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  1. Comment on New ‘Stargate’ TV Series Ordered at Amazon From ‘Blindspot’ Creator Martin Gero in ~tv

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    From consulting producer Joseph Mallozzi's blog post:

    Exact plot details for the series are being kept under wraps. The series will be produced by Amazon MGM Studios and air on Prime Video.

    “Twenty years ago, my first real job in television was as a Story Editor on ‘Stargate: Atlantis,'” Gero said. “I spent five years at the franchise working across all three series, ‘Stargate’ taught me everything about making television — it’s written into my DNA...”

    From consulting producer Joseph Mallozzi's blog post:

    Now I obviously can’t say too much about the content at this point – but I can assure you that it embraces everything that made the original Stargates so great: heart, humor, rich mythology, exploration, action, adventure, compelling/endearing characters, and that overall sense of optimism and fun that made you fall in love with Stargate.

    Now putting this production together is going to take some time even though Martin has already done a lot of the preliminary heavy lifting, writing the pilot script and series overview that details the show, its world and characters, as well as his plans for the first season and beyond. Between now and the series premiere somewhere down the line, the writers room must be assembled, stories need to be spun, scripts written, prep started, crew hired, actors cast and, eventually, a new Stargate series produced.

  3. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    Duck Game - Chaotic action. You spawn into an arena and scramble to pick up a weapon. Gets better with more players. Press B to quack. Guacamelee 1 & 2 - Metroidvania-ish action platformer....

    Duck Game - Chaotic action. You spawn into an arena and scramble to pick up a weapon. Gets better with more players. Press B to quack.
    Guacamelee 1 & 2 - Metroidvania-ish action platformer. Mexican luchador theme, some good humour.
    LEGO Star Wars - Action game where you play through the story of the SW movies.

    Seconding suggestions from other comments:
    Portal 2
    It Takes Two (skip the cutscenes)
    Nidhogg

    And if you're savvy, you can set up an emulator and play all your favourite console games on your PC.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    Nidhogg is fun! Might get stale quicker than usual if there's a bigger skill gap though.

    Nidhogg is fun! Might get stale quicker than usual if there's a bigger skill gap though.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    Just a note here, from what I played the gameplay is great but the story is about a couple that's divorcing. Might be awkward. I haven't finished the game yet but over several hours I have not...

    Just a note here, from what I played the gameplay is great but the story is about a couple that's divorcing. Might be awkward.

    I haven't finished the game yet but over several hours I have not enjoyed any of the cutscenes or bickering dialogue. I'd recommend skipping all the cutscenes you can. Both players have to hold a button for a few seconds to do so.

    Maybe someone who played with their SO or children can weigh in whether they agree with that or not.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode in ~tv

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    The absolute soul read Greg has on Alex!

    The absolute soul read Greg has on Alex!

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ in ~society

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    The quoted bit is at 31:00. I didn't mind listening to the full thing, but I think it would be nice to include a timestamp for such long videos.

    The quoted bit is at 31:00.

    I didn't mind listening to the full thing, but I think it would be nice to include a timestamp for such long videos.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on Overwatch 2 now: how does it look to you? in ~games

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    I have a friend who was(/is?) really into it but I pretty much only ever think about the game when he brings it up (last time was ~6 months ago). Actually, I heard about the crossover with Nerf in...

    I have a friend who was(/is?) really into it but I pretty much only ever think about the game when he brings it up (last time was ~6 months ago).

    Actually, I heard about the crossover with Nerf in Aug from somewhere else. Skillup's "This Week In Video Games" probably.

    I was never into it myself. I haven't been into any online multiplayer games in a very long time.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Steam Deck now has a display-off low-power download mode in ~games

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    Excellent feature that I have wished for on multiple occasions.

    Excellent feature that I have wished for on multiple occasions.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Scream 7 | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Ah I didn't know about the short film either. Interesting! FYI your links are a little messed up.

    Ah I didn't know about the short film either. Interesting!
    FYI your links are a little messed up.

    1 vote

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  12. Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | The Silent Cartographer – Thirteen minute gameplay demo in ~games

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    I'm glad Playstation folks get a chance to experience it, if they didn't already on PC or something. I don't feel any desire to buy this for myself. I am curious about the new missions, but I'll...

    I'm glad Playstation folks get a chance to experience it, if they didn't already on PC or something.

    I don't feel any desire to buy this for myself. I am curious about the new missions, but I'll probably just watch someone play them on YouTube. I'm still satisfied with the Master Chief Collection on Steam. The game in the series that I think needs a graphical overhaul the most now is Halo 3.

