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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
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Comment on Order of the Sinking Star | Release date announcement in ~games
Mopeybloke Link ParentHe's been working on it for 10 years.He's been working on it for 10 years.
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Comment on What are your favourite anime and/or manga? in ~anime
Mopeybloke Link ParentThe new one is pretty good, but it's very close to the manga in tone, while SAC is usually more serious and the experiences aren't equivalent. The main plot of SAC is also significantly different...The new one is pretty good, but it's very close to the manga in tone, while SAC is usually more serious and the experiences aren't equivalent. The main plot of SAC is also significantly different from the manga arc the new TV show is adapting. I've watched 4 episodes so far, and it's good.
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Comment on What are your favourite anime and/or manga? in ~anime
Mopeybloke LinkI haven't watched my old favourites in a while, except Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, which is still excellent.I haven't watched my old favourites in a while, except Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, which is still excellent.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
Mopeybloke Link ParentThe anime board here is dead in the water. Only these automatically schedulled threads populate it.The anime board here is dead in the water. Only these automatically schedulled threads populate it.
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Comment on Final Fantasy Resonance | Trailer in ~games
Mopeybloke Link ParentHey, the money is mine and if you even mildly annoy me, I won't buy your game. At the end of the day I just keep more of my money.Hey, the money is mine and if you even mildly annoy me, I won't buy your game. At the end of the day I just keep more of my money.
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Comment on Final Fantasy Resonance | Trailer in ~games
Mopeybloke LinkIt already has a Steam page with a price and shitty Denuvo DRM on it. See you in 5 years at half price, suckers. O/It already has a Steam page with a price and shitty Denuvo DRM on it. See you in 5 years at half price, suckers. O/
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Comment on Games journalist Jason Schreier has started a YouTube channel in ~games
Mopeybloke Link ParentI have the feeling he is sticking to written publication for most of his work. Someone must've told him at some point to "not quit his day job", and I guess he's listening to that advice to this day.I have the feeling he is sticking to written publication for most of his work. Someone must've told him at some point to "not quit his day job", and I guess he's listening to that advice to this day.
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Comment on Games journalist Jason Schreier has started a YouTube channel in ~games
Mopeybloke LinkHe has posted there for a week now, and it seem like it's going to be dedicated to points he wants to get across that won't fit/belong in an article on Bloomberg. I suppose most interested people...He has posted there for a week now, and it seem like it's going to be dedicated to points he wants to get across that won't fit/belong in an article on Bloomberg. I suppose most interested people here will have seen one of the videos posted on other platforms like Reddit, but just in case...
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Games journalist Jason Schreier has started a YouTube channel
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Mopeybloke Link ParentIn case you want to revisit, it's cheap and fully patched on GOG.In case you want to revisit, it's cheap and fully patched on GOG.
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Comment on I made my own Reddit alternative in ~tech
Mopeybloke LinkThis name doesn't work well. What's this, ancient Greek? It's hard to pronounce with that aspirated p at the end. Or is it meant to sound like an f?This name doesn't work well. What's this, ancient Greek?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Mopeybloke LinkI've recently finished two games. F.E.A.R This game is one of those comelling yet annoying titles for me. A few things annoy me, but it's compelling enough to make me keep playing and getting more...I've recently finished two games.
F.E.A.R
This game is one of those comelling yet annoying titles for me. A few things annoy me, but it's compelling enough to make me keep playing and getting more annoyed. Now that I've finished it, was it all worth it? I believe so, but I'm not sire I'd actually ever replay this one.
The coolest things about it are the slow motion bullets and destruction happening in combat, the spooky tone of the environs, and the graphics are genuinely good even all these years later. Sound is algo good, including the banter between enemy soldiers.
On the other hand, everything in this game was designed to make that bullet time mechanic central. Player movement is indefensibly slow, enemies shoot accurately and even in lower skills you take hitscan damage on sight essentially. Avoiding damage is all but impossible other than shooting unawares grunts, or engaging bullet time.
The fact even outside of slow motion, player speed is so slow makes much of the game a drag, and discourages exploration of the constrained environs. Also one can only carry 3 weapons, so you leave a lot of possible diversity on the table for each playthrough.
The Gunk
It's a narrative-focused action adventure game. The central mechanic is the main character's prosthetic arm Pumpkin's ability to suck in things and throw them. You can use it to rid environments of The Gunktm and to pick up and throw things for puzzles and to collect materials for arm upgrades. I like this system.
