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  1. Comment on Are there politics in mathematics? in ~science

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    Way to strawman those of us who recognize the superiority of six. ;-)

    Way to strawman those of us who recognize the superiority of six. ;-)

    2 votes

  2. Comment on NFL pinning blame on Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles for slippery Super Bowl field conditions, per report in ~sports.american_football

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    How obnoxious. Own up to it, NFL.

    How obnoxious. Own up to it, NFL.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    The only thing I can think of for it would be revisiting the graphics (and perhaps the AI as an option, or perhaps standardized build queues for new colonies, but playing the classic game is nice...

    The only thing I can think of for it would be revisiting the graphics (and perhaps the AI as an option, or perhaps standardized build queues for new colonies, but playing the classic game is nice too). The UI is a masterpiece -- there's 4-5 screens, total, and it encapsulates a lot.

    Oh and fix that stub code where leaders take 5 turns to get to any colony that isn't the capitol. I'm pretty sure that calculation was a stub code at some point that got kept.

    I guess I'm saying yes, you're right :-)

    I think Final Fantasy did something similar: they remade the first game, updating the graphics and a few pieces that were artifacts of the old system, such as very short name limitations (monsters got full names, spells got full names). They changed a few things, but it was fundamentally the same game.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on I, like many of you came from Reddit. But what brought you to Reddit? in ~tech

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    On one hand, we seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away. On the other hand, it's not the years; it's the mileage. But you're right.

    On one hand, we seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.

    On the other hand, it's not the years; it's the mileage.

    But you're right.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on What is "that part" for you in any game? in ~games

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    Final Fantasy (the NES original), I hate the Ice Cave so much. So many ways to just die that seemingly can't be prevented. And to a lesser extent that one floor in the Sky Castle that is a...

    Final Fantasy (the NES original), I hate the Ice Cave so much. So many ways to just die that seemingly can't be prevented.

    And to a lesser extent that one floor in the Sky Castle that is a repeating maze. One wrong turn and it goes forever.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    Master of Orion 3 and Master of Orion: CTS were disappointments to me. The latter had an especially great voice cast announcement, too. I remember being confused, not disappointed, by Super Mario...

    Master of Orion 3 and Master of Orion: CTS were disappointments to me. The latter had an especially great voice cast announcement, too.

    I remember being confused, not disappointed, by Super Mario Brothers 2. It's a great game, it was just confusing to me, since it was so different from the first one. And I was very young when it came out.

    Also, my next answer is probably not the type of game you're asking about, but 7th Sea and Legend of the Five Rings both had second editions that were, in my view, far inferior to their first editions. I realize you're asking about video games, not TTRPGs but I thought I'd throw that out there anyway.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on I, like many of you came from Reddit. But what brought you to Reddit? in ~tech

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    Same, except my Reddit main turned 15 recently. What am I doing with my life?

    Same, except my Reddit main turned 15 recently. What am I doing with my life?

    3 votes