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Comment on CGA-2026-08 🗡️🛡️❤️🔺 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in ~games
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Comment on France is open to cooperating with Sweden on building a next-generation fighter jet – Sweden expects to decide on the next steps for its warplane program by September 2027 in ~society
MimicSquid LinkFrance is open to it the way they were open to collaboration with Germany. But France needs a carrier-capable nuclear bomber and Sweden (much like Germany before it) does not. What will be...France is open to it the way they were open to collaboration with Germany. But France needs a carrier-capable nuclear bomber and Sweden (much like Germany before it) does not. What will be different this time?
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Comment on How rigid/fluid is your LGBT identity? in ~lgbt
MimicSquid Link ParentIs anyone a real anything all alone? No one is an island, and we are all shaping ourselves around the people around us.Is anyone a real anything all alone? No one is an island, and we are all shaping ourselves around the people around us.
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Comment on Who likes GTA? in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentNah, probably the early development and prototyping is already done on GTA 7. 6 took a decade+. I'm sure their plans are already in motion for the next one.Nah, probably the early development and prototyping is already done on GTA 7. 6 took a decade+. I'm sure their plans are already in motion for the next one.
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Comment on Norway's King Harald dies aged 89 in ~news
MimicSquid Link ParentAlso, the degree to which the monarchs actually run things is generally very low. Some places with good quality of life want a mascot family, and that seems ok as long as those mascots don't...Also, the degree to which the monarchs actually run things is generally very low. Some places with good quality of life want a mascot family, and that seems ok as long as those mascots don't suddenly try anything antidemocratic and it's not dragging down the country.
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Comment on Controversy erupts as Canadians insist Toronto lies on "Lake Ontario" in ~society
MimicSquid Link ParentRight? It's just everpresent. It's not that trying to change the name of a body of water isn't offensive, but on the scale of issues this is like the books being reshelved wrong in a house where...Right? It's just everpresent. It's not that trying to change the name of a body of water isn't offensive, but on the scale of issues this is like the books being reshelved wrong in a house where someone is lighting more fires.
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Comment on Who likes GTA? in ~games
MimicSquid LinkIt's a power fantasy. 1 and 2 were sheer "What could you do if you could do anything?" brutality. Just do whatever you want. There wasn't a ton of persistence yet, aside from zones to move...It's a power fantasy. 1 and 2 were sheer "What could you do if you could do anything?" brutality. Just do whatever you want. There wasn't a ton of persistence yet, aside from zones to move through, but you could just drive around and be a terror. There was also a huge amount of responsiveness for the time. Pedestrians actually jumped out of the way, or got run down! This was basically unparalleled. It felt so much more alive than other games of the time.
Three was the real shift. It gave a (for the time) huge sandbox to play around in. It held on to the liveliness of the world while shifting to 3d, and the world was even bigger and you were more anchored to it, in as much as you had roots in the world.
As we're coming up on 6, the series has gone from big to biggest. It's likely to have a world of unparalleled size, complexity, and reactivity. You're going to be as close to a real person anchored in a real world that you're likely to experience outside of real life. If you ever thought that if you had your shot at the big time you might be able to end up on top, this is the story for you. It'll be a wild story set in a wild world.
I'm not likely to get it, but I have deep nostalgia for the series.
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Comment on Tim Curry, outlandish star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ dies at 80 in ~movies
MimicSquid Link ParentIt felt like at least a quarter of the really good bands of the 80s and 90s had a member die one way or another. I really wish I could see what Kurt or Bradley were going to have made if they'd...It felt like at least a quarter of the really good bands of the 80s and 90s had a member die one way or another. I really wish I could see what Kurt or Bradley were going to have made if they'd made it a little longer.
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Comment on Controversy erupts as Canadians insist Toronto lies on "Lake Ontario" in ~society
MimicSquid LinkAs frustrating this is, it's another example of Trump flooding the zone so people are distracted from talking about things like his elective war on Iran that's consumed our stocks of munitions or...As frustrating this is, it's another example of Trump flooding the zone so people are distracted from talking about things like his elective war on Iran that's consumed our stocks of munitions or his continual war on the poor that's stripped millions of their benefits. Is this the important thing to be focusing on right now?
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Comment on Stop Killing The Internet: No digital ID and no age verification in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentThings I saw online while I was a child, behind a spoiler for people who don't want to know, or already do. I was twelve when I first saw an image of a man's distended anus, both hands used to...Things I saw online while I was a child, behind a spoiler for people who don't want to know, or already do.