Other than that, the environments are beautiful and quite lush once you rid them of gunk. And no, it isn't much like Mario Sunshine. The game is also very story focused, not only on characters, but the enivronments will reveal the History of the planet you're currently on. Speaking of the planet, it may remind you of The Planettm, since this game shares similar themes and aesthetics with Final Fantasy VII. Actually, our protagonist is a black woman with a prosthetic arm. I've only now thought of it. It may well be coincidence. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It isn't a challenging game, and combat only exists as part of its gameplay puzzle. I liked it more than F.E.A.R is what I'm saying, but perhaps was the lack of annoyance and not the existence of something as cool as bullet time combat.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
Mopeybloke Link ParentSome of the popular anime of the last 3 years: Frieren: Journey to the End and Apothecary Diaries also don't have fan service.Some of the popular anime of the last 3 years: Frieren: Journey to the End and Apothecary Diaries also don't have fan service.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~games
Mopeybloke LinkThe earliest I know to have implemented such a streaming system was Crash Bandicoot. This improved both the loading times and allowed them to have higher quality assets than most games of its time.The earliest I know to have implemented such a streaming system was Crash Bandicoot. This improved both the loading times and allowed them to have higher quality assets than most games of its time.
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Data centre fires take down anime piracy website?
Anime piracy titan AnimeKai has reportedly been taken down a few days ago because their server caught on fire and burnt. This could be related to the Almere data centre fire in the Netherlands...
Anime piracy titan AnimeKai has reportedly been taken down a few days ago because their server caught on fire and burnt.
This could be related to the Almere data centre fire in the Netherlands last week.
Anime pirates can't catch a break these days.
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Comment on Linux privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431) in ~comp
Mopeybloke Link ParentUsually I'll use Zen's boosts to get that fixed, but I've used Dark Reader. That should be on the website though.Usually I'll use Zen's boosts to get that fixed, but I've used Dark Reader. That should be on the website though.
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Comment on Linux privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431) in ~comp
Mopeybloke LinkOff-topic, but I'm always annoyed at these completely white websites with text that can't implement a dark mode.Off-topic, but I'm always annoyed at these completely white websites with text that can't implement a dark mode.
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Comment on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary election in ~society
Mopeybloke LinkDonald Trump takes credit for a lot of stuff he doesn't deserve or outright isn't true, but you have to thank him for his endorsement of Orbán.Donald Trump takes credit for a lot of stuff he doesn't deserve or outright isn't true, but you have to thank him for his endorsement of Orbán.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
Mopeybloke LinkI've watched the entirety of Zettai Shounen over a period of 2 months. The anime is confusingly split between two arcs, each focusing on a different set of characters, including different main...I've watched the entirety of Zettai Shounen over a period of 2 months.
The anime is confusingly split between two arcs, each focusing on a different set of characters, including different main character. I say confusingly because the plot moves so slowly that you may want to have stuck with a single main cast so we at least care about them eventually just by sheer time.
The two arcs are tied by a plot involving supernatural beings, which moves so slowly that it seems most of these characters aren't too interested that aliens/faeries or whatever those might be exist and are seemingly everywhere and apparently almost caused a disaster.
I must give an important spoiler going forward.
Communication with the material faeries is never achieved during the series, leaving our cast to come to their own conclusions as to their nature. This is very disappointing as it seems their entire involvement in the series was much ado about nothing.
Girls' Last Tour
I'm just about to watch the 6th episode. This has been fun. One thing I dislike is the backgrounds are sort of obscured or blurred often, meaning I cannot discern much of where the characters are.
It's a fun and calming watch generally. I'm watching the English dub so I don't have to read subtitles. That adds to the laid back experience frankly. Also in the first episode, when Yuri was aiming at Chito, that was quite convincing. I though the anime was about to go edgy on me, but it didn't happen.
Surprised no one mentioned Ghost in the Shell here. I finished watching the new series the day the last episode came out.
Honestly, great aesthetic, but otherwise I ain't impressed. What kind of a review is that? Well, after a few elevated adaptations of these stories, a more straightforward retelling fails to cause much of an impression. Other versions of the story also seemed to have more room to breathe instead of blazing through complex content without it leaving it enough time to hit, and I guess that's why I'll remember the movies and SAC and I've mostly already forgotten what I've seen with this one.