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Comment on I made a chill minimal 3D golf game that fits in 13 kilobytes - Sunshine Golf Classic in ~creative
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
Jeakams Link ParentYooooo. White chocolate might just be all sugar and all but I'm going to choose white chocolate Reese's Peanutbutter Cups and white chocolate covered pretzels, and and and... over anything...Yooooo. White chocolate might just be all sugar and all but I'm going to choose white chocolate Reese's Peanutbutter Cups and white chocolate covered pretzels, and and and... over anything chocolate any day.
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Comment on 'Weird Al' Yankovic: NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2026) in ~music
Jeakams LinkIf anyone’s debating on seeing Al live, I beg you to go. This set is such a small example of the virtuosic band and his own musicality. The comedy had my face hurting well after the show, and the...If anyone’s debating on seeing Al live, I beg you to go. This set is such a small example of the virtuosic band and his own musicality. The comedy had my face hurting well after the show, and the encore blew the roof off of not just the amphitheater but my own skull…
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Jeakams Link ParentIf this is your first foray into HoL , count me jealous and happy as heck for you. That book inspired a whole album of music for a late past music project for myself and an old musical partner of...If this is your first foray into HoL , count me jealous and happy as heck for you. That book inspired a whole album of music for a late past music project for myself and an old musical partner of mine: The Study Band - Darkroom Matter
If the link doesn’t work, I hope to be able to make it so, just DM me. It’s a project about loss and love, but hopefully with HoL in mind, you can have some context into the deeper meaning :/
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Jeakams Link ParentYou’re giving me more and more to remember to read! Graham Greene is so damn good. Thank you for joggin the ole readin noggin. Love your short paragraph on Mishima. He is a wild one and I can’t...You’re giving me more and more to remember to read! Graham Greene is so damn good. Thank you for joggin the ole readin noggin. Love your short paragraph on Mishima. He is a wild one and I can’t wait to hear what you read next. Thanks for helping continue my tactile reading hobby where my brain seems trapped and shackled by modern tech too often.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Jeakams Link ParentThis was my second time trying to finish the book… the first time I had gotten halfway and had to take a break. I took maybe a few months and tried again. It ends up being so damn good I can’t...This was my second time trying to finish the book… the first time I had gotten halfway and had to take a break. I took maybe a few months and tried again. It ends up being so damn good I can’t stop thinking about it.
Runaway Horses is so much different from Spring Snow, but the ties to the first are so strong, I would heavily recommend trying to finish it before reading the second. There are plot points that I didn’t want to spoil in my recount above that are really important to the second book.
I’ll add one last bit of history; Apparently these books were serialized in a magazine called Shinchō. Imagine having to wait a week to hear what other mistake Kiyoaki makes.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Jeakams (edited )LinkSpring Snow - Yukio Mishima (1965) Mishima was one of the more prominent Japanese novelists from the late 40s thru the 60s. His story is incredible as a man let alone an author. This being my...Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima (1965)
Mishima was one of the more prominent Japanese novelists from the late 40s thru the 60s. His story is incredible as a man let alone an author. This being my intro to him, I was surprised how immersed I was in the descriptive world he portrayed as Japan in the early 1900s. The psychological struggles of young love translates not only to the high sect setting of this book but to everyone who reads it. I felt like my own immature lusts and loves, jealousies and doubts were explained in excruciating beauty.This being the first of a tetralogy, I’m continuing with the second book, Runaway Horses (1965). It’s such good reading.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Jeakams LinkINDIKA (2024) Finally I got this game. It always caught me eye. So glad I did. It’s so weird and interesting and well thought out, I was hoping for so long that it was what I thought, and it is....Finally I got this game. It always caught me eye. So glad I did. It’s so weird and interesting and well thought out, I was hoping for so long that it was what I thought, and it is. Hopefully that excited mess of words conveys my enjoyment of the game.
Sometimes the sound doesn’t match the animations in cut scenes, but the story and gameplay get me past those very rare and minor hiccups.
