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  1. Comment on I need more hilariously awful pick up lines to make my wife roll her eyes at me in ~talk

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    The variant I know is, "Wanna head back to my place for a pizza and a shag?" Target clutches pearls "What, you don't like pizza? We can skip that!"

    The variant I know is, "Wanna head back to my place for a pizza and a shag?"

    Target clutches pearls

    "What, you don't like pizza? We can skip that!"

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games

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    Thank you for your generosity in sharing these! Nex Machina and Revita have both caught my eye. For me, everything usually gets put on hold when it rolls around but I wasn't feeling the World Cup...

    Thank you for your generosity in sharing these! Nex Machina and Revita have both caught my eye.

    For me, everything usually gets put on hold when it rolls around but I wasn't feeling the World Cup fever at all a couple weeks ago. Since then, I've been somewhat persuaded that fans have a responsibility to fight for the purity of the game and not let the corpo-political leeches and bloodsuckers drive us away. So, I'm far behind and I still haven't watched a match live yet, but I am working my way through highlights of all the games and will try to catch up by the round of 16. No spoilers please!

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2026: Hidden gems in ~games

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    Quite rare that I do anything more than window-shop in these threads, but Nidus looks super interesting! Thanks for recommending.

    Quite rare that I do anything more than window-shop in these threads, but Nidus looks super interesting! Thanks for recommending.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games

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    Whaaaat? Since when? A cursory internet search isn't yielding reliable info.

    Note: Expiring Steam keys are now standard.

    Whaaaat? Since when? A cursory internet search isn't yielding reliable info.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on World Cup 2026! in ~sports.football

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    I'm a HUGE football fan but I'm going to kinda echo @trim here - this is maybe the most disconnected I've ever felt from a World Cup, despite finally being within reasonable traveling distance to...

    I'm a HUGE football fan but I'm going to kinda echo @trim here - this is maybe the most disconnected I've ever felt from a World Cup, despite finally being within reasonable traveling distance to watch a match in person. I forgot when the first game was, I didn't watch any of the opening ceremonies, and have only belatedly caught highlights so far.

    I've got so many mixed feelings about the whole thing. From a cultural standpoint, seeing conversations that bridge countries like Qatar-Switzerland, Germany-Curaçao, Haiti-Scotland, etc. is super amazing, and this is the event that should produce those kinds of connections. From a football standpoint, however, 48 teams is surely too many. The planned halftime show during the final is guaranteed to affect the rhythm of the teams and therefore the outcome. It'll also be impossible to remove the stench of Trump from this tournament, especially with Infantino so intent on gargling his nuts at every opportunity. Then, with the tickets so ridiculously overpriced, I just dismissed any ideas of making any sort of trip to watch any games with friends, and watching the World Cup final live is on my bucket list.

    Personally, I've also had enough of the attempts to court American interest in football under the guise of "growing the game" when it's really trying to grow bank accounts. If Americans don't fall in love with soccer, that's okay, it'll survive without them. Trevor Noah's friend Joe Opio made this astute observation on their World Cup preview podcast to sum up all the nonsense surrounding this WC and I didn't even laugh, I just sighed. Many of these issues aren't exactly new, I know, but I just find myself too jaded to be excited. Maybe I'm getting old, maybe I've had enough of FIFA, I don't know. I'll be surprised if I sit down to watch more than 3 actual matches.

    Also, sorry to be the one to say it, but no way is this the team to win the sixth! Not even Carletto can pull that off.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games

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    Sounds like that one part of The Stanley Parable.

    Sounds like that one part of The Stanley Parable.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games

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    Aw, man. I'm still disappointed that Fez 2 was cancelled. I remember there was a theory that one of the puzzles in the original Fez was designed to be unsolvable until you played Fez 2 and solved...

    Aw, man.

    I'm still disappointed that Fez 2 was cancelled. I remember there was a theory that one of the puzzles in the original Fez was designed to be unsolvable until you played Fez 2 and solved it in the future, and I always thought that was kinda brilliant.

    Catacomb Kids is a brutal roguelike dungeon platformer that was in Early Access and under active development by solo developer FourBitFriday for more than a decade before quietly being abandoned. The dev, real name Tyriq Plummer, went on to heavily contribute to UFO 50, so it's hard to hold it against him, but Catacomb Kids is such a cool, interesting game. It has a bunch of systems that all interact to produce amazing gameplay moments and deaths, much like Spelunky but I'd say even better. IIRC there's enough content already included that you won't feel cheated if you buy it today, but it's a real shame it won't get that last 15% of polish to be properly completed. A comparable game that entered Early Access not that long after CK (and I'm pretty sure took quite a bit of inspiration from it) is Vagante, and that was able to hit full release in 3-4 years just by having more than one person involved.

    Radio The Universe is another long-gestating project by another solo dev, 6ixe, and this one even had a proper showcase during Steam Next Fest 2023. I don't think anyone's heard anything from 6ixe since early 2024 though, and the 2012(!) Kickstarter page seems to have disappeared... so who knows if it'll ever see the light of day. The demo is absolutely glorious though.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Comedian Ronny Chieng tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as graduates cheer in ~tech

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    Full commencement speech available here.

    “I’m glad you agree,” Chieng said. “It’s so stupid. A lot of other respected graduation speakers at colleges around America are talking about you guys needing to master AI for the future. I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI, kill it.”

