. Overall I would say the finale was just okay. This whole season has felt a little bit mid for me, but I've watched it since the beginning and wanted to see it end. I felt like they could have done a whole lot more with some characters, Dr. Kay, for example, just didn't really seem to do anything and she just kind of packed everything up and let all the kids go at the end. She was a pretty important character in El's backstory and she seemed to do nothing the whole season except drive around trying to chase them. It seemed like she was going to finally do something meaningful in the finale but nothing really materialized.
Vecna's death was satisfying to me, with Will helping out in the end with his new "sorcerer" powers. The backstory we got for Vecna too, was interesting, and the fact he "chose" to cooperate with the Mind Flayer. I'm still not sure if he was actually corrupted and is made to believe it was his choice, or if he was as powerful as he claimed and truly chose to work with it. Either way, watching Joyce tell him that he "fucked with the wrong family" and then decapitate him was chefs kiss.
As for El's "death", I'm not sure I am convinced she is actually alive. I looked back at the scene at the end after I had finished and didn't see any flickering on her, or any doors opening in the background. Maybe the sonic devices just don't pierce the veil between worlds. That being said though, it is interesting that some people have pointed out she doesn't have a nosebleed after talking with Mike or pushing him back.
I still think Season 4 was probably my favorite season. I was on the edge of my seat, literally, through some parts of that season which shows don't often do for me. This season did have some moments, but it just didn't seem to capture the same feeling Season 4 did for me.
I'm curious what everyone else thinks though.
26 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
9 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
5 votes -
Avengers: Doomsday | X-Men teaser
22 votes -
Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode
21 votes -
Taskmaster | Champion of Champions 4 - 'Put that on my gravestone.' | Full episode
21 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
10 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
6 votes -
Avengers: Doomsday | Thor teaser
17 votes -
CGA-2025-12 🏴☠️🏝️🍌 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ The Secret of Monkey Island
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
And so concludes Guybrush Threepwood's thrilling quest to learn the Secret of Monkey Island! He did learn it, right? The secret? Surely there was a secret learned in there, somewhere? Well... that's what you get for spending more than 20 bucks on a computer game.
What were your favorite (and least favorite) moments? Favorite puzzles? Most frustrating ones? There are, in fact, a number of SECRETS to be found in The Secret of Monkey Island! Like these:
Did you...
Enter the catacombs beneath the stump in the woods?Did you...
Drown in the harbor?Did you...
Find the rubber tree?Did you...
Meet the three-headed monkey?Did you...
Sink your own ship off Monkey Island?Did you...
Help the natives upgrade their hut security?Share your stories below. Was this your first experience with the game or a nostalgic return? How has it held up over the years, in your estimation? Timeless classic or overrated turd? Don't hold back, we can handle it. We've spoken with apes more polite than you.
So here we are at the end of another colossal month. Next up, we'll ring in the new year with @datavoid for our January 2026 play of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker! In the meantime, if you're so inclined, consider checking out the rest of the Monkey Island series:
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Escape From Monkey Island
- Tales of Monkey Island
- Return to Monkey Island
Month Game Host January 2026 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker u/datavoid February 2026 Racing Lagoon u/Kawa March 2026 Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
(The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls)u/J-Chiptunator OK, that's it, turn off your computer and do something constructive.