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
Jeakams Link ParentThis immediately brings to mind the episode of Broad City (S3 E5) where Jaime is discovered to be a secret hoarder. You're doing the right thing by not touching their stuff... That's all I'll say.This immediately brings to mind the episode of Broad City (S3 E5) where Jaime is discovered to be a secret hoarder. You're doing the right thing by not touching their stuff... That's all I'll say.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Jeakams (edited )LinkCyberpunk 2077 - Phantom Liberty At the point of no return in the main story of CP, I downloaded the DLC and left it installed on my system, burnt out from gameplay and just casually roamed Night...Cyberpunk 2077 - Phantom Liberty
At the point of no return in the main story of CP, I downloaded the DLC and left it installed on my system, burnt out from gameplay and just casually roamed Night City doing side missions here and there for a year.
Then I finally had the time to sit and play this thing properly over the holiday break. I mean , my mind is blown. I wish I had the guts to write like a Choom or whatever but it still makes my shoulders go up and my face to scrunch in disgust when I read it, so…
Man, this story is out of control. Living through such a movie/theatre play made me love the game all over again. Dogtown being a shithole wrecked by the Unification War has pockets of beauty, but overall just feels like a garbage heap. The cast is outrageous, and the diversity in missions… ghaddamn.
I got the King of Cups trophy at the end. I guess I can finally finish the main story now, but that was incredibly satisfying.
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Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk
Jeakams (edited )LinkPredictability? The milkman, the paper boy, and evening tv? So sorry, fellow Tildenoids. It was right there. (Edit: newsman - milkman, thank you @AnthonyB)- Exemplary
Predictability? The milkman, the paper boy, and evening tv?
So sorry, fellow Tildenoids. It was right there.
(Edit: newsman - milkman, thank you @AnthonyB)
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Comment on Lord Of The Rings author's writing desk up for auction in ~books
Jeakams Link£3-400,000 for the original Warhammer cover art too? I feel like the Tolkien desk going for around £70k is more important, but maybe my bias is showing. It's all incredible either way.£3-400,000 for the original Warhammer cover art too? I feel like the Tolkien desk going for around £70k is more important, but maybe my bias is showing. It's all incredible either way.
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Comment on Do you feel like you’ve had many lives so far? Why, why not? Which? in ~life
Jeakams (edited )LinkSo many lives and so many deaths, rebirths, growing pains, deaths. There could be an argument that my first life was childhood to 18, then drinking for almost 20 years straight and now sobriety…...So many lives and so many deaths, rebirths, growing pains, deaths.
There could be an argument that my first life was childhood to 18, then drinking for almost 20 years straight and now sobriety…
Another group of lives could be career, from college, studying music in advertising, being in a band, becoming a sincere piano tech, then a bartender yoga bum, and then sincerely a piano tech again…
Or maybe the four significant others I’ve loved and almost married, from the two year college love, to the band girlfriend, to the piano tech/composer girlfriend, to the actress/writer fiancé, to being single and lonely again.
My musician lives too? Is this thing on… piano as a child, concert and jazz band as a student, indie rock band as a young adult, classical piano and an r&b electronic album as an adult, and now all of the above?
What about my lives in different states and countries?
What about the life I lived as hiker trash SOBO solo on the AT? It was only six months but it was a lifetime…
That’s too many lives, man.
I also believe in past lives.
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Comment on AI content warning label in ~creative
Jeakams Link ParentThank you for understanding. I hate to have to put such a stamp on such things (I think back to Parental Advisory on physical music in the 90s) but a universal watermark could be useful for the...Thank you for understanding. I hate to have to put such a stamp on such things (I think back to Parental Advisory on physical music in the 90s) but a universal watermark could be useful for the future. I’m just not savvy enough to figure that out.
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AI content warning label
Edit: my post has been deemed malformed, and I’d like to apologize and clarify to the community. The concept of a digital watermark signifying that the artist didn’t use any image generation, LLM,...
