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  1. Comment on US-Canada trade talks collapse, setting new 50% tariffs in motion in ~society

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    What are the good feelings?

    Mixed feelings

    What are the good feelings?

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Ennaria - CUTE (2026) in ~music

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    Thanks for posting. I've been listening to the album a ton over the past few weeks. It's fascinating to me in that it's got a lot of stuff I can point at and say "this is the kind of thing I like"...

    Thanks for posting. I've been listening to the album a ton over the past few weeks. It's fascinating to me in that it's got a lot of stuff I can point at and say "this is the kind of thing I like" but also plenty of stuff I normally dislike, but somehow it still works for me as part of the packaged whole. Somewhat analogous in my mind to Poppy and Babymetal.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What game are you terrible at? in ~games

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    Furi. I don't jibe with the diablo-y perspective in action games, and the dash has this awkward lead time that makes it feel bad to me. Often when I find a game difficult I am willing to bang my...

    Furi. I don't jive jibe with the iso diablo-y perspective in action games, and the dash has this awkward lead time that makes it feel bad to me. Often when I find a game difficult I am willing to bang my head into the wall for a while to beat it (Celeste, Slay the Spire A20, Super Hexagon, etc.), but not so here.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Hollow Knight: Silksong 2nd playthrough (first play thoughts here). Got an achievement/"ending" I (very reasonably) missed, and completed another fight I missed. Only thing I didn't do was...

    Hollow Knight: Silksong

    2nd playthrough (first play thoughts here). Got an achievement/"ending" I (very reasonably) missed, and completed another fight I missed. Only thing I didn't do was complete the Hunter's Journal (which is not too difficult but takes forever).

    I also wanted to play around with other crests, since I mostly stuck to Wanderer before. I ended up mainly splitting between Reaper and Architect this time.

    Reaper: Increased attack range/slower attack rate, and for a limited time after you heal, attacks you land on enemies spawn little white puffs you can pick up to get some silk back. So you're incentivized to wait until mid-fight to heal, which can be a little dangerous. The silk puffs have timed life, so sometimes in boss fights you can get zoned out from collecting them. Colour-balanced tool slots. Let me experiment a bit with new red tools while keeping a reliable one equipped (Wanderer only has one red slot). Down slash has a little delay but a big arc, pogo-ing feels good. I took some damage here and there from the awkward lead time and sometimes falling into an enemy.

    Architect: 3 red slots, no spell slot. Down slash is diagonal with what feels like less range than Hunter. Any time I knew I was heading to a platforming section with pogo-ing, I switched back to Reaper. Main attack is a drill that hits multiple times, which made it feel powerful to me, although it only deals like 10% more damage. Spamming out 3 red tools is...a thing you can do, but it will cost you shards. Honestly it kind of played out how I imagined. The tools tend not to deal enough burst damage to big enemies/bosses to be worth it (and if you spam a looot of them you will not be able to afford too many attempts). So you still need to get good at positioning/dodging attacks and dealing melee damage. There are some tools I didn't find this time (Silkshot) or bother messing around with (like the Rosary Cannon - I need my money for buying things!).

    The other crests have such big downsides I didn't feel like enduring them long enough to appreciate the upsides. Maybe if I do a third playthrough.

    I feel like this experimentation confirms what I felt before. For the most part, sticking with Wanderer is "better" in general because it does melee combat well and that is what you get forced into doing a lot of the time. Giving up a second red tool slot seems worth the price. The real cost I suppose is in losing gameplay variety and fun trying out anything but a few reliable ones. I imagine there are scenarios where certain red tools work really well together, but it's something to think about on a 2nd+ playthrough, or something to brew up when sitting on a bench cause you've already died (...).

    So I find myself again critiquing the design choices and difficulty of the game because they are at odds with the gameplay variety they tried to bake in. The crests are somewhat hidden or gated behind difficult encounters to begin with, however the game does encourage exploration (sometimes rewarding it, sometimes punishing it). Also sometimes tools that pair well with certain crests are hidden. For example, I did not find the blue tool that lets you throw 2 (red tool) projectiles at a time - which I imagine would have paired really well with Architect!

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Albums based on a recurring musical phrase in ~music

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    I was going to mention Haken's Vector/Virus but it's not the case of one motif throughout, rather there are a ton of callbacks in Messiah Complex. stolen from a reddit comment here 3:39 Outro from...

    I was going to mention Haken's Vector/Virus but it's not the case of one motif throughout, rather there are a ton of callbacks in Messiah Complex.

    stolen from a reddit comment

    here

    3:39 Outro from "Host"

    4:32 Vocal line is the "Nil by Mouth" Outro

    5:32 Melody from "Nil by Mouth" (1:18)

    5:47 Very similar to "Puzzle Box" chorus

    10:31 and 12:57 "Cockroach King" verse

    11:22 and 11:53, the "Cockroach King" lick played over and over

    14:47 Melody from the "Prosthetic" interlude.