Like play a little racquetball. Or wash your car. Or cook dinner. Or join a funk band. Or travel to a foreign country. Or run for president. Or talk to a member of the opposite sex. Or lube your car. Or host a weenie roast. Or dig for buried treasure. Or milk a cow. Or have a yelling contest with your neighbor's dog. Or perform brain surgery. Or paint a yellow line in the center of your driveway. Or write your name in the snow. Or teach basket weaving to clams. Or sing Welsh folk songs at the bank. Or plant trees on public property. Or confuse the person next to you. Or make a triangular table. Or hop, skip, and jump. Or ride a train. Or organize your sock drawer alphabetically. Or go bowling with your mom. Or train potato bugs to do tricks. Or make a quilt. Or publish a magazine about pencil shavings. Or eat lime jello with pineapple in it. Or pave a freeway. Or learn to draw. Or take up photography. Or learn to tell time. Or photocopy money. Or go out for pasta. Or sew a dress. Or bathe your iguana. Or go fishing. Or paint a stranger's house in the middle of the night. Or take up windsurfing. Or change your hair style. Or sharpen your whiteboard markers. Or feed a toucan. Or enjoy the sun. Or do a crossword puzzle. Or buy some cool clothes. Or go to the beach. Or play croquet with your dad. Or water your plants. Or build a doll house. Or invite some friends over for salmon and white wine.See you next month!
20 votes -
Movies like Dream Scenario need a warning
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
post contains spoilers for Dream Scenario:
I've become a big fan of the resurgence that Nic Cage is having, especially after watching Mandy, it was so wacky and surreal and just quite the mind trip.
Saw the trailer for Dream Scenario and picked up on that same vibe.
However, that movie really pissed me off. that story was pretty interesting and I really would have liked it but I kept thinking that they would find a way to wrap up the plot in a typical happy go lucky fashion that Hollywood typically demands. The closer and closer the movie got to the end, the more I was expecting the shoe to drop and for the writers to somehow find a way to end the movie on a happy note that makes everything OK.
It does not, the movie ends on quite a weird and sad note, which I would have loved, if I hadn't expected it to end in a typical Hollywood fashion. Makes me wish there was a way to get a warning when watching a movie to not expect it to end in a typical "safe" fashion. Cause if I had gotten that warning, I think I would've love it.
15 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
14 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
6 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
5 votes -
CGA-2025-12 🏴☠️🏝️🍌 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 The Secret of Monkey Island
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Introduction
Deep in the Caribbean, the pirate haven of Mêlée Island is home to the deadliest brood of ne'er-do-wells what ever sailed the seven seas: the infamous scurvy seadog Meathook; the buccaneer Sword Master whose name is feared in every corner of the isle; and most horrifically, the spectral ghost pirate LeChuck. Onto these disreputable shores late one night arrives the hapless, clueless, and utterly guileless
flooring inspectorGuybrush Threepwood, with nothing to his name but the dream of somehow becoming a real pirate himself.Discover a thrilling world of swordplay, thievery, and, er, treasure huntery in The Secret of Monkey Island. Insult your enemies, fire the cannons, find true love, concoct mysterious voodoo brews, poison guards, evade cannibals, traverse hellish catacombs, raise a pint of grog, and (maybe) discover the Secret for yourself!
The Secret of Monkey Island
Happy December! This month we're playing the legendary 1990 Lucasfilm Games point-and-click adventure from the minds of Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman.
You see, one of my favorite rides in Disneyland is Pirates of the Caribbean. You get on a little boat and it takes you through a pirate adventure… Your boat keeps you moving through the adventure, but I’ve always wished I could get off and wander around, learn more about the characters, and find a way onto those pirate ships.
- Ron Gilbert, from the Lucasfilm Adventurer, Fall 1990
I was sorting through some boxes today and I came across my copy of Tim Power's On Stranger Tides, which I read in the late 80's and was the inspiration for Monkey Island. Some people believe the inspiration for Monkey Island came from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride — probably because I said it several times during interviews — but that was really just for the ambiance. If you read this book you can really see where Guybrush and LeChuck were
plagiarizedderived from, plus the heavy influence of voodoo in the game.- Ron Gilbert, from Grumpy Gamer, 2004
The Secret of Monkey Island is renowned for its zany humor, great (and mostly fair) puzzle design, gorgeous pixel graphics, and memorable soundtrack. Unlike other adventure games of the era, SMI invites you to try anything and everything without worry — you can't die. It's chock full of goofy swashbuckling anachronisms and hilarious good times. Maybe a little frustration too. Hey, you can just look up the answers when you get stuck. We couldn't do that in the '90s. Respect the grind.