    I'm not really interested in multiplayer anymore, so that's not a concern for me. I don't know how much I care about them adding Sprint. This clearly isn't an endeavour to preserve the exact original experience.

    Cortana lines were noticeably re-recorded, which probably will be great in some spots but be mildly annoying (like when a remix or cover of a song you like sounds wrong) in others. In this sample she seems more chipper. I loved her voice work in the original trilogy (was pretty annoyed with how much she got left out of 3) and I'd be happy if she keeps getting Microsoft money forever. Maybe the Cortana voice assistant will fully be a thing in the future. I just hope the changes here are good.

    The jackal shields don't look good to me. Too transparent, and too vibrant of an explosion when they pop. The blood on grunts doesn't look good either. Pre-release footage, yadda yadda, hopefully it improves.

    The allied marine AI still looked janky as hell. I'm somewhat surprised they showed it off. It was acceptable in 2001 but if you're modernizing things, you should really not have them stand around like morons while you yell at the screen "GET IN THE FUCKING WARTHOG, SHINJI!"

    You're going to get to use a bunch of weapons that you couldn't in the original. Picking up the energy sword off that gold elite would be pretty cool. The Assault Rifle is the 32 ammo one, which is disappointing to a lot of people. If they appropriately sprinkle the new weapons around to compensate I think I'm OK with it...I guess it mainly affects newer players in the early levels (edit: and The Library). If they are committed to remaking the other games, I could see having the weapons consistent across them as a positive thing.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | The Silent Cartographer – Thirteen minute gameplay demo in ~games

  14. Comment on Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode in ~tv

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    Really good episode. The Heist task is a lot of fun, and heightened a little by recent news The Technicolor Dribble task provides that "you don't see this on TV anywhere else" variety The Bop Alex...

    Really good episode.

    • The Heist task is a lot of fun, and heightened a little by recent news
    • The Technicolor Dribble task provides that "you don't see this on TV anywhere else" variety
    • The Bop Alex task is another wacky point system one. I'd say the 'name a unique food' aspect somewhat detracted from it, though I get the purpose of it.
    • The final task is free-for-all and sport-adjacent, which I think suit the live environment best. Greg's - errr, acting? - was also great

    The thing that has bothered me the most about this series is Reece and Maisie being too competitive - to the point of cringe, at times. I didn't notice any of that in this episode.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on The same-name club made up entirely of Shirleys is dying out in ~life

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    Jeff: Shirley(s), as much as it pains me to say it, you know what you have to do. Let Chang(s) join the group.

    Jeff: Shirley(s), as much as it pains me to say it, you know what you have to do. Let Chang(s) join the group.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    Maxim of Manner, submaxim 3: Well, there goes Tildes. Look what you've done.

    Maxim of Manner, submaxim 3:

    Be brief — i.e., avoid unnecessary verbosity.

    Well, there goes Tildes. Look what you've done.

    17 votes

  17. Comment on Gore. - Wrath (2025) in ~music

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    The band uses a period in their name. Since I couldn't make a tag ending in a period, might need to figure out a different one. Could be misleading if just left as "gore". They're relatively new,...

    The band uses a period in their name. Since I couldn't make a tag ending in a period, might need to figure out a different one. Could be misleading if just left as "gore".

    They're relatively new, with just 2 EPs out right now. One from this month and one from last year. People have compared them to Spiritbox and Sleep Token.

    A few other recommended tracks from me: Pray, Doomsday, Orbiting.

    Fun fact about the vocalist, Haley Roughton: she also works as an engineer for NASA(!)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on US Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store reforms in ~tech

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    This part is still really strange to me. If I buy Google Play's listing of an app from the Epic Games Store, who gets a cut? Can Epic alter the price? Set their own sales? Does Epic mirror all the...

    make Play's app catalog available to competitors

    This part is still really strange to me. If I buy Google Play's listing of an app from the Epic Games Store, who gets a cut? Can Epic alter the price? Set their own sales? Does Epic mirror all the files and thus pay for the bandwidth costs for downloads and updates, or is it just more of a pointer to Google's servers?

    10 votes

  20. Comment on Elon Musk plans to take on Wikipedia with 'Grokipedia' in ~tech

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    What's wrong with good old conservapedia? Oh right, it doesn't have AI. Always best to have inaccuracies put in to your knowledge base at random, on purpose.

    What's wrong with good old conservapedia?

    Oh right, it doesn't have AI. Always best to have inaccuracies put in to your knowledge base at random, on purpose.

    23 votes