    [note: Cockroach King is from another album. Also the song is broken into parts so these timestamps might not be super duper helpful]

    Periphery's Juggernaut (Alpha/Omega) has a lot of similar parts, sometimes with slightly tweaked lyrics. There's a one-off reference on Periphery IV between Reptile and Garden in the Bones. I'd call it a call-forward since Reptile is so long and has so many musical ideas going on.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on ‘The Walking Dead’ renewed by Netflix in five-year, $500m co-exclusive deal with AMC Global in ~tv

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    headline on the site now reads:

    headline on the site now reads:

    ‘The Walking Dead’ Franchise Rights Renewed By Netflix In 5-Year, $500M Co-Exclusive Deal With AMC Global Media

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Cipher System – Endveiler (2026) in ~music

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    Woohoo, Christian Älvestam (Scar Symmetry, Solution .45) vocals!

    Woohoo, Christian Älvestam (Scar Symmetry, Solution .45) vocals!

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Atari makes Universal movie deal for ten iconic game properties in ~movies

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  11. Comment on Insomnium – Gleam In The Black (2026) in ~music

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    Some comments compare it to (or say it's just copying...) Ephemeral, which is one of my favourites from them. Don't think this one is as good, but I'll listen to it again when the album comes out...

    Some comments compare it to (or say it's just copying...) Ephemeral, which is one of my favourites from them. Don't think this one is as good, but I'll listen to it again when the album comes out in....October.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Atari makes Universal movie deal for ten iconic game properties in ~movies

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    Asteroids Adventure Berzerk Breakout Centipede Crystal Castles Millipede Missile Command Pong Yars’ Revenge
    • Asteroids
    • Adventure
    • Berzerk
    • Breakout
    • Centipede
    • Crystal Castles
    • Millipede
    • Missile Command
    • Pong
    • Yars’ Revenge
    23 votes

  13. Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk

  14. Comment on Canada will take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in ~music

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    Knock 'em dead, Archspire!

    Knock 'em dead, Archspire!

    5 votes

  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Dune: Imperium Love the board game, fav of all time. Combines Worker Placement and Deckbuilding in a wonderful way. Bought it on Android a while back, but it drains the battery quick, makes my...

    Dune: Imperium

    Love the board game, fav of all time. Combines Worker Placement and Deckbuilding in a wonderful way. Bought it on Android a while back, but it drains the battery quick, makes my phone hot, and isn't suited that well to a small screen. Had a board game weekend with some friends I don't get to see often anymore because they are married with young kids. One of them I got to introduce Dune to and he loved it. He plays the digital version of Root (same developer Direwolf Digital) and told us how it supports asynchronous play, and that's how he plays with his coworkers. So we play a couple games. Steam sale comes along and I decide to buy it again there so I can have a better experience. And I picked up a couple expansions (Rise of Ix and Immortality) in a bundle. The rest of the group got Ix for now. Uprising [re-implementation of base game] just became available (we'll prob wait for it to come down in price), I assume Bloodlines is a long ways off (as well as Conspiracy which is releasing IRL this fall).

    Playing on a bigger screen is definitely a much better experience! There are a ton of single player challenges that change up the game and encourage you to think about some of the mechanics in a different way. I had played a few on mobile but I've been tearing through them on desktop. Thankfully, expansion purchases apply across platforms (via your Direwolf account), so I can get access to the expansions on mobile as well - which bring even more challenges, and progress is synced across devices. Cross-play is supported, so I can play a turn on Steam, then play a turn later on Android, against an opponent on iOS.

    The async play has a few problems. 1, just from gameplay perspective, having many breaks in play makes playing long-term strategically really difficult. Sometimes I have to completely re-do my analysis of the game state a bunch of times. I might mess up and chase after some short-term benefit that messes up my long-term plans. It's also just frustrating sometimes to wait hours or overnight for your next turn...but that's what you sign up for. 2, technical perspective, resuming the game shows a ton of animations of what others did which is a bit tedious. There's a skip button but it then shows a loading screen where isn't not even clear how much time you saved. Presentation is flashy but a bit to the detriment of getting the info across. Then, sometimes the game will disconnect me and boot me from the game, when I'm not even taking a turn, for some reason. If you open the game and it's your turn, it will give you a button to jump right to the game which is nice. But if it's not your turn and you wanted to review or plan, it takes several clicks to get back to it. I wish there were a list of games and challenges you've joined/started right on the home screen.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech

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    RES on desktop, OldLander on mobile I'm not sure if I'm willing to log in

    RES on desktop, OldLander on mobile

    I'm not sure if I'm willing to log in

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Tildes Survey #10: How often do you visit/read Tildes? (Results) in ~talk

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    - Chewed Up - Bite the Curb (Jarrod Alonge)

    I go to church
    Every damn day

    - Chewed Up - Bite the Curb (Jarrod Alonge)

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    The collective noun for a group of them is called a Coolidge

    The collective noun for a group of them is called a Coolidge

    9 votes

  19. Comment on Tides Eye | Trailer in ~movies

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    My sober ass will only read it this way as I scroll

    My sober ass will only read it this way as I scroll

    3 votes