The game originally released for DOS, Amiga, Macintosh, Atari ST, FM Towns, and Sega CD. Those versions are no longer available for purchase in the usual places (you might try eBay but save up your pieces o' eight if you go that route). All the original versions are playable in ScummVM if you lack the necessary hardware. If you find yourself needing access to a Dial-A-Pirate wheel, the original has been helpfully digitized here for your convenience.
Different releases of the original game have different audio and graphics. Some people have opinions about which version is best. These are all valid. I prefer the version I grew up with, but no shade on the others. They all have their own charms.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a 2009 remaster that is the official recommended way to play today. It includes fully recreated high-resolution graphics, music, and voiced dialogue, with a modernized UI. It includes a quick toggle between classic and remastered modes, which is a nice touch. The Windows version is currently on sale for 50% off from GOG (DRM-free), and also available from Steam. It is reportedly playable on Steam Deck.
Side tangent about voice acting in the Special Edition...
This interview with Dominic Armato hints at one of my favorite real-world stories related to Monkey Island. This aspiring voice actor was a huge fan of the first two games in the series, which were originally unvoiced. He was in the right place at the right time to land the role of Guybrush in the third installment, which was the first to have voiced characters. It's a good but not great game, and very different from the first two due to being helmed by an entirely different team. All other things aside, Armato NAILED it. He is Guybrush. He returned to voice the fourth game and then... was brought back to reprise his role in the Special Editions of SMI and MI2. It was a dream come true for him, but amazing for fans of the series too; finally the original games have full voiced dialogue and the main character is played by the guy who was born to do it.
The rest of the voice cast is great too. This aspect of the Special Edition really rounds out the game nicely and I consider it an essential part of the experience now. That said, personally I find the SE visuals and music to be really lackluster, and I prefer the original UI as well. You can toggle the classic mode but this removes the VO too... which is why I will instead be playing the Ultimate Talkie Edition, a fan hack of the DOS release (playable in ScummVM) that adds the SE voice tracks and keeps the original everything else. It can be easily found online but I'll refrain from linking it here since SMI's abandonware status is debatable.
From what I can tell the Special Editions of SMI and its first sequel were also sold as a bundle for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and iOS. I can't speak to the current availability of any of those but they're probably all terrible ways to experience it anyway.
Limited Run Games has also issued a few re-releases of the original game in recent years. I don't know much about these, and good luck finding them for sale anywhere.
Genres: Adventure, Point-and-Click
Game Setup
The main purpose of this topic is to get people up and running with the game. As such, it's recommended that you:
- Share which version of the game you're playing
- Share what hardware you're playing it on
- Share if there are any tools/mods that you recommend
- Share anything you think is important for people to know before they start the game
- Ask questions if you need help
Another purpose of this topic is to revisit the game and its time period:
- Do you have any memories or associations with this game itself?
- What about its system or era?
- What aspects of retro gaming were common at the time?
- What other games from the same time period are you familiar with?
- What are you expecting from this game in particular?
Finally, this topic is the beginning discussion for people starting to play it:
- Post updates sharing your thoughts as you play.
- Ask for help if you get stuck.
- Offer help to others.
It is recommended that you reply to your own posts if you are making consecutive updates so that they are in the same thread.
IMPORTANT: Any links to the game should be legal distributions of the game only. Please do NOT link to any unauthorized copies.
IMPORTANT: Put any spoilers in a dropdown block. Copy/paste the block below if needed.
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FAQ
What is CGA?
Colossal Game Adventure (CGA) is Tildes' retro video game club.
Each month we will play a different retro game/games, discuss our thoughts, and bask in the glorious digital experiences of yesteryear!
Colossal Game Adventure is a reference to Colossal Cave Adventure. It's one of the most influential games of all time, one of the first text-based interactive games, and one of the first games to be shared online.
What do we want to do with this group? Play influential games; interact with each other through text; and share the love for retro games online!
