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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
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Comment on Who’d be into a book club but for retro games? in ~games
dozens LinkI'm here for some NES - SNES era retro gamesI'm here for some NES - SNES era retro games
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Comment on Eight Billion Genies - Issue 1 in ~comics
dozens LinkThis lead me to God Hates Astronauts which I read when it was a webcomic, and which I have been thinking of and searching for lately. It doesn't come up when you search for "Comic about a...This lead me to God Hates Astronauts which I read when it was a webcomic, and which I have been thinking of and searching for lately. It doesn't come up when you search for "Comic about a superhero whose head gets all gross."
And as luck would have it, my local public library carries the omnibus edition!
So thanks!
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Comment on What are some books for which the critical/public opinion has flipped over time? in ~books
dozens Link ParentThat book should never have been published, and was done so against Harper Lee's wishes. It can safely be disregarded as non-canon.That book should never have been published, and was done so against Harper Lee's wishes. It can safely be disregarded as non-canon.
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Comment on What are your favorite books with an unreliable narrator? in ~books
dozens LinkThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes is a short book about a protagonist who according to himself is utterly without blame, but who is totally a rotten person. Its short length and the strong...The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes is a short book about a protagonist who according to himself is utterly without blame, but who is totally a rotten person. Its short length and the strong dissonance between the protagonist's experience and the reality of the world around him might make this a good introduction to the genre / device.
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe features a protagonist whose view of things just doesn't seem to line up with what's happening around him. I didn't enjoy this unreliable narrator though because there was no tension between what the reader was seeing and what the protagonist was experiencing. It just kind of felt like bad or inconsistent writing at times. People who like it really seem to love it though. And it has really fun world building.
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Comment on How do you journal? in ~talk
dozens LinkFor a work/personal log, day planning, and getting stuff done, I use a bullet journal like approach, and have found that a physical notebook works best. For actually journalling, which I see as a...For a work/personal log, day planning, and getting stuff done, I use a bullet journal like approach, and have found that a physical notebook works best.
For actually journalling, which I see as a distinctly different exercise, I also use a notebook and pen, and use the following method:
https://gemini.tildeverse.org/?gemini://tilde.town/~dozens/gemlog/14.gmi
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Comment on Any Tilde Town members here? in ~tech
dozens Linktilde.town is my primary "social media". it's where i do the majority of my socializing and interacting with people. i've made some very good friends there over the years. it is an absurdly...tilde.town is my primary "social media". it's where i do the majority of my socializing and interacting with people. i've made some very good friends there over the years.
it is an absurdly welcoming and creative community. it has always attracted healthy mix of techy and non-techy people. it's a wonderful melting pot. and it is quite productive too: it has an annual zine currently on its 6th issue, a couple of albums on bandcamp, lots of nifty little programs on town, a podcast, and plenty of other collaborative projects.
check it out!
EDIT: tildetown stuff
- http://tilde.town/~zine/
- https://tildetown.bandcamp.com/
- http://tilde.town/~dozens/podcast/
- https://git.tilde.town/explore/repos
- https://tiny.tilde.website/
a slew of other resources for the greater tilde community can be found at tildeverse:
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
dozens Link ParentYes! I think I still have chrono trigger for the DS. Excellent game. I also have Yoshi's Island. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for the req!Yes! I think I still have chrono trigger for the DS. Excellent game.
I also have Yoshi's Island. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for the req!
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Comment on Radio streams! I need more. in ~music
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
dozens LinkRetro SNES: Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past -- still one of the best games of all time. Most of the way through it at this point. Super delightful. Possibly the most metroidvania game of all...Retro SNES:
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Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past -- still one of the best games of all time. Most of the way through it at this point. Super delightful. Possibly the most metroidvania game of all games. Also at times still really challenging. I've gotten to read ancient walkthroughs for a couple sections.
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Super Mario World -- this one is actually really fun. My partner had an SNES growing up and I didn't, and they are an expert at this game, and this is the only time in our lives when they have been better at a game than me. So it's been super fun to have them, a non-gamer, teach me about a game.
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Super Metroid -- this game was way too hard and too scary for me as a kid. It's really fun to play it now and be good at it and enjoy it. It's so atmospheric.
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Donkey Kong Country -- i remember this game having cutting edge graphics when it came out. It still looks pretty good! And still has exceptional two-player capabilities.
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Comment on The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency in ~life
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life
dozens Link ParentYour mileage may vary. The parts of this book that are like, "Don's say anything negative about people", and "Learn people's names" are nice. But the "Influence People" bits came across as so...Your mileage may vary. The parts of this book that are like, "Don's say anything negative about people", and "Learn people's names" are nice. But the "Influence People" bits came across as so manipulative and horrible.
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Comment on How do you manage your digital notes? in ~life
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Comment on All Good Things… (Leaving Mozilla) in ~comp
dozens Link ParentI thought Brave was pretty widely regarded to be a crypto scam.I thought Brave was pretty widely regarded to be a crypto scam.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music
dozens LinkI don't know why, but this is one of my favorite songs. It's kind of simple and straightforward, but it does it for me. Never seen the video before, thanks for sharing.I don't know why, but this is one of my favorite songs. It's kind of simple and straightforward, but it does it for me.
Never seen the video before, thanks for sharing.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~comp
dozens LinkBe sure to read the next installments. I was skeptical at first, but they go really neat places. https://www.lab6.com/1 https://www.lab6.com/2Be sure to read the next installments. I was skeptical at first, but they go really neat places.
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Comment on The Refreshments - Banditos (1996) in ~music
dozens LinkThis was one of my favorite albums for quite a long time. It is amazingly good.This was one of my favorite albums for quite a long time. It is amazingly good.
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Comment on What book(s) would you recommend to someone who doesn't read, and why? in ~books
dozens Link ParentThanks @muh_tilde for making me relive that particular horror 😱And Guts really sucked me in lol
Thanks @muh_tilde for making me relive that particular horror 😱
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Comment on Dream journal thread in ~talk
dozens LinkWhen covid happened I started having really vivid dreams, and started writing them down: https://tilde.team/~dozens/dreams/When covid happened I started having really vivid dreams, and started writing them down:
https://tilde.team/~dozens/dreams/
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