Edit: my post has been deemed malformed, and I’d like to apologize and clarify to the community. The concept of a digital watermark signifying that the artist didn’t use any image generation, LLM, GPT, etc is the proposition. I do understand it’s tough to identify the term AI in use, since most of our tech uses some form of code to modify our work without our knowledge. More-so, I mean to identify work, art, or content that did not specifically use tools to create. Again apologies!
Post: I’m wondering the world of Tildenisian thoughts on this. Say I make a piece of art, no matter the content, and it’s completely of my own hand. Should there be some kind of digital watermark to signify that accomplishment? Maybe accomplishment isn’t the right word.
I must be looking for validation, because I’ve made art recently where folks have asked the question, “What tool did you use?” and immediately felt dread and disappointment.
Perhaps it’s not even feasible to signify since “AI” is eventually impossible to circumvent when sharing your art over these series of tubes. Oh well.
What do you fine folks think?
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Jeakams (edited )LinkAfter a decade, I finally have a computer I can record music with. I have the demo for a great idea tracked out, but now I’m trying to tighten everything up and am running into perfectionist...After a decade, I finally have a computer I can record music with. I have the demo for a great idea tracked out, but now I’m trying to tighten everything up and am running into perfectionist problems.
The demo sounded so great, and has a raw feeling that I want to keep in the final song. The recorded tracks for that demo had pops and clicks/artifacts that I just don’t want in the polished track which after re-recording has lost some of that original feel.
I want to be free with it all, but it’s a juggling game of what’s realistic, and what sounds best.
Dunno! Maybe I’m just being too hard on it. I don’t have a pro set up so my limitations can be… limiting. Home studio!
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 1 in ~sports.american_football
Jeakams LinkI didn’t watch the Eggs and Cowboys play, but I saw the highlights and was real dissatisfied with how our fans seem to just excuse our player’s actions as “that’s just Philly.” I grew up outside...I didn’t watch the Eggs and Cowboys play, but I saw the highlights and was real dissatisfied with how our fans seem to just excuse our player’s actions as “that’s just Philly.” I grew up outside of that city and I moved to PDX right after college, tried to live in Philly and failed twice since to be closer to family. Carter’s disrespect, however misguided, is just unacceptable and telling of the Philly I know.
All NE sports fans can attest that you’re born where you’re born and you’re stuck w those teams like it or not. I guess I just keep getting my hopes up that the teams that represent my family heritage will show class, but nah.
At least the Phillies are fun to watch.
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
Jeakams LinkAs a small business owner, I could tell Yelp to go into the sea for all I care, but they’ll still call me from some random local number which is from an overseas call center to “talk to me about...As a small business owner, I could tell Yelp to go into the sea for all I care, but they’ll still call me from some random local number which is from an overseas call center to “talk to me about my ad.” Eat a nice big bag of infested oysters you cheese clowns.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Jeakams Link ParentAbout Death Stranding, once you get to the second location and really start building roads, I found it relaxing and even therapeutic to make deliveries so I could get the likes needed from every...About Death Stranding, once you get to the second location and really start building roads, I found it relaxing and even therapeutic to make deliveries so I could get the likes needed from every outpost. I would throw DS on in the mornings with my coffee while watching a podcast, and it was the perfect companion. It felt like reading a book.
That all being said, and here’s the trope all of us will tell one another, not all games are for everyone. I’d give it more time to really sink in so you can get your mind’s worth out of it.
The walking sim aspect of it is only a sliver of the game’s content in my opinion. It’s a wacky Kojima story, with vistas that I really did enjoy driving through in my van while dodging the death stranding. Also, Conan O’Brien is in there somewhere and he rocks.
I played it through to the end. It’s a worthwhile experience that I won’t forget soon.
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Comment on What are some cross-media adaptations/tie-ins that you'd recommend? in ~talk
Jeakams Link ParentSecond! And all of the Eric Nylund books in particular.Second! And all of the Eric Nylund books in particular.
Love your style. Thank you for making games!