It also abbreviates to CGA (because we love chunky pixel art), and its name communicates the Colossal amount of fun and excitement that we have with retro video Games in our shared Adventure of playing them together.
Do I have to sign up?
No. Participation is open to all.
There is a Notification List that will get pinged each time a new topic goes up. If you would like to join that list, please PM u/kfwyre.
Are there restrictions on what/how to play?
Each month will have a focus game or games that will guide our discussions. Beyond that, there are no restrictions. The philosophy of CGA is to play in a way that works for you!
This means:
- Choose whichever version of the game you want.
- You can use cheats, save states, mods, etc.
- You can watch a streamer or longplay instead of playing it.
If you have already played a game and want a different experience:
- Try a randomizer or challenge run.
- Play a different version of it.
- Play a related game (sequel, spiritual successor, something inspired by it, etc.)
There is no wrong way to participate in CGA, and every different way someone participates will make for more interesting discussions.
What is the schedule?
Each month the Insert Cartidge topic will be posted on the 1st, while the Remove Cartridge topic will be posted on the 20th.
Nomination and voting topics will happen in March and September (every 6 months).
Schedules are also posted then.
All CGA topics are available using the
colossal game adventuretag.What do Insert and Remove Cartridge mean?
Inserting and removing cartridges are our retro metaphor for starting and stopping a given game or games.
The Insert Cartridge topic happens at the beginning of the month and is primarily about getting the game up and running.
The Remove Cartridge topic happens toward the end of the month and is primarily about people reflecting on the game now that they've played it.
There are no hard restrictions on what has to go in either topic, and each can be used to discuss the game, post updates, ask questions, etc.
Closing Thoughts
How appropriate, you fight like a cow.
24 votes -
CONTROL Resonant | Announcement trailer
32 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
4 votes -
Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina Circuit
December 5-7, 2025
Qualifying Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:22.877 1:22.752 1:22.207 18 2 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:23.178 1:22.804 1:22.408 17 3 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:22.605 1:23.021 1:22.437 17 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:23.247 1:22.730 1:22.645 18 5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:23.163 1:22.948 1:22.730 18 6 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:23.071 1:22.861 1:22.902 18 7 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 1:23.374 1:22.874 1:22.904 21 8 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:23.334 1:23.023 1:22.913 18 9 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:23.373 1:22.997 1:23.072 18 10 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 1:23.386 1:23.034 DNF 17 11 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:23.254 1:23.041 11 12 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:23.187 1:23.042 12 13 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:23.265 1:23.077 14 14 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:22.894 1:23.080 12 15 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:23.316 1:23.097 15 16 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:23.394 9 17 23 Alexander Albon Williams 1:23.416 6 18 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 1:23.450 9 19 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:23.468 9 20 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:23.890 9 Source: F1.com
Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Pts. 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 58 1:26:07.469 25 2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 58 +12.594s 18 3 4 Lando Norris McLaren 58 +16.572s 15 4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 58 +23.279s 12 5 63 George Russell Mercedes 58 +48.563s 10 6 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 58 +67.562s 8 7 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 58 +69.876s 6 8 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 58 +72.670s 4 9 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 58 +79.014s 2 10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 58 +79.523s 1 11 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 58 +81.043s 0 12 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 58 +81.166s 0 13 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 58 +82.158s 0 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 58 +83.794s 0 15 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 58 +84.399s 0 16 23 Alexander Albon Williams 58 +90.327s 0 17 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 57 +1 lap 0 18 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 57 +1 lap 0 19 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 57 +1 lap 0 20 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 57 +1 lap 0 Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc // 1:26.725 on lap 45