    “Whatever your chosen profession is, please don’t let AI rob you of the fun part of it,” he told the senior class. “Our generation’s upcoming battle…is going to be people with substance versus people with shallow knowledge, it’s going to be mastery versus faking it, it’s going to be people with good taste versus tacky. I trust you will put in the work necessary to be on the right side of those battles.”

    Full commencement speech available here.

    11 votes

  10. Comment on Manchester City are considering legal action against Enrique Riquelme after the Real Madrid presidential candidate held up a Madrid shirt with Erling Haaland's name on the back during a TV appearance in ~sports.football

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    My Spanish isn't good enough to follow the talk shows and properly pass judgment on Riquelme's merits, but I'll be quite happy to see Florentino ride off into the sunset if he loses this election....

    My Spanish isn't good enough to follow the talk shows and properly pass judgment on Riquelme's merits, but I'll be quite happy to see Florentino ride off into the sunset if he loses this election. He's had definite success but so many things have left a bad taste in the mouth, and he's about to get in his own way again by bringing back Mourinho.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on May 2026 Backlog Burner: Week 5(ish) Discussion in ~games

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    Oof! That's rough. I had a somewhat tepid but overall positive opinion of the game after finishing it and I've enjoyed your recent critiques of it, which I thought were all fair... maybe until...

    Its success is a blight on good games made by devs with integrity. It needs to fail so that it can't inspire anything to follow it.

    Oof! That's rough. I had a somewhat tepid but overall positive opinion of the game after finishing it and I've enjoyed your recent critiques of it, which I thought were all fair... maybe until this quoted bit. The game's a bit underbaked but not the worst effort from rookie devs (which I believe was the case, IIRC).

    2 votes

  12. Comment on May 2026 Backlog Burner: Week 5(ish) Discussion in ~games

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    I'm glad you like it! It's a sorely underappreciated gem. It may not strictly be a rhythm game, but if you look closely enough you can find that a lot of the environment/platforming elements are...

    I'm glad you like it! It's a sorely underappreciated gem.

    I have to say, I am a bit disappointed because I thought this was a music/rhythm game, but no: this is tried-and-true platformer -- it's just that the music is bangin'.

    It may not strictly be a rhythm game, but if you look closely enough you can find that a lot of the environment/platforming elements are timed in 4/4 and synchronizes with the music. I have often played sections of stages and gotten into a flow state grooving to the beat.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on May 2026 Backlog Burner: Week 4 Discussion in ~games

  14. Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games

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    Wow, I expected more responses about longer franchises like Tekken, King of Fighters, Dead or Alive, even Virtua Fighter.

    Wow, I expected more responses about longer franchises like Tekken, King of Fighters, Dead or Alive, even Virtua Fighter.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games

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    I've never really gotten or been into Smash... I didn't even know which game you were referring to until I read the replies. Is it something you can really enjoy if you don't especially hold a...

    I've never really gotten or been into Smash... I didn't even know which game you were referring to until I read the replies. Is it something you can really enjoy if you don't especially hold a special place in your heart for Nintendo IPs?

  16. Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games

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    I like how they pulled in characters from other indie games to round out the roster. Shame they couldn't get the official Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter... I imagine Heart Machine would have...

    I like how they pulled in characters from other indie games to round out the roster. Shame they couldn't get the official Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter... I imagine Heart Machine would have gotten more money licensing him for Brawlout but I don't know if that was more successful than Rivals.

  17. Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games

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    So many quarters lost to Pit Fighter! Imagine my surprise when I looked it up in the present day only to find people trashing it as the worst fighting game ever. No accounting for taste, I guess.

    So many quarters lost to Pit Fighter! Imagine my surprise when I looked it up in the present day only to find people trashing it as the worst fighting game ever. No accounting for taste, I guess.

    1 vote

  18. When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak?

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    Taking it all into account - storyline, presentation, roster, gameplay, etc. Not sure if there are too many fighting game enthusiasts on here, judging by the posts. I'm not exactly an aficionado...

    Taking it all into account - storyline, presentation, roster, gameplay, etc.

    Not sure if there are too many fighting game enthusiasts on here, judging by the posts. I'm not exactly an aficionado myself, as I haven't really been into them since the Neo Geo and PS1 days. I'm probably only really qualified to say Samurai Shodown 4 is the best in the series, although it is remarkable how well Street Fighter 2 still holds up today. For Tekken, Soul Calibur, Marvel vs. Capcom, etc. I didn't play past the first couple entries.

    25 votes

  19. Comment on The Black Ball | Official teaser in ~movies

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    I never listen to stuff auto-dubbed into English, but this one seems especially bad after hearing the original song, good lord. Film itself looks alright.

    I never listen to stuff auto-dubbed into English, but this one seems especially bad after hearing the original song, good lord.

    Film itself looks alright.

  20. Comment on What's your favorite personal gaming memory? in ~games

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    Quoting my reply from an older, very similar thread:

    Quoting my reply from an older, very similar thread:

    I'd never been interested in FPS games because I thought they were all about walking backwards in narrow corridors shooting demons with shotguns, which never looked fun. When my brother's friend brought over Halo and we played through the first level together, it was immediately different for me with its larger environments and varied gameplay. I'd had some great moments after that, but walking outside at this point during the assault on the control room and seeing a full-pitched battle going on between the marines and the covenant without me was definitely a "Holy shit!" moment. It made the game feel so much bigger than just me.

    1 vote