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Comment on Your favourite karaoke songs? in ~music
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Comment on Control Ultimate Edition released for iOS and iPadOS in ~games
Lapbunny Link ParentSure! But a lot of the quarter munchers get more fondly looked upon after someone let you hit the coin button yourself - or at least when they started charging you up front on consoles - so you...Sure! But a lot of the quarter munchers get more fondly looked upon after someone let you hit the coin button yourself - or at least when they started charging you up front on consoles - so you could see how much was excellent game design and how much was trying to wring your wallet out. I love Metal Slug! I also continued 53 times on the PS2 version of 3, which I rented from Blockbuster for $5. Likewise, at least for Umamusume, I'd much more universally suggest anyone play it a couple decades into the future when someone hacks the client/server software and there isn't a Cygames that cares about that.
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Comment on Control Ultimate Edition released for iOS and iPadOS in ~games
Lapbunny (edited )Link ParentI play Umamusume. I think it's an extremely interesting way to tell all sorts of sports narratives, has the most charming cast I've ever seen in a Japanese franchise, conveys the love and humanity...I play Umamusume. I think it's an extremely interesting way to tell all sorts of sports narratives, has the most charming cast I've ever seen in a Japanese franchise, conveys the love and humanity of an extremely niche sport to a broad audience, and contrasts this mix of sports and slice of life sweetness against one of the sweatiest roguelike PvP spreadsheet RNG deathmatches you could imagine. It's one of the most Japanese things I've seen in my life, and I think its global success in the face of something so impenetrable is bizarrely entertaining. I'd recommend the BoaNE movie in particular to just about anyone who likes animation or sports movies.
It's also a mobile gacha game. Any game that's designed with it in mind should never downplay it as a genre because minimaxing financial cost is inseparably baked into the game design, IMO, and not doing so kind of feels like a cognitohazard.
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Comment on Finnish driver Juha Miettinen has died after a seven-car crash during the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – race had received wide interest due to Max Verstappen's participation in ~sports.motorsports
Lapbunny LinkThis is horrible. I've heard the crash was related to an oil slick at Steilstrecke, which is the hard hairpin turn at the end of this long flat-out stretch. From my admittedly limited experience...This is horrible. I've heard the crash was related to an oil slick at Steilstrecke, which is the hard hairpin turn at the end of this long flat-out stretch. From my admittedly limited experience of sim racing, you're basically flat-out right before the turn to reach max speed, if not close, and I cannot imagine how awful a crash would be losing your stopping power here.
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Comment on How to find (a) new music (community)? in ~music
Lapbunny LinkA small forum I was in ran a Song of the Week program every week for quite a while. We threw songs into a Dropbox, gave scores and thoughts in a txt, and kept a big scoreboard. Obviously there...A small forum I was in ran a Song of the Week program every week for quite a while. We threw songs into a Dropbox, gave scores and thoughts in a txt, and kept a big scoreboard. Obviously there were some occasional problems with people gaming this or playing to the crowd, but it was hella fun. Lots of theme weeks and debauchery.
Obviously this is harder on the scale of tildes (forum was like ~40 people with 7-8 participants) but I imagine someone could find some neat ways to do something like that here. Just a thought!
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Comment on Street Fighter | Official trailer in ~movies
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Comment on Inside Pixar’s scrapped movie ‘Be Fri’ and the “devastating” aftermath in ~movies
Lapbunny Link ParentForgotten Island? I had the same thought... Saw this article and was like, "that made it all the way to a trailer and got canceled?"Forgotten Island? I had the same thought... Saw this article and was like, "that made it all the way to a trailer and got canceled?"
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Comment on Half-baked idea for metered inline image allowances in ~tildes
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Comment on Happy 17776 Day! in ~misc
Lapbunny LinkIt's probably lowbrow or whatever to say this, but I really think this is my favorite piece of literature.It's probably lowbrow or whatever to say this, but I really think this is my favorite piece of literature.
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Comment on Semisonic - Closing Time (1998) in ~music
Lapbunny LinkI was too young for the actual song to hit me at the time, but thankfully Weird Al had my back...I was too young for the actual song to hit me at the time, but thankfully Weird Al had my back...
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Comment on Chuck Norris dies aged 86 in ~movies
Lapbunny Link ParentHe more or less killed the meme himself endorsing Mike Huckabee with it.He more or less killed the meme himself endorsing Mike Huckabee with it.
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Comment on Queering the Map in ~lgbt
Lapbunny Link ParentIn the middle of the Pine Barrens, "Ayy Jersey Devil where u at babeyyy non-binary icon"In the middle of the Pine Barrens,
"Ayy Jersey Devil where u at babeyyy non-binary icon"
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure Schedule: April - September 2026 in ~games
Lapbunny Link ParentHappy to host again for Aria! Or if someone else would like to, also happy to defer to them!Happy to host again for Aria! Or if someone else would like to, also happy to defer to them!
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
Lapbunny Link ParentYeah. I actually watched a metric shitload of stuff with an anime club in college, and even ran it for two - good group of people, and we curated it well to do good crowd watch stuff at first...Yeah. I actually watched a metric shitload of stuff with an anime club in college, and even ran it for two - good group of people, and we curated it well to do good crowd watch stuff at first before tapering off into the more niche stuff. Zero regrets, of course, I watched a lot of formative stuff. But the second I dropped out of college it was really rare I'd actually stick with watching any anime. Even JJBA, which I've watched parts 1-4 a good 2-3 times very happily, I just kinda dropped in the middle of 6 and don't regret. Feel like I'll need to eat my veggies and finish it before I watch Steel Ball Run.