DOTD: Max VerstappenSource: F1.com
2025 Final Drivers Standings -- SPOILER
Pos. Driver Nationality Team Pts. 1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren 423 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing 421 3 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren 410 4 George Russell GBR Mercedes 319 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 242 6 Lewis Hamilton GBR Ferrari 156 7 Kimi Antonelli ITA Mercedes 150 8 Alexander Albon THA Williams 73 9 Carlos Sainz ESP Williams 64 10 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin 56 11 Isack Hadjar FRA Racing Bulls 51 12 Nico Hulkenberg GER Kick Sauber 49 13 Oliver Bearman GBR Haas F1 Team 42 14 Liam Lawson NZL Racing Bulls 38 15 Esteban Ocon FRA Haas F1 Team 38 16 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin 34 17 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Red Bull Racing 33 18 Pierre Gasly FRA Alpine 22 19 Gabriel Bortoleto BRA Kick Sauber 19 20 Franco Colapinto ARG Alpine 0 21 Jack Doohan AUS Alpine 0 Source: F1.com
2025 Final Constructors Standings -- SPOILER
Pos. Team Pts. 1 McLaren 833 2 Mercedes 469 3 Red Bull Racing 451 4 Ferrari 398 5 Williams 137 6 Racing Bulls 92 7 Aston Martin 89 8 Haas F1 Team 79 9 Kick Sauber 70 10 Alpine 22 Source: F1.com
Next race:
Pre-Season Testing 2026 - Sakhir
Bahrain International Circuit
February 11-13 & 18-20, 2026Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park Circuit
March 5-7, 2026See you all next year -- Enjoy the break!
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
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CGA-2025-11 🔴🟡🔵🟢 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ PlayStation WHAT?
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Hey! You wanna know why we're here? Go read this. It's because Sony UK's marketing department misappropriated £100k for random campaigns they couldn't possibly get in front of higher execs in time, which they used to make cardboard flyers saying the PS1 was "more powerful than god" and had perforations in the perfect size to roll up as roaches for people to toke up in the Playstation room at your local club. Yeah, baby.
They also mention the same T-Rex that Rodney Greenblat saw! That had to have been one rad fucking dinosaur. Anyway.
We've had more than our fill of rapping, bunnies, crises, electric shocks, and Pepsi this month. Outside the novelty, why do these crazy-ass games matter? WELL:
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It's great upheaval! CDs weren't just a major shift in storage, but production and cost. CDs took something like a week to order instead of two or three months. Imagine you have an extra eight weeks or so to develop an idea and put it in front of an exec, and they're not spending buckets on the cartridges. Why not accept those ideas? Why not take the risks? We're not quite at the indie boom and the internet, but it was certainly quite a step in development and risk-taking for the end product.
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Fuckin' money! Much like Nintendo's infamous war chest, Sony firmly planted themselves at the top of the pole for a long while. All this speed meant that - per GamePro's approximation in 1997 - there were 400 PlayStation games were in development by the end of 1996, whereas the Saturn had ~200 and the N64 had ~60. That variety lead to something like a 4-game attach rate to people buying a PS1 console, and the games themselves cost less because the CDs were cheaper. I was an N64 kid, but those cartridges were expensive. (Plus all the rando peripherals - the transfer pak? Expansion pak? The VMU for Hey You Pikachu!? Jesus, my parents were good to me.) The PS1 probably gave people leeway to take a buying risk on a zany idea. Even from more conservative spenders, it had to have been way more appealing to anyone on the fence.
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Music games! We had two here, and the Playstation was the home of Bemani for quite a while. Not much question why for the developer of the Walkman...
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That T-Rex! Golly!
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Age! Mascots and color grabbed kids, but kids aren't necessarily attracted to cool vector line art and an outlet for enormous CD collections. (They also, hopefully, weren't rolling too many joints at the club?) There was plenty of room to attract kids with Spyro or Crash - why not push the median age up at the same time? One study estimated that the "average gamer" was something like a 30 y/o woman in the 00s; nudging that number up and broadening the appeal had a lot to do with Sony's aggressive marketing. Another neat idea I saw mentioned was that the number of extreme sports games being produced gave video games another angle as a sort of lifestyle machine; Tony Hawk's Pro Skater itself was just as skate-punk as its people and bands. It sounds like a lofty thought, but THPS2 got me to pick up a skateboard, sooo...