I was twelve when I first saw an image of a man's distended anus, both hands used to hold it open. It had been behind a link purporting to be something else. I was claiming to be an adult and engaging in erotic roleplay online before I had ever kissed anyone. I was fourteen and had been involuntarily exposed to videos of horrific murders that had claimed to be episodes of a TV series. I was fifteen and involuntarily saw two women eating their own intermixed feces from a cup. A man whose anus was shredded when the glass he was penetrating himeself with shattered. A group of elderly men engaging in a piss orgy. Sexual organs with horrific absesses. Home invasion killings. Sexual acts that said they were consensual in the description but almost certainly were not. Abuse of people when the description said they were of age, but they probably were not.
I didn't seek these things out. They're just there, the poison in the waters in which we swim.
I'd like to think that I grew up to be a relatively well adjusted person. But if I got to choose between an Internet where no child would encounter goat.se or any of the other horrors I listed or one where it was a possibility, I would say that even 18 is young to be exposed to a firehose of all the horrors of the world.
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Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of August 23 in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentAnyone who has any nostalgia for Brutal Legend, pick it up now. The licensing for all the music has had this thing tied up and unavailable for ages.Anyone who has any nostalgia for Brutal Legend, pick it up now. The licensing for all the music has had this thing tied up and unavailable for ages.
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Comment on Dolly Parton, country music legend, dies at 80 in ~music
MimicSquid Link ParentI'm with you. The moment she goes "and IIiiiiiahiiiiiiiiiiahiiiiiiii will always love yooooooooooooauauaugh" just puts a painful knot in my jaw. I'm glad some people find joy in it, but to me it's...I'm with you. The moment she goes "and IIiiiiiahiiiiiiiiiiahiiiiiiii will always love yooooooooooooauauaugh" just puts a painful knot in my jaw. I'm glad some people find joy in it, but to me it's agonizing.
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Comment on Stop Killing The Internet: No digital ID and no age verification in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentThe current discussion on Tildes is right over here.The current discussion on Tildes is right over here.
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Comment on Operation Bluebird launches Twitter.now in ~tech
MimicSquid LinkNo statement about any of the rest of it, but being able to say "We're Twitter Now." and having it be a proper sentence is very good.No statement about any of the rest of it, but being able to say "We're Twitter Now." and having it be a proper sentence is very good.
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Comment on What do you call a bun, bacon, some amount of cheese, and two burger patties? (Not a setup to a joke) in ~food
MimicSquid Link ParentThere's a reason In-n-Out calls a double cheeseburger a double double.There's a reason In-n-Out calls a double cheeseburger a double double.
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Comment on What do you call a bun, bacon, some amount of cheese, and two burger patties? (Not a setup to a joke) in ~food
MimicSquid LinkIf you're adding bacon to a double cheeseburger, it's a bacon double cheeseburger. If you're doubling a bacon cheeseburger, it's a double bacon cheeseburger. How much bacon is there? One serving...If you're adding bacon to a double cheeseburger, it's a bacon double cheeseburger. If you're doubling a bacon cheeseburger, it's a double bacon cheeseburger. How much bacon is there? One serving or two?
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Comment on Humankind 2 | Announcement trailer in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentNothing in that looked like AI to me? Aside from the general blur, there's none of the sort of structural wobbliness in the fine details or failure to maintain architectural consistency that read...Nothing in that looked like AI to me? Aside from the general blur, there's none of the sort of structural wobbliness in the fine details or failure to maintain architectural consistency that read as AI.
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies
MimicSquid Link Parentspoilers THAT ENDING!spoilers
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Comment on Stop Killing The Internet: No digital ID and no age verification in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentYou say that we're getting nowhere, but Meta just settled a major lawsuit which includes a long list of concessions.You say that we're getting nowhere, but Meta just settled a major lawsuit which includes a long list of concessions.
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Comment on Stop Killing The Internet: No digital ID and no age verification in ~tech
MimicSquid LinkAre a lack of digital ID and age verification keeping the Internet alive? I guess "Maintain proportional demands for identification based on the true security needs balanced against the broad...Are a lack of digital ID and age verification keeping the Internet alive? I guess "Maintain proportional demands for identification based on the true security needs balanced against the broad public need for a private life." doesn't have the same punch.
It was lovely. I hadn't played through it in a decade or more. but found I remembered it fairly well, even through the randomization. On the topic of the multiplayer randomizer, I think it would be best played in sessions that everyone could join. That way you can coordinate, and the hints spread across games about where given key items were hidden could be immediately moved upon. It's a small enough world that it's only a few minutes to anywhere once you have the flute.
I feel like LttP is a lovely little toy box of a game. Even with the randomizer it only took 15 hours to beat, and that wes just about perfect.