I think a lot of it comes down to formula? Not just genre or "the anime tropes" but that there's kind of an interplay there where people who "like anime" tend to like certain things; it's kinda baked into the demographic, and I feel like I've seen too many shows which didn't want to show something outside of what the audience expects to want. So I ended up with a massive distaste for shounen, and the second I hear people recommending certain things like JJK I completely tune out. It's zero judgement or offense intended towards anyone who likes them, of course, I know some of these shows are legitimately solid. I just can't.
Plenty of exceptions, though. Bocchi the Rock is the best fucking TV I've watched in like a decade; it got me to pick up the bass again. I also loved Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era last week, which is a wonderful movie about sports, self-doubt, and why racing throbs in certain people's hearts. Also, y'know, horsegirls.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Voting Topic in ~games
Lapbunny LinkCastlevania: Aria of Sorrow (5) Mother 3 (5) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (5) Tetris (4) Resident Evil (REMake) (1)Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (5)
Mother 3 (5)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (5)
Tetris (4)
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Comment on What are some bands you regret not seeing live (or, just never had the chance to see in the first place)? in ~music
Lapbunny Link ParentSo I got into them via Cavalcade and then Schlagenheim, first thought they were great but that I liked some of the songs kinda selectively. Then Hellfire came out and I blasted it nonstop but was...So I got into them via Cavalcade and then Schlagenheim, first thought they were great but that I liked some of the songs kinda selectively. Then Hellfire came out and I blasted it nonstop but was too busy with life, somehow missed they broke up, and suddenly it occurred to me I TOTALLY screwed up not going to the tour... Been trying to see acts after they throw out a banger album more often now.
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Comment on What are some bands you regret not seeing live (or, just never had the chance to see in the first place)? in ~music
Lapbunny LinkGeordie Greep and Cameron Picton don't really seem on working terms, so I think my chances at a black midi revival are shot.Geordie Greep and Cameron Picton don't really seem on working terms, so I think my chances at a black midi revival are shot.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Lobbying Topic in ~games
Lapbunny LinkCastlevania: Aria of Sorrow I've plugged it a bunch of times, so instead I'm going to spend my time negative-lobbying by negging every other game. Space Rogue certainly likes to show off those two...Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
I've plugged it a bunch of times, so instead I'm going to spend my time negative-lobbying by negging every other game. Space Rogue certainly likes to show off those two CG screenshots! Link to the Past was definitely a great baseline for improvements down the line! Most cinematic is a cool accomplishment for an interactive medium! I can't wait to play Tetris again! Yeah, that should help my cause. Thanks everyone, I'm here til Thursday. That's today? Shit!
...OK, honestly those are really all solid choices. But back to Aria of Sorrow!
I think Aria captures a goated bite of a genre as it exploded. Everyone involved was firing on all cylinders, with a few games on the GBA platform under their belt to make some interesting mistakes with. They got to a position where their experiments came out of the gate nearly pristine, some numbers balancing aside. It's everything good about the genre, accidentally compressed perfectly by the considerations to make it a mobile game; never too plodding or long, but made to feel like a big, sprawling adventure due to some excellent secret design, peaky boss fights, and a fresh spin on its own aesthetic.
This is, in my opinion, the best corporate Metroidvania got between those two series. I have quibbles with games like Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid as early adapters, for all they did. The DS trilogy oscillated between annoyingly experimental (certified Ecclesia hater, sorry) and too conservative (Dawn didn't really add much, even if it's deep in my heart). Nouveau-Metroid always seems to suffer from Nintendo's inability to balance gimmicks with the prime (ha) feeling of exploration. Right here is I think what influenced more ambitious projects like Hollow Knight to feel right, and new entries in the genre need to contend with games like Aria when they add to the recipe.
I'll say it again - with the recent death of Shutaro Ida and the announcement of a new Castlevania, what better time?
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Comment on I built a space simulation that runs in the browser and it feels good enough to share it now in ~space
Lapbunny LinkI'd like to report a bug that violently ramming about 13 maximum-size gas giants into the center of the Solar System crashes this simulator. But Earth was still like 45% habitable, so we've got...I'd like to report a bug that violently ramming about 13 maximum-size gas giants into the center of the Solar System crashes this simulator. But Earth was still like 45% habitable, so we've got that going for us
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Nominations Topic in ~games
Lapbunny LinkBoost - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Between the very recent death of Shutaro Ida and the announcement of a new Castlevania, what better time? To me it's the cleanest entry of the Metroidvania...Boost - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Between the very recent death of Shutaro Ida and the announcement of a new Castlevania, what better time? To me it's the cleanest entry of the Metroidvania series style - learning up lessons from SotN in a pocket-friendly format, but never missing an opportunity to make a lofty castle with a slew of customization. Secrets around every corner, excellent bosses, propped up by a dream team of IGA, Ayami Kojima, and Michiru Yamane putting out some of their best work.
Unfortunately a lot of karaoke places use kinda outdated catalogs that appeal to like gen x or boomers, if they don't have YouTube available for the background. But in that vein:
Georgia by Boz Scaggs is a great warmup song. Nice range.
The entire Queen and Steely Dan catalogs.
You Make My Dreams Come True and Rich Girl by Hall & Oates.
Faith by George Michael.
Bunch of David Bowie fits my range, but Heroes in particular.
Lot of songs from the musical Chess. Musicals in general, really.
A bunch of anime openings if you just have YouTube on a TV and a bunch of weebs. Totally not speaking from experience with an anime club here.
You need to slip some buttrock in to force people's worst Chad Kroger impressions in.
Ocean Man, take me by the hand.
Last two I went to had Welcome to the Black Parade and What's Going On? as the showstopping closers. Bunch of drunk nerds going HEYYYAAAYAAAAYYAYAY. Great choices for that.