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Finally, Japan! Obviously the 80's and early 90's brought so many mascots and characters out of Japan with enduring appeal, like Mario and Sonic, but their impact was very often with localization or marketing crews adapting that. Here we have stuff that's very distinctly Japanese making its way over here, rather than getting edited in trepidation over the original idea attaching. Why not? Throw a couple CDs our way, see what sticks.
And as a reminder, we're only scratching the surface! This console is a trove. I wanted to wait until the Remove thread to discuss more games, so the biggest one I'd leave everyone with is LSD: Dream Emulator, which is as much an art installation as it is a "game". You wander around randomized environments and "wake up" after 10 minutes or by being killed by things like lions, cars, or giant dudes coated in kanji characters. It's pretty fucking weird, and it was a fairly obvious point of growth from other projects like Yume Nikki, itself a springboard for dozens of ideas in games like Doki Doki Literature Club and Undertale. More recent popular projects like hypnagogia 催眠術 and Ena: Dream BBQ have obvious lineage - the former was from an LSD-themed game jam!
There are SO many others. Gaball Screen, a shoe-flying simulator (??) released by a music label where you collect music videos produced by Tetsuya Komuro. There's Heart of Darkness, a puzzle-platformer and influence for contemporary "gore game" horror titles. Its greatest puzzle is perhaps its absolutely baffling E rating! And No One Can Stop Mr. Domino... Really? No one?? Who possibly can???
We're left a neat legacy of ideas, experiments, and a time capsule for the advent of the CD-ROM, to those brave enough to dig through the library. Nintendo may leave a creative mark of their on their games, but the marks all over these games are maybe left by the machinery itself. A console that was willing to foster weirdos and prop up their chance to shine? The Playstation was radical.
Yo, and that T-Rex tho?
That concludes this month of our COLOSSAL GAME ADVENTURE! I imagine this was a less-accessible month, so for those tenacious enough to get the games running I salute you!
This topic is to share your thoughts on our selection, and weird shit on the Playstation in general:
The good The bad The fun The interesting What ideas aged well What ideas were total crap The things it reminded you of Other games that belong here And absolutely anything else!We've got an extra ten days. so feel free to keep playing or to throw other PS1 curios at the group.
Next month, December 2025, will be The Secret of Monkey Island, hosted by the esteemed u/balooga! Thankfully that should be a MUCH easier game to get running than Vib-Ribbon, so be ready to walk the plank! (For less than twenty bucks!)
Month Game Host December 2025 The Secret of Monkey Island u/balooga January 2026 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker u/datavoid February 2026 Racing Lagoon u/Kawa March 2026 Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
(The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls)u/J-Chiptunator 17 votes -
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
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Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion
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Qatar Grand Prix
Lusail International Circuit
November 28-30, 2025
Qualifying Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:20.234 1:19.650 1:19.387 18 2 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:20.157 1:19.861 1:19.495 17 3 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:20.472 1:19.985 1:19.651 23 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:20.074 1:20.186 1:19.662 26 5 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:20.576 1:20.084 1:19.846 22 6 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:20.603 1:20.350 1:20.114 20 7 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:20.520 1:20.251 1:20.287 25 8 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.598 1:20.219 1:20.418 21 9 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:20.681 1:20.324 1:20.477 21 10 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:20.564 1:20.343 1:20.561 23 11 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 1:20.630 1:20.353 20 12 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:20.539 1:20.433 15 13 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:20.548 1:20.438 20 14 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 1:20.653 1:20.534 20 15 23 Alexander Albon Williams 1:20.629 1:20.629 19 16 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 1:20.761 9 17 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:20.864 11 18 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:20.907 9 19 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:21.058 10 20 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:21.137 9 Source: F1.com
Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Pts. 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 57 1:24:38.241 25 2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 57 +7.995s 18 3 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 57 +22.665s 15 4 4 Lando Norris McLaren 57 +23.315s 12 5 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 57 +28.317s 10 6 63 George Russell Mercedes 57 +48.599s 8 7 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 57 +54.045s 6 8 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 57 +56.785s 4 9 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 57 +60.073s 2 10 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 57 +61.770s 1 11 23 Alexander Albon Williams 57 +66.931s 0 12 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 57 +77.730s 0 13 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 57 +84.812s 0 14 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 56 +1 lap 0 15 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 56 +1 lap 0 16 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 56 +1 lap 0 17 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 55 DNF 0 18 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 55 DNF 0 NC 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 41 DNF 0 NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 6 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Oscar Piatri // 1:22.996 on lap 44
DOTD: Max VerstappenSource: F1.com
Next race:
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina Circuit
December 5-7, 202513 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
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Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us”
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Tildes Book Club Discussion - November 2025 - We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis Taylor
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This is the twentieth of an ongoing series of book discussions here on Tildes. We are discussing We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis Taylor. This is the final book discussion for the year. We will start again in January with Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bissen.
I don't have a particular format in mind for this discussion, but I will post some prompts and questions as comments to get things started. You're not obligated to respond to them or vote on them though. So feel free to make your own top-level comment for whatever you wish to discuss, questions you have of others, or even just to post a review of the book you have written yourself.
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
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Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion
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Las Vegas Grand Prix
Las Vegas Strip Circuit
November 20-22, 2025
Qualifying Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:55.473 1:51.379 1:47.934 25 2 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:53.458 1:51.593 1:48.257 24 3 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:54.873 1:51.144 1:48.296 24 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:53.144 1:50.935 1:48.803 25 5 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:54.544 1:52.126 1:48.961 23 6 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:54.828 1:51.621 1:49.062 25 7 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:53.739 1:51.865 1:49.466 25 8 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:55.613 1:51.120 1:49.554 25 9 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:54.814 1:51.952 1:49.872 24 10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:54.432 1:51.760 1:51.540 25 11 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 1:54.555 1:52.781 18 12 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:54.416 1:52.850 18 13 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:54.635 1:52.987 17 14 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:56.016 1:53.094 17 15 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:54.847 1:53.683 17 16 23 Alexander Albon Williams 1:56.220 8 17 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:56.314 8 18 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 1:56.674 9 19 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 1:56.798 9 20 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:57.115 9 Source: F1.com
Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Pts. 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 50 1:21:08.429 25 2 4 Lando Norris McLaren 50 +20.741s 18 3 63 George Russell Mercedes 50 +23.546s 15 4 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 50 +27.650s 12 5 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 50 +30.488s 10 6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 50 +30.678s 8 7 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 50 +34.924s 6 8 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 50 +45.257s 4 9 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 50 +51.134s 2 10 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 50 +59.369s 1 11 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 50 +60.635s 0 12 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 50 +70.549s 0 13 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 50 +85.308s 0 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 50 +86.974s 0 15 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 50 +91.702s 0 16 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 49 +1 lap 0 17 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 49 +1 lap 0 NC 23 Alexander Albon Williams 35 DNF 0 NC 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 2 DNF 0 NC 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 0 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen // 1:33.365 on lap 50
DOTD: Max VerstappenSource: F1.com
Next race:
Qatar Grand Prix
Lusail International Circuit
November 28-30, 202514 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
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Tildes Book Club Discussion - October 2025 - The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
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This is the nineteenth of an ongoing series of book discussions here on Tildes. We are discussing The Poisoners Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine by Deborah Blum. We will be discussing We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis Taylor at the end of November.
I don't have a particular format in mind for this discussion, but I will post some prompts and questions as comments to get things started. You're not obligated to respond to them or vote on them though. So feel free to make your own top-level comment for whatever you wish to discuss, questions you have of others, or even just to post a review of the book you have written yourself.
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
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8 votes